Sentences with phrase «absence rate of»

Researchers in Australia found that an increase in the average absence rate of a teacher's colleagues increased the teacher's own absence tally.

About 14 percent of the city's public school students are Asian, and schools such as P.S. 130 in Chinatown have seen absence rates of 80 percent on the Lunar New Year, Silver said.

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In the absence of an obvious choice on interest rates, this decision is revealing of Stephen Poloz's judgment

The rate was especially high among women... In flex - offices — those open - plan offices that have some conference rooms but no individual work stations — there was a higher likelihood of short - term sick absences and a larger figure of sick days among men.

The fact that official purchases of financial assets are determined by different factors than those influencing private investors suggests that we would probably see a somewhat different combination of capital flows, exchange rates and interest rates in the absence of official intervention.

When asked about the HDL community's presence during the vote, «Commissioner Garry Arseneault commented that the absence of HDL customers in the boardroom the day of the vote was proof that these customers «are not in conflict» with the new rate.»

As a result, retail sales taxes raise the Canadian METR [marginal effective tax rate] by approximately 2.5 percentage points, compared to the 9 percentage points that would prevail in the absence of any exemptions.

The ruble's exchange rate has fallen as more rubles are thrown onto currency markets to obtain the dollars needed to pay interest and debt service on foreign loans (and to sustain capital flight in the absence of controls).

The absence of explosive growth and problematic inflation meant the Federal Reserve didn't have to step in with aggressive rate hikes aimed at cooling the economy down.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

Getting us up to something resembling the U.S. rate (in the absence of changes in provincial rates) would require increasing the federal rate to around 27 per cent.

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Yet as the past few years have shown, predictions of rising interest rates have consistently proved premature, largely due to a general absence of inflationary pressures, resulting in a dovish tilt to monetary policy among the main central banks.

Given an absence of inflationary pressures and weak economic conditions, the ECB cut its key policy rate by 50 basis points to 2 per cent in June.

Given that China has higher interest rates than the US, in the absence of expectations of a change in the target exchange rate one would expect the forward exchange rate (expressed as yuan per US dollar) to be higher than the spot exchange rate so as to eliminate the possibility of earning a risk - free profit over the term of the contract.

And therefore, I am a little bit concerned that the absence of term premium at the long end of the market is the market's myopia over the current low level of short - term interest rates.

It's the absence of productive real investment, which since 2000 has slumped to a small fraction of its historical growth rate, along with the encouragement of rank yield - seeking speculation by the Fed, that has repeatedly injured the U.S. economy, and is likely to insult the economy with further crises before any durable lessons are learned.

After a reasonable interval to seek work in their own occupation, workers are currently expected to take a job «at a rate of earnings not lower and on conditions not less favourable than those observed by agreement between employers and employees or, in the absence of any such agreement, than those recognized by good employers.»

However, in the absence of catalysts for an acceleration of growth — for example, the introduction of a comprehensive package of tax reforms — we think the rate of expansion is likely to remain around current modest levels.

But there's a clear signal that, in the absence of any serious derailing of the economy, rates will rise before the year is out,» said Chris Williamson of financial information services Markit.

However, in the absence of catalysts for an acceleration of growth, we think the rate of expansion is likely to remain around current modest levels.

The absence of fathers in families is clearly linked to higher rates of poverty, youth crime and teenage pregnancy, says the think - tank report.

In Japan, the breast cancer rate is much lower than in the West, but so is the abortion rate, even in the absence of oral contraceptives.

We also know that unified sanctions against drunkenness do not exist in American life in general, and that their absence contributes to the high rate of alcoholism.

In what is shaping up to be one of the most open Premier League title races ever, those four games could be absolutely crucial at the rate of which Tottenham lost points in Dembele's absence this season.

Villa's absence is a pretty poor excuse for del Bosque's brand of football, at any rate.

The Daily Mirror recently claimed United were one of the clubs in for the # 55million - rated defender, and fans are now starting to welcome him to the club as they believe yesterday's absence could be a big development in this transfer saga...

The absence of Tiger Woods at this year's Masters continues to have a negative impact on TV ratings, with ESPN reporting that viewership for Friday's second round was down significantly from that of last year when Woods was in the hunt for his 15th major.

I also agree with you that the absence of Van Persie appeared at any rate to make a big difference.

Before going down, he was expected to be the team's best pass rusher, which showed during the rest of the season in his absence as the Terps were No. 121 out of 130 teams in adjusted sack rate.

It is not known what the rates of AFE or cord prolapse occur at home, in the absence of AROM.

She cites studies that indicate how an employee's marital problems can lead to more absences, tardiness, on - the - job injuries and loss of productivity; «a 1996 study indicated that as marital distress increased, work - loss days increased at a rate of 1.34 work loss days.»

Cosleeping and Biological Imperatives: Why Human Babies Do Not and Should Not Sleep Alone «In Japan where co-sleeping and breastfeeding (in the absence of maternal smoking) is the cultural norm, rates of the sudden infant death syndrome are the lowest in the world.

The strengths of the study include the ability to compare outcomes by the woman's planned place of birth at the start of care in labour, the high participation of midwifery units and trusts in England, the large sample size and statistical power to detect clinically important differences in adverse perinatal outcomes, the minimisation of selection bias through achievement of a high response rate and absence of self selection bias due to non-consent, the ability to compare groups that were similar in terms of identified clinical risk (according to current clinical guidelines) and to further increase the comparability of the groups by conducting an additional analysis restricted to women with no complicating conditions identified at the start of care in labour, and the ability to control for several important potential confounders.

There were also two home births in which more regular intrapartum monitoring might have shown some heart rate abnormality in the absence of any other sign of trouble.

Other strengths of the underpinning cohort study include high participation by midwifery units and trusts in England; the minimisation of selection bias through achievement of a high response rate and absence of self selection bias because of non-consent; and the ability to compare groups that were similar in terms of identified clinical risk.12 The economic evaluation was conducted according to nationally agreed design and reporting guidelines.15 26 Collection of primary unit cost data was thorough and accounted for regional differences in care patterns.

The highest rates of breastfeeding are observed among higher - income, college - educated women > 30 years of age living in the Mountain and Pacific regions of the United States.60 Obstacles to the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding include physician apathy and misinformation,61 - 63 insufficient prenatal breastfeeding education, 64 disruptive hospital policies, 65 inappropriate interruption of breastfeeding, 62 early hospital discharge in some populations, 66 lack of timely routine follow - up care and postpartum home health visits, 67 maternal employment68, 69 (especially in the absence of workplace facilities and support for breastfeeding), 70 lack of broad societal support, 71 media portrayal of bottle - feeding as normative, 72 and commercial promotion of infant formula through distribution of hospital discharge packs, coupons for free or discounted formula, and television and general magazine advertising.73, 74

panel, where panelists discussed all of the great things about serving breakfast in the classroom: improved academic performance, reduced tardiness and absences, lower obesity rates, opportunities for growing school food programs, and most important of all: it's the right thing to do.

In the absence of any external rating system, experts recommend that parents look for signs that their pediatrician is giving quality care, including:

In general, the bed - sharing practiced in cultures with low SIDS rates is often different from that in the United States and other Western countries (eg, with firm mats on the floor, separate mat for the infant, and / or absence of soft bedding).

There are also multiple taxes, charges, rates and dues, costs of regulatory overkill, absence of appropriate incentives for industrial enterprises, other costs associated with surviving a harsh investment climate and the costs of servicing corrupt officials!

Otherwise, in the absence of the flexible exchange rate and independent monetary policy that we enjoy in the UK, the economic and political strains of deleveraging and balance sheet repair in the eurozone periphery may prove unbearable.

«There are already scores of British businesses who are saying that the living wage makes sense from them because it improves staff retention and reduces absence rates,» Ed Miliband said at an event promoting Labour's use of the living wage today.

Let me quote directly from my first article, «In 2015 and 2016 for instance, Nigeria «erected» two structural barriers against foreign investment - one, the structure of multiple exchange rates reaching as many as 13 according to some reports and the huge variance between the rates at a point rising to a difference of over N200 between the lowest and the highest rates; and the absence of clarity over economic policy.

The new policy means the council's absence rate is an average of 7.68 days per employee, the same as for the private sector.

In 2015 and 2016 for instance, Nigeria «erected» two structural barriers against foreign investment - one, the structure of multiple exchange rates reaching as many as 13 according to some reports and the huge variance between the rates at a point rising to a difference of over N200 between the lowest and the highest rates; and the absence of clarity over economic policy.

«There are already scores of British businesses who are saying that the living wage makes sense from them because it improves staff retention and reduces absence rates,» he said.

That rate is thought to be at least 1000 times what it would be in the absence of...

Despite study limitations (e.g., low response rate, absence of physical assessment of respondents), Dr. Yosipovitch says the results are important for dermatologists who treat undergraduate - aged patients.