A study of alternative models.»
A Study of Alternative Models,» published in Family Process, several factors are most predictive of divorce for couples.
Not exact matches
Overall, concluded political scientist Yun - han Chu, who
studied Asian Barometer surveys about East Asians» commitment to democracy, «authoritarianism remains a fierce competitor
of democracy in East Asia,» in no small part because
of the influence
of China's ability to foster economic success without real political change, providing an
alternative model that is clearly visible to other East Asians, who travel to China, work with Chinese companies, buy Chinese products, and host Chinese officials.
A broader economic approach to the measurement
of outcomes, such as stated preference discrete choice
modelling, might have captured women's preferences for
alternative attributes
of planned place
of birth and might have been more informative to decision makers, 28 but this was not practically possible given the anonymity involved in the
study design and the available resources.
Reductions in biodiversity from illegal wildlife trade can have other substantial negative human health impacts, including the loss
of potential sources
of pharmaceuticals, experimental
models for
studying disease, crop pollination and micronutrients for humans lacking
alternative sources
of protein.
In a
study published today in the journal Nature, the researchers refer to this
alternative model as «piggyback - the - winner,» and it could have implications for phage - based medicine and ecosystem resilience in the face
of environmental disturbances that promote microbial blooms.
SRNL has unique experience and expertise in thermochemical hydrogen production flowsheet development,
modeling, and simulation using commercial off - the - shelf (COTS) software to support conceptual designs, scenario
studies, capital and operating cost estimates, comparison
of alternative designs, and techno - economic analyses.
Because
of a lack
of standardised and harmonised preclinical
studies, there is limited information we can so far obtain from literature on the relative predictive value
of different animal
models and
alternative methods for vaccine evaluation.
Scientists thought they knew why, but a new
modeling study from the
Alternative Earths team
of the NASA Astrobiology Institute has fired the lead actor in that long - accepted scenario.
Standardized exploration
of physiological functions, scientific and ethical considerations,
study design, analysis and data management,
alternative imaging method tests / Preclinical approaches with mouse
models, a first step toward the man, interest and limits
Alternative animal replacement
models are
of great value in
studying host - pathogen interaction and for quick screening
of various pathogenic strains.
These findings have identified an
alternative source
of replacement tissue for use in human retinal cellular therapies, and provide a new in vitro cellular
model system in which to
study RPE diseases affecting human patients.
The authors
of the
study explain that their findings suggest that ketogenic diets could also potentially help normalize pathological behaviors in the human
model of schizophrenia by providing
alternative energy sources via ketones, the products
of fat breakdown, which would substitute the abnormally functioning cellular energy pathways in the brains
of people suffering from this disease.
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The primary empirical challenge in any
study of alternative school
models is selection bias.
A new
study finds that using observational ratings
of beginning teachers may be a viable
alternative — or a useful complement — to relying solely on controversial «value - added»
modeling (VAM) in evaluation
of educator preparation providers (EPPs).
That's the
model Spokane put in place — an array
of support systems that includes
alternative schools, credit - recovery programs, tutoring and counseling services, and a dual - credit program with a community college for students who need inspiration rather than remediation to be re-engaged in their
studies.
Hefner - Packer (1991) has
studied these
models and has described five
models of alternative schools:
We provide a list
of issues that need to be addressed to make inferences more defensible, including the consideration
of (i) data limitations and the comparability
of data sets; (ii)
alternative mechanisms for change; (iii) appropriate response variables; (iv) a suitable
model for the process under
study; (v) temporal autocorrelation; (vi) spatial autocorrelation and patterns; and (vii) the reporting
of rates
of change.
The GRACE estimates for Antarctica used in that
study were not our own and were based on a mean
of W12a and an
alternative new GIA
model.
When we wish to infer about
alternative physical
models we must
study, how consistent they are with the empirical result is taking all uncertainties
of the empirical analysis into account.
The main conclusion from these and similar
studies is the significant uncertainty due to
alternative model formulations
of the fundamental physiological processes determining responses
of NPP.
13.5.1 Key Uncertainties in Climate Scenarios 13.5.1.1 Specifying
alternative emissions futures 13.5.1.2 Uncertainties in converting emissions to concentrations 13.5.1.3 Uncertainties in converting concentrations to radiative forcing 13.5.1.4 Uncertainties in
modelling the climate response to a given forcing 13.5.1.5 Uncertainties in converting
model response into inputs for impact
studies 13.5.2 Approaches for Representing Uncertainties 13.5.2.1 Scaling climate
model response patterns 13.5.2.2 Defining climate change signals 13.5.2.3 Risk assessment approaches 13.5.2.4 Annotation
of climate scenarios
The cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina is being
studied as a
model organism for
alternative pigment signatures
of oxygenic photosynthesis adapted, for example, to the light
of red dwarf stars.
There is a huge potential market but only if we provide
alternatives to the current offerings, and the LT
model is worth examining to replicate in other states without years
of study.
This article looks at three
alternative approaches to dealing with rule breaking (the procedural justice
model, the restorative justice
model, and the
study of moral development) and examines how these
models might encourage rule following.
Therefore, various nontraditional animal
models, which display pair bond formation — including marmosets (Callithrix penicillata), titi monkeys (Callicebus cupreus), California mice (Peromyscus californicus), and prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)-- have emerged as better
alternative animal
models to
study the neural correlates
of pair bond formation (Carter et al., 1995; Bester - Meredith et al., 1999; Bales et al., 2007; de Jong et al., 2009; Smith et al., 2010).
The findings are limited by the cross-sectional nature
of the
study but suggest that such an
alternative model of the monitoring construct is plausible.