The participants were then asked to rate via a button on a nine -
point scale how good the wine tasted to them.
Not exact matches
«At that
point, you're thinking about
how to
scale back and invest a little more conservatively,» says McGavin.
DARPA isn't yet sure
how to
scale this sort of thing down to the
point where it's practical and usable.
If the NDP is
scaling down its plans to a one or two percentage
point increase, then it's not clear
how a NDP government could avoid the spending cuts that are built into the current budget projection, much less finance new spending.
«All we could do at that
point was get into the deep end and start
scaling — figure out the logistics of
how to deliver what you've promised to your customers.»
You can get a basic understanding of
how well your competitor's marketing is performing; each website is ranked on a
point scale from 1 to 100.
There have been a number of lengthy explanations of the technical limitations regarding a project of this
scale, which have also
pointed out
how easy it would be to detect this practice, if it were true.
If the NDP is
scaling down its plans to a one - or two - percentage -
point increase, then it's not clear
how an NDP government could avoid the spending cuts that are built into the current budget projection, much less finance new spending.
In addition, opponents are often happy to
point out alternatives such as bitcoin cash already exist, do not need yet another software solution (no matter
how elegant), and can
scale just fine.
Barhydt went on to
point out that these sorts of issues with decentralized governance have not necessarily existed on this
scale in the past, using Linus Torvalds's benevolent dictatorship over Linux as an example of
how things are usually operate in open - source software projects.
We supplemented the qualitative statements with quantitative measures — with ten -
point scales of the sort «
How satisfied (10) or dissatisfied (1) are you with the direction the Society of Jesus has taken in the past few years?»
Judging /
How: Each product will be evaluated on an initial 10 -
point grading
scale according to its originality, demonstrated teamwork, demonstrated sales success
Women were asked
how they felt about breastfeeding during the first week after birth on a 5 -
point Likert
scale ranging from «disliked very much» to «liked very much.»
In addition, the CDC's Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) survey, which evaluates
how well hospitals and birth centers support nursing moms on a
scale of 0 - 100 (with 100 being the absolute best), showed that from 2009 to 2011 the average mPINC score went up a whopping 5
points to 70, and individual scores jumped 5 or more
points in 26 states and DC.
It seems to me that some «traditional egalitarians» risk missing a really important
point the public's belief in «fair inequality» ends up around the 10 - 1 and 15 - 1 income differentials - ie much much less unequal - though they are also just interested in
how the much larger differentials come about as about their
scale.
He's rendered himself unelectable on a national
scale -
how could he possibly appeal to ANY minorities at his
point, including gay people (after his AG Cuccelli wrote a memo essentially saying VA Universities could discriminate against gays?).
When the eyewitnesses made a decision, they also noted
how confident they felt about their choice on a three -
point scale — high, medium, or low.
The findings bolster earlier suggestions that ancient fish had enamel - armored
scales, and they
point to a new scenario for exactly
how the substance ended up on teeth.
In the meantime, Lukanova — herself a leanie —
points out that whatever benefits may trace to obesity here, this study should not lead heavy women to become complacent at
how they tip the
scales.
Kumar's group, experts in tuning the structure and therefore the properties of polymer nanocomposites, found that, by mixing nanoparticles in a solution of polymers (polyethylene oxide) and changing the crystallization speed by varying the degree of sub-cooling (namely
how far below the melting
point the crystallization was conducted), they could control
how the nanoparticles self - assembled into three different
scale regimes: nano, micro, and macro-meter.
Nor is it obvious
how grand a grand challenge can be, such as in space exploration: «You can start this kind of activity with small robotic projects, but at some
point it doesn't
scale up very well,» says Howard McCurdy, a space historian and public policy professor at American University in Washington, D.C. «Nobody knows where the limit is.»
He
points out that this magnetic signal can be associated with large -
scale processes of mountain formation, and
how these ranges can be curved until they create structures known as oroclines: «With a rock sample, we can analyse a process that has occurred on the tectonic plate level; and, specifically, offers new data that allows us to discover
how this orogeny or large Variscan range and its curvature occurred.
Although the review
pointed to a possible need for radioactive licensing and disposal for certain materials, and it looked at other states with laws aimed at radioactive waste from drilling, the DEC said there is no precedent for examining
how these radioactive materials might affect the environment when brought to the surface at the volumes and
scale expected in New York.
Okay, I'm not saying stay off the
scales for good — it's great to get a starting
point so you know
how much you weigh and
how much you want to get rid of — but there's no
point weighing yourself every single day.
The agency says the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) was created to measure
how closely Americans» diets fall in line with the Dietary Guidelines, and Americans» HEI score on a 100
point scale has been between 49 and 58 since the 1990s.
Those who responded in the affirmative then used a 7 -
point response
scale (endpoints 1 «extremely negatively» and 7 «extremely positively») to rate
how favorably the recipients of such disclosure had responded («Overall,
how have these people responded to the news that you use the internet to meet people?»).
On a
scale of 1 to Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah's couch,
how do you feel about online dating at this
point?
That's
how it worked for the coolest, bleakest, strangest Best Picture nominee of the last decade, Paul Thomas Anderson's «There Will Be Blood» — though even that had the Academy plus -
points of being a large -
scale period saga.
Consider another example from the same dataset in which high school students» cumulative grade
point averages (GPAs) are related to their scores on Panorama's Growth Mindset
scale, which measures
how much students believe they can change their intelligence, behavior, and other factors central to their school performance.
Evaluate the vendor responses with a scorecard that allows scorers to rate
how well the vendor meets each requirement on a 5 -
point scale.
The mathematics literacy score of 470 represented a statistically significant decline of 11
scale score
points from the 481 scored in 2012, but U.S. performance in all three subjects — math, reading, and science — was not statistically significantly different from
how the nation performed when each subject was first administered.
When they rate specific actions, however, they are even more discriminating: the district «s ability to Clarify the steps needed to improve the quality of instruction has a mean of 4.5, while the question of
how frequently they Communicate about best practice in high - priority areas of instruction has a mean of 3.6, which falls between categories of occasionally and often on a five -
point scale.
They found that, despite socioeconomic differences, there were no significant variations in
how schools performed on the 33 -
point -
scale across the District's eight wards.
What's really sad is that we're spending billions of dollars and countless hours of principals» time collecting data with these multiple measures, simply to rank 90 % of all teachers somewhere between a 2 and a 3 on a 4
point scale, while offering those same teachers little or no actionable information as to
how they might improve their practice.
As such, it allows teacher candidates to familiarize themselves with the dynamic nature of maps — zooming in and out at different
scales, clicking on
points to illuminate certain data
points (in our case, photographs), and moving the map so that it focuses on different areas, and adding / subtracting data layers — while simultaneously removing some of the technical angst associated with learning
how to create, upload, layer, manipulate, and analyze data sets manually.
States looking for direction as to
how much buy - in really matters need look no further than the 500 -
point grading
scale.
This can be a beginning
point for a discussion of
how justice on a societal
scale evolves — and
how our individual actions can contribute to the problem or to the solution.
At the other end of the
scale Publishers Weekly (who I personally think has missed the
point) says, «the moral of the story — you snots in the West don't know
how good you have it — comes through so early that the protagonist's final transformation... feels redundant.»
The value of this benefit will
scale with
how many
points you are discounting.
Table 4 presents data on
how defaulters performed in their courses as measured by GPA on a four -
point scale.
Based on the percentages provided by myFICO, the consumer division of the Fair Isaac Corporation, and the
scale of 300 - 850, here is the range of
points within each category,
how your activity is measured and
how you can improve each individual category.
Using the
scale of
points, each dog is evaluated according to
how closely it conforms to the breed standard.
Using a «
scale of
points» each dog is evaluated according to
how closely it conforms to the AKC approved breed standard.
Using a five or nine -
point scale, your vet will determine
how close your pet is to the ideal weight.
Domain Authority is a score (on a 100 -
point scale) developed by Moz that predicts
how well a website will rank on search engines.
The promotion operates on a sliding
scale depending upon
how many
points are transferred offering as much as a 30 % bonus.
But given
how varied the terrain and geometry of Egypt's cities are, combined with the massive
scale, there's a good chance this will be the Skyrim of AC — a bigger, technologically impressive machine, but possibly one with more
points of failure.
Flurry
points to drop off in yuletide download growth — Pocketgamer.biz The Dutch want gaming startups to sprout like tulips (interview)-- Gamesbeat Casual Connect 2014 • Drie Nederlandse winnaars bij Indie Prize award show — Control Portrait of a Pretentious Game — Rappler Casual Connect 2014 • De succesfactoren van Reus, de godgame met een indieprijskaartje — Control Grand Cru: Console devs are «utterly failing» at in - app purchases — Pocketgamer.biz Game makers beware: Virtual goods purchases are about to be regulated — Gamesbeat Casual Connect 2014 • Een bedrijf opstarten doet niemand voor je, vergeet niet te relaxen en wees een ster — Control Asian companies account for nine of the top 10 game mergers and acquisitions — Gamesbeat The Godus amongst us: Molyneux talks free - to - play farces, winning without chasing whales and his top score on Flappy Bird — Pocketgamer.biz Peter Molyneux believes ripping people off with free - to - play games won't last (interview)-- Gamesbeat Size matters:
How to
scale your game for overnight success — Pocketgamer.biz FlowPlay helps developers like Joju Games differentiate their social - casino titles — Gamesbeat Molyneux: Free - to - play is like «smashing consumers over the head with a sledgehammer» — Pocketgamer.biz Dandelions benoemd tot beste indiegame Casual Connect — Gamer.nl Share and share like: Why developers need to care about their sharers — Pocketgamer.biz Mimimi gewinnt Indie Prize — GamesMarkt Flappy Bird was the perfect accidental guerilla marketing campaign, says Creative Mobile — Pocketgamer.biz Casual Connect Amsterdam — Freegame.cz Mech Mocha Founder Arpita Kapoor Wins Most Prominent Female Indie Award at Casual Connect Europe — Animation Xpress Casual Connect Europe 2014 — Амстердам — ITC.ua
The experience
points earned by playing the game — win or lose — will unlock new powerful abilities to take with you that will not only tip the
scales, but will also invariably change
how you play the game.
This large -
scale group show, co-curated by artist Laura Morrison, takes American writer Donald Barthelme's short story of the same name as a provocative starting
point to consider
how current modes of expression assume the distanced observer and represent, protect and expose the vulnerable subject.