Sentences with phrase «ecological factors include»

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School districts in some states, including all five surveyed, may have additional protection under «recreational use» statutes, which offer immunity from certain claims against landowners who open their property to the public for recreational use.10 In states with broad recreational use statutes, such as Indiana, opening school kitchen facilities could be considered a protected activity under the law, depending on the circumstances of the use and other factors.11 However, in Massachusetts, protection for recreational activities extends only to purposes that are «scientific, educational, environmental, ecological, research, religious, or charitable,» 12 so the state's statute might not apply when districts allow for - profit groups to use school kitchens.

Several socio - ecological factors — including more frequent disasters, less prevalent infectious disease, and less climatic stress in poorer countries — were linked with individualism, but increased socioeconomic development was the strongest predictor of increased individualism over time.

And they examined data from sources like the U.S. Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to look at various socio - ecological factors that have been posited as contributors to individualism, including prevalence of infectious disease and disasters, rates of urbanization, changes in secularism, and trends in occupational status.

Social and ecological factors — including cultural traditions of raw fish sharing, farming practices and open sewer systems that let the parasite flourish in community ponds, and a lack of community education about parasite transmission — went unaddressed.

Crosbie attributed the steep decline in cod since 1990 to «ecological factors», including unusually cold water, which he said were affecting the whole North Atlantic.

The report recommends that the governing authorities, including research institutions, funders, and regulators, develop and maintain clear policies and mechanisms for how public engagement will factor into research, ecological risk assessments, and public policy decisions about gene drives.

The factors shaping the future development of each sector are diverse and include, political -, economic -, socio - cultural, technological -, demographic -, legal and regulatory -, and ecological environmental changes.

(2) To determine the most salient individual and family ecological factors associated with a positive maternal depression screen, the authors selected independent variables to include in the analysis based on their own clinical experience and a review of the literature on maternal depression.

Most prior PAT items were retained; however, parents recommended changes to improve screening format (separately assessing each sibling within the family and expanding response options to include «sometimes»), developmental sensitivity (developing or revising items for ages 0 — 2, 3 — 4, 5 — 9, and 10 + years), and content (adding items related to sibling - specific social support, global assessments of sibling risk, emotional / behavioral reactions to cancer, and social ecological factors such as family and school).

According to socio - ecological theory, 18,19 sibling relationships, as with other relationships, vary as a function of family, peer, and individual factors that may also increase risk of psychiatric disorder.11, 18 Such factors include high levels of stress, 20 — 22 family violence, 22,23 peer victimization, 6 and children's internalizing and externalizing difficulties.23 A multivariate approach that adjusts for such factors is needed.