Comparing the tested party's results to those of comparable parties may require adjustments to results of the tested party or the comparables for such items as levels of inventory or receivables.

Comparing head length to head width can yield different results than comparing to body length.

Comparing the results of a group receiving treatment with the clinical control group is essential to help rule out imagined or random effects of the treatment.

Comparing this data with the 2001 census shows that the number of permanent residents born on the island has increased by just 3, 000.

Comparing the recovery from the 1981 – 82 recession ( 1983 – 1990 ) with the years between 1971 ( end of a recession ) and 1980 shows that the rate of growth of real GDP per capita averaged 2. 77 under Reagan and 2. 50 % under Nixon, Ford and Carter.

Comparing engines on the dynamometer, a typical even-fire V6 shows instantaneous torque peaks of 150 % above mean torque and valleys of 125 % below mean torque, with a small amount of negative torque ( engine torque reversals ) between power strokes.

Comparing these basis functions with that for BPSK shows clearly how QPSK can be viewed as two independent BPSK signals.

Comparing a piece of type in didots for Continental European countries – 12 dd, say – to a piece of type for an English-speaking country – 12 pt – shows that the main body of a character is actually about the same size.

Comparing the recordings of Schnabel, from the beginning of modern recording, with those of Barenboim and then Pratt shows a distinct shift in how the structure of the sonata form is presented to the listener over time.

Comparing the exonic structure shown in the first line ( green ) with the one in the second line ( yellow ) shows intron retention, whereas the comparison between the second and the third spliceform ( yellow vs. blue ) exhibits exon skipping.

Comparing the sketches at the time of the battle to the vegetaion now shows that it has changed little partly due to the extreme climate of the area in winter.

Comparing the zenith with the horizon, shows how the " blue quality " is degraded depending on the amount of air pollution and dust.

Comparing close and distant groups shows that in access disorders semantic relatedness had a negative effect.

Comparing it to other ' slot ' canyons, especially those in the state of Utah ( USA ), it shows many similar characteristics.

Comparing this to the variance of the sample mean ( determined previously ) shows that the sample mean is equal to the Cramér – Rao lower bound for all values of and.

Comparing these formulae shows that < math > E < 0 </ math > corresponds to an ellipse ( all solutions which are closed orbits are ellipses ), corresponds to a parabola, and corresponds to a hyperbola.

Comparing the two formulae it can be seen that for a given compression ratio (), the ideal Otto cycle will be more efficient.

Comparing the cat and the mousetrap, then, one sees that the mousetrap ( which is not alive ) offers better evidence, in terms of irreducible complexity, for intelligent design than the cat.

* Comparing lossless and lossy audio formats for music archiving

Comparing the process of unlearning to the “ breaking out ” process of birth, Rank was the first psychologist to suggest that a continual capacity to separate from “ internal mental objects ” – from internalized institutions, beliefs and neuroses ; from the restrictions of culture, social conformity and received wisdom – is the sine qua non for lifelong creativity.

Comparing old and new maps seems to show that the modern Gatwick Manor hotel is not the old Gatwick Manor but a rename for another old building, near Lowfield Heath.

* Comparing Thoreau ’ s journals with A Plea for Captain John Brown

# Comparing the company's positioning to its competitors ' to identify viable areas for differentiation

Comparing the novel to King Solomon's Mines the review declared: " The book before us displays all the same qualities, and we anticipate for it a similar popularity.

Comparing census methods for the endangered Kirtland's Warbler.

Comparing the genome sequence of M. leprae with that of Mycobacterium tuberculosis provides clear explanations for these properties, and reveals an extreme case of reductive evolution.

Comparing the structure of the olfactory bulb among vertebrate species, such as the leopard frog and the lab mouse, reveals that they all share the same fundamental layout ( five layers containing the nuclei of three major cell types ; see " Anatomy " for details ), despite being dissimilar in shape and size.

Comparing Hatch to a snake, she claimed that she must vote for him as nature intended, because the snake must eat the rat, who was Wiglesworth.

Comparing modern dynamic flash combustion coupled with gas chromatography with traditional combustion analysis will show that the former is both faster and allows for simultaneous determination of multiple elements while traditional determination allowed only for the determination of carbon and hydrogen.

Comparing the performance of water and sanitation service providers ( utilities ) is needed, because the sector offers limited scope for direct competition ( natural monopoly ).

Comparing air and water, air has vastly lower heat capacity per gram and per volume ( 4000 ) and less than a tenth the conductivity, but also much lower viscosity ( about 200 times lower: 17. 4 × 10 < sup >− 6 </ sup > Pa · s for air vs 8. 94 × 10 < sup >− 4 </ sup > Pa · s for water ).

Comparing to the above, we have that, if we say that is the quotient of deaths for the selected locus and is again the quotient of deaths for the entire population.

" Comparing his former role to that of Karen Hughes, the U. S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, he commented that, " You know, as someone who's gone through this and someone who regrets having done what he's done, and who spent many, many years of his life, and I think probably the best years of my life, doing something that was wrong, I say it just isn't worth it ".

" Comparing himself to a soldier drew national attention and Kellen quickly issued a statement " After speaking with the press, I immediately regretted my comments and felt embarrassed for my family, my team, the University of Miami, our fans, alumni and myself, " What I have learned from this experience is to take my triumphs and failures in stride.

Comparing the game to the first Mega Man X, GamePros Chris Nicolella called Mega Man X2 " improved in almost every way ".

Comparing Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Robert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly and Orson Welles ' Touch of Evil, Brian Neve found a sense of disillusionment rather than straightforward messages, with all three films being " less radical in any positive sense than reflective of the decline of screenwriters ' great liberal hopes ".

Comparing the two contributing structures of benzene, all single and double bonds are interchanged.

Comparing the derived characteristics that all other angiosperms share with each other, but not with the Amborella Family, may give scientists clues to what features early flowering plants had and how these characteristics have evolved through time.

Comparing facts from paleontology, comparative anatomy, and embryology, he taught the basic structural and functional changes that happened during the evolution of fishes to primitive terrestrial vertebrates and from these to all other tetrapods.

Comparing the RPF and RGF as he saw them in 1993, Canadian Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire noted that the rebels " had won all recent contests because of their superior leadership, training, experience, frugality, mobility, discipline and morale.

Comparing the FBI to the Gestapo, the Church declared that all the files seized from the Church were taken illegally, though the FBI produced a 40-plus page affidavit detailing 160 specific items they were looking for.

Comparing P / S ratios carries the implicit assumption that all firms in the comparison have an identical capital structure.

Comparing plans of the various architects it is apparent that perhaps the most striking change, and one that has endured in the finished building, was the fact that West and Russell eliminated the rounded dome that all previous designers had suggested for the building, instead replacing it with a low conical roof.