Sentences with phrase «used as a measurement»

BMI is only one indicator, and not an entirely sound one, of health in children; and I think that using it as a measurement of good nutrition work in schools is a red herring.

This reaction time is used as a measurement of brain function.

Besides communication systems the new detector could be used as a measurement device in the emerging superconducting quantum computer.

Clinical scale evaluation including pain, non-steroid analgesic usage, limping, extent of joint movement and stiffness was used as measurement of the clinical effect.

It is typically used as a measurement of the energy contained in some defined amount of food.

Low vagal tone is associated with poor emotional and attentional regulation, inflammation, depression, and is even used as a measurement for a person's sensitivity to stress.

While this alone is an intriguing setting from which to examine the dynamics of prison life (sadly, Julia and her friend Marta (Laura Garcia) are the only detailed characters there), her pregnancy has another use as a measurement of how long she is behind bars without receiving a trial.

There's much to admire in Whiplash, and if audience reaction is used as measurement of a film's success you'd think Whiplash was the greatest film out of Cannes, not just the Director's Fortnight where the year's Sundance hit usually lands.

These relationships will be core to future lessons in which rods are used as measurement tools to place and locate numbers on number lines.

Now that student academic progress will be used as a measurement of teacher effectiveness, it is crucial to transform teacher evaluation from an exercise in compliance to an effective engine of growth.

Used as a measurement of risk, the credit score has the power to make or break your chances of getting a mortgage loan, all by itself.

Not exact matches

Alongside field work the team, which included scientists from the WHRC and Boston University, used 12 years of satellite imagery, field measurements and laser remote sensing technology as part of its method.

- Social plugins, such as our Like and Share buttons, which make other sites more social and help you share content on Facebook; - Facebook Login, which lets you use your Facebook account to log into another website or app; - Facebook Analytics, which helps websites and apps better understand how people use their services; and - Facebook ads and measurement tools, which enable websites and apps to show ads from Facebook advertisers, to run their own ads on Facebook or elsewhere, and to understand the effectiveness of their ads.

«The ability to obtain accurate measurements and clear images from aerial photographs will significantly reduce the amount of time highways are closed during the initial investigation of major traffic crashes,» a state police statement gave as reasons for seeking to use what - shall - not - be-called-drones.

Hits, as we used to call them in the 1990s (numbers of pages accessed and images viewed) are no longer a good measurement.

Allyson Hugley, president of Measurement & Analytics for Weber Shandwick, notes that the data from the study could add another layer to the modes of evaluation that are already available to advertising and marketing agencies, building on traditional surveys and more recent technology such as beacons and RFID chips that are used during live events.

If we're using technology to get as many hits as possible and to create gadgets for millions of people so we become wealthy, that's not a good measurement.

The center line between the boundaries is then used as a base - line for measurement.

Take some baseline measurements to identify where your team is currently at, and use them as the basis for extrapolating toward realistic improvements.

Estimates on the share of foreign ownership in Vancouver's housing market vary significantly and suffer from both problems of definition (such as defining «foreign» and «luxury») and measurement (such as the proxy measures used for vacancy and nationality).

His technology is described as «different from most social research measurement instruments» in that it is not solely based on self - reported data — with the follow - on claim being made that: «Using observed data from Facebook users» profiles makes GS» measurements genuinely behavioral.»

[158] Other causes include the rise in non-cash benefits as a share of worker compensation (which aren't counted in CPS income data), immigrants entering the labor force, statistical distortions including the use of different inflation adjusters by the BLS and CPS, productivity gains being skewed toward less labor - intensive sectors, income shifting from labor to capital, a skill gap - driven wage disparity, productivity being falsely inflated by hidden technology - driven depreciation increases and import price measurement problems, and / or a natural period of adjustment following an income surge during aberrational postwar circumstances.

It is used by millions of individuals daily as a store of wealth, medium of exchange, and unit of measurement.

At the moment most Bitcoin platforms — including Luno — only use Bitcoin as a unit of measurement: e.g. 1 BTC, 0.0023 BTC and so on, not the units mentioned above.

Overall, the findings tended to confirm our hypothesis: Those who are using paid methods and finding them effective do so with wide experimentation, collaboration with cross-functional teams, a meaningful budget, and more focus on building an audience as a measurement of success than their less effective peers.

For all their official production measurements, OPEC uses an average of estimates from six «secondary sources», namely the International Energy Agency (IEA), the oil - pricing agencies Platts and Argus, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the oil consultancy Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) and the industry newsletter Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, as an impartial adjudicator as to whether their output quotas and production cuts are being met, to resolve any potential disputes that could arise if each member reported their own figures.

For an illiquid asset class such as art, many individual assets do not trade within commonly used return measurement intervals (such as a year).

Trying to defend your fellow xtians by using yourself as the standard of measurement is no more convincing than saying xtianity is good because christ was good.

Therefore, if we use as our axis of measurement the emergence and expansion of «mentality,» we can maintain that there has indeed been a certain «directionality» in evolution.

-- somehow meteorites are used as confirming evidence the earth is 4.54 billion yrs old because evidence on earth can not be confirmed independently, so let's move to «indisputable» circular reasoning and say well if this meteorite is 4.54 billion years old then the earth must also be 4.54 billion years old, since the machine's measurements match.

Topher, it would've been easy to answer that one, if you said that you were using the bible as the standard of measurement.

The BICEP2 instrument can not distinguish the cosmic contribution from other sources directly, so, measurements of galactic dust collected by other sources, such as the Planck satellites were used.

Made the bread tonight as per the recipe book «ml» and «g» measurements, and subbed in walnuts for almonds because that's what I had — Just testing a slice covered in my home made walnut and kidney bean spread... Yummy Think I need a touch more salt but I'm always a bit worried about over seasoning... I used mixed herbs but think I would love to add some garlic (powder maybe) next time, and use selected herbs rather than the commercial mix.

Really wish you would use American measurements as well in your recipes.

Hi Devon, I use cup measurements as I find them very convenient.

Hi Fiona, I originally used coffee cups as measurements as this was a way to make the measurements standardised and useable for everyone as some people don't have kitchen scales.

Hi, I just imperial measurements generally but always use just a standard coffee mug or any mug will do as long as you're consistent!

I'm not sure about the exact measurements for dried chick peas as I always use cooked chickpeas from a tin which are really easy and convenient.

Tried these the other day — really disappointed as they turned out bad and that I had wasted so many expensive ingredients I used everything listed, wish I had've read the comments section more though to see you saying to ONLY use orange sweet potato, as I used white fleshed, and an actual measurement, as I must've used too much.

I am curious as to why the measurements are in cups as opposed to weight using a scale?

I think your recipes are great but I have been dissappointed / frustrated with your use of «mug» as a measurement.

Though I included the measurements I used for 8 bell pepper tacos, feel free to double, triple, or halve the recipe as desired.

If so, quinoa flakes might work as a substitute but you will need to adjust the measurement — use just enough so that the mixture sticks together and can be formed into balls.

I used 3 and a half large onions which weighed about 700g, I kept all other measurements the same, didn't add the grenadine syrup, but did add a few small apples which needed using up as they'd gone soft and they disintegrated giving more sweetness.

Used my practiced eye and hands, as well as my taste buds, to get solid to liquid measurements and aromatics (long time cook) right, then did as suggested, putting finished croquettes onto parchment lined cookie sheets in fridge, before frying.

So unfortunately I can't seem to find white whole wheat flour in my country and buying it online is not an option for me so I tried to substitute it with whole wheat flour (particularly in your carrot cake) using the correct pour and level measurement method as recommended but I found the end result to be cake that was a little doughy, absolutely delicious but a little doughy and I might try measuring using a kitchen scale in the future but what do you recommend in this case to combat this?

As I remember my grandmother never used any measurements and just threw things together and it was always wonderful.

I'm slowly converting all my recipes to cup measurements as I know a lot of people don't use kitchen scales and I want to try and make my recipes easy for all to follow

Note: This is a no - recipe kind of recipe, so use this more as a guide than the absolute truth when it come to measurements and time.

I've used measurements for these in grams rather than cups, as I wanted to use approximately 70 % protein rich flours / meals to 30 % starches.