Sentences with phrase «wide use of computers»

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Though Kashkari begins with a broad attack on monetary rules, it quickly devolves into a focused attack on the Taylor Rule which he argues «effectively turn [s] monetary policy over to a computer, rather than continue to let Fed policy makers use their best judgment to consider a wide range of data and economic trends.»

LINUX may be popular in the engineering and computer industries but it hasn't broken into wider use because of its «nerd» image, says E-Syn Engineering managing director Frank Veldkamp.According to the Linux Networking Overview «How To» by Danie...

Lee and his team used computer simulations to demonstrate that high extraction efficiency is obtained when a waveguide (a light - carrying submicrometer - wide semiconductor strip) is directly connected to the side of the laser.

Now we have a valuable tool that, thanks to computer - based statistical analysis, can be used to broaden our predictive capabilities in a very wide range of applicative avenues, from biophysics to biomedicine.»

Benyus says the strategy has already yielded a wide range of new products that may replicate nature's successes: ceramics with the strength and toughness of abalone shells, self - assembling computer chips that form by processes similar to the way that tooth enamel grows, adhesives that mimic the glue that mussels use to anchor themselves in place, and self - cleaning plastics based on the structure of a lotus leaf.

«Today, cognitive undersea acoustics is a key wireless communication technology that can be used for a wide range of military, commercial, and scientific applications, including tactical surveillance, offshore exploration, monitoring of subsea machinery such as oil - rigs and pipelines, disaster prevention as well as the study of marine life,» said Stella N. Batalama, Ph.D., principal investigator and dean of FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science, who is collaborating with Dimitris Pados, Ph.D., co-principal investigator, professor in FAU's Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and I - SENSE Fellow.

Using data from NASA's Wide - field Infrared Survey Explorer, the team created a computer model of 1950 DA.

Hasenclever and his colleagues have used for the first time a high - resolution computer model of the seafloor to simulate a six kilometer long and deep, and 16 kilometer wide section of a mid-ocean ridge in the Pacific.

The computer model was developed to help understand the impact of a recommendation issued in May by the World Health Organization for wider use of a new nine - to 12 - month treatment regimen for multidrug - resistant tuberculosis (MDR - TB).

NSF's effort is part of a wider government and industry initiative to encourage use of the computer network in the nation's schools, hospitals, and military.

This feature can be controlled for a wide range of uses, such as in optical discs, computer memories and displays, as well as artificial muscles and drug delivery systems.

«Fingerprinting on computers is invisible to most people but there are companies out there who are already using these techniques to learn more information about individuals, about their interests and their habits,» says Lachlan Kang, a Computer Science PhD student who is conducting this study as part of a wider project on privacy, within the University's Schools of Computer Science and Mathematical Sciences.

Their robotic centipede — built through microfabrication techniques similar to those used for making computer chips — is just over an inch long and about a third as wide, weighing less than two - hundredths of an ounce.

The Institute: brings together a wide range of scientists, including physicists, engineers, chemists, biologists as well as HMS clinicians to address fundamental questions about the behavior and functioning of biological systems; allows biologists, engineers, and clinicians to potentially use such knowledge to foster applications and new technologies; and provides a way for the tool - developers (physicists, engineers, computer scientists) to work with the tool - users (biologists, chemists, clinicians) in the early stages of scientific inquiry and encourage scientific collaboration at the innovation stage of tool development.

Stevens is helping to develop the CANDLE computer architecture on the patient level which is meant to help guide drug treatment choices for tumors based on a much wider assortment of data than currently used.

While children used to spend most of their time outdoors looking at a wide variety of colors, levels of brightness and depths, they now spend up to seven hours a day starting at a TV, computer or tablet screen with artificial light.

Traditionally, online dating refers to the use of wide screen monitor like personal computer or laptop just to communicate your online partner.

This poster gives a (very) brief overview on the history of the NeXTCube, the computer that Tim Berners - Lee famously used to kickstart the World Wide Web, alongside some photos and a high - resolution illustration of the device itself.

covers a wide array of computer science and digital literacy areas of the KS2 curriculum so is suitable for years 3 - 5, possibly even 6 if more focus is paid to variables and use of other software and technology to contribute to the final program.

These disciplines now provide the opportunity for students to work in a wide range of both traditional and modern materials and to use a wide range of specialist tools, equipment and machinery, including computer aided manufacture.

Adaptive Learning, in the domain of computer - delivered instruction, is now used as a fairly generic term and can describe a wide range of functionality from the fairly simple to the highly complex.

Most classroom uses of computers have been evolving in one of two directions: either onto the World Wide Web or into CD - ROMs.

Such quibbling over semantics may seem petty stuff, particularly when it's done over terminology, however, eLearning is described in the literature using a wide variety of terminology, such as e-Learning, eLearning, Computer Assisted Learning, Instructional Technology, Educational Technology, Information and Communication Technology, Computer Aided Learning, Computer Aided Assessment, Distance Education, and Computer - Mediated Communication (Bayne, 2015; Januszewski & Molenda, 2013; Moore, Dickson - Deane, & Galyen, 2011).

Provided as seven separate PDF documents: • Fundamentals of algorithms • Programming • Fundamentals of data representation • Computer systems • Fundamentals of computer networks • Fundamentals of cyber security • Ethical, legal and environmental impacts of digital technology on wider society, including issues of privacy These are ideal to use in the classroom, as homework tasks or for independent study as revision for the examiComputer systems • Fundamentals of computer networks • Fundamentals of cyber security • Ethical, legal and environmental impacts of digital technology on wider society, including issues of privacy These are ideal to use in the classroom, as homework tasks or for independent study as revision for the examicomputer networks • Fundamentals of cyber security • Ethical, legal and environmental impacts of digital technology on wider society, including issues of privacy These are ideal to use in the classroom, as homework tasks or for independent study as revision for the examinations.

Computational thinking: A problem - solving process that includes, but is not limited to, the following characteristics: formulating problems in a way that enables us to use a computer and other tools to solve them; logically organizing and analyzing data; representing data through abstractions such as models and simulations; automating solutions through algorithmic thinking (a series of ordered steps); identifying, analyzing and implementing possible solutions with the goal of achieving the most efficient and effective combination of steps and resources; and generalizing and transferring this problem - solving process to a wide variety of problems.

These teachers report using a wide variety of digital tools in their classrooms and assignments, well beyond the typical desktop and laptop computers.

Those include introducing and reviewing software, Internet resources, and other appropriate materials, and making the information available to staff; coordinating computer usage in projects and activities within, across, and between curricula and schools; working with classroom teachers, individually and in grade level teams, to plan, organize and implement the use of technology through such activities as demonstration lessons, team teaching, and joint planning; providing both building - based and district - wide staff development at faculty meetings, district professional development days, and after - school and summer workshops; and keeping abreast of current technologies by attending conferences and workshops on a regular basis.

Examples of teachers using the World Wide Web, computer simulations, electronic portfolios, and other applications with different grade levels and subjects illustrate her claim.

There are a wide variety of services that can be obtained through E-Rate, but the funds can only be used to purchase internet service and infrastructure upgrades from approved providers; the funds can not be used to buy new computers, software, or training.

Many of the credit recovery options are computer - based, like Edgenuity, which is being used on a wide scale.

From the adoption of Hypertext Markup Language (which spurred the development of the Internet) to the wide use of the Android operating system (which has helped lead to a boom in smartphones and tablet - style computers), standardization has proven to be a boon, not an obstacle, to innovation.

She has worked with a team of instructional coaches to facilitate school - wide contests to encourage students to use Study Island on their own time in the computer labs as well as at home.

Besides the questionable effectiveness of technology to solve educational woes, the use of computers to collect a wide range of private student data is raising serious privacy alarms.

Using Bibliographic tools on the World Wide Web All staff and students must be aware of the District's acceptable use policy and must be able to apply the policy to their own use of District equipment and Internet computer services including World Wide Web services.

Its generally large file sizes can use up precious storage and processing power in mobile devices; and it's limited in its ability to «reflow» to suit different screen sizes (anywhere from a couple of dozen to 100 or more characters wide), an important issue in the ebook world where the same ebook might be viewed on a large computer screen or a small mobile phone screen.

Personal computer - With the increased speed of the iPhone 3GS, the 3G and wifi networking, a real web browser, and the wide array of available apps at the App Store, many people find themselves leaving the laptops at home and using the iPhone as their main computer when they are out and about.

Skype has around 25 million users logged in at any one time, making it one of the widest used software applications for the mobile phone and desktop computer.

Though personal computers and cell phones may be used for a wide array of activities (including but not necessarily e-reading), most people who read e-books and own a tablet or e-reader consume e-books on those devices.

This sector focuses primarily on computers, electronics and other informational technology that is used in a wide range of applications.

Money withdrawn from the 529 plan account can be used for a wide range of qualified higher education expenses, such as room and board, tuition, books, and computer equipment.

We also have off street parking, high speed wi - fi property wide, the use of a computer and printer 24/7 in our office, beach chairs, beach towels and coolers, plus the use of laundry rooms with detergent and dryer sheets.

November 1995 Company implements system wide enhancements to the in - suite telephone systems, facilitating the use of laptop computers, fax machines, modems and other business equipment.

Meanwhile, a personal computer could be used by the entire family for a wide variety of tasks, including money management, telecommunications, word processing, and educational purposes.

I placed the disc into my computer's DVD drive to discover that the DVD - R did not contain video, but instead a file directory, including every asset used to make up the game in a wide variety of proprietary formats.

We will show how we have used a wide range of games and game concepts to provide a familiar context for students to engage with new material and principles of Computer Science.

Early pioneer Stan Van Der Beek used computers to create abstract and aesthetic experiences on screen, while in the 1990s Lyn Hershman Leeson looked at the wider social and philosophical implications of technology.

A style of post-1960s art which rejected the traditional values and politically conservative assumptions of its predecessors, in favour of a wider, more entertaining concept of art, using new artistic forms enriched by video and computer - based technology.

This exhibition takes its title from the Twitter message that British computer scientist Tim Berners - Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web) used to light up the stadium at the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremonies.

Latest developments include the use of the Internet and computer art to manipulate film imagery and to control videos from the world wide web or remote locations.

Even if the study were right... (which it is not) mainstream scientists use * three * methods to predict a global warming trend... not just climate computer models (which stand up extremely well for general projections by the way) under world - wide scrutiny... and have for all intents and purposes already correctly predicted the future -(Hansen 1988 in front of Congress and Pinatubo).