Sentences with phrase «passive observations of»

Diagnosis is based on taking a careful behavioral history, information provided by the caregiver, and passive observations of your pet.

The space - warping quirks of relativity that lead to deviations from Newton's earlier theory of gravity only become obvious on very large scales, but our passive observations of distant planets, stars and galaxies have yet to deliver anything...

Because paid - time religious broadcasters refuse to recognize these inherent limitations of the medium and thus refuse to compensate for them in the presentation of their message, they are in constant danger of removing the nonverbal, experiential, and interpersonal dimensions of religious faith and substituting in their place a passive observation of pseudo-religious spectacle.

Aristotle started from the passive observation of nature and then built up a system based on rational argument.

Dissatisfied by photography as a passive observation of the outside reality, I suddenly felt the urge to create.

Not exact matches

The mission of CRAF is to keep the frequency bands used for radio astronomical observations free from interference, to argue the scientific needs of the European research community for continued access to and availability of the radio spectrum for radio astronomy, and to support related science communities in their needs concerning interference - free radio frequency bands for passive use.

In Seattle, Brian Dushaw and Tim Duda organized «Ocean Observing Systems: Acoustical Observations and Applications» on passive and active acoustic methods for long - term observations of physical, chemical, and biologicaObservations and Applications» on passive and active acoustic methods for long - term observations of physical, chemical, and biologicaobservations of physical, chemical, and biological processes.

John's initially passive observations blur into a frenetic, subjective tailspin of delusions and inebriated anxiety; his pretty - boy appearance grows grimy, his white clothes assume the soiled hue of flypaper yellow, and arid grit gets plastered to every surface, caked on every sweaty face.

Analyses revealed that the following observations changed by at least 10 % from Year 2 to Year 1: increase in whole - group instruction, decrease in small - group instruction, increase in coaching in word recognition strategies during reading, decrease in asking of lower - level questions, increase in asking of higher - level questions, increase in comprehension skill instruction, decrease in active pupil responding, increase in passive pupil responding.

For the 10 % sample of observations described above, the second expert reviewer agreed with the first about the codes which made up the variables used in the data analyses: 100 % whole - group, 99 % small - group, 95 % vocabulary instruction, 91 % phonemic awareness instruction, 91 % phonics instruction, 94 % coaching in word - level strategies, 96 % asking lower - level questions, 82 % asking higher - level questions, 100 % comprehension skill instruction, 88 % comprehension strategies instruction, 94 % teacher - directed stance, 92 % student - support stance, 95 % active responding, and 97 % passive responding.

For novels, fictional anecdotes in nonfiction, and true stories told in a narrative style, I highlight areas where you can «show, not tell,» use active voice rather than passive, and weave in more sensory details and point - of - view characters» observations, thoughts, and feelings.

So her piece goes into detail about how to keep one's AGI down using charitable contributions, Roth IRAs, timing the receipt of income, etc., but it's under the managing capital gains and losses section where we find this key observation, «passive investments such as broad - based index funds tend to pay out less annually in capital gains» and it's taxable capital gains that can raise an AGI.

Rather than presenting visitors with icons of certainty he creates a random, complex environment which stimulates visitors to engage in their own creative process rather than merely submitting to passive observation.

Skillful spring forecasts of September Arctic sea ice extent using passive microwave sea ice observations.

The C3S soil moisture product combines observations from a large number (currently 11) of historical and present - day passive and active microwave instruments in a synergetic way (Dorigo et al. 2017; Gruber et al. 2017; Liu et al. 2012; Liu et al. 2011).

-- Brandt et al., 2017 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0081 Here we used a passive microwave Earth observation data set to document two different trends in land area with woody cover for 1992 — 2011: 36 % of the land area (6,870,000 km2) had an increase in woody cover largely in drylands, and 11 % had a decrease (2,150,000 km2), mostly in humid zones.

It could be that the heavy fog has resulted in an overestimation of the ice concentration from the passive microwave satellite observation.»

From an oceanographic perspective, there is a need for vector wind measurements, and many participants noted that surface vector winds from passive microwave did not fulfill the need for climate - quality surface vector winds and for observation of extreme weather events.

For example, highly accurate and high - resolution infrared SST observations are confounded by the presence of clouds, whereas coarser - resolution passive microwave SST observations are able to measure SST through clouds.

The decline of Arctic sea ice has been documented in over 30 y of satellite passive microwave observations.

Chief Justice Carmody stressed the usefulness of «acquiring knowledge from active participation and observation as well as passive attendance; that is by doing as well as seeing and listening» and noted, in part, «The development of best practice methods of explaining how the law works is an ongoing challenge, but clinical legal study via simulation exercises and the like is growing in popularity.»

However, this is not a passive observation but an earnest engagement in behaviors that would be helpful to the maintenance of relationships (King & Bond, 1985).