Sentences with phrase «system relies upon»

According to Securosis «Rich Mogull, unlike the optical fingerprint sensors on some laptops and older Motorola smartphones, Apple's system relies upon the unique capacitive resistance of the finger rather than simply its physical appearance.

Initially, our system relies upon carbohydrates for energy and now we have limited its supply.

But a little - known fact is that the system relies upon people who aren't employed by NSF — or any federal agency.

However, once these requirements have been met, the licence system relies upon the trust and co-operation of sponsors and is premised upon the fact that most employers will comply with the requirements.

«The community corrections system relies upon the efforts of dedicated individuals who enforce the law while helping offenders... Read more

The systems we relied upon specifically for Election Day all had two backup systems: one powered by Google Doc spreadsheets and one consisting of printed hard - copies of critical data.

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Much of that data was still incorrect, and therefore the system couldn't be relied upon to make accurate calculations.

The Western - dominated global financial system relies on a slew of internationally agreed - upon rules, norms and institutions that let countries trade and invest in each other.

CNBC's Jim Cramer loves the public school system, but the truth is that it can't be relied upon to teach children about money.

But face - to - face meetings are crucial in Chinese business culture, where personal bonds and political connections, collectively known as guanxi, are relied upon to avoid and resolve business disputes, sometimes more than the legal system.

Apple described it as a «patent troll with no active business other than patent litigation», which had previously demanded payment from «everyone from truckers and farmers to roofers and dairies... Apple invents products that revolutionise industries, and relies upon the US patent system to protect our innovation.»

This is based on certain specific forms of criteria that are understood by those who rely upon the Lipper Rating System.

The success of Demandware relies heavily upon its ability to add new clients, create new services to further integrate clients into its system, and at some point make money.

CCI members expressed concern that changes to how passive income is treated under Canada's tax system could reduce the availability of risk capital in Canada that is relied upon for business investment.

A nonmoral economic system tends to create a society either of acquisitive or of collective automatons, depending on the principles relied upon to regulate economic behavior.

Whether we rely upon «hard» poll data, or sales figures of books and periodicals, or an endless stream of anecdotal evidence, Darbyite premillennialism proves to be one of the most resilient and widely held belief systems that has ever gripped the American imagination.

And since religion is a delusional belief system that relies upon indoctrination to gull followers into believing without question, why would anyone be surprised that scandals happen at all?

Many Third World leaders have a strong bias against free enterprise as the system to rely upon for maintenance of the communication process that undergirds their national destiny.

The apostle insists that if one is in the law system — that is, if one is relying upon obedience to God's commands for one's salvation — one's obedience must be complete.

Professor Bracken relies upon the careful work done by Lucas in the concept of Spirit in Hegel's philosophy and the concept of society in Whitehead's thought to illuminate each another's potentialities for development in the direction of still another, more comprehensive process - oriented system of thought.

A delusional belief system can not be relied upon for sane decision - making nor for many other essential things.

Mental activity can embrace and rely upon the particulars of biological processes and biochemical reactions in the nervous system, but our grasp of the workings of the lower processes does not by itself give us an understanding of the nature of consciousness.

Rather than relying upon regular cold and flu medication, which can weaken your immune system's ability to respond naturally to illness, try leaning towards natural ways to boost immunity and fight of colds and flu.

Secondly, the power to change the system relies not on politicians, but upon YOU, the American consumer.

While the poultry producers and regulatory entities can not be relied upon to accurately communicate the conditions that their chickens are subjected to, there are brands undertaking the challenge of building an alternative system, and making transparency a cornerstone of their operations.

Democracy, populism, or any system that relies upon the direct will of the people in deciding the laws and leaders of the land also lends itself to despotism.

«If you become old, you got ta rely upon your own system of retirement, your self - retirement system and not the Social Security system,» Greenberg says.

«We appreciate the support of elected officials who are stepping forward to help improve the system we all share and rely upon - and as elected officials, businesses and civic leaders already have, we need City Hall to be a partner with us in this plan.»

Previous research has shown that the natural lights of the Northern Lights — also known as or Aurora Borealis — interfere with Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) signals which are heavily relied upon in the transport and civil aviation industries.

Lead researcher and Lecturer in the Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering at the University of Bath, Dr Biagio Forte, said: «With increasing dependency upon GNSS with the planned introduction of 5G networks and autonomous vehicles which rely heavily on GNSS, the need for accurate and reliable satellite navigation systems everywhere in the world has never been more critical.

Gradually being deployed worldwide, ADS - B improves upon the radar - based systems that air traffic controllers and pilots rely on to find out the location and velocity of aircraft in their vicinity.

The technique, dubbed «helioseismic holography,» relies upon acoustic vibrations that ring the sun like the solar system's largest bell.

Doudna and her research group have focused on the Type II system which relies exclusively upon RNA - programmed Cas9 to cleave double - stranded DNA at target sites.

This milestone was achieved with the loading of the 13th MAGNASTOR system at the Kewaunee Power Station in Wisconsin, where MAGNASTOR systems are relied upon to accelerate defueling of the Kewaunee spent fuel pool as an important element of the plant decommissioning strategy.

The growing field is increasingly relied upon by health systems to efficiently care for patients.

Additionally, stimulated bacterial degradation might heavily affect the organic composition of nascent sea - spray particles, upon which relies the ability of marine aerosols to interact with the climate system.

The consequences of climate change are being felt not only in the environment, but in the entire socio - economic system and, as seen in the findings of numerous reports already available, they will impact first and foremost the poorest and weakest who, even if they are among the least responsible for global warming, are the most vulnerable because they have limited resources or live in areas at greater risk... Many of the most vulnerable societies, already facing energy problems, rely upon agriculture, the very sector most likely to suffer from climatic shifts.»

The lymphatic system is not connected to the heart, so it has to rely upon some other method, usually muscular contraction, to create the necessary pumping action needed to move lymph.

Secondly, the power to change the system relies not on politicians, but upon YOU, the American consumer.

The important realisation therefore, is to be aware that while the «big issues» will vary, so will your needs in terms of the services, systems and resources often relied upon to support school and student development and progress.

How valid and reliable are evaluation systems that rely primarily upon direct observation to reach quantifiable decisions about teacher performance?

The danger of a discipline system is that it can be relied upon too heavily as a classroom management tool.

While NPR's Westervelt criticizes Kane for making a «pretty scathing and strong indictment» of America's education system, what Kane does not understand writ large is that the very solutions for which Kane advocates — using VAM - based measurements to fire and hire bad and good teachers, respectively — are really no different than the «stronger accountability» measures upon which we have relied for the last 40 years (since the minimum competency testing era) within this alleged «echo chamber.»

For example, Nebraska, which utilizes a locally managed assessment system, spends only $.03 per child (or $ 9,000) on outside assessment contracts while Ohio, relying upon standardized measures, spends $ 50.00 per child (or $ 92,000,000).

Dozens of states adopted new teacher - evaluation systems that relied upon student achievement and observations of teachers by principals.

Further, this system almost certainly appeals to charter school chains who rely upon a rapidly turning over cohort of new teachers, some of whom stay if they adapt quickly to the in - house system, but most of whom eventually leave teaching altogether.

To produce the cornering force of a tetherball smacked by an angry sixth - grader, the Senna relies upon a symphony of systems working in perfect synchronicity.

The system doesn't use onboard lidar but instead relies upon cameras and those highly accurate maps GM has pre-made.

A bit of experimenting while the track was damp revealed that, if you were to be caught unawares, the Merc's quick - witted stability systems can be relied upon to help you out sooner (if ESP is switched on) or later (if it's in its so - called «off» position), which probably explains why you don't see too many SLK350s facing the wrong way on roundabout exits after a downpour.

Each mode offers less and less intrusion from the Corvette's traction management system, until you're really out there on the track by yourself with only your own driving skills to rely upon.