Sentences with phrase «practical measures do»

Not exact matches

These objectives are often very important, but few who measure practical theology in terms of pastoral skills recognize how much knowledge is required to do any of these things in ways that will yield more than short - term success.

It's such a hassle to cook from books that don't offer both measures in the one practical place.

From a practical perspective, these findings suggest that more complicated and expensive body fat measurement does not provide an advantage in assessing mortality risk over more readily available and less expensive obesity measures such as BMI or waist circumference.

Is there a practical way yet to measure insulin instead of blood glucose as was done in the two studies you mention?

Improving delivery can be done with a variety of practical exercises, split in equal measure between theory and practicals.

Hello Mark, effect size d isn't a perfect measure (that doesn't exist) but it's a good and practical approach to compare different sample sizes.

It is, however, the measure of VW's twisted brilliance and deep engineering bent that it bothered to elaborately game the system rather than just fail to meet the standard straight up, as more practical creeps might have done.

This Sonic sedan isn't much more exciting than the drab Toyota Yaris sedan I drove the other day, but it does have a great little turbo engine and some nifty practical measures such as the binnacles that flank the center stack and offer a good place to stash your cell phone or sunglasses.

Although bigger than before, the Mercedes A-Class doesn't quite measure up against some more practical rivals

How do these two measure up to practical day to day uses?

You would do better to discuss why FG were not sure of their result for various practical reasons, e.g. the net radiative flux imbalance at the top of the atmosphere has only been measured for a very short time, and their study doesn't include albedo forcings from melting ice — if you're actually as interested in their results as you pretend to be.

«Well I'm sitting like a rose between two thorns here and I have to take practical decisions - erm - the climate's always been changing - er - Peter mentioned the Arctic and I think in the Holocene the Arctic melted completely and you can see there were beaches there - when Greenland was occupied, you know, people growing crops - we then had a little ice age, we had a middle age warming - the climate's been going up and down - but the real question which I think everyone's trying to address is - is this influenced by manmade activity in recent years and James is actually correct - the climate has not changed - the temperature has not changed in the last seventeen years and what I think we've got to be careful of is that there is almost certainly - bound to be - some influence by manmade activity but I think we've just got to be rational (audience laughter)- rational people - and make sure the measures that we take to counter it don't actually cause more damage - and I think we're about to get -»

To be honest, if there were no practical or financial benefits to these CO2 saving measures, would people generally do them?

As a practical matter, I think that Hansen's recent approach of looking at the fraction of the Earth's surface which is experiencing extreme warmth does a good job of making a global measure to compare with global warming.

While this is a practical approach, which is often not so politically controversial, it can become a bit more problematic if a secondary but important aspect of a measure does cover an entirely different area than the predominant component of the measure.

But one of the most practical measures that every organisation can do to alleviate the imbalance is to establish performance - related policies.

Consequently, an approach such as «practical reconciliation», that does not extend past the realisation of measures that allow for citizenship participation in society, is deficient.

If parenting is so important, why don't more early childhood programs measure parenting, when practical validated parenting assessment tools are available?

Creating a practical and disciplined plan, and then committing those goals to writing, will allow you to measure where you are and what proactive lead - generating activities you need to do to make your goals a reality.

«As the leading advocate for home ownership, Realtors ® agree that the existing housing finance system failed and that reforms are needed; however, those reforms must be done in a methodical, measured and comprehensive effort based on practical market experience,» said Phipps.