Sentences with phrase «standard measures such»

By standard measures such as the Multivariate ENSO index («MEI»), this recent La Nina was the largest in two decades.

He points out that in a covered call strategy, the distribution of returns is not «normal» and that standard measures such as the Sharpe ratio are not very useful in measuring risk.

In trials involving two groups of diabetic patients, adults and adolescents, the bionic pancreas provided tighter control of blood glucose than standard measures such as insulin pumps and blood - sugar monitors.

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By establishing a standard for measuring such efforts, B Corporations are a step in that direction — giving social entrepreneurs a place in the legal infrastructure of the corporate system and investors a framework for assessing their performance.

Consumers have high standards for their experience on mobile, and ineffective desktop formats such as banners, interstitials and auto - play pre-roll ads aren't measuring up.

To obtain these estimates, each borrower's maximum borrowing capacity is estimated using a measure aligned with APRA's prudential standards and conservative assumptions where possible (such as around minimum expenses).

We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with applicable federal and state standards to guard non-public personal information, and we monitor such measures.

Basic economy is one prong of a broader effort by the largest U.S. carriers to bolster revenue from each seat flown a mile, a standard industry measure that has been battered for about a year, partly because of fare wars with discounters such as Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines Holdings.

By almost every standard for measuring such things the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America stands on the conservative side of mainline Protestantism.

We think of everyday life within the framework of minutes, hours, and days, and we measure it in standard spatial units such as feet, yards, miles, or kilometers.

Since work measured by such standards is no longer subject to the command of boundless desires, the furious striving of the success - oriented society is absent.

While such a measure would not meet American constitutional standards, it suggests the undercurrent of suspicion in some quarters.

Physical measuring standards, such as measuring rods and pendulums, simply would function to reveal these structures of absolute space and absolute time which contain those standards.

It also highlights efforts to help governments and companies measure food loss and waste, such as the FLW Standard announced in June, and new funding like the Danish government's subsidy program and The Rockefeller Foundation's Yieldwise, a $ 130 million investment toward practical approaches to reducing food loss and waste in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, the United States and Europe.

Efforts are underway by various certification bodies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and global food companies to develop the production around poorest regions of the world, such as Africa, and to measure the actual impacts that the various initiatives, standards.

In the age of Industry 4.0, monitoring production processes with the help of measuring instruments and sensors such as pressure sensors in the filling valves and camera - based monitoring of high - pressure injection is standard at KHS.

Supported by industry leaders and prominent environmental conservation groups such as The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the AWS Standard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimStandard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimstandard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimensions.

Created by industry leaders and prominent environmental conservation groups such as The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the AWS Standard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimStandard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimstandard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimensions.

Italian football holds itself to a high standard on such areas of player safety — introducing a raft of measures after Perugia's Renato Curi died on the pitch in 1977, and refining them further since Pescara's Piermario Morosini lost his life during a game in 2012.

Once attached to a player's helmet (a hockey version is available now, versions for football, lacrosse, and ski and snowboard helmets will be introduced in 2012) The ShockboxTM sensor measures the G - Force of a hit to the helmet from any direction, and then sends the data wirelessly via Bluetooth to the athletic trainer, coach or parent's smart phone to alert them when the athlete suffers a traumatic head impact that may be concussive so they can be removed from the game or practice for evaluation on the sideline using standard concussion assessment tools, such as the Standardized Assessment of Concussion, Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT2) or King - Devick test.

ETA: Because in general NONE of those things are standard practice in American homebirth midwifery and MANA has actively campaigned against such safety measures.

Trump may try to enact tariffs in the name of jobs, security, or unequal regulatory standards across nations, but it is not clear how he can create such specific trade measures, without harming a broader swathe of companies that export to the U.S. Finally, on December 5, a number of House Republicans publicly expressed opposition to such tariffs.

With living standards already squeezed and with the considerable uncertainty associated with the introduction of the Universal Credit — a measure that needs to succeed and will inevitably have consequences that will require adjustment — it would be irresponsible for further such steps to be taken.

She added that other measures were also needed to ensure that older people's welfare remained a top political priority, such as improving the standards of care services and action to enhance the quality of life for the 500,000 people in residential care homes.

The potential risk is greatest, the Bain report states, to schools that are «not a top - ranked institution,» whose «financial statements don't look as good as they used to,» and that «have had to take drastic measures» to improve the bottom line, such as raising tuition, reducing standards of admission, and cutting aid to students and numbers of faculty.

Currently, the standard treatment consists of administering fluids and taking protective measures to ensure containment, such as isolating the patient and washing sheets with bleach.

Point estimates of population parameters (e.g., mean, correlation coefficient, slope) or comparative measures (e.g., mean difference, odds ratio, hazard ratio) should be accompanied by a measure of uncertainty such as a standard error or a confidence interval.

We could endlessly debate the merits of alternative control measures such as tradable permits, taxes, and industrial standards.

Farmers are seeing the same trend in voluntary FDA and Agriculture Department standards called «good agricultural practices,» which include several common - sense measures such as hand - washing but can dock farms points if they sit within 2 miles of livestock.

Such comprehensive improvements would cost an estimated $ 96 billion, according to the model, but could reduce HIV incidence in the U.S. by 54 percent and the mortality rate by 64 percent, at a cost - effectiveness ratio of $ 45,300 per quality - adjusted life year, or QALY, a standard economic measure of the value of a medical intervention.

A measure for such a standard was introduced this past summer in the U.S. Senate.

Last, the participants took a standard measure of policy support for climate change, answering questions such as, «How much do you favor reducing carbon dioxide as a pollutant?»

They add that their results suggest that glomerular disease during childhood may initiate kidney injury that manifests in adulthood, well before sufficient loss of excretory kidney function can be measured with standard laboratory tests, such that the first manifestation may be adult hypertension.

The airline industry has favored a global standard over individual national standards since airlines operate all over the world and want to avoid a patchwork of rules and measures, such as taxes, charges and emissions trading programs.

It agreed an international standard for core units, such as the metre to measure length.

Organs such as windpipes, ears or noses would ideally still be made to measure, but blood vessels or heart valves could be manufactured in various standard sizes.

The International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 (ISPM 15) is a set of standards developed by the International Plant Protection Convention stipulating how wood packaging material used for international trade, such as pallets and crating, should be treated before export.

After adjusting for confounding factors such as maternal depression, family income and parental alcohol use, the researchers found that for every 3 - point (one standard deviation) increase on the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ; a commonly - used measure of depressive symptoms) on the part of fathers, there was an associated 0.2 - point increase in the adolescent's MFQ score.

-- The Secretary may not guarantee any eligible mortgage under this section unless the mortgagor has demonstrated, in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary shall establish, the amount of savings attributable to incorporation of the sustainable building elements to be financed with the green portion of the mortgage, as measured by the National Green Building Standard for all residential construction developed by the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Green Building Council, and approved by the American National Standards Institute, as updated and in effect at the time of such demonstration.

Through regional networks in the U.S. like the Pediatric Neuromuscular Clinical Research (PNCR) Network and Project Cure, and international organizations such as the International Coordinating Committee (ICC) and TREAT - NMD, the SMA community has collaborated effectively on recruiting patients, establishing standards of care, standardizing outcome measures, and supporting multi-site clinical efforts, such as the Biomarkers for SMA (BforSMA) and the PNCR Network Natural History studies.

For the Hong Kong study, the researchers measured a participant's level of psychopathic tendency using a standard test known as the Psychopathic Personality Inventory, which helps identify traits such as Machiavellian egocentricity, blame externalization, carefree nonplanfulness, and cold heartnedness.

The simplest ones, such as a $ 299 meditation headband called Muse, measure brain waves with the standard laboratory technology employed by doctors and hospitals.

«With diseases spread by biting insects, such as Zika, standard quarantine measures are useless, so stopping an outbreak in its tracks requires a vaccine - led approach, as we are currently seeing carried out for Zika's relative, yellow fever, in Angola and neighbouring countries.

[1] It is the standard by which absolute strength is measured, typically in exercises such as the bench press, squat, deadlift, etc..

Although under some laws HBO may have a right to an award of attorneys» fees and expenses if it prevails in an arbitration, HBO agrees that it will seek such an award only in the event that the substance of your claim or the relief sought has been deemed by the arbitrator to be frivolous or brought for an improper purpose (as measured by the standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 (b)-RRB-.

Because such tests must contain several items per standard to be accurate, it will measure only a fraction of the standards.

Such an accountability movement would continue to call for rigorous standards, regular testing, and interventions in schools that don't measure up.

The international math and science scores so important for growth rates are not related to variations in spending on education or other standard measures of school resources, such as pupil - teacher ratios.

It should be clear that the standards NCATE uses to evaluate teacher - training programs are primarily input - driven: the main measures of a program's quality are such things as the degrees held by faculty, program resources, and curricular content.

The district data also contain other information on students, such as race or ethnicity, gender, and eligibility for free or reduced - price lunch (a standard measure of poverty).