Sentences with phrase «simply counting the number»

Winfree notes the relatively primitive state of pollination ecology: most research on bee diversity has simply counted the number of species, without tracking their fates over time.

To gauge how sexual conflict influenced the rate of speciation, the researchers simply counted the number of species within each group.

We can't simply count the number of postdoctoral fellows to quantitate their contribution; their quality must be factored in as well.

«The plant can judge, by simply counting the number of action potentials spreading over the trap, whether useless dead material has landed inside it or if useful animal prey has been caught,» says Sönke Scherzer, an electrophysiologist at the University of Würzburg in Germany, and one of the study's co-authors.

So simply counting the number of sunspots is insufficient to understand the solar activity conditions.

You simply count the number of breaths your dog takes while asleep.

You can not simply count the number of turtles you can spot in one dive.

But this also serves to show that simply counting the number of citations on «two sides» of an issue may be quite dumb.

Whereas many predictive coding technologies of the past simply counted the number of times each word appeared in each document, CNNs read the document word by word; an ability that is groundbreaking for predictive technologies like ediscovery document review.

Not exact matches

Caution should be taken in simply adding this 100,000 to the nonfarm payroll number, as the nonfarm number counts people as employed so long as they were paid, whether or not they were at work.

So the numbers in my proposal are simply a way of counting.

I would recommend sorting by the number of bets and simply targeting the games with the highest ticket counts.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

He began by simply observing casual conversations, counting the number of times that people laughed while listening to someone speaking.

One is to simply count salamanders and plot the numbers on a grid representing the forest landscape.

These patterns held even after Gray and colleagues took the overall word count and number of blog posts into account, suggesting that the increase in positive emotion words was not simply due to the effects of writing over time.

But the team suggests that if the binding events can be made very short compared with the time between bindings, then simply recording a single impulse at each binding event and counting the number of impulses within a given period of time would be good enough.

Oct. 17, 2016 — New Associate Professor of Psychology Suzana Herculano - Houzel produced the first accurate count of the number of neurons in the human brain — 86 billion, making it simply an enlarged primate brain.

Simply take a sample of the brain, count the number of neurons in that sample and then extrapolate that information to account for the remaining brain volume.

Maybe you know the feeling: you count calories, you plan your meals perfectly, but the numbers on the scale simply refuse to change.

In order to join the challenge, I had to count my shoes, to find the total number... Also as an extra (optional) step, all who join are asked to take photographs of their shoe collection / shoe closet, simply for the joy of eye candy.

Skip counting is simply counting while skipping a number or numbers in between or counting by numbers other than one.

The cards are useful not only when you're focusing on Numbers 0 - 100, but also as an all - year - round starter, plenary and general «pick - me - up» activity, as the goal is not simply to learn how to count in SPANISH, but also to enjoy working with SPANISH, and to feel confident about doing so.

They are the Ferrari dials, simply separated, re-faced and repositioned, with two extra dials, a clock and a G - meter, to make the numbers up to the required Stratos count.

Simply select your word print size, book genre and then enter your word count and press «Calculate Number of Pages».

Simply divide the total word count from your Word document by the number of words per page.

I can count on one hand the number of dogs that I do not recommend veggies for and it is primarily because these pets are so spleen deficient (the spleen is the controller of digestion in Chinese medicine) that they simply can not break down and absorb them.

She says Milo knows how to solve maths problems and how to count numbers by simply listening or reading.

To count the resting respiratory rate, simply watch your pet's chest and count the number of breaths over 1 minute (or alternatively count the number of breaths over 15 seconds and then multiply by 4).

As a foreigner living, teaching and traveling in China, I can't count the number of times when I've been faced with the option of submitting to panic and paranoia, or allowing myself to simply let go and have faith that the situation will be okay.

If you suspect that a purchase should have counted but it didn't, simply call up Citi using the phone number on the back of your card and inquire about the charge.

Clearly, a more «scientific» approach than simply counting the «number of leads» is needed to measure true ROI.

Slaw's inability to count — it's always two short of the number of daily posts — simply confirms for me every morning the need for us to avoid putting more eggs than we absolutely have to in the electronic basket.

Whilst not perfect it does at least go beyond simply counting the relatively meaningless follower numbers.

Regardless, I count this as an upside simply due to the sheer number of options.

I can't count the number of times that I have listened to «motivational» speakers and realize that they are simply regurgitating Covey's concepts.

Simply put, thread count is the number of threads woven into one square inch of fabric.