Not exact matches
Why you should care: The goal
of Placemeter is to collect
data to help increase the effectiveness
of urban design, give local businesses a
better idea
of their traffic, and help consumers get useful info like how crowded the bar down the street is
before you get there.
But this new model is still far from proven, and physicists will need more
data and a
better understanding
of string theory
before that's possible.
This dynamic approach to predicting behavior
before it becomes a problem is typical
of how the pharmaceutical powerhouse is using
data to drive
better decision - making.
She may do 20 different things
before she buys, so we look at all
of those layers and process the
data in real time to determine who
best to engage, and at what moment someone might want help.
Trendspottr, co-founder and chief executive Mark Zohar explains, scours social media such as Twitter and Facebook as
well as subscribers» corporate proprietary
data for specific words, language usage, velocity
of mentions and acceleration to predict trending topics —
before they actually trend.
Elsewhere, digital photography is used to capture and analyze
data in thousands
of other fields as
well, from nature photographers documenting never -
before - seen flora and fauna to revolutionaries snapping and sending photos that will spark change, proving that digital photography truly is one
of the most important advancements in the history
of technology.
But they should also try to get a
better sense
of the scope
of the problem with Facebook apps — they should ask Zuckerberg how many apps were created
before 2014 (when Facebook's rules changed), what kind
of data they could access, and how many users could have had their
data misused by them.
I've written
before about how Canadian carriers score very
well on the Merrill Lynch Global Wireless Matrix, which measures just about every statistic, from minutes
of use to percentage
of revenue derived from
data.
I don't think we're there yet in terms
of getting it down to the one - to - one marketing level, but at least leveraging it for insights that can provide
better direction is the fact that, payments companies have essentially customer behavior
data of purchases
before and after someone leaves your store.
They hope to be able to amass enough
data about women's menstrual cycles, sexual behavior, mood, and diet that they can help any woman know exactly when to conceive, warn her about early problems like potential endometriosis, and over time, promote
better health care for women in general by collecting large amounts
of information that hasn't been collected
before.
«My idea
of an app that is really
good is one that has had rigorous testing to say that «this really helps,» with proper groupings,» Sridhar says, adding that it's important for any app to do this
before making any assumptions on its
data.
Some
of the most important
data visualizations ever created go way back,
well before computers and big
data existed: Charts that changed history.
If that's true, then the issue seems to be a classic Catch 22: it's possible that other robotics makers have been waiting for
better data showing the effectiveness
of the machines
before entering the market.
The latest CBO report on average federal taxes by income group was released in June 2016 and includes
data for 1979 - 2013 on
before - and after - tax income and taxes paid for each quintile, as
well as for the top 1, 5, and 10 percent
of households., [20][21] Because
of the effort involved in preparing these analyses, CBO's annual updates tend to lag about two years behind the publication
of the necessary SOI
data.
Their names, birth dates and location
data, as
well as lists
of every Facebook page they had ever liked, were downloaded — without their knowledge or express consent —
before Mr. Deason could even begin reading the first survey question.
That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as
well as developers and
data privacy,» Zuckerberg said in opening remarks
before a joint hearing
of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees.
The proliferation and speed
of unstructured
data via blogs, news websites and social networks is now such that potential buyers passively receive information (or in some cases misinformation) about your products and your competitors» products
well before someone from your sales team ever has the chance to interact with them.
Some
of President Donald Trump's
best - known talking points and slogans were reportedly tested by a
data firm long
before he became a candidate.
Although as mentioned
before the
data is hopelessly lagged, completely untransparent and unreliable at the
best of times, the anecdotal evidence is piling up.
The incoming
data from the US has been choppy at
best and hence it would be difficult for the Fed to think about accelerated rate hikes at this point
of time but that is also something that the investors would wait for the Fed to confirm
before pushing the prices higher again.
As I've said
before I don't really approve
of folks who expect me to take their perspective, without supporting evidence, I am after all a «
data scientist» and I am trained as a scientist, as
well as having a decent amount
of management experience.
All any
of us can do is take the existing
data we have (in the case
of Grayson Allen, 4 years
of College, with over 700 3 - point attempts) and make generalized statements like «he's a
good shooter», and compare his stats with other college players that went
before him (like Delly).
Fifth, the accuracy
of vital statistics
data has
well - known limitations, especially in regard to patient conditions
before pregnancy; the coding
of these conditions is less sensitive than that for procedures.23 - 26
Besides, the results
of Gijsbers et al. showed that the educational program based on written advice in booklets as
well as
data delivered orally about all the aspects
of breastfeeding and milk storage and expression proved effective in improving EB rates up to 6 months for pregnant women
of a child with an asthma predisposition, visited twice
before the birth
of their babies and once afterwards [20].
In 1986, 2 years
before these
data were collected, the United States ranked 16th (3.6 / 1000) in postneonatal death,
well below Finland (first; 1.8 / 1000) and Sweden (second; 2.0 / 1000).24 The US breastfeeding prevalence in 1986 was 57 % at birth and 22 % at 6 months, 25 whereas in Finland and Sweden, the prevalence at 6 months then was still ~ 60 % and 50 %, respectively.26 Although the United States still trails the Nordic countries both in breastfeeding and in postneonatal mortality, the US rate
of postneonatal death has fallen steadily between the late 1980s and now, and breastfeeding has increased.
While I'm sure people will disagree on what sorts
of policies will work
best, and there is no
data I'm aware
of to go by, a
good starting point seems to be constitutionally mandated qualification and disqualification conditions for candidates
before they can go on the ballot.
IDA reform bill requires IDAs to do a
better job
of gathering projected job
data and performing a cost - benefit analysis
before tax dollars are used to finance the project.
«We may have to wait 20 or 30 years
before the
data set in the 21st century is
good enough to pin down sensitivity,» says climate modeler Gavin Schmidt
of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS).
The reason computational biology never fully got off the ground
before now, he says, is that pharmaceutical companies weren't yet grappling with the kinds
of problems that are
best - suited to computational biologists: finding useful signals in tremendously large sets
of unsorted, noisy
data.
Kendall said DOD would work with agencies that already do so, notably the National Institutes
of Health and the National Science Foundation, «to determine
best practices
before beginning
data collection.»»
«Because
of the nature
of colony losses, it is very difficult to collect key information on the cause unless standardized, in - depth
data collection is occurring
well before the loss takes place.
An image
of an area
of the Arctic sea ice pack
well north
of Alaska, captured by the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite on Sept. 13, 2013, the day
before the National Snow and Ice
Data Center estimated Arctic sea ice to have reached its minimum extent for the year.
«Although
data clearly indicate
better immune responses and vaccine efficacy against both genital warts and cervical dysplasia when vaccination occurs
before age 14, this study suggests that HPV vaccination may be effective in reducing abnormal Pap test results even after sexual debut,» explained co-author Rebecca Perkins, MD, MSc, assistant professor
of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston University School
of Medicine and a gynecologist at Boston Medical Center.
«There needs to be a
good way to obtain
data about a drug's side effects
before exposing a lot
of people to the drug.
Clinical trials are the gold standard
of research, but the body
of scientific
data should be compelling
before translating scientific findings to our at - risk, presumed healthy patients for disease prevention and patients with a
good prognosis undergoing treatment.»
All
of these
data, as
well as other information never
before released, are now online at http://scim.ag/afghandata.
This paleo climatic
data and the distribution
of archaeological sites associated with the HP, as
well of that
of the Still Bay tradition, which existed in the same environments about 5,000 years
before (76,000 to 71,000 years ago), enabled the researchers to model the emergence
of these traditions with two predictive algorithms that permitted them to reconstruct the ecological niche associated with each tradition and determine whether these niches differed significantly through time.
Data on the students» factual knowledge about the GDR and their understanding
of basic history concepts and their insight in epistemological principals
of history were collected immediately
before and after the teaching unit as
well as two to three months later.
«These results enable us to determine whether potential treatments will be effective against patients» symptoms by testing them first in healthy volunteers and defining the
best doses based on objective physiological
data before conducting costly clinical trials,» said Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, the Lawrence C. Kolb Professor and Chairman
of the Department
of Psychiatry at CUMC, and Principal Investigator
of this study.
«We now have very
good and certainly much
better data than
before showing the incredible impact
of HIV on tuberculosis and particularly TB - related deaths,» says epidemiologist Richard Chaisson, who directs the Johns Hopkins University Center for TB Research in Baltimore, Maryland, and who was not involved with the WHO report.
And it maybe goes both ways, but I know that in radio astronomy, for example, they have taken advantage
of a lot
of the — and presumably in other kinds
of astronomy as
well, they've taken advantage
of the, you know, how cheap storage is now and processing power to do really hugely
data - intensive observations with off - the - shelf technologies, and they've used graphics processors to, you know, do things they could only do
before with custom fabricated chips, which were obviously extremely expensive.
• Baseline ground water quality
data should be taken
before drilling begins and be monitored over the lifetime and abandonment
of the gas - producing
well.
First, estimating the impact
of historical migrations from present - day genetic
data alone is challenging, because both the state
of the indigenous population
before the migration as
well as the genetic make up
of the immigrants are unknown and have to be estimated simultaneously from present - day
data.
This
data suggests a different effect
of ketosis on glucose homeostasis in diabetic and non-diabetic individuals.21 Other studies support the long - term efficacy
of ketogenic diets in managing complications
of T2D.36, 37 Although significant reductions in fat mass often results when individuals restrict carbohydrate, the improvements in glycaemic control, haemoglobin A1c and lipid markers, as
well as reduced use or withdrawal
of insulin and other medications in many cases, occurs
before significant weight loss occurs.
While most dating sites likely strip out the geotag (GPS location
data)
of any picture you upload, you should remove this metadata
before you upload it, just to be on the safe side, otherwise scammers and crazies might be able to track you down using the location
data, and that wouldn't be
good at all.
It's
best to look at competitive intelligence
data across at least a couple
of competitive intelligence providers
before drawing conclusions on valuations and strategic decisions.
-- Namco Bandai understands that fans want more Tales game in English — Time and money get in the way — Namco Bandai has taken steps to alleviate the issues above, and hopefully we can now look forward to seeing more Tales games worldwide — It's been difficult to fit the game on the 3DS card due to size restrictions — Voice
data in particular was challenging to put on the card and feels they solved the problem while keeping the quality high — «Every part
of the game, with the exception
of the animated cut - scenes, has been redone in 3D» — Yoshizumi believes this makes the game seem more real / immersive than
before — Character models rebuilt to improve performance — Rest
of the game has been ported over seamlessly — Some changes made to «in - game parameters» to compensate for control differences — No other additions, no new weapons / artes — No communication features (StreetPass, SpotPass)-- Namco Bandai have talked about a sequel, but haven't yet come up with something that would be
good enough for a full game — Yoshizumi says he appreciates the comments he receives on Twitter from worldwide fans, and he hopes that more Tales games can make it over in the future — Load times have been improved on significantly — Steadier frame rate (may have been referring to the world map specifically)-- Skits will remain unvoiced
It seemed to fit our
data pretty
well and we have from this rather unique perspective
of looking at class clowning and playfulness which hadn't been done
before, which we have yet further evidence to support the whole idea that there is this Pygmalion effect, this self - fulfilling prophecy that occurs in the classrooms with teachers and their students.
Perhaps the
best data, she says, comes from a series
of articles published in 2002 in the Charleston Gazette in West Virginia, which found that despite the state spending $ 1 billion on consolidation and closing more than 300 schools since 1990, no hard savings were achieved, there were more administrators than
before, and the promise
of more and
better courses was never met.
In education we're very
good at devising benchmark assessments to collect formative
data, but what
of the innate and essential learners who are
before us?