He insisted economics was much more than its traditional grounding in measuring out life in dollars and cents.
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Measuring out the economic risks and benefits of an existing medicine is extremely difficult, but doctors and economists still try.
Additionally, Dr. Michos points out, measuring waist circumference may provide a more vivid indication of weight-loss progress.
Forgive my little foolishness but I do like to go back to past claims of how everything is running out and measuring them up against reality.
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By measuring the carbon compounds spewed out during the test, automakers can figure out how much fuel was spent and, subsequently, the vehicle's fuel economy.
On Thursday I reported from the CEH on the latest findings about how much water has soaked into the ground - and saw a bore-hole used for measuring water levels actually spouting out water because the ground was so saturated.
Then researchers fan out across the forest measuring the temperature and the humidity of the air (two of the factors that determine how a fire will behave), and recording the amount of woody fuel in the forest and the moisture in that fuel.
For his part, Myhrvold simply tosses out those standard ways of measuring returns.
Along with instructions for measuring themselves, customers received measuring tape in the mail, then filled out an online form with their specs.
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The Trust decided to branch out from its usual territory of measuring energy use and carbon footprints because there was not a global standard on water reduction, he added.
The ministry said local municipalities will be responsible for carrying out testing and that any item measuring above the set standard will not be permitted to be sold.
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Writing in his blog, he described how contestants are equipped with measuring tapes and soft pencils and then sent out to follow the one-way layout around the store, matching beds, wardrobes and kitchen chairs along the way, wrestling with the Scandinavian names and, later, the assembly instructions.
It will also map out in 3D the distribution of galaxy clusters, measuring what are known as baryon acoustic oscillations - literally relics of the sound echoes of the Big Bang.
This much seems safe to say, then: If a similar sequence plays out in Game 3, if a Devils player is measuring a clean look at Lundqvist and the Rangers' net, Gaborik had better drop to the ice, and he had better not hesitate.
Summing up the evidence, Wilcox said it was "extremely unlikely, " but not impossible, that Williams had worked out a technique to get into the bag -- measuring just 32 inches by 19 inches (81 by 48 centimeters) -- and lock it from the inside.
The measuring sticks for the rankings are nutrition, daily calories, drop-out rates and both short- and long-term weight loss scores from published clinical studies.
And at the highest level one follower succeeded in straightening the noodles out, discovering in his cup eight strands 2mm in diameter and measuring 40cm (16 inches), evidently extruded with perfect uniformity, and cut into perfect lengths.
If the moon harbours ice, for example, measuring the amount of it at different depths could enable planetary scientists to work out the rate at which comets smashed into the lunar surface over its history, and that knowledge could then be plugged into models of the formation of the solar system.
But, as John Yinger, of Syracuse University, points out in the JEP symposium, regression analysis has drawbacks as a tool for measuring discrimination.
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