Sentence examples for useful as an instrument from inspiring English sources

And Mr Haque, the boss of Pachube, claims that "sensors empower people because measuring the environment allows them to make decisions in real time".On the other hand smart systems are also undeniably useful as an instrument of control.

Scenarios are illustrations about alternative possible futures but the more scientific knowledge they create, the more they transform into multiple prognoses, the less they are useful as an instrument to scientifically expose the future.

It has been understood by many in the bitcoin community that the key to making the virtual "currency" broadly useful as an instrument of exchange is bringing it within shelter of government regulation.

The PCP rate of discretionary colonoscopy has very useful properties as an instrument.

Fifth, it would have been interesting to compare our urban data on multimorbidity with rural areas of Catalonia; however, the MEDEA index is useful only as an instrument to detect areas of cities with unfavourable socioeconomic characteristics.

Vignettes and narratives of people talking about their personal goals, gaining confidence and travelling outdoors after a stroke may be useful, as well as instruments that measure self-efficacy.

We hope that the present inquiry will be useful as a teaching instrument in the same way as Lexis diagrams have formed a part of basic demographic education.

The authors then suggested that the overall battery may be useful as a screening instrument in primary health care settings for detecting potential problems in driving that would warrant further examination.

The Angst Hypomania Check List (HCL-32) provides information about previous episodes of possible hyperactivity and hypomania, and is useful as a screening instrument for bipolar II disorder [ 104, 105].

A study utilising both the BAI and STAI in adult psychiatric outpatients found that both scales demonstrated high internal reliabilities but that the BAI proved more useful as a screening instrument for a current anxiety disorder than the STAI [ 45, 46].

investigate the differential diagnostic power of response time batteries – it may be that the MT battery administered in this study are detecting a general 'impairment' factor, and is not useful as a standalone instrument for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.