Sentences with phrase «activity as a contributing factor»

President - elect Donald Trump's choice as Energy secretary also told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee considering his nomination that he has changed his view on climate change, now viewing human activity as a contributing factor while not stating that it is the primary driver.

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The national survey used an index of evangelical belief (as opposed to membership in an evangelical denomination), which showed that holding these beliefs was more strongly associated with the viewing of religious programs than any other single factor, including contributing to or attending church, participation in community activities, income, age or sex.

The national survey used the «literalist / charismatic» index of evangelical belief (as opposed to membership in an evangelical denomination), which showed that holding these beliefs was more strongly associated with the viewing of religious programs than any other single factor — including attending church, contributing to a church, participating in community activities, income, age, or sex.

As the eating habits of Americans face increasing scrutiny, one thing is clear: a nutritious diet is a key factor contributing to good health along with regular physical activity and a healthy lifestyle.

The relationships between food intake at lunch and physical activity were independent of factors previously shown to contribute to recess activity such as a child's weight status and gender.

A number of factors can contribute to obesity, including a lack of physical activity, a lack of sleep, genetics and certain medications that slow calorie burn, increase appetite or cause water retention, such as corticosteroids, antidepressants or some seizure medications.

There are many contributing factors that affect an individual's daily water intake such as climate, weight and activity level per day.

Two factors contribute to this abdominal distension and include the distribution of gas within the gut as well intestinal motor activity.

This could also be used as an independent or revision activity, allowing students to discuss or reflect on how each factor would contribute to the force.

Yes, I know, there are other factors that contribute to their better score on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)-- longer school days, advanced science and math starting earlier in elementary school rather than high school, extra tutoring in Korean hagwons, less to learn with a more focused curriculum, no non-essential learning activities such as sports, home ec or computer applications courses.

Investigation of factors that contribute to or impede persistence in voluntary online professional activity such as Twitter could help inform teacher educators» use of social media tools with their preservice teachers.

``... about 58 % of the general public in the US thinks that human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing the mean global temperature, as opposed to 97 % of specia lists surveyed.»

According to a recent article in Eos (Doran and Zimmermann, «Examining the Scientific consensus on Climate Change `, Volume 90, Number 3, 2009; p. 22 - 23 — only available for AGU members — update: a public link to the article is here), about 58 % of the general public in the US thinks that human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing the mean global temperature, as opposed to 97 % of specialists surveyed.

Care to explain why volcanic activity (as a contributing factor or otherwise) in 2010 isn't mentioned?

They correctly identify, as well, a 2009 survey of 3,146 earth scientists that asked the question, «Do you think human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures?»

However, from a recent report leading scientists in the world are now convinced that human activities such as fossil fuel burning is another contributing factor causing climate change.

It suggests that most people who regard themselves as climate scientists and who have been recently publishing mainly in the field of climate change think that global temperatures have been rising recently and that human activity is a significant contributing factor in global temperature change.

Some of the factors that I think have contributed to this success include: engaging a broad range of stakeholders (community members, City Council, local businesses, etc.); encouraging intergenerational participation (inviting elders to share their wisdom; offering child care activities; etc); and inviting creativity and fun as part of our placemaking work (for example, one project will include a fairy garden for kids, and another will create a cob oven for shared meals).

Limited physical activity (PA) is acknowledged as a major factor contributing to the development of this crisis [1].