Sentences with phrase «on such observations»

Can we quantify the expected change in flash flood rainfall per 1 degC of warming based on such observations?

The India - born artist N.S. Harsha, however, thrives on such observations.

Based on such observations, and even more on theoretical arguments, researchers guesstimate there are about 10 million black holes in the Milky Way.

Not exact matches

It was based on skills we can aspire to improve ourselves, such as curiosity and intense observation.»

The problem is that particularly since March 2012, our estimates of prospective market returns (on a blended horizon of 2 - weeks to 18 months) have moved from the worst 2 % of historical observations, to the worst 1 % of observations, to what is now such rarified air that only a handful of atoms remain.

But what has always been true is that we were born with powers of making judgments, making observations and forming conclusions, and I think to let such a given power just sit rotting on a shelf somewhere is like not walking and letting perfectly good legs atrophy into useless attachments.

How was Isaiah able to know that the earth is like a «circle» long in advance of actual observation, such as when the Apollo astronauts confirmed that the earth was indeed round in July 1969 from their vantage point on the moon?

Information based on facts that can be proved through analysis, measurement, observation, and other such means of research.

After some preliminary discussion, I will provide a brief sketch of such a revised theology of orders and, finally, offer some observations on the application of that theology to current discussions of the role of the church in society.

-- test the picture by a survey instrument (such as the one described next) that asks similar questions, and by inviting members of the congregation to review and comment on the results of your observations.

Intelligent design is based on the scientific method3: Intelligent design might base its ideas on observations in the natural world, but it does not test them in the natural world, or attempt to develop mechanisms (such as natural selection) to explain their observations4.

It's just an observation... but I think these junk sites you are going to are not helping you out very much... in fact, maybe you should consider that they are what is causing you such angst and confusion on here

Lest this observation be dismissed as just a superficial matter of techniques, let me immediately say that such ignorance applies most emphatically on the level of sacramental theology and liturgical theology in general.

The recognition of the central and constitutive role and the necessity of the varied institutions that exist between the state and the individual has been a staple observation of thinkers from Tocqueville to contemporary thinkers on both the nominal right and nominal left, such as Bertrand de Jouvenel, Robert Nisbet, Russell Kirk, Christopher Lasch, Alasdair MacIntyre, Wilson Carey McWilliams, and Jean Bethke Elshtain.

Third, scientific reflection (in the form of observation and much speculation) on the nature of time itself also has profound implications on how man conceives of his reality as a succession of events (how man connects events in his reality)- interpreted as the passage of time - and whether those events are intrinsically connected, and, if so, whether or not such a connection is changeable.

That there is a constitutive relation of asymmetrical dependence of the evaluative features of specifically human experience on its valuational features such that something like what Ogden calls «existential faith» is invariably involved in human existence is a conceptual observation (TPT 71f).

These observations also bear on the inevitable objections of today's politically correct that Niebuhr's categories are useless because he himself does not deal with issues such as gender or race, or that he deals with the thought of elites instead of what the.

When observations failed to disclose such circular orbits, they retained their notions of essential order by supposing that the movements could be analyzed in terms of the Ptolemaic epicycles, i.e., circles on top of circles.

The grasp that fundamentalist preaching has on the evangelical protestants such that they willfully ignore obvious observations that the earth is very, very old is truly staggering.

When the author refers to other commentators on specialist subjects, such as the raising of children, she is quite precise in how she mentions them, and also from where their observations, or research, have originated.

Physics, in particular, is noted for its ability to use inductive reasoning to posit universal laws such as Einstein's General Relativity, making the claim that experiments and observations on or from earth allow us to generalise a theory into universal law, i.e. a law of physics that we believe must hold everywhere in the universe because this is a law written into the fabric of the universe.

Such caricatures are resilient, and no doubt some might wish to reject my arguments at the outset on the grounds that a rabbi should never leave his religious sphere or that there is nothing I could add to the observation that the Bible forbids homosexuality.

Suffice it to say that the conceptuality which I accept — and accept because it seems to do justice to deep analysis of human experience and observation, as well as to the knowledge we now have of the way «things go» in the world — lays stress on the dynamic «event» character of that world; on the inter-relationships which exist in what is a societal universe, on the inadequacy of «substance» thinking to describe such a universe of «becoming» and «belonging», on the place of decisions in freedom by the creatures with the consequences which such decisions bring about, and on the central importance of persuasion rather than coercive force as a clue to the «going» of things in that universe.

MANILA, Philippines — Reliable information based on satellite data and ground observations can help the Philippines prepare for and mitigate the effect of recurring disasters, such as typhoons and El Niño on rice areas in Mindanao.

She boasts extensive manufacturing and operations experience, cultivated from an early age through hands - on observation of strategy, planning and execution at Johanna Foods, Inc., one of the country's largest dairy and beverage companies, housing such brands as La Yogurt, Tree Ripe, Earth Wise and Ssips, in some of the most state - of - the - art facilities in the business.

It is important to note that these studies, which support breast milk's power to develop infants» cognitive ability are based mainly on observation and could contain confounding factors such as minor differences in mother - baby interaction.

Nana Gyan Apenteng said instead of the youth and other members of society actively involving themselves in the observation of important holidays such as Republic Day, Independence Day and AU Day and deliberating on their significance, they are pulled into religious engagements on such days.

As internationally - led state - building becomes an increasingly ubiquitous aspect of international affairs, the observations of Caplan and his contributors will form an essential part of the debate on how such operations may best be conducted.

In his statement, O'Neill said the NYPD affects a marijuana - related arrest or summons based on officer observations, 911 or 311 calls, and from meetings with community representatives such as tenant associations or community council meetings.

Such ratings would be based on results of classroom observations and tests selected locally by school districts.

Four - out - of - five New York City voters (80 %) support a new teacher evaluation system based on both classroom observations and test scores, with 56 % supporting such a system strongly.

If your pet is not up - to - date on its rabies shots, the ten - day confinement / observation period must take place, at the owner's expense, at an appropriate facility such as an animal shelter, veterinarian's office, or kennel.

In coming years NASA's Webb and WFIRST telescopes will probably attempt such observations on a handful of the nearest, brightest promising exoplanets, as will a new generation of ground - based 30 - meter - class observatories now under construction.

These ground - based observations have helped shed light on key characteristics of these plumes, such as how often they occur, and what makes some plumes stronger than others.

Observations from Earth in 2007 spotted no sign of sodium, casting doubt on such a subsurface sea.

In addition, he adds, «a better understanding of sediment transport can be used to reconstruct environments of Earth's past or on other planets, such as Mars, through observations of previously moved sediment, now preserved in deposits.»

Drawing on his data from the Hubble observations, Li estimates that the nucleus — the solid body of the comet itself — is no more than about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) across, smaller than what many astronomers initially expected for such an energetic comet.

Based on Frank's observations, others who study ants are now wondering if they also have seen such rescue tactics.

Such geological structures were discovered on Chury by the Rosetta mission — these observations were previously considered mysterious.

Plus, recent observations on Ceres» surface of ammonia (of household cleaner fame) also hint toward a more distant origin, to a time and place when such compounds were more common.

Finally, such observations might help to envisage the distant future of our planet, when, in 3 or 4 billion years, the Sun will become a red giant and will circulate in our atmosphere making life impossible on Earth.

And modelers will more faithfully simulate the whole machine, drawing on seismics, mineral physics, and subtle geophysical observations such as gravity variations.

The team's observations, published online today in Current Biology, suggest that flies base their cruising altitude on horizontal edges and landmarks — such as table surfaces or tree tops — and not on how fast the ground is moving beneath them.

Timothy Moore, chairman of the department of psychology at York University's Glendon College in Toronto, points out that Janov's assertions of scientific linkage are based on uncontrolled case histories and personal observations, and as such his work has not been scientifically validated.

He posted a request for similar observations on mammalwatching.com, a website for amateur mammalogists comparable to birdwatching websites, and received a few more such reports.

«Just as an observation, this is an intriguing result,» says Sarita Thakoor, a physicist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, who works on robotic flight systems based on ideas gleaned from insects such as dragonflies and bees.

The observations that they were able to take ultimately helped reveal that neutron - star mergers create heavy elements found on Earth, such as gold.

Observations of Callisto's near - space environment by instruments on board the spacecraft Galileo, which is orbiting Jupiter, lead us to believe that there is such a sub-surface ocean.

The documented observation serves to confirm that snakes do predate on bats in caves, and is also the first such case known from Ecuador.

Earth - based observations in 2003 indicated plumes of methane on Mars (red), but higher - precision measurements on the planet's surface find no such gas.