Sentences with phrase «on at least some models»

Not exact matches

Shattered sunroofs have been reported in at least 208 models of vehicles representing 35 brands over the last 20 - plus years in the U.S., based on CR's analysis of the consumer complaints database maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Faulty ignition switches on Chevrolet Cobalts and other models built during the last decade have been linked to the deaths of at least 124 people.

In November 2012, Hyundai and Kia conceded they overstated fuel economy by at least a mile per gallon on vehicles after the EPA found errors for 13 Hyundai and Kia models from the 2011 to 2013 model years.

Even better than these two subscription models are the kinds of subscriptions that go on forever, or at least until a customer tells it to stop.

When prime - time hosts — who have never served our country in any capacity — dismiss facts and empirical reality to launch profoundly dishonest assaults on the FBI, the Justice Department, the courts, the intelligence community (in which I served) and, not least, a model public servant and genuine war hero such as Robert Mueller — all the while scaremongering with lurid warnings of «deep - state» machinations — I can not be part of the same organization, even at a remove.

Scott Tranter, a founder of the data - analytics firm Optimus who was on the data team for Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's 2016 presidential bid, told Business Insider that the psychographic modeling that Cambridge Analytica touted «isn't proven science» and that that was at least partially why some thought the service was nothing special.

The project is detailed in the contract as a seven step process — with Kogan's company, GSR, generating an initial seed sample (though it does not specify how large this is here) using «online panels»; analyzing this seed training data using its own «psychometric inventories» to try to determine personality categories; the next step is Kogan's personality quiz app being deployed on Facebook to gather the full dataset from respondents and also to scrape a subset of data from their Facebook friends (here it notes: «upon consent of the respondent, the GS Technology scrapes and retains the respondent's Facebook profile and a quantity of data on that respondent's Facebook friends»); step 4 involves the psychometric data from the seed sample, plus the Facebook profile data and friend data all being run through proprietary modeling algorithms — which the contract specifies are based on using Facebook likes to predict personality scores, with the stated aim of predicting the «psychological, dispositional and / or attitudinal facets of each Facebook record»; this then generates a series of scores per Facebook profile; step 6 is to match these psychometrically scored profiles with voter record data held by SCL — with the goal of matching (and thus scoring) at least 2M voter records for targeting voters across the 11 states; the final step is for matched records to be returned to SCL, which would then be in a position to craft messages to voters based on their modeled psychometric scores.

It's not even a question anymore whether Faraday Future is challenging Tesla's design because the startup company has already made it clear in a teaser video released on Dec. 15 that its main competition for the FF91 — at least in terms of speed — are the Bentley Bentayga, Ferrari 488 GTB, and Tesla Model X P100D.

The sentiment seemed widespread on tech and media Twitter: there was a lack of specificity in terms of questions about privacy (this allowed Zuckerberg to turn nearly every question about the ownership of data to a discussion about user interface controls that limit where data is shown to other Facebook users), plenty of dodged questions (every time there was a question about the data Facebook generates about users beyond what they themselves enter into the system Zuckerberg needed to «check with his team»), and bad questions that presumed Facebook sells data, letting Zuckerberg run out the clock at least three times by explaining the basics of Facebook's business model (this is precisely why I have been so outspoken about the problem of perpetrating this falsehood: it lets Facebook off the hook).

«Most of the assumptions behind the CAPM model do not come close to reality - at least not on this planet» David Dreman

While I don't place too much emphasis on econometric models or forecasts, it's of at least some concern that our inflation models are now more hostile than they've been at any time since the 1970's.

These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

It is customary and even ethically mandatory that experimentation that carries with it a substantial degree of risk to human subjects first be tested in an animal laboratory or, at the very least, on a computer model.

This model is rooted in an understanding of schooling already at least four centuries old by the time Christian churches appeared on the scene.

In the name of stability of life and values, our children are presented with role models of adults who (at least on the surface) make every effort to block out the feelings and influence of the child.

The model requires at least one universal law to be included in the explanans, yet there are no universal laws on the process view — all laws are statistical in character.

They are run on a self - sustaining model same as us, and have been heavily involved in tapping up, but at least John Henry is aware of the fans and won't abuse the club like Kroenke.

(I can't find any info on whether Sanders or Ross have college degrees, but since she started her modeling career early, I'd guess she didn't go to — or at least finish — college).

For example, if loving the child's mother isn't part of the equation, that dad can at least work on respecting her, cooperating with her, and giving his children access to other people who are modeling healthy relationships.

Though age and size limits depend on the model, booster seats generally start at a minimum of 4 years old and at least 40 pounds.

The peer counseling model was based on published studies that demonstrate that, among peer counseling programs for low - income mothers of term infants, in - depth, in - person peer contacts are most effective.13, 15 Emphasis was thus placed on face - to - face contact, with meetings lasting at least 30 minutes.

One thing that immediately became obvious were the differences between building a list for a party organization and for a candidate: candidates can follow the Obama model and rely at least in part on personality and charisma to attract followers, but it's pretty hard to turn a state legislative caucus into a super-hero or a messiah.

At least The Daily Caller's not afraid to bring the sexy back to online politics, judging from the impressive array of mammalian splendour that illustrated Tucker's own story on the most recent White House gate crasher and that dominated the site above - the-fold as of this morning (a couple of other stories featured on the front page focused on Peter Orszag's love child and a dead - and - burned Playboy model).

He said the town was working on a new model for affordable housing — getting away from high - density construction to put it in the least affordable areas where labor is at highest demand, for the most part east of the Shinnecock Canal.

He has stopped short of calling for a cap on earnings — he will earn at least $ 700,000 from authoring a memoir, despite its lackluster sales — but said the model of the U.S. Congress, where legislators can not earn outside income of more than 15 percent of their salary, is the «best compromise model.»

The timing of the 1998 peak suggests that curbs on industrial production were responsible, at least in part, for the decline, but the magnitude of the drop has baffled scientists because the best models had predicted a smaller decline.

So the most that cars will do, at least for the next few years, is apply light braking and steering and prepare the vehicle for impact by, depending on make and model, tightening up seat belts, unlocking doors, and turning on the hazard lights.

Based on what they learned, they used the model to test the combination of Zika virus with all the mosquito species known to transmit at least one flavivirus.

Researchers have proposed at least five models of Barrett's esophagus, each based on a different cell type.

Modelling the flow of air within the atmospheres of these planets, Carone and her colleagues found that this unusual day - night divide can have a marked effect on the distribution of ozone across the atmosphere: at least for these planets, the major air flow may lead from the poles to the equator, systematically trapping the ozone in the equatorial region.

The researchers tested their new model on Turkic, a family of at least 35 languages spoken by Turkic peoples from Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean to Siberia and Western China.

Co-led by Phil McAleer and Pascal Belin, cognitive psychologists at the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom, the researchers created a model voice based on the average acoustical characteristics of the eight voices the 2014 study had rated as most and least trustworthy.

Modern mimic: The first formalized suggestion that we should be relying on meat and modeling ourselves, at least food-wise, after our cave - dwelling ancestors came from The Stone Age Diet, a 1975 book by gastroenterologist Walter Voegtlin.

«As Earth continues to warm, it may be approaching a critical climate threshold beyond which rapid and potentially permanent — at least on a human time - scale — changes not anticipated by climate models tuned to modern conditions may occur,» the report says.

«This would seem to refute — or at least make less likely — models in which the behavior effects are the result of direct physical action of parasites on specific parts of the brain,» Eisen wrote in a blog post about the research.

«According to standard models [all based on the big bang theory], the first stars needed at least 500 million years to begin lighting up and another 700 million to 1 billion years to manufacture heavy elements such as iron and spread them through space.

Our model depends on the presence of at least one other factor that promotes spatially restricted BR accumulation and subsequent bristle outgrowth.

It should be noted, however, that while a study on senescent cell ablation in genetically normal mice would provide at least some evidence on the effect of senescent cells (and their ablation) on promoting cancer, even such a study would likely show less effect than could be anticipated in a large mammal model, since even normally - aging mice rarely suffer metastatic disease to the extent of aging humans, as sheer primary tumor volume is generally sufficient to be fatal to mice.

Researchers in the US, China and Taiwan have developed a new systems biology model that mimics the process of wood formation, allowing scientists to predict the effects of switching on and off the 21 (at least) pathway genes involved in producing lignin, a primary component of wood.

You've hit on one of the weaknesses of the paper, as the model they use admittedly doesn't model changes in albedo (at least, not as a model output).

With these mouse models, the main influence on atherosclerosis has been found to be dietary cholesterol rather than the level of fat (42 - 44), but certain threshold levels of dietary cholesterol may exist at least within the context of a low - fat purified diet (45).

If more heat is transferred to the oceans than is accounted for by the models, that «is a negative atmospheric feedback, at least on shorter time scales.»

Your sauna is fully covered for at least 2 years and depending on the collection that you purchase, you may receive lifetime warranty for some models.

In most clinics, we are able to see our patients for at least 45 minutes at a time in a one - on - one model for pelvic floor therapy.

Looking closely at the videos, it seems like the model in the «American» video is performing the movement incorrectly (on the downswings at least), flexing the elbows and allowing the KB to «drop» rather than swing.

Those of you already thinking about seeing your favorite models on the runways later this month can count out Abbey Lee, at least for New York Fashion

I looked on My Partner Forever and Elena's Models and I liked some interesting profiles (at least for me) that caught my attention.

Personally, I would be VERY surprised if the operators hired to impersonate the models are not given at least a short training session on how to conduct conversations for «best effects».

Corbijn is intent on conjuring a mood of romantic fatalism, Jean - Pierre Melville's 1967 Le Samourai being his most obvious model, and Clooney, if not managing the impenetrable suavity of Alain Delon, at least puts in a handsome shift as the Tough Guy Who Never Smiles.

Agnès Varda's New Wave masterpiece about a famous singer / fashion model who abandons her blond wig and rediscovers her identity on the streets of Paris is jam - packed with vivid detail, an expressive graphic style, and an eye for urban chaos, and is at least as engaging and inventive as Breathless and The 400 Blows.