Sentences with phrase «which measures a system»

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Syriza, which broke a two - party - led system, has disappointed some on the left for implementing austerity measures and the reputation of the mainstream parties remains damaged following what is perceived as years of failed promises.

Evoke Neuroscience, No. 131 on the Inc. 5000, grew to $ 3.1 million in revenue last year, having created a system called eVox, which helps physicians measure and manage memory loss.

In 1932 he wrote a widely circulated pamphlet decrying the measures in which he ended by saying, «Although that was not the intention, this emergency decree will help my party to victory, and therefore put an end to the illusions of the present System.»

The music you hear when the system starts up is the first few measures of SNL's version of «Don't Fear the Reaper,» the Blue Oyster Cult song to which Will Ferrell can be heard enthusiastically slamming his cowbell.

System - wide sales growth and comparable sales are measured on a constant currency basis, which means that results exclude the effect of foreign currency translation and are calculated by translating prior year results at current year monthly average exchange rates.

He sees a system in which a central computer constantly measures traffic patterns and adjusts the timing and co-ordination of the lights to eliminate backlogs at intersections and distribute traffic evenly across different streets.

According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, the exchanges Bithumb, Korbit, Coinone, and Upbit (which are among the 13 being investigated) must seek and receive «2018 Information Security Management System Certification,» and are urged to enhance their security measures.

In the meantime, the companies involved with the long rows of solar panels that have cropped up on the Vinson's land — Cypress Creek, the project's designer; RBI Solar, which made the mounting system; and Horne Brothers Construction — expect to be hurt by the measure.

The fund tries to find companies which the fund manager believes to line - up with «biblical values» and even has a proprietary scoring system which measures a company's level of participation in abortion, gambling, alcohol, pornography, «the LGBT lifestyle,» just to name some of the big topics.

impact summary — I capture and summarize four areas of impact in my evaluation — business impact (potential for the usual — revenues, profit, etc.), social impact (that which can be counted), qualitative impact (impact that is difficult to measure, but can be captured through stories), and macro impact (the broader systems - level impact they are trying to achieve, but may be difficult to trace directly to the company)

The standard proxy for growth in debt - servicing capacity is GDP growth, but this is only valid in economies in which GDP growth data is a systems output that measures the underlying performance of the economy.

In that case, the number of bookshops, which is a systems output — generated organically by the size of the city, the rate of literacy, the income of residents, and other relevant factors — would serve as a proxy for literacy, while population or income would serve as proxies for whatever variable one wants to measure.

-- You can convince your VCs of reviewing on a monthly base only those metrics that will measure progress more accurately at this stage, instead of all the financial data which is not relevant — You can set up the right financial systems / software to help measure basic financial information, and allow your VC access to additional financial figures every quarter or by request If none of these work: — You can try convincing your VC of using the right metrics as well as the financial ones, and to be measured by a mix of both — You can hire a seasoned part - time CFO who can at least free you of the hurdle of putting the numbers together

Then, a stock under consideration is stress - tested by Mauldin Economics» proprietary Equity Evaluation System (EES), which measures more than 100 qualitative and quantitative factors.

And my liberal friends look at that and they say, «If we had not created this halfway measure of health security, we would have what every other country has,» which seems to work well in other places, which is a government - run system where health protection insurance is guaranteed in some way or another, the exact structures differ, but by the state.

The introduction of the major elements of the new tax system in July will lead to temporarily higher CPI inflation in the September quarter 2000, followed by a period of time during which reductions in various taxes flowing through to prices will reduce measured inflation.

The spending legislation, which was viewed as the last opportunity this year for Congress to enact major new gun restrictions before the midterm elections in November, included only some school safety measures and modest improvements to the background check system.

Portugal now treats drug users as individuals who need care, rather than as criminals, Costa said — a measure that involved bolstering the country's health care system to offer treatment alternatives, rather than jail time, and which has earned plaudits from the United Nations.

While these systems are difficult to encapsulate in a single measure, a traditional way to look at bank liquidity is to look at their holdings of cash plus others assets which the Reserve Bank would accept in exchange for ES funds (Graph 3).

In many cases, this is more than a measured conversation about how to improve the future functioning of the financial system; there is a deep seated, retributive anger, some of the roots of which I've discussed.

And of course, all this would be with the general aim that all these measures of coercion linked to financial deregulation would help recuperate funds which could go to the victims of the system, the countries of the South and those «without» or the unemployed in the rich countries.

Secondly, as Wesley Kort summarizes, our present conceptual system «is a system based on the ruthless exclusion of the personal, a systematic skepticism which renders the «I» an eye measuring mathematically the relations to one another of phenomena in the objective world.

One of the major thrusts of this Asian Consultation organised by the CCA is the arsenal of measures by which the menace of capitalist appetites of giant corporations and their global operations may be stemmed so as to secure for all persons a fair share of the work, wealth and happiness as a sine qua non of a just world system.

[9] Using a different, continuous weighted scoring system — which admittedly was, like Byrd's scoring, «an unvalidated measure of CCU outcomes» — Harris et al. concluded that «supplementary, remote, blinded, intercessory prayer produced a measurable improvement in the medical outcomes of critically ill patients», and suggested that «prayer be an effective adjunct to standard medical care.»

The collective effort supplies the larger system of reference by which individual purpose and progress are measured.

The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity School); the abolition of compulsory military training in state - supported educational institutions other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources, public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).

The result is that life is reduced to a collection of means which increasingly are directed to the ends required by the necessities that emerge within the technique - dominated systems themselves as measured by the criterion of efficiency.

The reason why Whitehead believes that it must be independent is that only if it is a system of relations independent of the changing, variable, physical characters of material objects can it serve as a frame of reference in terms of which the self - congruence of material objects under transport — which makes them suitable as measuring standards — can be determined.

Beginning with Furman v. Georgia (1972), which held that the death penalty as currently applied in the U.S. was unconstitutional, the Supreme Court sought to maintain «a system of «super due process» through which capital defendants could be assured an extra measure of protection from arbitrariness, caprice or emotionalism.»

In subsequent passage, however, he adds that it is possible to conceive «an infinite number of degrees» between matter and fully developed spirit: «Each of these successive degrees, which measures a growing intensity of life, corresponds to a higher tension of duration and is made manifest externally by a greater development of the sensory - motor system» (MM 296, Cf. also MM 332).

We find that under given conditions our measurements are necessarily made in some one pair which together form our natural measure - system.

The principle of solidarity, of the health of one working for the health of another, was transformed into an accounting system by which the merit of each member was theoretically measured in heaven, and all of it beyond what that member required put in a bank fur the help of others.

I guess I was trying to make the point that any belief system, even the belief that there is no God, takes a measure of faith, faith being defined as «firm belief in something for which there is no proof».

For this ideal system would not be learned from history, it implies rather a standard beyond history by which the particular historical phenomena are measured.

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When a product passes through the system at a constant speed, the x-ray detector captures a grayscale image, which is generated by measuring the amount of x-ray energy reaching the detector.

One of the most unique characteristics of German wine is its use of a classification system that measures quality based on the grape's natural sugar level at harvest (which is completely different from the sugar level of the final product.)

AZO provides food processors, who are legally required to take effective safety measures against contaminants, with high - quality machinery and systems which help ensure that their products comply with the relevant standards.

We can meet manufacturing demands for measured portions, which not only reduce waste but also provide manufacturers with the benefit of efficient systems.

The tool is part of CSWA's online Sustainable Winegrowing Self - Assessment and Performance Metrics system, the latter of which measures, manages and tracks energy, water and nitrogen use, and greenhouse gas emissions.

The resulting innovations include a methane digester, which converts cow waste into renewable energy; a carbon farming program, designed to measure and optimize carbon capture; and an extensive water - reuse system, which recycles waste water from the Creamery.

The workbook addresses ecological, economic and social equity criteria through an integrated set of 15 chapters and 191 criteria, which includes a built - in system with metrics to measure performance.

Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off

Referring to Bayern Munich, who have a system in place which penalises supporters who leave their seats empty for three matches each season, the club asked the forum whether Liverpool should look to adopt similar measures because, as Phil Dutton explained, «in this day and age there is no need for a seat to be left empty.»

At the same time, officials around the nation have been trying to figure out how to respond to the new Every Student Succeeds Act, which replaced No Child Left Behind in December 2015 and requires each state to come up with its own accountability system that must include at least one nonacademic measure.

As co-founder of Simbex, LLC, the Lebanon, New Hampshire company that makes the HITS (Head Impact Telemetry System)- a peer - reviewed, scientifically - validated technology used by researchers in biomechanical studies to measure head impacts on the playing field, and a version of which has been incorporated into Riddell's new InSite Impact Sensing System - Greenwald knows a thing or two about the technology of head impact exposure monitoring.

To investigate the effect of various parenting styles on kids» health, researchers at the University of Oregon examined saliva samples of 102 children who had an average age of 9 to look for levels of C - reactive protein, which measures general inflammation in the body, and secretory immunoglobulin A, which measures immune system activation.

Blood tests measure and antibody immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibody circulating in the bloodstream, which is our immune system's way of dealing with an offending invader, or allergen.

We are now starting to measure abdominal forces which will be a disaster for any forward facing seat using the shield system.

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