Sentences with phrase «prior observations of»

Through their prior observations of the disk around HD142527 with the Subaru Telescope, they discovered a gap inside the disk and peculiar shape of the outer disk (* 3).

Prior observations of extrasolar planets had detected elements by analyzing light passing through their atmospheres, but Richardson says this is the first measurement of the energy coming directly from the planets at many different wavelengths.

The findings suggest that the presence of sickle cell trait may explain, at least in part, prior observations of greater doses of anemia medications administered to African - American dialysis patients relative to Caucasian patients.

Not exact matches

(a) Average of nominal interest rates on outstanding loans (fixed and variable); pre terms of trade boom average is 1993/94 — 2002/03; year - ended observation is the June quarter 2016 average (b) Consumer price data exclude interest charges prior to September quarter 1998 and deposit & loan facilities to June quarter 2011, and are adjusted for the tax changes of 1999 — 2000 (c) Pre terms of trade boom average is 1997/98 — 2002/03

logically prior to the actual business of scientific investigation because, in Polanyi's words, it is «a higher power that reveals to us knowledge lying beyond the range of observation and reason».

In particular, the denial that epistemology is wholly prior to ontology; the denial that we can have an absolutely certain starting point; the idea that those elements of experience thought by most people to be primitive givens are in fact physiologically, personally, and socially constructed; the idea that all of our descriptions of our observations involve culturally conditioned interpretations; the idea that our interpretations, and the focus of our conscious attention, are conditioned by our purposes; the idea that the so - called scientific method does not guarantee neutral, purely objective, truths; and the idea that most of our ideas do not correspond to things beyond ourselves in any simple, straightforward way (for example, red as we see it does not exist in the «red brick» itself).

If SOME atheists claimed something once, it may or may not have relevance at some prior time, now or in the future, but your generizations are not useful, ie «The claim of atheism prior to the COBE sattelite and Hubble observations was that the universe is eternal.»

But since human beings usually deal with symbols (i.e., signs that already bear the imprints of prior interpretations), empirical observations become more or less complete instances of symbolizings that are inherently subject to reinterpretations.

Second, the induction to the new set of laws is not a generalization from particulars; the role of prior theory in guiding observation (of data or selection of uniformities) is accounted for.

That said, I don't consider an observation of Yule (fact: this was a Germanic pagan tradition LONG before the birth of Christ) or Eostre / Ishtar / Easter (all sorts of convoluted Roman and pagan traditions regarding celebration of spring and death / resurrection were happening around this time of year prior to Christ's existence) to be favoring one religion over another, since so many different religions are involved in those mixes.

Prior to this I have raised this observation and I too have received a lot of petitions in my office on this same matter.

«Prior to the Hubble observations, nobody appreciated the intricate dynamics of the Pluto system,» Showalter said.

The scientists will present their work, «Decadal - Scale Decoupling of the Japan Trench Prior to the 2011 Tohoku - Oki Earthquake from Geodetic and Repeating - Earthquake Observations,» Dec. 17 at the American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting in San Francisco.

«The real challenge at the moment is that for volcanoes where we have no observations of prior eruptions and where it's not currently densely observed, it can be very difficult to anticipate what will happen next,» Pyle says.

«Prior analyses have found that climate models underestimate the observed rate of tropical widening, leading to questions on possible model deficiencies, possible errors in the observations, and lack of confidence in future projections,» said Robert J. Allen, an assistant professor of climatology in UC Riverside's Department of Earth Sciences, who led the study.

Follow - up observations of Kepler data had confirmed a little more than a thousand planets prior to the Princeton - NASA announcement.

Dr. Mike Sleutel continues: «We were struck by the unexpected complexity of the process, which proved to be far more intricate than the working models we and other in the field had prior to these observations.

And what can we prove about the period, given the scarcity of usable data and observations prior to the 1950s?

The observation that activity is only correlated with the present interval implies that the correlations observed prior to central saccades to timing do not reflect past or future planning of peripheral saccades.

Nugent also said that the observations suggested single or multiple detached shells of material ejected prior to the recent supernova explosion, «which has been predicted for stars that are 100 times the mass of our sun.»

To shed light on the matter, researchers reviewed 180 publications that tackled abnormal animal behavior prior to earthquakes and analyzed them with respect to the animals» distance to earthquakes of certain magnitudes, foreshock activity, and the quality and length of the observations.

The estimates of ice loss also helped them calculate the amount of sea level rise contributed by the ice sheet prior to 1990 — a number missing from the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report because of the lack of direct observations.

The StratoClim observations will provide the first close - up view of the upper reaches of the monsoon, as no prior research flights have ever sampled this critical part of the Earth's atmosphere.

These observations suggest that human subject concerns are not being adequately addressed in the preparation of clinical grant applications, and this problem may have been augmented by rescinding the requirement for IRB approval prior to NIH peer review.

Data from patients with familial AD with autosomal dominant mutations4 and longitudinal observation of individuals with positive Aβ PET scans and normal cognition led to the observations that amyloid plaque pathology could be present as long as 2 decades prior to the emergence of the first clinical symptoms of AD.

The observations indicate that iPTF 13dqy was a regular type II supernova; thus, the finding that the probable red supergiant progenitor of this common explosion ejected material at a highly elevated rate just prior to its demise suggests that pre-supernova instabilities may be common among exploding massive stars.

For some tumors, especially those that are discovered by chance on MRI or CT scans taken to evaluate unrelated symptoms, a period of observation is often recommended prior to treatment recommendation.

Individuals have made and reported observation of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto and these can be found in the pages of the BAA Journal but there was no attempt at systematic group observation of these planets in the United Kingdom prior to 1985.

He plans to use Hubble's new Wide Field Camera 3 to make more Pluto observations prior to the arrival of New Horizons.

In the present study, we extended prior observations by assessing the correlation of magnesium intake with 3 biomarkers of systemic inflammation, including concentrations of CRP, IL - 6, and sTNF - R2.

Plasma triglycerides were not measured, but in common with prior observations for low - carbohydrate diets a significant improvement would have been anticipated.From the perspective of the practice, there has been a huge saving in the expenditure on drugs used for the treatment of diabetes.

This is consistent with the observation that mood improvements often occur early in treatment, prior to achieving significant weight loss [32], and that mood improvement is independent of the amount of weight lost [11], [33].

Illustrative of this, when we divided teachers into five equal - sized groups based on the average prior academic achievement of their incoming students, we found that roughly three times as many (29 %) of the teachers with the least prepared incoming students were identified as low performing based on classroom observations relative to teachers with the most prepared students incoming students (11 %).

To address this concern, we use observations of student achievement from teachers» classes in the one or two school years prior to and following TES measurement, but we do not use student achievement gains from the year in which the observations were conducted.

As a classroom teacher, I personally would rather meet with my administrator online prior to a classroom observation instead of having to rework my weekly lesson plans.

The first instructional technology course was taught prior to or simultaneously with the «initial field experience» course, in which preservice teachers completed 90 hours of observation and taught mini-lessons under the supervision of a cooperating teacher.

Prior to the mandated use of scores, I used achievement results to help guide my observations, review teacher lesson plans and design professional development.

Additionally, TCTA pointed out that, given the fact that T - TESS contemplates more observations of teachers than under PDAS, which in turn may necessitate additional personnel to conduct the observations, the rules should require that anyone conducting observations must be trained and certified prior to doing so.

Prior to conducting the observations, the second author trained the other observers as a way of standardizing the data collection.

For the randomization, researchers in 2009 - 10 generated estimates of teachers» performance based on composite measures using data from the surveys, prior test scores, and observation scores.

In addition, researchers found (although we have known this prior) that «classroom observations have the potential of providing formative feedback to teachers that [theoretically] helps them improve their practice [more than VAMs]... [because] feedback from [VAMs]... is often too delayed and vague to produce improvement in teaching.»

At least one observation of a teacher each year should conducted by a trained observer from outside the teacher's school who does not have substantial prior knowledge of the teacher being observed.»

While in the conclusions section of this article authors stretch this finding out a bit, writing that «Overall, this study finds that there is promise in teacher evaluation reform in Chicago,» (p. 114) as primarily based on their findings about «the new observation process» (p. 114) being used in CPS, recall from the Review of Article # 4 prior (i.e., # 4 of 9 on observational systems» potentials here), these observational systems are not «new and improved.»

See, for example, Table 1 on p. 98 of the article to see if what they have included within the list of components of such new and «complex, elaborate teacher observation systems systems» is actually new or much different than most of the observational systems in use prior.

Following - up on two prior posts about potential bias in teachers» observations (see prior posts here and here), another research study was recently released evidencing, again, that the evaluation ratings derived via observations of teachers in practice are indeed related to (and potentially biased by) teachers» demographic characteristics.

The state requires that each local school system design a program incorporating components established by the state, including: an orientation program for new teachers prior to the start of the school year, mentor support such as regularly scheduled meetings during non-instructional time, opportunities for new teachers to observe and co-teach with skilled teachers with follow - up discussion of the experiences, ongoing professional learning activities, and ongoing formative review of new teacher performance such as classroom observation.

On May 15, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously upheld DOT's direct observation drug testing rules applicable to return - to - duty, safety - sensitive transportation industry employees who have already failed or refused to take a prior drug test.

Towards the bottom of the page, Lydia initiates a critical observation sensing the erratic hours cut prior to holiday seasons.

Over the course of approximately 300 hours of observation (this, in addition to «several months identifying, describing, and photographing each of the cats living in the colonies» [28] prior to beginning their research), Castillo and Clarke «saw cats kill a juvenile common yellowthroat and a blue jay.»

Most notable observations of living whales after the 1980s were of 17 or 18 whales along Primorsky Krai in late October, 1989 (prior to this, a pair was reported swimming in the area in 1987), followed by the record of 14 whales in La Pérouse Strait on 13th, June in 1982 (in this strait, there was another sighting of a pair in October, 1987).