Sentences with phrase «a global measure»

A curious detail also shown by the study is a reduction in atmospheric pollution from lead during the last few decades, which, as Lozano concludes, «suggests that the global measures taken to reduce lead emissions, such as the use of lead - free gasoline, have helped to reduce the levels of this metal in the atmosphere.»

They also had moderately better sleep quality, a global measure of sleep disturbance.

A global measure of perceived stress.

An EMG amplitude can therefore be taken as a global measure of motor unit activity during the muscle action being performed.

The waveform can be taken as a global measure of motor unit activity during the muscle action being investigated (Farina et al 2004b).

Although the only previous longitudinal epidemiologic study to use global measures of carbohydrate consumption found no relation between dietary GI and depression, this was a study of intake during pregnancy and the prediction of postpartum depression 2 — 9 mo after giving birth (15).

In fact, it [phonemic awareness] is a better predictor than more global measures such as IQ or general language proficiency.

Taking Palestine as its starting point and spanning examples from Cairo, Istanbul, Tehran, Paris and the U.A.E., The Spacemakers offered a global measure of the immediate challenges of producing habitats in epicenters of social, economical or political tension.

Take some representative set of climate models predicting the climate at the end of the 21st century given some scenario of emissions (for example the 20 models in the archive established by IPCC for the 4th assessment) and compute this global measure of local impact.

I understand it is because in the last few years the temperature of the Earth has actually cooled so, rather than lose the momentum they had gained to make political inroads to underwrite global measures to control societies» behaviors when it comes to things like use of fossil fuels, proponents decided to cut their losses and change the term so they wouldn't be obviously wrong to the masses as it snowed on various global warming rallies.

Singapore has presented a helpful compromise, saying that emissions from international aviation and shipping should be addressed through global measures under ICAO and IMO, while taking into account the principles and provisions of the UNFCCC.

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And let's not forget the climate sensitivity is a global measure.

To call on the relevant bodies to design and implement global measures to raise new streams of public climate finance, particularly through:

In contrast, satellite data such as CERES is a truly global measure of the Earth's reflected shortwave radiation, including the effects of all atmospheric and surface properties.

As a practical matter, I think that Hansen's recent approach of looking at the fraction of the Earth's surface which is experiencing extreme warmth does a good job of making a global measure to compare with global warming.

The Community and its Member States shall continue to seek an agreement on global measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from aviation.

As I have previously argued, global measures for the use of digital currency should swiftly come into force.

However, studies of this association in children and adolescents are often restricted by the use of global measures of mental health problems and aggregation of SES - indicators.

The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is originally a 14 - item scale, 52 developed as a global measure of stress.

We examined five measures of ANS function, including three global measures [heart rate (HR) and systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP)-RSB-, one measure of parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) function [respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA)-RSB-, and one measure of SNS function [preejection period (PEP)-RSB-, as well as two markers of HPA axis function [cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone - sulfate (DHEA - S)-RSB-.

Four physiological measures were obtained from each spouse during the first session's baselines and interactions: (a) heart rate, measured by the interbeat interval (IBI); (b) pulse transmission time (PTT) to the finger; (c) skin conductance level (SCL); and (d) general somatic activity (ACT), a global measure of bodily movement.

The present study required a global measure of life satisfaction rather than a specific measure such as happiness or positive affect.

To capture the gestalt effect of brand image, Sirgy et al. [13] proposed a direct, global measure of self - congruity.

S. Cohen, T. Kamarck and R. Mermelstein, «A Global Measure of Perceived Stress,» Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol.

A global measure of perceived stress.

This was also the case for Perkins and Harris (1990), who relied on a global measure of physical health and did not find statistically significant differences by marital status.

We attribute the absence of a statistically significant association between widowhood and physical health to the fact that we relied on a global measure of health because of our interest on overall levels of physical health.

This brief global measure scale assesses self - esteem by determining how satisfied teens are with themselves.

Parents and teams reported some improvement in child behaviour on a global measure across the seven weeks of training.

Moreover, sensitivity maps onto dyadic synchrony, a global measure of maternal — infant relationship quality, and scores may be categorized in the «sensitive» (11 — 14), «adequate» (7 — 10), «intervention» (5 — 6) and «at - risk» (0 — 4) ranges.

The Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS [45]-RRB- is a global measure of functional impairment filled out by the interviewer after the information has been obtained by parents in the diagnostic interview at ages 3 and 5.

Because the CIS is a global measure of impairment, these data can not be used to investigate particular aspects of child emotional or behavioral problems, such as depression or anxiety, and how they may vary by paternal mental health status, and they apply only to children ages 5 to 17 years.

It yields a global measure of marital well being, as well as subscales for the following dimensions of marital functioning: Consensus, Satisfaction, Cohesion, and Affectional Expression.

Alongside parents» cognitive support, global measures of the affective quality (e.g., warmth, positivity, responsiveness) of parent - child interactions appear positively related to: (i) preschool children's early academic skills (as measured by tests of language ability and parent - rated school - readiness)(Leerkes et al., 2011); (ii) literacy, mathematics and teacher - rated academic competence in middle childhood (e.g., NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2008); and (iii) academic achievement in adolescence (Jimerson et al., 2000).

This may be to do with the fact that a global measure of well - being was used 3 and 6 months following the IVF treatment, and reflected the adjustment period of the participants.

One explanation for our inability to find mediation could be that we used a global measure of self - care behavior.

Not exact matches

Even if Canada doesn't start dropping payloads of cash itself — something Cooper says he does not foresee in the next three years, at least — the ripple effect of a central bank explicitly targeting higher inflation and adopting formerly verboten measures to get it would be felt on these shores in the form of increased global volatility.

When central banks around the world cut rates after the recession, it was meant to be a temporary measure to help stimulate the global economy.

The Catalyst global survey measured women's share of board seats at stock market index companies in 20 countries (Canada's figures come from companies included in the S&P / TSX index).

(In 2014, Nike's global sales grew more than 10 % and Under Armour's grew nearly 30 % while Adidas's grew only 2 % on a currency - neutral basis, and declined when measured in U.S. dollars.)

He then gave a passionate victory speech that sketched out a stronger global role for France and promised to waste no time making the national economy a much more business - friendlyplace, with controversial labour - market, pension, education and constitutional reforms, not to mention tougher measures on crime and immigration.

MSCI, originally known as Morgan Stanley Capital International, provides a range of global stock indexes that professional investors track to measure their performance.

Karl Brauer of the Kelley Blue Book says Ford has its global plan and cost reduction measures «in place» now.

Trump has falsely called climate change a «hoax» and said he will roll back measures aimed at stopping global warming, sparking concern among climate scientists.

«There was a time when success was measured by the title you held at work, the size of your home, or the make of your car,» explains Sheryl Connelly, global consumer trends expert.

Wall Street support of similar measures also has convinced energy companies including Occidental Petroleum to address the Paris climate accord's goal of keeping global temperature increases under 2 - degrees Celsius.

China's exports surged and its trade surplus unexpectedly widened in February, illustrating the lopsided nature of global commerce that Donald Trump is preparing to introduce protectionist measures against.

Currently the global steel industry is facing difficult times and over capacity, and countries need to work together to address the problem rather than resorting to protectionist measures, the Ministry statement said.

I've written before about how Canadian carriers score very well on the Merrill Lynch Global Wireless Matrix, which measures just about every statistic, from minutes of use to percentage of revenue derived from data.