Sentences with phrase «of measuring points»

Would you intentionally vary the number of measuring points each year while continuously moving them around?

On continental areas we need gridding to weight equally all areas independently of the number of measuring points.

In section 3 Comparative measuring I would have liked a photo with your explanation of the measuring points that I could print out.

Proponents of the measure point other facets such as a second hand grip or a muzzle shroud make it easier to fire the weapon and thus more deadly.

Opponents of the measure pointed to the favorable language before voters on the ballot as set by the state Board of Elections, which touted claims the amendment would bring more jobs, added school aid and lower property taxes.

Supporters of the measure point to an estimated $ 50,000 to $ 60,000 savings on energy bills over 25 years to offset these initial costs.

Not exact matches

Washington voters passed legalization measure Initiative 502 with a margin of nearly 10 points.

But the truth is that not all complaints are valid, and not all ideas meritorious; it is the leader's responsibility to make measured, informed decisions, and not to pander to data points of one.

But he points to a report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer released earlier this year showing that, since 2009, the debt service ratio — a measure of income spent to pay debt — has remained steady at around 14 per cent, not much higher than the long - term average.

Simple measures such as building on e-commerce supported platforms and protecting your hardware and software with regular updates and sufficient anti-virus and firewall protection are basic principles that can be easily implemented to close the loopholes that hackers use as points of entry.

She points to a 2011 study by the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, which found that students who started school at 8:30 a.m. got almost an hour more sleep and performed better on tests measuring attention levels than peers who started at 7:30 a.m.

SCS earnings before tax as a percentage of SCS total revenue and SCS operating revenue (a non-GAAP measure) were 5.3 % and 6.8 %, respectively, both down 90 basis points from the prior year.

DTS earnings before tax as a percentage of DTS total revenue and DTS operating revenue (a non-GAAP measure) were 4.4 % and 6.5 %, respectively, up 20 and 70 basis points from the year - earlier period.

FMS earnings before tax as a percentage of FMS total revenue and FMS operating revenue (a non-GAAP measure) were 4.0 % and 4.8 %, respectively, both down 60 basis points from the prior year, primarily reflecting higher depreciation due to vehicle residual value policy changes and lower used vehicle sales results.

Test - takers no longer will lose points for wrong answers, a feature meant to discourage guessing but that produced agonized complaints that the exam was more an exercise in strategy than a measure of college - readiness.

The Caixin measure of manufacturing activity (PMI) edged up a tenth of a percentage point to 50.1, led by output and new orders.

«As you can see, a yawning 50 - point gap opened at year - end between the two measures of confidence, with dumb money optimism having soared, while smart money optimism became decidedly more subdued.

«The only real reference point right now is commercial air travel, and we are a victim of our own excellent safety measures,» says Dr. Clay Cowl, chair of the Division of Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota, who was not involved in Castleberry's research.

At some point in the not - distant future, Griffith will have the most accurate tool around for measuring an individual's (or collective's) energy use as well as a gigantic pile of data, both of which will be commercially quite valuable as we are pushed toward a greener lifestyle.

However, as some commentators have pointed out, the correlation between the popularity of digital platforms and the amount of dollars it can command is an imperfect measure.

As the economy continues its rocky recovery, policy - makers are quick to point out that core inflation, the key measure upon which the Bank of Canada depends to set monetary policy and stave off destabilizing devaluations of currency, remains in check.

Drivers for hire can point to an independent measure of their driving skill and customer service.

Equities analysts don't doubt that's the case, but point out that for such large, diversified companies, the gaming business remains a junior part of their operations (although they're huge by any stand - alone measure).

Just like we can't give you points that measure that Intercom is one of the most compelling modern products, but at the same time, we know it is.

She points to offerings like the new Oral - B Bluetooth toothbrush, which records your time brushed and the parts you've missed, or SK - II's Magic Ring, which measures your skin's age, as examples of the return to P&G's technical superiority.

For example, a stock photographer can point to the number of downloads of his material and the ratings users have given him as a measure of his aptitude behind the lens.

It will also lead to the bank's common equity Tier 1 capital ratio, a key measure of its financial strength, falling by about 20 basis points, the lender said.

When Duke University's Fuqua School of Business measured the NPS of its MBA program in October, the school found that it hit an impressive 67, 10 points lower than the Welch Institute.

Add on the jumps in market - based measures of inflation expectations, the chances of more Federal Reserve hikes, and other macro-economic data points and the moves for the economy have been dramatic.

The latest index, compiled from six trillion data points, measured congestion between April and June of this year and is expressed in percentages that illustrate additional driving time.

Volatility as measured by the VIX, which had surged on the recent downwards moves, dropped by 4 points to roughly 18.5, eversing all of its jump over the past week.

He points out that while timeline views were down, other measures of engagement, namely retweets and favourites, were up 35 %.

Announcing the report findings, commissioner for census and statistics Leslie Tang Wai - kong pointed out that the Gini coefficient - an index from 0 to 1 that measures the wealth gap - for households rose by 0.002 from 0.537 in 2011 to a record high of 0.539 last year.

Such activities have been shown to lower functional IQ by 10 points — which is, by some measures, about twice the impact of smoking marijuana.

«The question from a financial stability point of view is whether or not those measures, to the extent they encourage more credit and more investment, may not buy some more growth today, but increase the risk of some disruption in growth further down the road,» Carolyn Wilkins, the Bank of Canada's senior deputy governor, said at least week's press conference.

On their face, the added levies would boost inflation measures by one - tenth of a percentage point while reducing annual GDP growth by one or two tenths, Barclays said in a note that assumes the moves would not have massive repercussions from U.S. trading partners.

With the economy either at or beyond full employment and the consumer price index — a measure of the inflation in consumer prices — at 2.1 percent, the real 10 - year interest rate is 0.4 percent, Jones explained, roughly 300 basis points below the historical average.

Since 2011, Fortuna has calculated a «buyback ROI,» or return on investment, which tracks post-buyback stock prices and other data points to measure the effectiveness of corporate repurchases.

A tokenistic mindset — let's get a woman, a minority and throw in some foreigners for good measure — misses the point: It's the combination of perspectives, experiences and skills that matters, as it helps curb groupthink and anticipate more curves in the road.

«Part of the reasons active measures have worked in the US election is because the commander - in - chief has used Russian active measures at times against his opponents,» Watts said, pointing to Manafort and Trump's citations of fake - news stories pushed out by Russian - linked entities last year.

Ideally, we would look at a comprehensive measure of income that covers a long time span, allows us to compare before - and after - tax income at different points in the income distribution, and accounts for changes in the size and composition of households.

The Bank's three measures of core inflation, taken together, continue to point to material excess capacity in the economy.

The spread between the two - year note yield and the 10 - year note yield, a widely - watched measure of the yield curve, narrowed to 42.8 basis points, the tightest since September 2007.

The region - wide Stoxx Europe 600 index, the broadest measure of share prices, was marked 0.4 % higher at 390.72 points by 09:00 BST, with both financial and industrial stocks leading the advance.

Much of the debate over Trump's trade policy seems to miss the point that the economic effects of any trade measure depend on how it affects capital.

Our eight - point Summary * includes a number of statements that have all materialized in those countries in Western Europe that have adopted the full measure of global warming mania.

The margin of error — which measures sample variability — is + / - 3.5 percentage points.

With Greece at boiling point following the adoption of yet more internationally mandated austerity measures in the wake of parliament's vote to slash 25,000 jobs in the public sector, opposition leaders said it was wrong for Schäuble to be visiting at all.

From this point forward, even Ben Bernanke knows that aside from some extreme type of measure that the economic effects and the effects on equity markets and bond markets are going to be limited.

Strategists at Bank of America Merrill Lynch put a fine point on the paradox of how central banks created both a liquidity solution and problem with their historically aggressive measures while they and congressional legislators created a tighter regulatory environment.