Sentences with phrase «measurable outcome studies»

Measurable outcome studies continue to have trouble collecting data to evidence positive behavior change as a result of therapy.

Not exact matches

Many studies looking at health outcomes have included infants with any breastfeeding, for example, a few days or weeks, in the same category with infants breastfeeding exclusively for six months, thus diluting the measurable impact.

«We have animal literature, which shows direct links between exposure and adverse health outcomes, the limited human studies, and the fact that 90 to 100 percent of the population has measurable levels of these compounds in their bodies,» said John Meeker, an assistant professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and a lead author.

To identify methodological categories, the outcome of each paper was classified according to a set of binary variables: 1 - outcome measured on biological material; 2 - outcome measured on human material; 3 - outcome exclusively behavioural (measures of behaviours and interactions between individuals, which in studies on people included surveys, interviews and social and economic data); 4 - outcome exclusively non-behavioural (physical, chemical and other measurable parameters including weight, height, death, presence / absence, number of individuals, etc...).

In the first review of its kind to look at measurable biological outcomes, researchers studied eight trials involving more than 55,000 participants from sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Europe.

Dr Amanda Mason - Jones, Senior Lecturer in Global Public Health and lead author of the review, said: «Previous studies have focused on self - reported outcomes only - this is the first review and meta - analysis to look at only measurable biological outcomes.

Phase 1 trials would be small, nongenerablizable empirical studies whose dependent variable is not year - end test scores, but «next - day or next - week outcomes: measurable effects on student behavior, effort, or short - term learning.»

Also, we can only study returnees over a short period of time — after 2009, they no longer have measurable outcomes to study.

A study of Arizona's career ladder program, which requires the use of various methods of student assessment to complement evaluations of teachers» practice, found that, over time, participating teachers demonstrated an increased ability to create locally - developed assessment tools to assess student learning gains in their classrooms; to develop and evaluate pre - and post-tests; to define measurable outcomes in hard - to - quantify areas like art, music, and physical education; and to monitor student learning growth.

The implementation aspect of this study showed that the adult social emotional skills are essential to delivering a program that results in measurable child outcomes.

Their study and review of other sources over the past many years find that students might perceive they do better when they use a digital textbook, but the measurable outcome doesn't support that perception.

The outcome of this study established that the compound was measurable in the blood and safe for use.

Several candidate mechanisms of CRCI have been proposed, including inflammation and cytokine dysregulation, chemotherapy - induced epigenetic changes, blood — brain barrier disruption, hormone deficiencies, oxidative DNA damage and shortened telomere length, and genetic susceptibility.21 — 26 However, the heterogeneity and design limitations within the emerging body of evidence have led to recommendations for harmonising study methodologies and moving towards multisite, longitudinal research.3 27 Such approaches would support the demonstration of robust relationships between measurable biological processes and cognitive outcomes.

A recent RPR study reveals that real estate agents using Facebook as part of their social marketing strategy post listings more than any other type of content, yet fewer than half report measurable outcomes.