Sentences with phrase «analysis of evidence from»

Using mobile phones to improve educational outcomes: An analysis of evidence from Asia.

Our analysis of evidence from the BLS National Compensation Survey and the NASRA Public Fund Survey shows that the employer contribution rates for public school teachers are a larger percentage of earnings than for private - sector professionals and managers, whether or not we take account of teacher coverage under Social Security.

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At the convention, Julianne Holt - Lunstad, a professor of psychology at Brigham Young University, presented evidence from two meta - analyses on the effects of social connection on health.

That's based on technical analysis (an investing strategy with both its pros and cons) from Fundstrat technical strategist Robert Sluymer, who wrote in that same note: «Our expectation is Bitcoin will begin to show evidence of bottoming short - term closer to $ 5,873.»

The concept of the supernatural is culturally derived from an innate cognitive schema...» The scientific evidence for his position comes from an analysis of studies done on children that show that their innate way of viewing the world is in terms of «design, function and purpose» - making them, in effect, «intuitive theists.»

From the progressive order of the fossil record, phylogenetic analyses confirming these relationships, to observable instances of speciation and molecular artifacts like our gene for egg yolk protein, the evidence firmly supports evolution.

In its 50 short pages it carefully analyses the Catholic approach to the treatment of animals, from the evidence of Scripture and Church Tradition, right up to our own day in the pronouncements of Pope Benedict XVI.

I guess under Judge Martin's brilliant legal analysis, if the gun - toting, bible - beatin» Christians of his county find his ruling «offensive» they can just bring their pitchforks and remove him from the bench, and then in any subsequent prosecution all evidence will be thrown out and Judge Martin can be called a «doofus» for making a ruling that offends them.

Meta - analyses of cohort studies for the association between dairy and milk intake in relation to mortality11 and fractures12 13 have displayed no clear pattern of risk, and evidence from randomised trials are lacking.

This analysis of longitudinal growth data from > 2000 children in the Gemini twin cohort has demonstrated that higher protein intake at 21 mo is associated with higher weight gain and higher BMI (but not height) between 21 and 36 mo and 21 and 60 mo, with no evidence of diminution over time.

In our main research summary, The Costs and Benefits of Active Fatherhood, we have gathered a substantial weight of evidence drawn both from the UK and internationally, to provide the most comprehensive analysis yet of the difference dads can make.

Where systematic reviews or meta - analyses are available, allowing analysis of findings from a number of well - selected studies, these obviously provide a stronger evidence base on which it is possible to base arguments with greater conviction.

In order to look at the evidence from all relevant studies a vote - counting exercise was undertaken to assess the results of included studies that had not used one of the predominant child - behaviour measures or had not provided enough statistical information to be included in the meta - analysis.

a longer mean length of labour (hours)(mean difference (MD) 0.50, 95 % CI 0.27 to 0.74; participants = 3328; studies = 3)(Analysis 1.18); However, there was evidence of skewness in the data from one of the trials in the analyses of length of labour (Turnbull 1996);

No increase in childhood overweight Direct evidence for the effect of exclusive breastfeeding on childhood overweight comes from a 2015 systematic review and meta - analysis in which individuals with any breastfeeding were shown to be less likely to be overweight or obese later in life compared to non-breastfed individuals.

They were science - based recommendations from the Institute of Medicine, recommendations which were referred to at the time of their release as representing the «gold standard for evidence - based health analysis.»

For instance, it has been suggested that the physical restraint associated with swaddling may prevent infants placed supine from rolling to the prone position.299 One study's results suggested a decrease in SIDS rate with swaddling if the infant was supine, 182 but it was notable that there was an increased risk of SIDS if the infant was swaddled and placed in the prone position.182 Although a recent study found a 31-fold increase in SIDS risk with swaddling, the analysis was not stratified according to sleep position.171 Although it may be more likely that parents will initially place a swaddled infant supine, this protective effect may be offset by the 12-fold increased risk of SIDS if the infant is either placed or rolls to the prone position when swaddled.182, 300 Moreover, there is no evidence that swaddling reduces bed - sharing or use of unsafe sleep surfaces, promotes breastfeeding, or reduces maternal cigarette smoking.

alonger mean length of labour (hours)(mean difference (MD) 0.50, 95 % CI 0.27 to 0.74, three trials, n = 3328)(Analysis 1.18); However, there was evidence of skewness in the data from one of the trials in the analyses of length of labour (Turnbull 1996);

Objective: We performed a meta - analysis to summarize available evidence of the association between breastfeeding and breastfeeding duration and EOC risk from published cohort and case - control studies.

In a sensitivity analysis, inclusion in the meta - analysis of the assumed zero estimates from the five studies (table 1) with no published mean differences attenuated the overall summary estimate for systolic blood pressure (mean difference: — 1.0 mmHg, 95 percent CI: — 1.6; — 0.4; p = 0.002), but there was still strong evidence of an inverse association.

This analysis confirms what we might have anticipated from the evidence of the polls — local authorities appear to contain more Leave voters if there was a large vote for UKIP there in the 2014 European elections, if there was a small vote for parties of the «left» (Labour, Liberal Democrats, Scottish and Welsh Nationalists and Greens) on the same occasion, and in places with relatively low proportions of graduates, young people, and people from an ethnic minority background.

Evidence collected also includes satellite images, communications from fighters, photos and videos including some images of bombs remnants, and analysis of samples.

This new research from Democratic Audit's Richard Berry and Sean Kippin explored who exactly gives evidence to select committees, based on analysis of the nearly 600 witnesses appearing in Parliament in a one - month period in late 2013.

@Ryathal do you have any evidence for these statements, e.g. specific quotes from the party platforms or an analysis of legislation?

Nonetheless, given the remarkable increase in the participation of young people in higher education that has taken place over the last 20 years, the brief analysis presented here reveals little evidence that the much vaunted policy ambition - to provide better access to higher education to those from less privileged backgrounds - has been successful.»

The report draws on government and trade statistics, academic evidence and economic theory to challenge arguments that the health and social benefits of reducing alcohol consumption are likely to come at a cost to the economy, finding: · Any reduction in employment and income resulting from lower spending on alcohol would be offset by spending on other goods · Econometric analysis of US states suggests that a 10 % decrease in alcohol consumption is associated with a 0.4 % increase in per capita income growth · Lower alcohol consumption could also reduce the economic costs of impaired workplace productivity, alcohol - related sickness, unemployment and premature death, which are estimated to cost the UK # 8 - 11 billion a year The analysis comes at a timely moment, with health groups urging the Chancellor to raise alcohol duty in next month's Budget.

«In September 2013, a team of scientists from the USDA conducted a GPR Analysis of the site all of the above evidence pointed to.

From Jon Cruddas and Margaret Beckett to James Morris the evidence based analysis of Labour's defeat has been the same.

Forensic anthropology, innovative genetic testing, statistical analysis and geospatial technology are some of the tools scientists use to collect evidence of mass executions, reunite children separated from their families, and track the destruction of cultural heritage sites in partnerships with non-profit organizations and human rights organizations dealing with atrocities unfolding across the globe.

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital undertook a systematic review and meta - analysis of all of the available evidence from randomized controlled trials, the gold standard of research design.

Yet critics said the extraordinary claim required extraordinary evidence, and asked for protein sequences, better handling of samples to prevent contamination, and confirmation analyses from other laboratories.

This study's finding — based on analysis of data from 1995 to 2014 — that the decline in under - five death was also accompanied by increases in PMI - funded malaria prevention technologies, such as insecticide treated nets and indoor residual spraying that are known to be effective malaria interventions, provides compelling and important new evidence of the likely effects of PMI funding.

Dr. Rohrich and colleagues write, «Much of this controversy was driven by incomplete information, poor documentation and analysis, and the puzzling decision to withhold key medical evidence from both from investigators and the public.»

Evidence of a past environment well suited to support microbial life came within the first eight months of the 23 - month primary mission from analysis of the first sample material ever collected by drilling into a rock on Mars.

Last year, however, Ohio science leaders offered evidence that grossly inaccurate elements of the state's critical analysis lesson plan were drawn directly from intelligent design resources.

Additional evidence comes from analysis of the 129 - Xenon to 130 - Xenon ratio.

New Evidence from Latent Change Score Analyses of Simultaneous Bilingual Development.»

«The Academy of Radiology Research undertook this analysis to address a need from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to develop econometric evidence to better guide federal R&D budgets,» said Michael Kalutkiewicz, co-author of the report and senior director for government affairs at the Academy of Radiology Research.

Suggestive evidence for this comes from an analysis showing children whose parents got a lenient judge are not only more likely to apply for disability insurance but also are more inclined to report the same type of medical disorder.

From the geochemical analyses carried out on the sediments deposited during the past 10,000 years in the Laguna de Rio Seco lagoon, a remote alpine lake in Sierra Nevada, at 3,020 m. above sea level, evidence has been found of atmospheric pollution from lFrom the geochemical analyses carried out on the sediments deposited during the past 10,000 years in the Laguna de Rio Seco lagoon, a remote alpine lake in Sierra Nevada, at 3,020 m. above sea level, evidence has been found of atmospheric pollution from lfrom lead.

Many historical and inferential sciences require nuanced analyses of data and a convergence of evidence from multiple lines of inquiry that point to an unmistakable conclusion.

Now, in proof - of - concept experiments with «joysticks» that measure force, a team of Johns Hopkins scientists report evidence that the slowdown likely arises from the brain's «cost / benefit analysis,» which gets skewed by the loss of dopamine in people with PD.

The survey and analysis, reported in the journal PLOS ONE, comes after a preliminary survey offered evidence that many of those engaged in biological anthropology field research — most of them younger women, but also men — were sexually harassed and / or assaulted while conducting field research far from home.

Although the evidence of benefit from vitamin E against community - acquired pneumonia in elderly males is strong in this analysis, the overall findings about vitamin E have been complex.

DNA analysis of skeletons from between 5840 and 5000 B.C. found evidence that the early wave of European farmers could not produce the enzyme lactase, which permits the digestion of milk, while later farmers could.

Other evidence comes from the analysis of modern galaxies, most of which have central black holes whose masses seem to correlate closely with the properties of their host galaxies.

Observational evidence for the Big Bang includes the analysis of the spectrum of light from galaxies, which reveal a shift towards longer wavelengths proportional to each galaxy's distance in a relationship described by Hubble's law.

The evidence, including isotopic analysis, shows that the Philistines were a motley crew of immigrants, possibly pirates, who hailed from many ports, bringing pigs from Europe and donkeys in caravans from Egypt.

Indeed, in a 2009 analysis of DNA from the bones of nearly 90 ancient horses dated from about 12,000 to 1000 years ago, researchers found genetic evidence for bay and black coat colors but no sign of the spotted variety, suggesting that the spotted horse could have been the figment of some artist's imagination.

«The evidence from observation indicates that complex organic chemistry is much more universal than previously thought,» says Fred Goesmann from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, who led the analysis of organic compounds on the Rosetta mission.