Determining the final boundaries of these " western " areas between North and South Carolina would become a decades long process.

" Determining the link between data breaches and identity theft is challenging, primarily because identity theft victims often do not know how their personal information was obtained ," and identity theft is not always detectable by the individual victims, according to a report done for the FTC.

Determining the type of rock being drilled at any one time is a matter of knowing the ' lag time ' between a chip being cut by the bit and the time it reaches the surface where it is then examined by the wellsite geologist ( or mudlogger as they are sometimes called ).

Determining the spatial lightning distribution from Schumann resonance records is a complex problem: in order to estimate the lightning intensity from Schumann resonance records it is necessary to account for both the distance to lightning sources as well as the wave propagation between the source and the observer.

Determining the distinction between elliptical galaxies and lenticular galaxies often relies on the measurements of velocity dispersion ( σ ), rotational velocity ( v ), and ellipticity ( ε ).

Determining the force for different charges and different separations between the balls, he showed that it followed an inverse-square proportionality law, now known as Coulomb's law.

Determining whether there is an isomorphism between two graphs is also an important problem in computational complexity theory ; see graph isomorphism problem.

* Determining the amount of water to be removed in lowering relative humidity: This is the difference in humidity ratio between the initial and final conditions times the weight of dry air.

Determining source routes requires accumulating the address of each device between the source and destination during route discovery.

Problems Determining Species Limits between Allopatric Populations.

Determining the habitability of red dwarf stars could help determine how common life in the universe might be, as red dwarfs make up between 70 to 90 % of all the stars in the galaxy.

Determining if the customer is likely to return to reclaim an item is a subjective decision, and wily customers may attempt to persuade the pawnshop owner that the item in question is important to them (" that necklace belonged to my grandmother, so I will certainly return for it "), and they will claim that they will return to recover it.

Determining part of a protein's amino-acid sequence ( often one end ) by one of the above methods may be sufficient to enable the identification of a clone carrying the gene.

Determining whether news is " good " or " bad " must be determined by the price action of the stock, because the market reaction may not match the tone of the news itself.

The color, consistency, acidity, and other characteristics of the discharge may be predictive of the causative agent. Determining the agent is especially important because women may have more than one infection, or have symptoms that overlap those of another infection, which dictates different treatment processes to cure the infection.

Determining which contact to communicate with through direct marketing may be difficult.

Determining the head of navigation can be subjective on many streams, as this point may vary greatly with the size of the ship being contemplated for navigation.

Determining the exact " level " of injury is critical in making accurate predictions about the specific parts of the body that may be affected by paralysis and loss of function.

Determining the appropriate treatment for noncyclical breast pain is more difficult, not only because it is hard to pinpoint where the pain is coming from, but also because the pain may not have hormonal causes and very often does not respond to hormonal treatment.

Determining the presence of both parts of this definition is not always straightforward, as hypoglycemic symptoms and effects are vague and can be produced by other conditions ; people with recurrently low glucose levels can lose their threshold symptoms so that severe neuroglycopenic impairment can occur without much warning, and many measurement methods ( especially glucose meters ) are imprecise at low levels.

* Leading / directing: Determining what needs to be done in a situation and getting people to do it.

Determining the distances to astronomical objects is crucial to understanding them, but the vast majority of objects are too far away for their distances to be directly determined.

Determining such forces was required before building codes could specify the required strength of such buildings and such tests continue to be used for large or unusual buildings.

Now we consider the set of all normal sets, R. Determining whether R is normal or abnormal is impossible: If R were a normal set, it would be contained in the set of normal sets ( itself ), and therefore be abnormal ; and if R were abnormal, it would not be contained in the set of all normal sets ( itself ), and therefore be normal.

Determining latitude was relatively easy in that it could be found from the altitude of the sun at noon with the aid of a table giving the sun's declination for the day.

Determining an appropriate and safe exercise program is challenging and must be carefully individualized to each person being sure to account for all contraindications and precautions.

Determining which instructions would actually be encountered during a run of the program reduces to the proven-unsolvable halting problem.

Determining which proteins are poly-ubiquitinated can be helpful in understanding how protein pathways are regulated.

Determining whether a given food should be classified as bread, cake, or pastry can be difficult.

Determining which clue is to be applied to which grid is part of the puzzle.

Determining whether a captive should be classified as a prisoner of war is the sole purpose of a competent tribunal.

Determining the penetrance of the C282Y allele can be influenced by when, in the course of a lifetime, homozygotes are evaluated by the medical community.

Determining the strength of different manufactures of pepper sprays can be confusing.

Determining whether an employee has custody or possession can be difficult.

Determining the appropriate discount rate is the key to properly valuing future cash flows, whether they be earnings or obligations.

Determining if and to what extent a person can transfer their learned knowledge can be a strong indication of the quality of the learning experience itself.

Determining whether a player is in " active play " can be complex.

; Interpretation: Determining if an indication is of a type to be investigated.

Determining whether a particular event or proceeding constitutes the commencement of adversarial criminal proceedings requires both an examination of the rules of criminal procedure for the jurisdiction in which the crime is charged and the Supreme Courts cases dealing with the issue of when formal prosecution begins.

Determining whether there is an issue underneath the surface would require subsurface investigation and historical search, the letter concluded.

Determining differentials or finding ways to work around them is one of the main challenges to successfully applying a spectral sequence.