Then every 8 frames we averaged the results by adding up the 8 values in the array and right shifting the sum by 3, which is effectively dividing it by 8. We then adjusted the average so that it falls between the values 0 and 160 when the user's hand is between 2cm and 15cm away from the sensor.
Spicer said the 2002 legislation made the problem of money in politics worse, by shifting big sums from the parties to unaccountable outside organizations.
What matters more, said Ms. McGrath, a former director of the S.E.C.'s mutual fund division, is that investors reacted to the trading investigations by shifting vast sums out of funds accused of wrongdoing.
In its ideal form, impact investing holds great promise for shifting significant sums of capital.
The sexy shift sums up the dominant trend of this week: body conscious, rather than revealing, it is a proud celebration of the body beautiful, very different to the wispy chiffon and coy off-the-shoulder necklines that have denoted catwalk sexiness in recent years.
However, from 2005 until 2014, Nike was able to shift vast sums of money out of the Netherlands to Bermuda, which is an offshore tax haven with zero tax.
Indian conglomerate the Adani Group is expecting a legal decision in the "near future" in connection with allegations it inflated invoices for an electricity project in India to shift huge sums of money into offshore bank accounts.
But its finance company subsidiary, which had shifted large sums to other Hyundai affiliates to accomplish the feat, nearly went under in May.
Mr. Gates's shifting role can be summed up in terms familiar to the defense secretary, an avid film buff who routinely brings piles of DVDs on long trips and cites favorite movies in conversation to make a point.
Porter and Teisberg argue that the current health care system encourages competition at the wrong level -- among health plans, networks and hospital groups -- which just leads to zero-sum cost shifting.
Each of these fireflies received 3 optical signals, added them together, and then added one more of the neighboring signals (repetition) so that the average could be calculated by taking this new sum and simply shifting right by 2 bits.
