Sentences with phrase «conducting a home study of»

Not exact matches

Since we conducted the 2016 edition of our study, the median home value in Bay St. Louis has risen by about 3.5 %.

But a recent study conducted by a couple of Stanford researchers found letting employees work from home made them happier, less likely to quit, and more productive.

To figure out what can relieve our sense of time pressure, Norton conducted a series of experiments that gave some study subjects an unexpected block of free time, by sending them home 15 minutes early from an experiment they were told would take an hour for example.

The San Diego - based Telework Research Network pointed to a Cisco study that found that telecommuters put in extra hours: Allowed to work from home, they give back 60 percent of the time they'd have spent travelling conducting business.

Another recent estimate was released in November of this year by Andy Yan of Bing Thom Architects, which conducted a case study of single - family home sales in the neighbourhoods of West Point Grey, Dunbar and the University Endowment Lands.

One reliable study conducted by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College estimated that 44 % of men and 58 % of women will need nursing home care at some point in their life.1

We've also conducted a number of studies that give you an idea of the typical payments, rates and fees you should expect in a home loan.

A study conducted by the Economic Development Committee of Florida's Space Coast found that 61.9 % of all aeronautical engineers in Brevard County (home to NASA's Kennedy Space Center) are 45 years or older.

A 2015 study from the Water Quality Association (WQA), conducted by an independent market research firm, surveyed 1,200 adults and found that 56 percent of respondents — 4 percent more than in 2013 — were «concerned» or «very concerned» about the quality of water in their homes.

A study conducted by Professor Tove Fjeld of the Agricultural University in Oslo, Norway found one important change we can make to our homes and offices to keep us from getting more sore throats, headaches and coughs.

A second study, conducted by researchers at the University of Minnesota's Institute of Child Development, found that in children younger than age 3, levels of the stress hormone cortisol rose in the afternoon during full days in day care, but fell as the hours passed when they were cared for at home.

Current research includes: co-leading organisational case studies in Birthplace in England, a national study of birth outcomes in home, midwife led, and obstetric led units; investigating the relationship between measures of safety climate and health care quality in A and E and intrapartum care; and conducting nested process evaluations of two trials of obesity in pregnancy behavioural interventions.

As it has been shown that conducting a randomised controlled trial is not possible, the best evidence about the safety of home birth can only come from good quality, routine registrations such as the one we used in our study.

An ongoing study conducted by the National Institute of Child Health and Development reported that childcare doesn't threaten the bond between infants and their mothers, as long as a baby is getting sensitive positive care at home.

Research shows that families typically receive roughly half of the number of home visits expected.16, 17 For example, across three randomized controlled trials conducted of Nurse Family Partnership, average dosage of visits ranged from 45 to 62 percent.18 Research also shows that many, perhaps most, families enrolled in home visiting programs drop out before their eligibility ends.16, 19,20 Some home visiting studies have varied the dosage that families were offered and found that fewer home visits produced outcomes similar to higher levels of exposure.21

Studies of home visiting's effectiveness as an intervention designed to prevent child maltreatment demonstrate some promise, but compared to the number of studies conducted that measure child maltreatment, risk for maltreatment, or protective factors, there are far more findings of no effects than reductions in maltreatment and improvements in child and family well -Studies of home visiting's effectiveness as an intervention designed to prevent child maltreatment demonstrate some promise, but compared to the number of studies conducted that measure child maltreatment, risk for maltreatment, or protective factors, there are far more findings of no effects than reductions in maltreatment and improvements in child and family well -studies conducted that measure child maltreatment, risk for maltreatment, or protective factors, there are far more findings of no effects than reductions in maltreatment and improvements in child and family well - being.

Research has been conducted to determine the prevalence of maternal depression among home visitation clients, 9,10,11,12 with these studies reporting depressive symptom rates around 50 percent.

Based on the encouraging, but not statistically significant, results of the pilot study, they conducted a larger study (34), with the intervention consisting of daily in - hospital visits and 3 PP home visits from the team, PC telephone support through 6 mo PP, and unlimited access to a nurse via pager.

Primary prevention interventions with fathers of young children whose partners are involved in home visitation services (i.e., programs that teach parenting skills and provide support to fathers in their own homes) have become increasingly popular in the U. S. 13 To date, only descriptive studies have been conducted of these programs.

The study, supported by Amazon and conducted by Hart Research Associates, provided fresh insights into comfort levels of parents whose children use smart and connected devices in the home.

«That is why the OAS study is so significant and why back home Norman Baker is conducting our own study of international alternatives.»

«That's the biggest take - home,» says Matthew Killingsworth of Harvard University, who conducted the study with his colleague Daniel Gilbert.

A study conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development has investigated the relationship between the availability of nature near city dwellers» homes and their brain health.

A University of Oklahoma Civil Engineering and Environmental Science Professor Robert Nairn and his co-authors have conducted a collaborative study that suggests exposure to trace metals from potatoes grown in soil irrigated with waters from the Potosi mining region in Bolivia, home to the world's largest silver deposit, may put residents at risk of non-cancer health illnesses.

To conduct the study, scientists asked residents of about 1200 homes scattered across the continental United States to swab dust that had accumulated in two places: their main external doorframe and an internal door frame in their home's main living space.

NC State post-doctoral researcher Zachary DeVries and colleagues from NC State and the N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services conducted a Raleigh - based study to compare histamine levels in homes with and without bed bug infestation.

«I was not familiar with glaciated landscapes, and I was very interested to conduct a significant field study outside of my home country of Israel.»

«Once we've shown that this can safely be used in human patients with pulmonary hypertension — and we've got a clinical trial in progress right now — we'll be able to conduct studies of inhaled NO delivered in ambulatory settings, including patients» homes, to treat chronic pulmonary hypertension, right - sided heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.»

A recent study conducted with homeowners in central Florida found that, on average, 64 percent of the drinking water used by homes went to irrigation.

The background image is a map of the entire sky visible from Hawaii and a silhouette of Maunakea, home to Keck Observatory and the Canada - France - Hawaii Telescope where this study was conducted over the past decade.

Most of these studies were conducted under «free - living conditions,» which means the subjects were given instructions on what to eat, sent home, and told to track their food intake.

In a high quality seven day, randomized, crossover study conducted by Sunehag et al. (2002), twelve healthy, non-obese adolescents (six males, six females) were maintained at home on prepared, isocaloric diets containing 60 % carbohydrate, 25 % fat, and 15 % protein, with 10 % or 40 % of the carbohydrate (6 or 24 % of dietary energy) content provided by fructose (low fructose or high fructose diet, respectively)... The total amounts of fructose ingested in the low and high fructose diets were estimated to be 36 and 133 g / day in females and 40 and 136 g / day in males.

A study conducted by Professor Tove Fjeld of the Agricultural University in Oslo, Norway found one important change we can make to our homes and offices to keep us from getting more sore throats, headaches and coughs.

In conducting the study at an elementary school in Avon, Ohio, researchers found that 16 percent of students who had used hand sanitizers and disinfecting wipes on their desks stayed home with a GI illness during the study, while 24 percent of students who did not use disinfectants were out sick.

A new study conducted by home education provider Oxford Home Schooling considers how many trips children at different levels in the education system attend, alongside parent's thoughts on the value of these trips, and the benefits of educational versus fun school outihome education provider Oxford Home Schooling considers how many trips children at different levels in the education system attend, alongside parent's thoughts on the value of these trips, and the benefits of educational versus fun school outiHome Schooling considers how many trips children at different levels in the education system attend, alongside parent's thoughts on the value of these trips, and the benefits of educational versus fun school outings.

Previous real - life studies conducted by BioCote in various sectors — such as in a hospital and care home — to measure the levels of bacteria on BioCote protected surfaces also reported them to be less contaminated than their unprotected counterparts.

«However, fewer studies have examined the PTHV model of K - 12 home visit programs, and little research has been conducted to understand how these visits shift teachers understanding of their students and use that understanding to shift practice.»

Participants engage in the in - depth study of relevant course materials, establish a training classroom, do practice teaching, conduct workshops for teachers and caregivers at their home site, observe in classrooms and provide feedback to staff, meet with agency administrators to inform them of their progress, and keep a training journal to document and reflect on their activities.

These include both descriptive, nonintervention studies of the actions families take at home and at school and intervention studies of practices that guide families to conduct activities that strengthen young children's literacy and math learning.

She also conducted a three - year study of the Parent Institute for Quality Education program, which was designed to help new immigrant parents better support their children's academic, social, and emotional growth at home and through school involvement, as well as a three - year evaluation of the California's Healthy Start School - Linked Services initiative.

For instance, according to a 2013 study conducted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners» (NAIC), the average cost of home insurance in Florida is $ 1,933 per year, the highest of all 50 states.

Researcher Grace Wong Bucchianeri conducted a study about the effects of homeownership on women's happiness and personal life, and found that homeowners aren't any happier than renters and actually derive more pain from owning a home.

In a study conducted by the Macarthur Foundation, 45 % of current homeowners admit that they would consider renting again in the future when their home becomes too much work for them in their old age.

A study conducted by Merrill Lynch found that while homeowners under the age of 35 have equity valued at $ 53,700 on average, homeowners over the age of 65 have around $ 212,800 in home equity.

In a study conducted by University of North Carolina, researcher Kim Manturuk found that the sense of control that homeowners gain when they own their own home contributes to their positive mental health.

â $ œA recent study conducted at Colorado State University shows that there is a higher incidence of nasal tumors in dogs living in a home with secondhand smoke compared to dogs living in a smoke free environment, â $ she said.

Indeed, Houzz's 2016 Smart Home Trends Study found that nearly half of homeowners installing smart home systems do so while conducting broader home renovation projects, and the same basic logic can apply to solar and efficieHome Trends Study found that nearly half of homeowners installing smart home systems do so while conducting broader home renovation projects, and the same basic logic can apply to solar and efficiehome systems do so while conducting broader home renovation projects, and the same basic logic can apply to solar and efficiehome renovation projects, and the same basic logic can apply to solar and efficiency.

Studies conducted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), which is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, have found that homes with solar consistently sell for more than comparable homes without it.

One study conducted by economists at the University of California, Berkeley and UCLA, found that, in the California real estate market, single - family homes with green labels sold at an average premium of 9 % (± 5 %) compared to similar homes from 2007 to 2012.

An online study conducted by Jardene Home Brands, maker of the Ball brand canning jars, found that 49 % of Millennials want to do some canning this summer, and 81 % of Americans agree that homemade jam tastes better than store - bought.