Sentences with phrase «of adaptive measures»

Above all, it is time to break away from Bush - Era thinking, and to encourage governments to act incisively, with science, not lobbying, as guide to climate policy and the regulation of adaptive measures.

Although relatively modest in comparison, projected SLR of up to 1.2 m this century has been estimated to threaten up to 4.6 % of the global population and 9.3 % of annual global gross domestic product with annual flooding by 2100 in the absence of adaptive measures (12).

Results also indicated that past climate experiences was the most important determinant of adaptive measures.

«There are a number of adaptive measures that should be taken.

Not exact matches

Mr Darling said he was introducing a green stimulus, ensuring part of the fiscal stimulus supports low - carbon growth and jobs by accelerating # 535 million of capital spending on energy efficiency, rail transport and adaptive measures.

«This could mean that girls who meet the same clinical criteria as boys actually are more severely affected by ongoing social and adaptive skill deficits that we don't capture in current clinical measures, and that autistic girls, in general, may be camouflaging these types of autism deficits during direct assessments.»

MUSE couples the discovery potential of an imaging device with the measuring capabilities of a spectrograph, while taking advantage of the much better image sharpness provided by adaptive optics.

But they score higher on a test of adaptive functioning, which measures daily - living skills.

The model was obtained with the help of magnetic field data measured at the Sun's surface and a high resolution adaptive calculation method.

These data were obtained on November 17, 2013 during the first week of operation of GPI and in relatively challenging weather conditions, but with GPI's advanced adaptive optics system and coronagraph the planets can still be clearly seen and their spectra measured (see Figure 2).

To quantify the overall effect of contrast - dependent changes to output nonlinearities, we constructed a measure of how these adaptive shifts change the amount of information a unit's firing rate carries about the ongoing stimulus (Figure 5F).

The protocol can be used to measure adaptive responses following the stimulation of whole blood samples or purified peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and includes a freezing step that allows the stimulated samples to be shipped from the collection site to the analysis facility.

To measure how well a person's immune system is functioning, Dr. Maharaj uses a sophisticated blood test to examine innate and adaptive parts of the body's protection system which includes more than 100 cellular markers.

But these effects will come in reach through precisely measuring the orbits of stars with GRAVITY, a second - generation instrument on the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI), which is an adaptive - optics assisted optical interferometer.

From the results of a first observing run, we show that the use of matched filtering improves our adaptive optics system performance, with increases in on - sky H - band Strehl measured up to about a factor of 1.1 with respect to a conventional centre of gravity approach.

Keck Observatory is a leader in the study of planets around other stars, both discovering them with precise Doppler measurements and measuring their properties with high resolution spectroscopy and adaptive optics imaging.

So if the change in body mass predicts a drop in metabolic rate of 100 calories and the measured drop is 150 calories, the extra 50 is the adaptive component.

Influence of changes in body composition and adaptive thermogenesis on the difference between measured and predicted weight loss in obese women.

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) are creating computer - adaptive exams that will offer customized questions based on student responses, which will measure what students do and do not know more efficiently and accurately than standardized tests have in the past.

No group differences were found on social capital measures one year later, suggesting that the structured adaptive approach did not make teachers more likely to form ties that would be useful outside of the intervention.

It also allows states to take advantage of a range of innovative approaches to improve assessment and reduce the burden of tests, such as utilizing computer - adaptive assessment, implementing smaller interim assessments in place of large summative tests, and diverse measures such as performance - based assessments.

Measuring Teacher Valuations of Non-monetary Job Factors Through Adaptive Choice - based Conjoint Analysis

Based on the assessments, the adaptive content system automatically adjusts text complexity to meet students» evolving needs and continually monitors their progress and measures their mastery of the South Dakota State Learning Standards.

The transition aims to harness the power of technology to move beyond simplistic multiple - choice questions, using interactive questions and adaptive techniques to measure students» critical thinking and problem - solving skills.

Based on the assessments, the adaptive content system automatically adjusts text complexity to meet students» evolving needs and continually monitors their progress and measures their mastery of the Hawaii State Learning Standards.

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Measure students» mastery of state - specific standards using Star 360's computer - adaptive assessments.

The result was more than two years worth of academic growth for 100 percent of my students within the course of a single school year, as measured by NWEA»S Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment, a computer adaptive interim assessment tool that teachers can use to evaluate student learning growth periodically throughout the school year.

Assess Measure students» mastery of state - specific standards using Star 360's computer - adaptive assessments.

This conflict should be avoided with the Common Core State Standards because an equal amount of effort is going into the development of next generation, computer - adaptive student assessment systems that will more robustly measure student learning against the standards.

Our Computer - Adaptive Tests provide a reliable measure of broad achievement and predict high - stakes test outcomes with high accuracy.

Based on the assessments, the adaptive content system automatically adjusts text complexity to meet students» evolving needs and continually monitors their progress and measures their mastery of the Iowa State Learning Standards.

There are a number of universal screening assessments available and they include both computer adaptive tests (CAT) and curriculum - based measures (CBM).

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In addition to having the adaptive feature, it will have a variety of media including simulations and animations as well as pre - and post-assessments and behavioral surveys that «measure changes in students» attitudes and behaviors regarding a variety of civic matters.»

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MAP ®, or the Measure of Academic Progress, is a computerized adaptive test which helps teachers, parents and administrators improve learning for all students and make informed decisions to promote a child's academic growth.

Based on the assessments, the adaptive content system automatically adjusts text complexity to meet students» evolving needs and continually monitors their progress and measures their mastery of the New York State Learning Standards.

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