Building on preliminary models of parent - adolescent communication, 7,8,10 future theoretical and empirical work should examine how parent communication affects individual - level factors (eg, attitudes and self - efficacy) 88 as well as couple - level factors (eg, partner communication and negotiation processes) 37,89 and how these and other factors may mediate the association between parent - child communication and safer sex. (jamanetwork.com)
Preliminary models run by the Illinois State Board of Education say the cost of reaching adequacy is close to $ 6.2 billion. (advanceillinois.org)
On the contrary, preliminary modelling by Mark Flanner of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, suggests that waste heat would cause large industrialised regions to warm by between 0.4 °C and 0.9 °C by 2100, in agreement with Chaisson's estimates (Geophysical Research Letters, vol 36, p L02801). (newscientist.com)