Sentences with phrase «states by the characteristics»

Breastfeeding rates in the United States by the characteristics of the child, mother or family: the 2002 National Immunization Survey

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I recently edited an article on the top 10 traits of a toxic leader and was immediately struck by how similar the characteristics were to those of successful state and national politicians.

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There follows from this concern the chief literary and scholarly characteristic of Pannenberg's writings - what makes them sometimes so complexly rewarding, and sometimes so utterly exasperating: his unwillingness to leave anything out, to make any point without seeking every possible source of its illumination, whether by exegeting great chunks of Scripture or by tracing a question through the whole history of philosophy or by suddenly sketching the present state of cosmological physics or by....

Professor Michael King states: «The conclusion reached by scientists who have investigated the origins and stability of se - xual orientation is that it is a human characteristic that is formed early in life, and is resistant to change.

Professor Michael King states: «The conclusion reached by scientists who have investigated the origins and stability of sexual orientation is that it is a human characteristic that is formed early in life, and is resistant to change.

With that discovery it becomes impossible even for a moment to take seriously either a realistic metaphysics according to which metaphysical propositions state our empirical knowledge of the categorical characteristics of reality, or an idealistic or psychological metaphysics according to which these depend upon the way in which the human mind as such is always and everywhere constructed... We must start again at the beginning and construct a new metaphysical theory which will face the facts revealed by history.

(The following statements are somewhat characteristic of such schools: Bethany Theological Seminary affirms that its object is «to promote the spread and deepen the influence of Christianity by the thorough training of men and women for the various forms of Christian service, in harmony with the principles and practices of the Church of the Brethren»; Augustana Theological Seminary «prepares students for the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church with the special needs of the Augustana Church in view»; the charter of Berkeley Divinity School begins, «Whereas sundry inhabitants of this state of the denomination of Christians called the Protestant Episcopal Church have represented by their petition addressed to the General Assembly, that great advantages would accrue to said Church, and they hope and believe to the interests of religion and morals in general, by the incorporation of a Divinity School for the training and instructions of students for the sacred ministry in the Church aforementioned.»)

It is a type of anti-communism distinguished by the following characteristics: it has no understanding of the causes of communism and emphasizes only self - defeating methods of opposing it; its starting point is a type of economic individualism that can not tell the difference between the modest institutions of the welfare state in this country and the first stages of communism; and it closes minds to the changes that have taken place in the Communist world.

Common worship tends to be highly valued and it is characteristic of schools with this ethos to include in the weekly schedule stated times for worship by the entire community.

These characteristics allow food manufacturers to meet clean label trends by presenting familiar and identifiable ingredients with the ability to label in the United States TRUEDARK as cocoa, rather than cocoa processed with alkali.

At that time we used the language in the General Labelling Directive 2000 / 13 / EC on labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs for sale to the ultimate consumer Article 2 (1) of which stated that: «The labelling and methods used must not: (a) be such as could mislead the purchaser to a material degree, particularly: (iii) by suggesting that the foodstuff possesses special characteristics when in fact all similar foodstuffs possess such characteristics.»

MacDorman ME, Declercq E, Menacker F. Trends and Characteristics of home births in the United States by race and ethnicity, 1990 — 2006.

But the IRS» stated reason for denying tax sheltered status is the characteristic enthusiastically embraced by lactivists themselves: breastfeeding is natural.

Agreement between breastfeeding duration reported prospectively in a diary in 1940 — 1956 by Menstruation and Reproductive History Study participants and retrospectively on a questionnaire in 1990 — 1991, according to maternal and infant characteristics, United States

Describing democracy as the best form of government in the world, Syminton noted that the policies adopted by the Osun state government in stimulating her economy and advancing the well being of her citizens remains the major characteristics of democracy in the world.

In this Perspective, Wolf and Ertl discuss results by Kliewer et al. (page 1399) and Petek et al. (page 1402), which illustrate the fundamental insights into the microscopic characteristics of electron dynamics at surfaces that can be obtained by state - of - the - art high spatial and temporal resolution studies.

Bose and Einstein disagreed, arguing that the atoms find a new way to hide their characteristics by blending into a strange collective state of existence.

A newly published research study conducted by graduate students Jessie Green and Alan Brown under the guidance of Punam Ohri - Vachaspati, a nutrition researcher at the School of Nutrition and Health Promotion at Arizona State University, examined whether noticing and using calorie menu labels was associated with demographic characteristics of customers at a national fast food chain currently posting calorie counts.

Researchers presenting the study abstract, «National Trends in Prevalence and Co-morbid Chronic Conditions among Children with Asthma, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,» looked at data from the National Survey of Children's Health data for 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2012 to spot trends surrounding these conditions by sociodemographic characteristics in the United States.

Researchers Michael Tobler, associate professor of biology, and Zach Culumber, former university postdoctoral research associate and current postdoctoral researcher at Florida State University, studied 112 species of live - bearing fish and found that males and females evolve differently: Female evolution is influenced more strongly by natural selection and the environment, while male evolution is influenced more strongly by sexual selection, which involves characteristics that females find desirable or that make them superior competitors for females.

Researchers have developed a method to directly detect and visualize individual biomolecules and their changing association states in solution by measuring their size and charge characteristics while confined in a single - molecule trap.

Anderson, G. B., and M. L. Bell, 2011: Heat waves in the United States: Mortality risk during heat waves and effect modification by heat wave characteristics in 43 U.S. communities.

Biomarkers predictive of disease phenotype will be validated using existing, publicly available studies by deciphering microbiome characteristics and commonalities associated with healthy and disease states.

Apart from these positive sides of OkInterracial.com, we can also point out another crucial characteristic which is clearly stated by the website's administration, religious tolerance which implies that people of all the religions, including Christianity, Islam, Protestantism, Buddhism, Jews, etc..

The state Chapter 70 contribution is based on a calculation made by the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education that sets a foundation budget based on the students residing in the district, weighted for their characteristics, and then calculates the necessary local finance contribution based on aggregate property values and income.

The most comprehensive national data published on employer costs, the BLS National Compensation Survey (NCS), provide estimates of employer insurance costs on a «per - hour - worked» basis for 180 groups of employees, broken down by occupational groups, industries, ownership (private industry or state and local government), and other characteristics.

The demographic and political characteristics of a state and character of the state law authorizing charter schools undoubtedly matter in some way for the fate of charter schools in a state, but most decisions about charter school formation and attendance are made within school districts — by founders who decide to start a new school, by authorizers who empower them to do so, and, ultimately, by parents who decide to enroll their students.

Working with data from the State of Florida, I have regularly noticed that achievement gains by students who move from one public school to another badly trail the gains of students who remain in the same school — even after one has adjusted for many family background characteristics.

A new study by Dan Goldhaber and Roddy Theobald from the University of Washington looks at the characteristics of teachers who were targeted for layoffs in Washington state, and at the impact of LIFO provisions on student achievement.

A handful of school districts and states — including Dallas, Houston, Denver, New York, and Washington, D.C. — have begun using student achievement gains as indicated by annual test scores (adjusted for prior achievement and other student characteristics) as a direct measure of individual teacher performance.

The wide variation across states in the relative size and characteristics of the public and private sectors revealed by this exploratory, descriptive analysis suggests the need to tailor federal and state policy efforts to best leverage the private sector in each state to meet policymakers» goals.

Using data captured by that state's intensive teacher evaluation protocol, researchers identified teachers who were weak in one (or more) of a constellation of assessed characteristics, and then matched them with teachers who were strong in corresponding areas.

Working for the past 20 years to define the characteristics and fundamental elements of an evidence - based high - quality induction program that accelerates the development of both teachers and their students, New Teacher Center (NTC) established the Teacher Induction Program Standards (TIPS) in an effort to create an industry standard that can be adopted by school districts, educational institutions, state agencies, and policymakers as the benchmark for success.

«High needs» schools were identified by characteristics such as fewer experienced teachers; more socioeconomically disadvantaged students; a lower neighborhood median income; and fewer students passing state exams.

Recommendation: To enhance state efforts to target improvement funds to schools most in need of assistance, the Secretary of Education should, to further support the department's proposal to eliminate the hold - harmless provision, develop an analysis comparing the characteristics of districts that contribute to the set - aside with those protected by the hold - harmless provision.

In a report released by Bellwether Education Partners, Andy Smarick examines the state policies that can hinder or foster the growth of rural charter schools and argues for a new approach to charter schooling in rural America — one that's prudent and respectful of the unique characteristics of rural communities but more open to charter growth than in the past.

The study, which comes out of the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, is the first to provide a link from certain characteristics of childcare that are regulated by states, such as caregiver training and child - staff ratios, to improved cognitive and social development in children.

• Only eight percent of students in the cities were enrolled in schools that «beat the odds» by outperforming schools with similar observable characteristics elsewhere in the state.

As stated by Anderson and Garrison (1998), «The independence andisolation characteristic of the industrial era of distance education is beingchallenged by the collaborative approaches to learning made possible bylearning networks» (p. 100).

It's called the «VAM» — for value - added model — and each teacher receives a score that is generated by comparing the scores of his or her students with students across the state of Florida, who take the same test and have similar characteristics.

Evaluation designs are influenced by factors such as the characteristics of local school districts, laws governing charter school autonomy, and a state's history for local control and collective bargaining agreements related to educator evaluation.

Finally, based on the rich information on instructors» demographic characteristics and multi-year employment records in this state, I will explore the extent to which instructor effectiveness can be explained by observable instructor demographic characteristics and employment features.

In this Hamilton Project interactive, you can examine the variation in charter school access and enrollment by state, both over time and across student characteristics.

The study, by the Education Commission of the States, details each state's dual - enrollment policies and examines them nationally through the prism of 20 characteristics.

Most states do not require charter teachers to be in unions — indeed being union - free is seen by many charter advocates as a key characteristic of the model — but a few states, including Maryland and Hawaii, require it.

The State of Public School Principals This recent report by the National Center for Education Statistics looks closely at the characteristics of public school principals in the United States in the 2015 - 16 school year and the work that they do.

As such (DeLuca et al., 2017) drawing upon a framework developed by the (OLNS, 2010) state that collaborative inquiry would appear to have seven characteristics that work together to bring about new knowledge and understandings of teachers» problems of practice.

The states differ significantly in the racial or ethnic composition of students and in the characteristics of the families of students, so it would be expected that a significant part of the differences in the NAEP test scores might be accounted for by these differences.

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