Sentences with phrase «variable from year to year»

The number and strength of storms is highly variable from year to year, which makes it challenging to detect trends in the frequency or intensity of hurricanes over time.

Note that the contribution from population growth has been relatively steady, while the contribution from the relative change in GDP per capita has been much more variable from year to year (even negative for some years).

Thus, the Norse reached Greenland during a period good for growing hay and pasturing animals... Around 1300, though, the climate in the North Atlantic began to get cooler and more variable from year to year, ushering in a cold period termed the Little Ice Age that lasted into the 1800s.

As you very well know, climate is highly variable from year to year, and the causes of these variations are not at all well understood.

Arctic sea ice end - of - summer minimum area, although variable from year to year, has plummeted by more than a third in the past few decades, at a faster rate than in most models [21], with the sea ice thickness declining a factor of four faster than simulated in IPCC climate models [22].

Wind shear in the tropical Atlantic will remain highly variable from year to year, changing at the whim of individual El Niño and La Niña events which influence the Walker Circulation.

The performance of that foreign component is much more variable from year to year than the two U.S. stock funds.

Earnings growth has been highly variable from year to year, but measured peak - to - peak or trough - to - trough, earnings have demonstrated remarkable long - term consistency at 5.7 % annual growth since 1950 (slightly slower prior to WWII).

Annual value - added estimates are highly variable from year to year, and, in practice, many teachers can not be statistically distinguished from the majority of their peers.

The ACERNet team expects that northern states like Vermont and New Hampshire will continue producing syrup far into the future, and that the southern range is the most vulnerable where sap flow is most variable from year to year.

Not exact matches

Dealing with a variable retirement income from year to year is a relatively new idea.

This was propagated by a popular book some years back, but it's since been rebutted by many scientists who have stated that whilst practice and time spent certainly matter, the exact number of hours to become an expert on something will vary from person to person depending on multiple variables that differ from one person to the next.

Many banks will offer borrowers the choice between fixed or variable interest rates, with average terms from five to 25 years.

Jackson sold $ 17.4 billion in variable annuities last year, up from $ 17.2 billion in 2016, and retains a 19.5 percent market share of the variable annuity market, according to Morningstar.

everything is made up of atoms (don't believe me do some research) its the different variables of heat and light and things like that that cause different reactions to make different things and these things when they interact can create something completely different and you and slowly the process of mitosis or miosis starts to work and form stuff hell i learnt that in high school and it was a catholic one at that a millions of years ago i bet the universe was completely different and had things in it that our minds cant even imagine that have since changed over time from action and reaction to what we have today and in another million years who knows with all the different gases we pump into the air and the weather getting more intense on both ends of the scale life as we know it will be different the human race will have to evolve to survive and will probibly form into a slightly different species hell maybe well evolve into 2 different species like in the movie time machine

Interest rates are variable and terms range from 1 to 10 years.

A dummy variable for year captured the impact from the change in milk options and a monthly control was also included in the analysis to account for seasonal variation.

An individual legislator's score may fluctuate from year to year, subject to the nature of the issues before the legislature, political dynamics, or absences due to illnesses or personal commitments, among other variables.

To simulate such highly variable conditions and how they affect the probability of finches fledging from a fly - infested nest and thus population growth, the researchers used data from five years — 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013.

Most of them are quite small and only some 8 percent of protected areas worldwide contain ample — and sufficiently variable — landscape to maintain their present climactic biomes 100 years from now.

The difference was that temperature jumped around from year to year, while wet bulb was much less variable.

Demographic variables were year of graduation, sex (men vs women), age at graduation (≤ 29 years vs 30 - 32 or ≥ 33 years) and self - identified race / ethnicity, which students reported from a list of options on the GQ (categorized as white vs Asian / Pacific Islander; other or unknown race / ethnicity; or racial / ethnic groups considered underrepresented minorities in medicine relative to their numbers in the general population, including black, Hispanic, and American Indian / Alaska Native).

Anyway the point is — the average regional solar surface flux is drastically variable throughout the day, the year and from year to year — primarily due to water vapor and clouds.

Interest rates are variable and terms range from 1 to 10 years.

Women who wear Bellefit after a year will experience support and compression during the time when they are wearing the girdle, but results vary based on a number of factors and variables which change from woman to woman.

If we divide the period into three spans of about 10 years (1968 — 78, 1979 — 88, and 1989 — 99), we find that the estimated relationship between the single - parent family structure variable and educational attainment more than tripled in size, from -0.11 for the earliest cohorts to -0.43 in the latest cohorts (see Figure 3).

objectives include: Year 6 objectives • solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure, using decimal notation up to 3 decimal places where appropriate • use, read, write and convert between standard units, converting measurements of length, mass, volume and time from a smaller unit of measure to a larger unit, and vice versa, using decimal notation to up to 3 decimal places • convert between miles and kilometres • recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different perimeters and vice versa • recognise when it is possible to use formulae for area and volume of shapes • calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles • calculate, estimate and compare volume of cubes and cuboids using standard units, including cubic centimetres (cm ³) and cubic metres (m ³), and extending to other units [for example, mm ³ and km ³] • express missing number problems algebraically • find pairs of numbers that satisfy an equation with 2 unknowns • enumerate possibilities of combinations of 2 variables • draw 2 - D shapes using given dimensions and angles • recognise, describe and build simple 3 - D shapes, including making nets • compare and classify geometric shapes based on their properties and sizes and find unknown angles in any triangles, quadrilaterals, and regular polygons • illustrate and name parts of circles, including radius, diameter and circumference and know that the diameter is twice the radius • recognise angles where they meet at a point, are on a straight line, or are vertically opposite, and find missing angles • describe positions on the full coordinate grid (all 4 quadrants) • draw and translate simple shapes on the coordinate plane, and reflect them in the axes • interpret and construct pie charts and line graphs and use these to solve problems • calculate and interpret the mean as an average • read, write, order and compare numbers up to 10,000,000 and determine the value of each digit • round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy and more!

For the last ten years — through the Food and Conservation Science Program (FACS)-- my students at Hood River Middle School and I have been designing, building, and operating a permaculture - inspired system that allows the depth, complexity, and ownership required to move from a linear pedagogy to a systems - based approach offering the variables and relevance that my students devour.

New empirical work, using better data (e.g., that enable researchers to estimate the relative impact of factors affecting student achievement growth from year to year) and more - sophisticated statistical techniques has, in broad terms, reinforced the Coleman Report conclusion that teacher quality is the most important schooling variable.

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Beginning in the 2000 - 2001 school year, the district began using a range of variables around the promotion cutoff to make promotion decisions; recommendations from teachers and principals, for example, were then incorporated into the promotion decisions.

They agree that effectiveness can depend on a number of variables that are not constant from school year to school year.

Board member Sally Cauble, a Republican from Liberal who made the motion to «fund the law,» said there are many variables that will affect school funding next year.

In other words, what is the research basis for attributing any change in score from year to year to the singular variable of a teacher?

Mercedes offers a three - year / unlimited mileage warranty (with extensions available for an additional, variable fee) on its new cars and the UK's Service Care scheme allows owners to spread the cost of servicing across multiple payments, with the outlay from as little as less than # 1 per day.

With the forged pistons, titanium connecting rods, VarioCam variable valve control system and a 200bar direct - injection system from the race engine that powered the Porsche 911 RSR to victory in this year's 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race, it kicks out 24bhp and 15 lb ft more than the 3.8 - litre unit from the previous 911 GT3, giving this new model a total of 493bhp at 8250rpm and 339 lb ft at 6000rpm.

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The 2007 Dodge Caliber, set to debut next year, will be available with a so - called continuously variable transmission developed by Nissan's Jatco Ltd. unit and a diesel engine for outside the United States from Volkswagen, Eric Ridenour, Chrysler's engineering chief, said last week.

America has relied on the Silverado for years, as the pickup has grown from a simple, basic work truck to the variable workhorse of today.

I wanted to remove the variables that exist between different categories and from year - to - year as the market changes, so that those fluctuations wouldn't interfere with illustrating how these projects were valuated.

A It was four hundred eighty - four miles from my parents» home in Peoria, Illinois, to Nashville, Tennessee, a distance that in a seven - year - old red Monte Carlo driving at roughly sixty miles an hour could be crossed in eight to twelve hours, depending on certain variables such as the number of road signs offering side excursions to historical landmarks, and how often my mother, Mariam, would have to go to the bathroom.

Most often, the interest rates on private loans are higher than those on federal loans, but some loan providers offer variable interest rates, which can adjust and change from year to year.

Negotiable fixed or variable interest rates depend on SBA restrictions, also 2.25 to 2.75 percent over prime and maturities ranging from five to 10 years, with up to 25 years for fixed assets.

He invested the down payment on the business in a variable universal life policy, and also expected to invest half the 10 - year payments from the business sale into the variable universal life.

Like Laurel Road, Earnest offers refinancing for fixed and variable rate loans, with terms lasting from 5 to 20 years.

As with the variable rate loans, fixed rate loans are available in ten year terms, and can be taken out in amounts ranging from $ 2,000 up to the cost of attendance, with a maximum of $ 120,000 (or $ 160,000 for graduate students).

Templeton Emerging Markets Income Fund will change its fiscal year - end date from August 31 to December 31 and change its distribution policy to begin paying a variable distribution, scheduled to be effective on December 31, 2016.

Other interesting news from RBC's most recent home ownership poll: more men than women prefer variable rate mortgages, fewer Canadians are planning to buy a home this year than last, and mortgage debt loads, as expected, are going up.

Therefore, experts state that for periods of time over one year and up to 4 years, it is advisable to apply for a 1 to 3 year adjustable rate mortgage loan while for periods of time over 4 years and up to 7 years, it is advisable to select a mortgage loan with a variable rate lasting the length of the loan or a balloon loan with the balloon payment due date at least a year after the month you are planning to sell the property (to cover yourself from unexpected circumstances).

Starting APRs are slightly lower than those at U.S. Bank (you can also opt for a variable rate on your loan), and you can select from terms up to seven years.