Sentences with phrase «of number sense in»

She pioneered the study of number sense in newly hatched chicks.

Finding some brain structures to compare across deep time is a promising step in figuring out the evolution of number sense in animals.

Not exact matches

Taking Social Security retirement benefits at 62 only makes sense in a limited number of circumstances, such as if you are single and terminally ill.

Building a great company is just as hard as building a sh — ty company, which is just as hard as sitting on your couch all day — in the sense that it all costs roughly the same number of hours of consciousness, the same number of heartbeats, the same number of synapses firing.

They're not the only communications pros under pressure to use more measurement in PR and marketing efforts, and technology companies are responding to data overload with apps to help marketers make sense of the numbers.

The move made plenty of sense, too: Since 2009, two - thirds of Benchmark's investments have been in start - ups within San Francisco, and the firm believes the number may only get higher.

But the other parts are going to make sense to a number of smaller publishers, since it takes costs off the table for them and could result in additional revenue (how much remains to be seen).

One way to get some sense of the amount of innovation happening right now is to look at the number of patents issued for new inventions in the United States.

Thinking about your surroundings, how the sun feels on your skin, or the number of miles you've completed provides a sense of accomplishment and puts your issue in perspective.

«It makes sense to point to an increase in the number of travelers as one likely reason, but other than that, we have no theories.»

«The idea of taking the actual account number out of the flow... common sense says that's a good thing, especially in the light of the data compromises that we've seen,» said Visa CEO Charles Scharf at a payments conference last month.

If the number of genuine consumers using social media isn't dwindling, there's an increasing sense that their level of interest is — and that they're finding more agreeable company in a growing constellation of more socially intimate mobile apps.

But in realizing this, the numbers need to make sense, as, for Jad Toubayly, co-founder and CEO of Idealz, that is the important bit.

Since this is a percentage question, SAT prep site Get800 recommends substituting numbers in for b and k and playing out all of the answers to see which one makes sense.

In some cases, it may make sense to limit your number of holdings.

But at the same time, the seemingly endless economic doldrums (the flicker of optimism from this week's jobs numbers notwithstanding), the rise of the Occupy movement, and the general sense that young people are being particular battered by coming of age in a monster recession, suggests that while the»90s and naughts didn't offer much to rebel against, the current decade certainly does.

To get a sense of what's happening in the bawdy houses of the nation, the OECD suggests statisticians begin with an estimate of the total number of prostitutes.

But there are in fact a number of reasons why it makes sense for the Murdoch family to sell to Disney, right now.

Getting off it gave him a sense of peace and focus that he hadn't felt in a long time, which he attributed partially to Dunbar's number, or the subconscious cognitive limit to relationships theorized by anthropologist Robin Dunbar.

In 1923, Chinese leader Sun Yat - sen began a policy of active cooperation with the Chinese Communists, who had grown in strength and numbeIn 1923, Chinese leader Sun Yat - sen began a policy of active cooperation with the Chinese Communists, who had grown in strength and numbein strength and number.

MicroVision, Inc., a provider of ultra-miniature projection display and sensing technology, rose from the number 9 spot in October to number two in November.

If you aren't ready to plug in all the numbers, this flowchart can help you get a sense of whether you qualify in the first place.

It has historically made sense to hedge against market fluctuations based on much less restrictive definitions of market conditions, but at present, the market is in a set of conditions that has almost invariably been followed by deep and abrupt losses, though often only after a further marginal advance over a small number of trading sessions.

Third, a number of studies have shown that Taylor Rules are robust in the sense that they generally perform quite well across a range of different assumptions about how the economy is structured and operates.

But when you get to call them stocks and you get stock quotes daily on these pieces of paper that bounce around put people put numbers on it and volatility and all these other things where really it's not that meaningful, you know from one sense if you're investing in businesses and you did a lot of research and invested in eight different businesses with the proceeds of your sale, people would think you're a pretty prudent guy.

«We will take pains every quarter to explain the adjustments you need in order to make sense of our numbers,» he wrote.

And I warned at a number of junctures in 1999 before the Internet bubble, and again in the winter of 2007, that the main thing we had to fear was the lack of fear itself, precisely because a sense that everything is stable is a self - denying prophecy, because if there is a sense that everything is stable, -LSB-...] people will take on more risk and that will then create the conditions for future instability.

Of the more than 400 hiring professionals who participated in the study, more than half indicated an increase in the number of new employees who enter the workforce with an unearned sense of entitlemenOf the more than 400 hiring professionals who participated in the study, more than half indicated an increase in the number of new employees who enter the workforce with an unearned sense of entitlemenof new employees who enter the workforce with an unearned sense of entitlemenof entitlement.

But at the same time, we know there are a number of things which slowed economies down which have been decidedly temporary, but temporary in a longer sense than normal.

«The deal makes a lot of sense for a number of reasons, especially with Amazon's local physical footprint already established on the AWS side of the house,» Ball said in a news statement.

I'll be watching a number of things in 2013 in order to get a better sense of what the future will bring.

It is worth reading to get a sense of how low non-performing loan numbers in the Chinese banking system are nonetheless compatible with a surge in bad investments funded by debt.

In that reporting, FedEx acknowledged the requirement but argued, «we do not believe these payments are «tax gross - ups» in the traditional sense, since their value is fully reflected in the number of shares ultimately delivered to recipients.&raquIn that reporting, FedEx acknowledged the requirement but argued, «we do not believe these payments are «tax gross - ups» in the traditional sense, since their value is fully reflected in the number of shares ultimately delivered to recipients.&raquin the traditional sense, since their value is fully reflected in the number of shares ultimately delivered to recipients.&raquin the number of shares ultimately delivered to recipients.»

So in addition to getting a sense for how these concepts and promotion platforms rank against what we've done historically, we've also added a number of competitive benchmarks into our testing.

Luecke said that the number of veterans in the industry did rise in an absolute sense to 16,835, but they just did not grow as quickly as the rest of the workforce.

While SEC disclosure rules require that these payments be included with tax reimbursement payments and reported as «other compensation» in the Summary Compensation Table, we do not believe these payments are «tax gross - ups» in the traditional sense, since their value is fully reflected in the number of shares ultimately delivered to recipients.

«There was a sense of the realization of being in the thick of production hell with the Model 3, and trying to get these numbers up, otherwise the company is not going to make money, essentially,» she said.

But when a number pops out that makes sense in terms of both theory and empirical evidence, it's legitimate to take note.

Please do not let the precision of the numbers give you a false sense of certainty in them.

Adam gives us a good sense of the numbers and dollars being invested in demand generation and marketing automation.

In an underlying sense, the slowing in export growth was probably even more marked, as exports of non-official gold were unusually strong in these two quarters, reflecting the re-export of gold imports from a number of the east Asian countrieIn an underlying sense, the slowing in export growth was probably even more marked, as exports of non-official gold were unusually strong in these two quarters, reflecting the re-export of gold imports from a number of the east Asian countriein export growth was probably even more marked, as exports of non-official gold were unusually strong in these two quarters, reflecting the re-export of gold imports from a number of the east Asian countriein these two quarters, reflecting the re-export of gold imports from a number of the east Asian countries.

Therefore, McDonald's strength in numbers, and Jack in the Box's meal - deal ploy targeted at pot smokers, would appear to make a lot of sense.

Much as I think the expansion has a good deal further to run, I suspect that a significant number of households have chosen a debt level which makes sense in good times, but does not take into account the fact that bad times inevitably will occur at some time or other.

In a sense, this card turns every purchase into a bonus category so you're always earning the maximum number of Ultimate Rewards possible.

But not only was the Reaganite touting of America's innate decency and common - sense revealed to be quite naïve by the developments of 2005 - 2013, the Reaganite free - market philosophy was revealed in a number of ways to be deficient.

Lest common sense fail to convince readers that surgery is not a treatment for a mental disorder, a Swedish study published in 2011 found that over the long term, 324 people who had undergone sex - reassignment surgery demonstrated an alarmingly high suicide rate and experienced considerably higher numbers of severe psychiatric problems than were present in the general population.

You know, I bet if you slapped the rise in number of atheists / agnostics in the country on a graph with the decline in morality and good sense, you'd get a big fat X. It's pretty obvious which way things are going with a mere cursory glance at today's society.

To hold that same - sex marriage is part of the fundamental right to marry, or necessary for giving LGBT people the equal protection of the laws, the Court implicitly made a number of other assumptions: that one - flesh union has no distinct value in itself, only the feelings fostered by any kind of consensual sex; that there is nothing special about knowing the love of the two people whose union gave you life, whose bodies gave you yours, so long as you have two sources of care and support; that what children need is parenting in some disembodied sense, and not mothering and fathering.

Yet this obsession with greatness and number - one - ness, whether of individuals, nations or civilizations, has always stood in a rather awkward relationship to the biblical tradition — however much Christendom has failed to sense the awkwardness.

I think also, there's a bit of common sense in the sense that if you're in a densely populated area of one race, of course you're gonna have high numbers of [intraracial violence].