Sentences with phrase «models against current»

That's based on computer modeling and accounts for the more violent part of storms, but they also compared their models against current real - world examples.

Not exact matches

As early as 1917 he was protesting against a then - current model of students as portmanteaux, to be packed with «inert ideas,» which were then unpacked on occasions of external examinations3 (The contents, on that theory, were the mental images which have passed since Locke as «ideas» in the British empiricist tradition.)

Michael Croft, President of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) will argue at a St James Ethic Centre debate on 4 March 2014 that foreign investment in agricultural land and infrastructure works against Australia's national and best interests unless the regulatory system and current model are changed.

Before revealing his results in the current issue of Journalism Practice, Goyanes explains just what the paid online news model is up against, stating that» [This] study shows that online users were more likely to pay for those digital products whose main value proposition consists of providing entertainment (music) and solutions (software and apps), but less likely to pay for those providing knowledge (such as an online newspaper).»

They believe this mouse model can be promptly implemented to find genetic markers, conduct meticulous studies on how symptoms originate and take hold, and evaluate drugs and that have broad spectrum anti-viral activities against all Zaire ebolaviruses, including the one responsible for the current West African epidemic.

The universe is home to countless galaxies more massive than the Milky Way, which should, in theory, be bursting with star formation, but they aren't — an observation that goes against most current models of the universe and star formation.

The book starts off by acknowledging that our current model of reality isn't standing strong against recent scientific discoveries.

When director Edgar Wright left Marvel's «Ant - Man» just before it went into production in 2014, it was interpreted as a blow against allowing for the idiosyncrasies of individual filmmakers within the confines of the current production model.

This is all very true, but don't current practices wrt automatic progression, large class sizes and age grading all militate against this idealistic model?

Below, I have provided a table which compares Utah and its current elected State School Board model against the states which utilize Model IV in the following areas: ACT / SAT scores, graduation rates, graduation requirements, AP passage rates, charter schools, public education climate for growing businesses, and closing the achievementmodel against the states which utilize Model IV in the following areas: ACT / SAT scores, graduation rates, graduation requirements, AP passage rates, charter schools, public education climate for growing businesses, and closing the achievementModel IV in the following areas: ACT / SAT scores, graduation rates, graduation requirements, AP passage rates, charter schools, public education climate for growing businesses, and closing the achievement gap.

Going against the current deficit model approaches in schools, she champions the value, integrity and possibilities of all children.

The problem with this strategy, though convincing in theory, is that there is little incentive for the heads to do so on the current model, which provides inadequate capital for the development of such arrangements, and constrains these trusts in important ways from attracting and deploying the resources necessary for sustainable school improvement, such as constraints on the pooling of General Annual Grant funding, accumulation of surpluses, borrowing (whether secured against assets or on funding agreements), deployment of capital, and acquisition and disposal of fixed assets — all inhibit chains from deploying resources where they are needed most.

In a recent post, I wrote that Randi Weingarten, the current president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), has (finally) expressed her full opposition against the use of value - added models (VAMs) to evaluate and measure teacher effectiveness.

As just posted on Diane Ravitch's blog, Randi Weingarten, the current president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), has (finally) expressed her full opposition against using value - added models (VAMs), the statistical measures of utmost interest on this blog, for teacher evaluation, accountability, and merit pay purposes.

Perhaps, but it's hard to argue against the pricing of the current 2010 model.

Lieberman suggests that, depending on the 919 Hybrid race car's performance against the competition this summer, GT4 models could either switch to a turbocharged, inline - four plug - in hybrid powertrain or add a hybrid - assist to the current flat - six setup.

Slotting in below the current RX model, the NX will go up against the Acura RDX, BMW X1, Infiniti QX50, Volvo XC60, and others.

I first drove the current Escape last year in 1.6 - liter EcoBoost form; Ford just sent us a full - zoot 2.0 - liter Titanium model to compare it against.

This should lead to increased interior space over the ageing current model, which is now six years old and up against far newer product, such as Volkswagen's Golf.

Expect prices to be similar to the current model at about Rs 35 lakh (ex-showroom) and it to go up against the likes of the Mercedes - Benz GLA, BMW X1, Audi Q3 and the upcoming Volvo V40.

Just like the model it replaced, the current Avensis is built at Toyota's Burnaston plant in Derbyshire, England and made a name for itself thanks to the level of comfort offered, but it didn't quite manage to make a statement in the battle against the Ford Mondeo, Volkswagen Passat and Mazda6.

Only six of the seat / head restraint combinations in 44 current model SUVs are rated good for protection against whiplash injuries in rear - end crashes.

How does it stack up against the Touch and Glo models in the company's current product portfolio?

I'm waiting for Hertz to launch their own service to compete against Uber (before Uber launches one to compete with Hertz and I don't mean getting into the car rental business but I do have an idea of how Uber and Lyft could do this within their current operating model).

Also, wanting to go against the current model of console generations — something he's been vocal about — may have a rather large, unintended side - effect that could derail Nintendo.

This exhibition traces forms of artistic thought that operate against the current of pre-set time models.

It wouldn't be surprising if models tended to have Atlantic THC that were too strong or stable if the current climate, that they are being tested and developed against, is less stable than had previously been thought.

The model variables that are evaluated against all sorts of observations and measurements range from solar radiation and precipitation rates, air and sea surface temperatures, cloud properties and distributions, winds, river runoff, ocean currents, ice cover, albedos, even the maximum soil depth reached by plant roots (seriously!).

2050 and 2100 against 2.3 W / m2 in the other models which use past and current emissions.

The current press campaign against Dr Soon began after he had co-authored a paper titled Why models run hot: results from an irreducibly simple climate model, published in January 2015 in China's leading learned journal of scientific research, the Science Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, co-sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Model results suggest that deforestation could be reduced against current deforestation trends by 50 % with an investment of 21 to 35 billion USD annually.

None of current models have a sufficient number of runs to overcome chaotic uncertainty and therefore can not be validated against observations.

«Climate science» as it is used by warmists implies adherence to a set of beliefs: (1) Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations will warm the Earth's surface and atmosphere; (2) Human production of CO2 is producing significant increases in CO2 concentration; (3) The rate of rise of temperature in the 20th and 21st centuries is unprecedented compared to the rates of change of temperature in the previous two millennia and this can only be due to rising greenhouse gas concentrations; (4) The climate of the 19th century was ideal and may be taken as a standard to compare against any current climate; (5) global climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industrializing.

On smaller geographic scales, when compared against the current climate, the simulated climate varies substantially from model to model.

The current models appear intended to prevent theft and promote advertising - but the theft deterrent seems not to work and the shared image may serve to promote vandalism as backlash against perceived global enemies or simply because the brand can be targeted on social media.

The iPhone 7's water resistance makes waterproof cases less important than they were with previous iPhone models — the current models are IP67 rated, meaning they'll survive submersion in a meter of water for half an hour, and they're fully protected against dust.

You might perchance perchance now play very heavy games similar to Contemporary Strive against's most current model.

It's a bit unfair to put the Pixel phone against new phones such as the Galaxy S8 and the soon - to - be-released OnePlus 5, but given that the Pixel 2 is not expected until Q4 2016, comparisons between the current model and incoming handsets are inevitable.

So what is the current clinical usefulness of these developmental models against the backdrop of developmental neuroscience?

The Lo - Mendell - Rubin tests the parsimony of the current model against a model with one less class (eg, 3 classes or 2 classes).

The attack that will change real estate forever is the one where existing rules, regulations, infrastructure and practices are used against current business models to build a new one.

However, there is a more relevant context that could be considered against the current reality of those business models that have been largely designed so as to eliminate the need for much, if any, prospecting.