Sentences with phrase «using such observations»

Results also showed that a woman paid particular attention to how a date might treat her own pet — using such observations to determine whether he was worth dating.

Not exact matches

His observations prompted insights such as building the graphical user interface to look just like its real - world counterpart (a checkbook, for example), making it easy for people to use it.

The chief techniques for gathering such data include mail questionnaires, interviews, retail store shelf audits, use of electronic scanners at retail checkout counters, and direct observation in stores.

My observation reflects my history with an abusive church where public displays of spirituality were often used as a means of control and as such my comment was perfectly valid.

I was using the news headlines (and other similar resources, such as charity reports and the like) to make the valid observation that human evil is universal in its effect and nature.

Indeed, such a use is quite the antithesis of his observation that «where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.»

Physics, in particular, is noted for its ability to use inductive reasoning to posit universal laws such as Einstein's General Relativity, making the claim that experiments and observations on or from earth allow us to generalise a theory into universal law, i.e. a law of physics that we believe must hold everywhere in the universe because this is a law written into the fabric of the universe.

Programs include activities such as using tools, gathering data, and making observations.

She's still using her senses to explore objects, but you might notice more sophisticated observations and comparisons, such as the cat is «soft» just like her favorite «blankie.»

When asked if he would consider using only local measures to evaluate teachers, such as observations, while schools transition to the Common Core, he said: «I'd be open to anything that allows us to do the teacher evaluations faster.»

The simulation was calibrated by using satellite observations, which have long showed increased greening across much of the Arctic since the early 1980s (including tundra sites such as those in eastern Russia, above).

Fritz Zwicky used it for the first time to declare the observed phenomena consistent with dark matter observations as the rotational speeds of galaxies and orbital velocities of galaxies in clusters, gravitational lensing of background objects by galaxy clusters such as the Bullet cluster, and the temperature distribution of hot gas in galaxies and clusters of galaxies.

Drawing from AAAS» fingerprint report, which includes an extensive review of the scientific literature, evaluations of when such analysis is or is not well grounded in science and a review of practices lacking scientific foundation, Holt urged the Justice Department to not permit examiners to estimate the frequency of any fingerprint observation or use the term «identification» or «source identification» in testimony or reports.

In addition, he adds, «a better understanding of sediment transport can be used to reconstruct environments of Earth's past or on other planets, such as Mars, through observations of previously moved sediment, now preserved in deposits.»

Using a combination of old - fashioned clinical observation and modern biochemical analysis, he has shown that a person's appetite and their eating behavior can be linked to specific genes — and that even a tiny defect such as the absence of a single nucleic acid in a sequence of DNA can lead to runaway weight gain.

Since then, scientists have used various methods to measure our planet's rotation, including astronomical devices such as the sundial as well as satellites and lunar observations.

Many of the techniques now used to detect exoplanets — such as observations of their gravitational effect on the movements of their parent stars, or mini-eclipses that occur regularly as they pass in front of the stars as seen from Earth — aren't sensitive enough to detect the presence of an exomoon.

The team used Hubble and Spitzer observations of two such planets, HD 209458b heic0303, opo0707b and HD 189733b heic1312, heic0720a, and used Hubble to observe eight other exoplanets — WASP - 6b, WASP - 12b, WASP - 17b, WASP - 19b, WASP - 31b, WASP - 39b, HAT - P - 1b, HAT - P - 12b.

So far limited observations of «Oumuamua, using facilities such as the SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array, have turned up nothing.

The team expects to disentangle the two possible scenarios and find more solid evidence for a black hole in the Bullet with higher resolution observations using a radio interferometer, such as the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA).

The results might raise eyebrows, such as her use of John Bowlby's infant attachment theory to explain the behaviour of grizzly bears, or the observation that white sharks are «individuals who are conventional with narrow interests».

It is very difficult to extract direct information about these types of movements from indirect observations,» such as those that don't use imaging technology, he says.

The observations fit well with computer simulations, and can be used to refine models of how large - scale patterns, such as the distributions of galaxies and clusters of galaxies, came to be.

«Our observations are of great clinical importance since IL -6-directed therapies are increasingly being used or studied to treat various human autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.»

Now the researchers hope that future observations of a large number of distant galaxies using the ALMA telescopes could help unravel how frequently such evolved galaxies occur in this very early epoch of the history of the universe.

Additional simulation work presented in the paper also indicates that long - term telescopic observations may detect wobbles from such planets using the radial velocity method.

For the first, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) used a statistical analysis of historic rainfall observations that looked at how the frequency of such an event has changed from the past, before a warming signal clearly emerged, to the present.

Finnish Meteorological Institute makes observations of the atmosphere, sea and space at over 400 stations around Finland, and using remote sensing instruments such as radars and satellites.

While you are out making observations, use appropriate protection such as long - sleeved shirts and long pants to prevent mosquito bites.

The common paradigm used to explain the observation of conductivity at interfaces of materials such as lanthanum aluminate and strontium titanate is that electrons move across the interface to alleviate the so - called polar catastrophe created by polar / nonpolar interface creation.

Work like that of Oerlemans, or the so called «hockey stick» curve, provide some of the observations used in such studies, but don't replace such studies.

Coastal and boundary current systems with a focus on processes that link the nearshore and continental shelf to the open ocean, such as along - and across - shore transport processes, stirring and mixing of water masses, and the coastal response to larger - scale forcing events; long - duration, high - resolution observations using autonomous underwater gliders.

While this technique is widely used, it usually provides only anatomical snapshots of tissues or physiological functions such as blood flow rather than observations of the activity of specific cells.

Some of the discontinuities (which can be of either sign) in weather records can be detected using jump point analyses (for instance in the new version of the NOAA product), others can be adjusted using known information (such as biases introduced because changes in the time of observations or moving a station).

The scale of such observations should permit detection of initial dust ejection effects as well as track the onset of storm growth (using cloud - tracking).

If such observations go forward, the telescope will provide an unparalleled view of Proxima b. JWST is optimized for infrared wavelengths, which can be used to examine a planet's heat emissions.

Such observations prompted us to use human NSCs expressing c - Myc, as a model to facilitate the generation of iPSCs and to study the reprogramming steps.

Current research in the Hida Observatory of Kyoto University has emphasis on the followings; (a) Study of solar MHD processes with spectroscopic and spectro - polarimetric observations using the 60 cm Domeless Solar Vacuum Tower Telescope (DST) combining with data from space solar missions (such as Hinode).

Or in the case of a 2015 result using Hubble observations of large elliptical galaxies, jets from supermassive black holes may regulate star formation in such a way that it keeps going, albeit at a slower rate.

A few nations manipulate millions have already been used consistently for observation such as the scope of parks, shops, stores, auto parks and also other open territories.

If you make a logical and objective observation, you will notice that there are many people out there that actually use websites such as these.

After extensive research on teacher evaluation procedures, the Measures of Effective Teaching Project mentions three different measures to provide teachers with feedback for growth: (1) classroom observations by peer - colleagues using validated scales such as the Framework for Teaching or the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, further described in Gathering Feedback for Teaching (PDF) and Learning About Teaching (PDF), (2) student evaluations using the Tripod survey developed by Ron Ferguson from Harvard, which measures students» perceptions of teachers» ability to care, control, clarify, challenge, captivate, confer, and consolidate, and (3) growth in student learning based on standardized test scores over multiple years.

Use the academic criteria list as a filter to align all assessment strategies such as observations and rubrics.

«Spreadsheets, such as those created in Excel, also can be used in sociology and psychology to chart different observations,» noted Fred Holmes.

The state does not use performance assessments, such as local team evaluations or classroom observations, to evaluate the performance of teachers already in the classroom, but it is now considering such requirements.

«Previous to using edTech apps, my assessment of skill gaps in student learning was, at best, approximate and anecdotal; that is, I estimated these gaps based on anecdotal observations from class discussion and student evaluations such as unit tests,» said Kevin Neal, a social studies teacher at Valley High School in the West Des Moines school district in Iowa, USA.

The administration will allow states greater flexibility to use other teacher - evaluation methods, such as student and parent surveys and observation and feedback systems.

While this approach contrasts starkly with status quo «principal walk - through» styles of class observation, its use is on the rise in new and proposed evaluation systems in which rigorous classroom observation is often combined with other measures, such as teacher value - added based on student test scores.

To complete its work, the Task Force, with the support of staff from the Department of Education, reviewed the latest research on educator evaluations, examined systems in use both in - state and across the nation, and studied a range of issues related to the development of high - quality evaluation systems, such as observation protocols, growth measures, and special education considerations.

The state does not use performance assessments, such as classroom observations or portfolios, to evaluate teachers already in the classroom and determine whether they may move to an advanced stage of licensure.