Sentences with phrase «small deviations on»

Such materials take advantage of the fact that very small deviations on the nanoscale can significantly alter the material properties.

Not exact matches

Two small deviations: 1) I used a pork shoulder, left it whole, and put it into the slow cooker for 6 hours on low then shredded it for serving.

The analysis in Figs. 6B and 6F shows that inclusion of small structures into analysis does not significantly affect the results but affects only standard deviation of the particle size distribution indicating that the results are independent on the setting of the limit for the size of lipid containing structures.

Today's outfit is a play on basics — simply, a small deviation from the familiar textiles, proportions and colors that we're comfortable with.

In the program's first year, the bonus program boost to math scores was 3.2 points on the New York state test, or 0.08 standard deviations, in schools with small cohorts of teachers with tested students (approximately ten or fewer such teachers in elementary and K - 8 schools and five or fewer such teachers in middle schools).

When those two factors are taken into account, the positive effect of cognitive skills on annual economic growth becomes somewhat smaller, but is still 0.63 percentage points per half of a standard deviation of test scores.

If black students in the sample continue to lose ground through 9th grade at the rate experienced in the first two years of school, they will lag behind white students on average by a full standard deviation in raw math and reading scores and by more than two - thirds of a standard deviation in math even after controlling for observable characteristics (the gap would be substantially smaller in reading).

Advocates of universal pre-k who wish to ground their position in research better hope the estimates are biased downward because they are very small, e.g., no more than one to three percent of a standard deviation difference between the children in Georgia / Oklahoma vs. other states on fourth grade NAEP achievement scores.

«For every one percent of a public school's students who leave for a charter,» concludes Mr. Winters, «reading proficiency among those who remain increases by about 0.02 standard deviations, a small but not insignificant number, in view of the widely held suspicion that the impact on local public schools... would be negative.»

«Research found that it had annual impacts of about one - quarter of a standard deviation in math and small but still positive effects on reading.»

We see a statistically significant but much smaller impact on earnings (having a teacher with one standard deviation higher value - added predicted earning $ 350 per year more than expected at age 28).

The heaviest series, Adjustable, weighs in at 948g with the lightest, Ultra Lite, at 391g with small deviations from the quoted weights depending on size, tethers and padding.

Many people touting optimal mixtures of stock types focus on demonstrating relatively small decreases in standard deviations (the typical measure of volatility) over many years.

Rebalancing bands are also supported, and the default rebalancing bands are based on 5 % absolute deviation from the target allocation (large allocations), or 25 % relative deviation from the target allocation (small allocations).

Figure # 1 tells us there is a 68 % chance (the definition of a standard deviation) that the annual return on investing in small company stocks could be anywhere between plus or minus 32.8 %.

The 6.9 % monthly standard deviation of the O'Shaughnessy Small Cap Growth and Value methodology places it in the middle of all value strategies and is higher than most of the strategies tracked on AAII.com.

The iShares S&P Small - Cap 600 Value ETF (IJS) has a three - year standard deviation of 14.24 %, which is well below the comparable metric on benchmark small - cap growth indSmall - Cap 600 Value ETF (IJS) has a three - year standard deviation of 14.24 %, which is well below the comparable metric on benchmark small - cap growth indsmall - cap growth indexes.

However, even if it's a small deviation, I often feel discomfort and soreness on the lower part of my back.

These calibrations rely on the actual atmospheric profiles being relatively close to pre-defined standards so that deviations in the observed radiances are small, and you can assume quasi-linearity.

But, if there's a particularly large eruption or the frequency of smaller eruptions increases there can be an extended deviation above the average (I think size on its own can matter more because of the altitude of injection?).

The mean estimates for the 2010 September Sea Ice Outlook based on May, June, and July data were close to the observed value with a rather small quartile distribution (as a measure of deviation from the mean).

The results by Hargreaves et al. (2007) indicate that the LGM sensitivity is on average about 15 % smaller than for 2 x CO2 climate (see their Fig. 5), and we therefore use a best guess of 0.85 and a standard deviation of 0.2 for the scaling factor.»

I can lay a ruler on sea level rise since 1880 and any deviation from it is so small it's just noise.

The YOGA Tab 3 Pro is is not too much of a deviation from Lenovo's smaller 8 - inch tablet, but it does have a few unique characteristics you won't find on the more compact model.

There's also reportedly a second rear camera on the S9 +, a deviation from both the smaller S9 and both S8 models.