Sentences with phrase «international scale ratings»

The lead analysts for the vast majority of Fitch's International scale ratings are currently based in one of the entities listed above.

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Due to the large and expanding scale of our international business activities, any changes in the U.S. or foreign taxation of such activities may increase our worldwide effective tax rate and the amount of taxes we pay and seriously harm our business.

Ambode stated that according to statistics, the State recorded the lowest crime rate during the period of the OLF, saying that the artists contributed significantly in keeping the city secured and scale up the international rating of the State as a safe place.

Japanese officials initially rated the incident a level 4, an «accident with local consequences,» on the seven - tier International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), but Princeton University physicist Frank von Hippel told The New York Times that the Fukushima Daiichi situation is «way past Three Mile Island already.»

«It is unlikely that historically low rates of deforestation can persist in the face of growing pressures to clear land due to increases in population, demand for wood and charcoal, cropping with reduced fallow periods leading to soil degradation, and international interests in large scale land investments for oil, biofuel and other crops,» the study states.

Following a massive underestimate straight after the earthquake and tsunami that triggered the crisis, in April NISA said that between 370,000 and 630,000 terabecquerels were released between 11 and 15 March, putting the crisis at level 7, the most severe category on the international scale used to rate nuclear accidents.

Abbreviations: ICD = International Classification of Disease; BMI = body mass index; CMI = Cornell Medical Index; SDS = Self - Rating Depression Scale; VAS = visual analog sScale; VAS = visual analog scalescale.

The studies range from large - scale assessments (National Assessment of Educational Progress [NAEP] and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study [TIMSS]-RRB-, to evaluations of specific interventions (class - size reduction and vouchers), to commission reports (National Reading Panel, National Commission on Teaching and America's Future), to data analyses (Education Trust on teacher quality, Jay Greene on graduation rates).

Interestingly, on the international scale, Australia rates well with its professional learning opportunities.

There are 1.9 million more children in good or outstanding schools than in 2010, 9 out of 10 schools were given this rating at their last inspection and our recent rise up the international rankings for reading and literacy puts England's achievements on a global scale.

S&P «harmonized» the CBRS ratings to its international rating scale.

Abbreviations: AβB, β - amyloid; AD, Alzheimer's disease; AED, Anti-Epileptic Drug; AIC, Akaike information criterion; CCD, Canine cognitive dysfunction; CCDR, Canine cognitive dysfunction rating scale; CR, Cognitive reserve; IE, Idiopathic Epilepsy; IVETF, International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force; IQ, Intelligence Quotient; TLE, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy; MRI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging; SF, Seizure frequency; QoL, Quality of Life

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These included characteristics on multiple levels of the child's biopsychosocial context: (1) child factors: race / ethnicity (white, black, Hispanic, and Asian / Pacific Islander / Alaska Native), age, gender, 9 - month Bayley Mental and Motor scores, birth weight (normal, moderately low, or very low), parent - rated child health (fair / poor vs good / very good / excellent), and hours per week in child care; (2) parent factors: maternal age, paternal age, SES (an ECLS - B — derived variable that includes maternal and paternal education, employment status, and income), maternal marital status (married, never married, separated / divorced / widowed), maternal general health (fair / poor versus good / very good / excellent), maternal depression (assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale at 9 months and the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview at 2 years), prenatal use of tobacco and alcohol (any vs none), and violence against the mother; (3) household factors: single - parent household, number of siblings (0, 1, 2, or 3 +), language spoken at home (English vs non-English), neighborhood good for raising kids (excellent / very good, good, or fair / poor), household urbanicity (urban city, urban county, or rural), and modified Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment — Short Form (HOME - SF) score.

Study Selection Criteria for studies for the meta - analyses included published data on the association between 5 - HTTLPR genotype (SS, SL, or LL), number of stressful life events (0, 1, 2, ≥ 3) or equivalent, and a categorical measure of depression defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition) or the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD - 10) or use of a cut point to define depression from standardized rating scales.

Until recently, there were four sources of large - scale self - report survey data on victim rates, cross-nationally: EU Kids Online, Global School Health Survey, Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, and Health Behaviour of School - aged Children.

Receiver - operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was used in order to test the diagnostic accuracy of the Conners» Parent Rating Scale revised (CPRS - R) and the parent version of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (PSDQ) in the prediction of ODD in a transnational sample of 1093 subjects aged 5 — 17 years from the International Multicentre ADHD Genetics study.

Social and mental intelligence quotients (IQs) were examined by the Arabic version of Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale.12 The Arabic version was validated with good reliability and validity and used in many studies in Arab Countries.13 The parent / caregiver rating form used in this study was presented in the checklist format and was translated into Arabic.14 For assessing disruptive behavior disorders (attention deficit / hyperactive disorder [ADHD], oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and conduct disorder [CD]-RRB-, all patients and their brothers or sisters were interviewed by a psychiatrist using the Arabic version of Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children (MINI-KID) 15,16 and disruptive behavior disorder (DBD) rating scale.17, 18 For children under 13 years, the psychiatrist interviewed the parent and the child togeScale.12 The Arabic version was validated with good reliability and validity and used in many studies in Arab Countries.13 The parent / caregiver rating form used in this study was presented in the checklist format and was translated into Arabic.14 For assessing disruptive behavior disorders (attention deficit / hyperactive disorder [ADHD], oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and conduct disorder [CD]-RRB-, all patients and their brothers or sisters were interviewed by a psychiatrist using the Arabic version of Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for Children (MINI-KID) 15,16 and disruptive behavior disorder (DBD) rating scale.17, 18 For children under 13 years, the psychiatrist interviewed the parent and the child togescale.17, 18 For children under 13 years, the psychiatrist interviewed the parent and the child together.