Sentences with phrase «normalized against»

It is an ipsative test, meaning scores are not normalized against other candidates.

Hazardous waste production was also high even after we normalized it against production and / or revenue.

The mean spatial patterns of change, normalized against the global rate of warming, are generally similar in high - end and «non-high-end» simulations.

Values have been linearly de-trended, and normalized against an averaging period between days − 15 and − 5 (indicated by the grey shading).

The relative amounts of VASA were normalized against GAPDH using the comparative threshold cycle (CT) method [15].

All recorded spectra were normalized against the spectrum of the light source recorded from a white standard.

Dilp signals were normalized against the GFP signal intensities.

The SOD activity was normalized against protein concentration.

Levels of W01A8.1 expression were normalized against ama - 1.

All data was pseudonymized, analyzed in the aggregate, and normalized against U.S. census data to remove any age, gender or geographical bias.

Not exact matches

The euro, which has been knocked by weaker - than - expected economic data and growing doubts about when the European Central Bank will normalize its monetary policy, fell 0.67 percent against the greenback to $ 1.998.

Growing doubts about when the European Central Bank will normalize its monetary policy has hurt the euro against the dollar in recent weeks.

Like pollsters and data scientists have been doing for decades, we normalize our data against U.S. census data, ensuring that our panel of millions accurately matches the U.S. population to remove any age or gender bias (though urban geographies are slightly over-represented in our panel).

Being the first to normalize a new form of delivery — such as in - home or in - car — could give Amazon a leg up not just over competitors but also against regulators.

Pornography culture has diminished and devalued women, and Christian men should not normalize this, but should speak a prophetic word against it, regardless of the political ramifications.

My model already normalized the performance of the lineups by opponent's possession and strength, but it doesn't mean that, for example, Rugani would perform as well when playing against much stronger opponents.

Our normalized performances may be similar, but it does not mean that I will perform like Chiellini when I play against the professionals.

Stuebe in the past has pushed back against Fed Is Best's campaign for all parents to be warned about rare brain damage risks that can result from insufficient breast milk supply, writing that it could threaten the effort to normalize exclusive breastfeeding and unnecessarily expose newborns to supplemental formula feeding, which could jeopardize the establishment of a consistent breastfeeding routine.

We have: • normalized the domestic yield curve • issued the country's maiden 15 - year bond in April 2017 • improved external balances, driven by higher export earnings and lower imports • improved gross international reserves to US$ 7.2 billion, equivalent to 4.1 months of imports cover • improved primarybalanceto0.3 percent surplus in September 2017 against a deficit of 1.6 percent in September 2016 • received positive sovereign rating reviews from international ratings Agencies: Fitch, B / stable; Standard & Poor, B - / positive • successfully completed the 4th IMF / ECF program review, and • achieved positive developments in the oil & gas sector — favorable ITLOS ruling, and Sankofa producing 1st oil three months ahead of schedule.

Weighted RCR is essentially defining an average paper's scientific impact based on actual citations as 1 (normalized by research field), and a given scientist's output can be compared against the average by adding together the citation count for that scientist's papers to give the Weighted RCR over a given period of time).

We then used yeast two - hybrid assays against normalized whole human and whole murine proteome libraries to detect and identify interactions among each of these bacterial proteins and host proteins.

(C — F) For a subset of genes (Table S1), the log10 normalized intensity values obtained from the microarrays (C — D) and from RNAseq in FPKM (E — F) are plotted against the log10 RQ values from TaqMan qRT - PCR assays.

Nuts are abundant with protein and healthy fats and have the ability to normalize the pH levels in your stomach, while blueberries are low in calories and contain potent antioxidants that protect the body against free radicals.

As we mentioned above, the fiber in brown rice can also help to protect you against colon cancer since fiber binds to cancer - causing chemicals, keeping them away from the cells lining the colon, plus it can help normalize bowel function, reducing constipation.

In diabetic rats, alternate - day fasting reduces blood pressure, normalizes HDL levels, protects against glomerular damage and prevents development of diabetes nephropathy (32).

Provide and support healthy body functions such as normalizing blood sugar and clotting, maintaining oxygen levels in the cells, acting as a natural antidepressant, protecting against any type of cancer and being a precursor for other hormones.

Vitamin D also has cell - normalizing (anti-proliferation) properties, and because cancer is cell proliferation gone mad, it protects against many cancers.

But Somebody's Darling is a very modern story about toxic masculinity, betraying an anxiety about the fading of the traditional male archetype (for the frat pack, vulnerability is equated with weakness), combined with the vile backlash against new - wave feminism, which in the real world we witness in the abuse apologist and the normalizing of misogyny.

Instead, as one article sought to clarify, it derails the conversation and does nothing to question societal norms and expectations in regards to how violence against women is normalized (Plait, 2014).

If I met someone who fought against the United States, that person would nod his head and say that the past was the past, and that he was glad Vietnam and America were normalizing their relationship.

Voting against the action were Richard W. Fisher, who believed that, while the Committee should be patient in beginning to normalize monetary policy, improvement in the U.S. economic performance since October has moved forward, further than the majority of the Committee envisions, the date when it will likely be appropriate to increase the federal funds rate; Narayana Kocherlakota, who believed that the Committee's decision, in the context of ongoing low inflation and falling market - based measures of longer - term inflation expectations, created undue downside risk to the credibility of the 2 percent inflation target; and Charles I. Plosser, who believed that the statement should not stress the importance of the passage of time as a key element of its forward guidance and, given the improvement in economic conditions, should not emphasize the consistency of the current forward guidance with previous statements.

I normalized the variables against their long run averages, which would have no impact on the fit if the regression, but would enable sorting out the size effects.

3) Scores were totalled and a normalized for each type of charity, so we would be comparing each charity against other charities in this category.

3) Scores were totalled and a normalized for each type of charity, so we would be comparing each charity against similar charities in their category.

Voting against the action were Richard W. Fisher, who believed that, while the Committee should be patient in beginning to normalize monetary policy, improvement in the U.S. economic performance since October has moved forward, further than the majority of the Committee envisions, the date when it will likely be appropriate to increase the federal funds rate;

The other fund characteristics they consider are: size; age; relative funds flow; closure to new investments; length of withdrawal notice period; length of redemption period; management and incentive fees; leverage; management personal investment; and, a Strategy Distinctiveness Index (SDI) defined as a strategy - normalized form (ten different strategy types) of one minus the R - squared of monthly returns regressed against an equally - weighted strategy index over the prior two years.

While some are skeptical of the strike's potential impact, others argue that it's a necessary statement against «normalizing» the new president, while others purport that the proposed strike is only sowing seeds of divisiveness.

«Repossession» asks us to fight against a hatred that's become far too normalized.

We don't have anything against the latter, but mass uptake requires a distinct shift from subculture to a more mainstream and normalized approach.

We now live in a time when many are questioning the time - honoured method of delivering legal services; a time when the legal profession is increasingly being forced to justify its methods - and perhaps even its existence; a time when dissent against the old order is becoming normalized and circulated globally; a time when newcomers are re-writing the script and challenging the old ways.

The second is normalizing all that data in consistent fields and formats so that the analytics software can be run against it.

Specifically, CCLA presented concerns about treatment of refugees and asylum seekers and migrants; police accountability and administration of justice; threats to the absolute prohibition against torture; national security measures which unjustifiably curtail rights and seek to normalize exceptional powers; and violence against women.

CCLA continues to argue against disproportionate knee - jerk reactions to terrorist threats — such responses overlook the robust broad powers already existing in the Criminal Code and other laws in place — and argue for more and more state powers and new offences which may cast a far - too - wide and ineffective net, while simultaneously threatening to normalize exceptional powers.

«We want to normalize an understanding of digital surveillance and its pitfalls, as well as move the window of acceptable political discourse in a way which encourages politicians to speak up against new and expanded surveillance and data interception powers, or at the very least, to question them.»

They normalize testing their daily choices against their desired future.