In a statement to Ars, a Facebook spokesperson referred to the data as part of the «
widely used practice [of] uploading your phone contacts» to connect users to their real - life friends.
So, the first time you sign in on your phone to a messaging or social app, it's
a widely used practice to begin by uploading your phone contacts,» read a statement released by Facebook.
This, the company says, is a leap beyond
the widely used practice known as micro-targeting, in which campaigns use demographic and consumer data such as magazine subscriptions and club memberships to deduce political leanings.
And we are the largest and most
widely used practice management system out there.
Real estate lawyers are now professionally obligated to advise their clients about the availability of title insurance in real estate transactions.10 Personal injury lawyers may face a similar professional obligation should ATE insurance become
a widely used practice with little downside.
Using renewable energy to produce aluminium is a key part of the economy of Iceland today, but isn't
a widely used practice elsewhere.
Acupuncture is
a widely used practice worldwide.
Meditation is
a widely used practice that is essential for personal growth and healing.
Controversy continues as to whether two
widely used practices, joint compressions and a brushing of the skin, actually «rewire» the brain so that kids can appropriately integrate and respond to sensory input, allowing them to feel more comfortable and secure as they negotiate their environment.
It would be useful to have a couple recognized /
widely used practices for combining and using assessment data in competency - based environments and better growth measures to compare progress in different environments.
Not exact matches
And worries «that the prices of Bitcoin and other digital tokens have been artificially propped up by a
widely used exchange called Bitfinex, which has a checkered history of hacks and opaque business
practices,» the New York Times reported.
But the policy has barely been
used in decades and is
widely considered to be an unfair
practice since the creation of the World Trade Organization in 1995.
The verse that is most
widely used to defend the modern
practice of preaching where a person gets up on stage on Sunday morning to teach for 30 - 40 minutes from Scripture is 2 Timothy 4:2.
Jesus never healed an amputee because the parlor trick that he
used to do his supposed «healing», is a
widely known scam,
practiced to the present day.
If any were not Christian, then the
use of a symbol so
widely associated with a faith the person it is meant to honor did not
practice is not respectful of the deceased.
It was a
practice which was already
widely used among numerous groups in that day and culture, and which already had clear symbolism and significance.
Literal human ownership of other human beings in the form of slavery
used to be
widely accepted and
practiced in the civilized world.
The Reformation was utterly dependent on what came before it, but it transformed the past by
using parts of it against other parts, by taking key emphases already
widely accepted among the faithful and showing that, if one saw this doctrine or that
practice from a slightly different angle, everything was changed — all the while managing to maintain continuity with the deepest sources of the tradition.
Having long been
used to nip unhappy bellies in the bud in Chinese medicine, it's also
used widely in Ayurvedic
practices for various respiratory conditions such as asthma, bronchial hyperactivity, and allergy, as well as for liver disorders, anorexia, rheumatism, diabetic wounds, runny nose, cough, and sinusitis.
«That's way too many,» says Dr. Gregory L. Ferraro, a
widely respected veterinary surgeon who, disillusioned with what he calls the «rampant»
use of drugs on the backstretch, walked away three years ago from perhaps the most lucrative private
practice at Southern California tracks, which are among the most prosperous in the world.
Flint and colleagues suggested that when midwives get to know the women for whom they provide care, interventions are minimised.22 The Albany midwifery
practice, with an unselected population, has a rate for normal vaginal births of 77 %, with 35 % of women having a home birth.23 A review of care for women at low risk of complications has shown that continuity of midwifery care is generally associated with lower intervention rates than standard maternity care.24 Variation in normal birth rates between services (62 % -80 %), however, seems to be greater than outcome differences between «high continuity» and «traditional care» groups at the same unit.25 26 27
Use of epidural analgesia, for example, varies
widely between Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, and the North Staffordshire NHS Trust.
«we believe that the BMS [Breastmilk Substitute] Criteria set by FTSE4Good is a real step forward and that the learnings from the FTSE4Good BMS Criteria verification process should be
used as a basis for the development of a
widely accepted tool to monitor the
practices of BMS manufacturers.
Using nipple stimulation for inducing labor would probably be a more
widely known and recommended
practice were there not concerns about its safety.
Castor oil has been
widely used as a traditional method of inducing labour in midwifery
practice.
Murdoch had denied reading or being aware of an email, sent after he authorised an out - of - court payment to Gordon Taylor over the hacking of his phone, which suggested the
practice was more
widely used than just by a rogue News of the World reporter.
Reliable figures on lab notebook
practices are not available, but it is
widely agreed that a large majority of university researchers still
use paper.
«There are certain genetic variants that we know are risk factors for allergy, but genotyping is not
widely used in clinical
practice, so this research offers healthcare professionals an alternative method of identifying at - risk children.»
«Cataract surgery and the
use of IOLs for infants have become more sophisticated and more
widely practiced over time.
Paul Meehl was renowned for many things: his insistence on statistical and research rigor; his prescient views on schizophrenia; his advancements in psychotherapy; his creation of one of the scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI — one of the most
widely used tests of personality in clinical research and
practice.)
Chlorhexidine is a common ingredient in a number of disinfectants
used widely in the home and in healthcare settings, where it is a critical part of many infection control
practices.
After an initial discovery in Germany, this is a field that has been
widely studied in France, including by the Fert team, who recently demonstrated the possibility of occurrence of these skyrmions at room temperature, making even more likely their
use in
practice [2].
Resource - conserving cropping
practices from WHEAT, such as more targeted
use of nitrogen fertilizers or sowing wheat into untilled soils and crop residues, can raise wheat farmers» incomes while curbing greenhouse gas emissions, if
widely adopted, he added.
Nevertheless, in
practice, «micron» remains a
widely used term in preference to «micrometre» in many English - speaking countries, both in academic science (including geology, biology, physics, and astronomy) and in applied science and industry (including machining, the semiconductor industry, and plastics manufacturing).
Because laws and regulations related to animal research vary
widely from country to country, AAALAC International accreditation can be
used worldwide to gauge the quality of a program, harmonize animal care and
use practices, and provide assurance to diverse stakeholders.
Sichuan Lovage (Chuan Xiong, Radix Ligustici Wallichii) Ligusticum wallichii is an herb that has been
widely used to support vascular health in traditional Chinese
practice.
During the class, our honorable teachers take you through a wonderful session of complete relaxation and inner rehabilitation
using some of the
widely practiced techniques such as clapping and chanting, childlike playfulness and laughter yoga pranayama.
It is common
practice, particularly in colder countries that farmer will spray glyphosate (the world's most
widely used weed killer) onto their crops just prior harvest.
The fictional Django and historical 12 Years are recent and
widely - seen enough that Birth can't shock us with the horrors of slavery, from rampant
use of the N - word to the brutal
practice of lashing.
When building routines for simple tasks like gathering materials, self - starting new tasks, taking risks, and rebounding from mistakes, I
use Responsive Classroom's interactive modeling, a
widely accepted
practice for not only showing students how to perform routines, but also helping them understand why such routines are important.
Two blockbuster research findings reported recently in the national press — one from the field of education, the other from medicine — have something important in common: They are the latest cases in which
widely used,
widely accepted
practices have been challenged by scientifically rigorous evaluations.
Although prevention science is not a new term and is
widely used in social sciences and public health, it has only recently been introduced in educational
practice, research, and policy.
Widely -
used problem - solving pedagogy as implemented in
practice is not as effective for raising achievement levels
Today, the term is
widely used to describe a broad range of different programs and
practices, including in - person and online communities where educators connect to share tips and best
practices.
Findings indicate that today, teacher - directed
practices are
used widely.
In this report, Brown University's Marilyn Jager Adams, a pioneer in literacy research and
practice, points to evidence that speech recognition technology — which is
widely used in telephone call - routing and directory assistance — can be tapped as a cost - effective and technically viable means to advance early childhood literacy.
They varied
widely along the scale of accomplishment that we
used to characterize their
practices.
Her conceptual framework, family cultures, has been
used widely to examine the interconnectedness among families» political, cultural, and social histories and racialized identities; social
practices; and literacy processes.
Designed based on years of careful research to help teachers introduce students to the magic of books and reading, Accelerated Reader products are the most
widely used K — 12 reading
practice programs.
Although her current school doesn't yet
widely utilize
use the
practices, Falcon still values what she learned from working in a school with Great Expectations.
This is not to say there is not a problem with access that affects the economically poorest learners, but the respondents here missed the reality that they were
using technology as
practice — technologies that were free and shareable, came standard to most hardware purchases, or were
widely purchased by school systems — replicating real - world experiences that crossed class lines.