Sentences with phrase «only good observation»

Team member and former masters student Irene Vikatou needed only good observation to detect a high prevalence of a rare type of bone lesion called osteochondritis dissecans (OD) in the foot bones.

Not exact matches

The only difference is that chemisty's observations are shared and relaiably predicatable... better, strong evidence.

«11 The significance of this observation for understanding cognition, says Romeo, lies in the implication that the intimate nature of things is hidden in all of us, so that «each person must analyze, himself on the basis of internal signs (as well as external ones that might act only as catalysts).»

From a Mexican perspective, the author is convinced that one can only understand his religious symbols correctly from within and not by mere observation — even the best and most critical — from the outside.

However, because only a few studies were graded to be of high quality, we suggest that further research, conducted with good methodology and large sample sizes, should be carried out to strengthen the validity of these observations.

Ideas developed to explain terrestrial experiments at particle accelerators, Pavlidou says, «not only provide hope for a better understanding of particle astrophysics observations — they are an essential everyday tool in any theoretical model which tries to interpret our observations.»

Advocates argue that, like it or not, the multiverse may well be the only viable nonreligious explanation for what is often called the «fine - tuning problem» — the baffling observation that the laws of the universe seem custom - tailored to favor the emergence of life.

What he found was that not only were the simulations much closer to actual observations, but the high - resolution models were far better at reproducing intense storms, such as hurricanes and cyclones.

Consequently, it may well take many more decades to answer those questions based on oceanic observations only.

Better minds than mine have no doubt been brought to bear on the question, and here I offer only a few observations for what they are worth.

«This paper only makes sense if the observations [of magnetic pulses] are good,» says John Ebel, a seismologist at Boston College, who wasn't involved in the research.

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.

A dozen years later, when new observations by Edwin Hubble and Vesto Slipher revealed that the universe was not static but expanding, Einstein was only too glad to kiss the cosmological constant good - bye, with some regarding it as his greatest blunder.

«Another key factor was the smooth operation of Keck Observatory; good pointing and smooth operation allows one to get spectra of more stars in only a few nights of observation.

Consequently, until we have better ways of defining those patients who have been cured by SLN biopsy alone (or the long - term results of current prospective trials indicate otherwise), nodal observation should be chosen by SLN - positive patients only after very careful consideration, and not routinely recommended by surgeons or oncologists as a proven alternative to avoiding CLND.

Moxie concurred with Betty's observation that men on dating sites were mostly only interested in women decades younger than themselves, but bars were no better:

Somehow that moment says everything we need to know about his negligent upbringing, though Haigh weaves in other clues: Charley's home is a sty, messier than the stables where the horses sleep, and the only fatherly advice his dad has to offer is, «All the best women have been waitresses at one point,» even if the movie bears out that observation.

The director is especially quick to offer observations on lighting choices and mentions Goldblatt only once, in regards to some model shooting.6 Say what you will about Hyams, but he stewarded the aesthetics of Outland well, despite eventually losing command of its dramatic arc.

While the observation guidelines and processes we used were of good quality, we observed only one lesson for each teacher, so our evidence here must be considered suggestive and exploratory.

[Since they only cover one grade level, and a non-standardized observation of the student including classroom attitude and homework responsibility as well as curricular levels], report cards do not establish a present level of educational performance.

They suggested a multi-measure evaluation system that includes student - growth data (the only objective picture of a student's progress we now have), but also multiple classroom observations and student surveys, as well as standards of professionalism such as teacher attendance and contributions to the school community.

The AFT and the state education department have only agreed that classroom observations — which, even under the best of circumstances, are far less reliable in measuring student performance than either value - added analysis of student test score performance or even surveys of students — should be the «majority» element in the new evaluation system.

Of course skilled social scientists observe pedagogy in action and share their observations, but it's still only good guidance and not a proven principle like buoyancy.

A laptop loaded with data from previous observations can allow an administrator to hone in on only those teaching indicators that merit the most attention — and provide instantaneous feedback accompanied by videos of best practices from master teachers.

My observation is that free only really works if it provides your book with massive exposure when it's no longer free, which is why KDP Select free days used to be good.

Improving your observation skills The only way to get better at being an observer is to practice.

Especially in light of the specific wording of the home inspection agreement (which obliged the inspector to make a visual inspection only, but to report any «' significant»» items as well as «seriously deficient systems and components or those nearing the end of their useful life»), it was the inspector's duty to include the observation in his written report.

It's always best to speak with other owners prior to letting dogs off - leash in a community setting, as it is likely that no reliable assumption can be made about canine aggression from only brief observation or breed recognition.

The cat's metabolism works differently: The feline organism needs longer to metabolize and detoxify pet medicines and painkillers than the canine system, so veterinary drugs that work well for other species might be quite toxic for cats and can be used only under close veterinary observation.

This sea - change in visual culture prompted Benjamin's observation that «the manner in which human sense perception is organized, the medium in which it is accomplished, is determined not only by nature but by historical circumstances as well.»

However, the series also apparently refers to Sigmund Freud's famous attributed observation that «Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar», [17] as well as to Rudyard Kipling's»... a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.»

No, I never said that drawing was the only way to do good work, but its benefit is that it connects the brain to the neurons in your arm and your hand so there is some kind of connection between all the parts of your body that is engaged in observation.

And like Jiro, from my observations they seem to have this sense of inner satisfaction my Wall Street trader friends (who easily make ten times as much, on a good day) can only dream of.

The Popperian paradigm only works for logically simple theories, and it works best when you have multiple theories with which to compare an observation.

Nor do I know of anything like that described in the observations of other stars like our sun, and I know they're being watched — it's the only way to get a better idea of the range of variation that may be possible locally in a hurry.

Only those that can't be constrained using direct observations of the phenomena are available for tuning to get better large scale climate features.

Your fence riding gymnastics are only good, in my opinion, for distracting «folks» from the real issue, that of the science, the models, and the observations.

With that said, our ability to estimate greenhouse gas emissions is only as good as our atmospheric observation network.

From the («lay - scientist», real scientist wanna - be) guy who you Honored by re-enforcing my — much decried by the other bloggers — observation that, by using SO2 to «Geoengineer» our way out of having to use Good Sense to solve our Most Pressing of Planetary Issues, would only lead to more Acid Rain, Ocean Acidification, and — ultimately, or so I conjectured — the loss of our Primary source of the Oxygen that we all need to Breathe — Phytoplankton; I must say that I TRULY APPRECIATE what you do!

I did not say anywhere in this piece that the land data were free of problems, or that scientists thought they were, only that most have concluded they are in significantly better shape than the other observations.

The violation of the Third Law will be only temporary as slowly scientific observation and understanding will get the better of the present situation... it is a firm conclusion that the climate change debate is distorted in its presentation and that its alleged scientific conclusions are unsound.

What he found was that not only were the simulations much closer to actual observations, but the high - resolution models were far better at reproducing intense storms, such as hurricanes and cyclones.

While it's true BEST reproduced a far more accurate representation of the observations than any other, and BEST indicated strong signs that other collections were falling further and further behind the actual temperature trend, we know BEST has some drawbacks: they've presented (to date, that I know of) land only, and that dataset stopped quite some time ago.

If only GHG forcing is used, without aerosols, the surface temperature in the last decade or so is about 0.3 - 0.4 C higher than observations; adding in aerosols has a cooling effect of about 0.3 - 0.4 C (and so cancelling out a portion of the GHG warming), providing a fairly good match between the climate model simulations and the observations.

Jerry you are right on with your comments and observations; only we had better find a shortcut on the long road to lighting a fire under these crackpot politicians because we have very little time left before the jacka ** es perpetrating this horrific atrocity kill off everything.

Vaughan Pratt December 17, 2012 at 1:55 am Unfortunately observation of these crossings apparently only began in 1966, so there is no way of telling whether the alignment was as good any earlier, or whether this is just a pure coincidence.

Unfortunately observation of these crossings apparently only began in 1966, so there is no way of telling whether the alignment was as good any earlier, or whether this is just a pure coincidence.

I'm puzzled by your assignment of only a 30 percent probability to the proposition that «Global climate model simulations that include anthropogenic forcing (greenhouse gases and pollution aerosol) provide better agreement with historical observations in the second half of the 20th century than do simulations with only natural forcing (solar and volcanoes).»

Global climate model simulations that include anthropogenic forcing (greenhouse gases and pollution aerosol) provide better agreement with historical observations in the second half of the 20th century than do simulations with only natural forcing (solar and volcanoes).

For those who would argue that «fairly well» is not the same as «perfectly», one can only agree — part of this undoubtedly reflects some underlying chaos, but as model inputs have improved based on new observational data, it is also clear that earlier deviations from observations (e.g., in the Hansen et al 1984 model) would be largely eliminated by the improved inputs.