Sentences with phrase «as several studies»

As several studies have shown, kids who feel safe are more likely to develop and use appropriate emotion regulation skills to deal with difficult feelings.

Increased parenting responsivity and sensitivity As several studies have documented, home - visiting programs are often associated with parental gains in responsivity and sensitivity in their interactions with their children.

Not every company asks for it when you get a quote, but a glance at insurance company rate manuals, as well as several studies from over years makes it very apparent they are using your credit score to influence your rate.

This is the process of Progressive Overload, and as several studies continue to reveal, it shows numerous musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, psychological as well as metabolic benefits.

As several studies have shown, fat loss has a positive impact on kidney function in those who are dramatically overweight.

Our agricultural practices may be trading quality for quantity, as several studies found a negative relationship between crop yield and nutrient levels.

It's also a far - reaching and revealing digital «petri dish» to study human behavior that may help predict disease outbreaks, like HIV, and inform public health efforts, as several studies and social media experts have shown over the last few years.

As several studies are showing now, whole civilian barrio communities were razed by the hi - tech military invasion, displacing tens of thousands and killing many more than the 300 the U.S. government admits.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

He said that his research should not be called «modeling» because it is based on the combined findings of thousands of lab results, as well as several other studies he has published.

Dr. Laurie Helgoe cites several studies in which researchers compared the two and found that introverts generally have higher levels of electrical activity in the cerebral cortex, which may explain why they limit external stimulation so as to maintain an appropriate level of arousal.

As well, several consumer - confidence studies published in March reported improved confidence numbers — about 25 % of Canadians believe they will be better off financially a year from now.

The employee who conducted study was described as having been at Facebook several years.

Several studies have shown that people who underwent weight - loss surgery saw an improvement in memory, concentration, and problem - solving skills in as soon as three months.

How much you can save: Quite a bit, possibly as much as 20 to 30 percent, per several estimates from various studies.

When you try to do several things at once, you aren't more productive, but less by as much as 40 percent, according to brain scan studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

But the study also suggested that some antidepressants were more effective than others; several older antidepressants were found to be more effectivee than more modern ones, but the modern treatments (such as Prozac) were better tolerated by patients.

This is far from a definitive study and there are several possible ways to interpret the data, as both the researchers themselves and the British Psychological Society Research Digest blog point out.

Several large, recent, peer - reviewed studies have suggested a fascinating but seemingly counterintuitive idea: That the amount of fat you eat may not be as directly linked with how fat you are as we once thought.

To date, results from several longitudinal studies indicate that e-cigarette use among nonsmoking youth increases the likelihood of future use of conventional cigarettes.5 — 10 Specifically, the pooled odds ratio (OR) in a recent meta - analysis of studies of adolescents and young adults (aged 14 — 30) indicates that those who had ever used e-cigarettes were 3.62 times more likely to report using cigarettes at follow - up compared with those who had not used e - cigarettes.11 This finding was robust and remained significant when adjusting for known risk factors associated with cigarette smoking, including demographic, psychosocial, and behavioral variables such as cigarette susceptibility.

Despite a perception among some investors that impact investing necessitates a concessionary return, the Impact Investing Benchmark has exhibited strong performance in several of the vintage years studied as of June 30, 2014.

We know a lot from various kinds of evidence: a) the experience of the real estate sector, where recent studies by Macdonald Realty and Re / Max have confirmed the dominance of foreign buyers at the top end of the market especially, as stated for years by individual realtors (accounts often denigrated as «anecdotal»); b) there is the digging of several investigative journalists, and most notably by Ian Young of the South China Morning Post who has boldly and effectively raised issues native journalists have sometimes shied from; c) academic work, including the books by Katharyne Mitchell (2004) Beyond the Neoliberal Line and David Ley Millionaire Migrants (2011).

A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond found that the Durbin Amendment is not working as Congress intended and has led to several unintended consequences.

CATA, working with 6 other major industry associations, 5 federal agencies, 4 provincial agencies, 2 universities and several NGOs as key partners, has just completed a detailed study of the challenges that must be addressed.

The 4 % safe withdrawal rate (based on the so - called Trinity University study from 1998), is only one of several rough guidelines and has been widely criticized by other academics, as well as revisited by its original authors.

Several studies such as Linqia's have proven these benefits.

[3] Upon graduating in 2010, Gardner went on to study political strategy at Bard College where he was apart of several student - activity committees as and was an avid Ultimate Frisbee player.

It offers an oppor - tunity to study systematically the interaction of several copyright issues: including the rights (or lack thereof) of exclusive licensees as plaintiffs in parallel import situations, the distinction between exclusive licensees and assignees, the nature of works of authorship, the characteristics of copy - right infringement, the status of copyrightable works when used as trade - marked logos, the limits (if any) of concurrent copyright and trade - mark protection, and even the distinction between trade - mark, copyright, and patent as autonomous yet related legal regimes.

Hell, even Al Jazeera says 10 thousand, not to mention several formal studies that say as many as 232 children per 100k were abused EVERY year during the 1990's.

«I have read about the passage we'll be studying in several commentaries, and some of them see this as I do,» I replied.

He studied closely several churches in addition to the original two and deployed students to probe several dozen more, whose stories now serve as illustrations throughout the book.

Now, I have been studying the problem of violence (especially violence as practiced today) for a long time, and on several occasions have played some role in violent actions.

For the past several years Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, has been in the forefront of efforts to establish this new field of studies as a fully respectable discipline.

Given the latest medical data concerning the distinct characteristics of the fetus and its ability to survive outside the womb at a startlingly early age, it is little wonder that in the past few years several of the denominations that once took a more open position on abortion have retreated somewhat: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is now studying the issue; in a 1980 statement on social principles, the UMC moved to a more qualified position; the Episcopal Church and the recently formed Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seem to be in the process of toning down their earlier positions (or those of a predecessor body) The Lutherans defeated a resolution in their 1989 Assembly which would have been consistent with the liberal position of the LCA predecessor body, and a 1988 Lutheran - Episcopal dialogue report refers to the fetus as «embryonic humanity» with claims on society.

After studying at the City College of New York and Columbia University, he had a distinguished career as a professor of philosophy at several colleges in New York and at the University of Houston, a post he retired from in 2002.

Several recent studies, however, had served as «one of the first signs that this community may at last be preparing to recognize that a problem does exist.»

As The Daily Beast notes, several studies suggests that currently, «there are more child laborers in the cocoa industry than ever before.»

(Also, several studies suggest that personality traits that are often admired in men — like ambition and drive — are perceived as negatives when applied to women.)

The Division for Parish Resources of the Lutheran Church in America has included several brochures on family violence in its family - resource series; these resources are valuable for families affected by abuse as well as for congregational study.

As a student worker and an apologist I think we can safely add another several hundred evangelistic talks and Bible studies on the crucifixion.

As several recent studies have shown, denominationalism is declining, and greater theological diversity exists within denominations than between them.

As a reference point I was a religious studies minor (and would classify myself as a follower of Christ) and have read Atlas Shrugged several times — and yes I do believe there is more similar than differenAs a reference point I was a religious studies minor (and would classify myself as a follower of Christ) and have read Atlas Shrugged several times — and yes I do believe there is more similar than differenas a follower of Christ) and have read Atlas Shrugged several times — and yes I do believe there is more similar than different.

Almost thirty years had passed since the last major, comprehensive, and theologically self - conscious study of Protestant theological education.1 It is also remarkable, indeed unprecedented, that such a sustained debate emerged, not in response to one large study of theological education, but as a conversation among several quite different theological points of view.

The vice president of book publishing and an associate publisher at Crossway, he has edited and contributed to several books and served as the managing editor for The ESV Study Bible.

So, several years ago, as I was looking at one of the three Bible verses that instruct wives to submit to their husbands — the one from 1 Peter that says, «Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands» (3:1)-- my inductive Bible study skills kicked in, and I dutifully looked back a few verses to see what Peter meant by «in the same way.»

Over the next several weeks and months, as I continue to study Scripture and write commentary, I will make posts about the strength of this software package.

Several studies going back even to 1872 has shown that the effects of intercessory prayer are statistically insignificant so as be classified as nothing more than chance.

And an admittedly hurried examination of several texts intended for use in courses of instruction before confirmation or in «religious studies» in schools for adolescents has made it plain that this whole set of ideas is either entirely absent or is so «muted» (to put it so) that it plays no really significant part in what children or confirmands learn as they are introduced to the Christian faith and its theological implications.

After several years of approaching Zen as a philosophy to be studied, I chanced upon a master whose observation almost induced satori.

Applying for college is a difficult, emotional process that often involves a lot very grandiose attempts to prove yourself as being separated from the pack, several sleepless night of studying...