Sentences with phrase «analysis procedures used»

What are your qualifications for carrying out the quantitative content analysis procedures used in the Climate Shift report?

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The modern technique established an upstream method for detecting deviations from specified quality — early detection — used to trigger analysis of causes and then changes to manufacturing procedures.

In a later section, on demographic distribution analysis, the contract mentions the possibility for additional «targeted data collection procedures through multiple platforms» to be used — even including «brief phone scripts with single - trait questions» — in order to correct any skews that might be found once the Facebook data is matched with voter databases in each state, (and assuming any «data gaps» could not be «filled in from targeted online samples», as it also puts it).

This procedure is comparable to the amplification method used in dream analysis, but with contributions from all participants.

Using the Bloomberg BNA audit tool to measure our performance against federal, state and local regulations, as well as gap analyses conducted by our EHS team at each of our sites every two years, we've established a consistent approach to how we allocate resources, assign responsibilities and evaluate our practices, procedures and processes to reduce our environmental footprint.

These inquiries in turn have been gathered together and assessed, a procedure that is fraught with difficulty: Researchers use different definitions of organic, compare different kinds of farms, and include different costs in their analyses.

Erickson and his team performed a retrospective analysis of a private payer database using the PearlDiver Supercomputer to identify UCLR procedures performed throughout the U.S.

Individual growth curve models were developed for multilevel analysis and specifically designed for exploring longitudinal data on individual changes over time.23 Using this approach, we applied the MIXED procedure in SAS (SAS Institute) to account for the random effects of repeated measurements.24 To specify the correct model for our individual growth curves, we compared a series of MIXED models by evaluating the difference in deviance between nested models.23 Both fixed quadratic and cubic MIXED models fit our data well, but we selected the fixed quadratic MIXED model because the addition of a cubic time term was not statistically significant based on a log - likelihood ratio test.

The advantages of MFCs may allow widespread use of diagnostic procedures that are currently too expensive to implement (e.g., prescreening for cancer) while the new capabilities may dramatically improve our ability to understand complex diseases such as cancer (e.g., through single - cell analysis).

The researchers caution that a more randomized and controlled clinical trial is needed before doctors can reliably use their cardiac imaging analysis routinely with patients, but if confirmed, they say the method should reduce ablation procedures unlikely to work, along with the procedures» substantial costs and complication risks.

In one analysis that included 21 randomized clinical trials, investigators found a risk of 138 surgical site infections per 1000 procedures, and the use of sutures coated with the antimicrobial triclosan reduced this by 39.

«The tissue samples remain frozen throughout the entire procedure and are therefore suitable for subsequent analysis using various high - throughput methods,» says Pichler.

Research materials transparency Materials / samples used in the analysis must be made available to any researcher for purposes of directly replicating the procedure.

«Not only do we believe that high - quality, randomized clinical trials are necessary to determine the safety of the Lariat device for off - label procedures, but our analysis raises broader issues with the FDA 510 (k) clearance protocol for medical devices,» said study senior author Jay Giri, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Cardiovascular Medicine Division at Penn. «We believe there needs to be a method for reassessing the safety of a device that has been cleared for one use but is being frequently used for a different purpose in real - world practice.»

Past consulting assignments have included developing a cost estimate for transponders and transmitters used to reduce «friendly fire» incidents for the U.S. Marine Corps; conducting a cost - benefit analysis for the Social Security Administration to replace analog recorders with digital equipment in their benefits hearings; and conducting a business case analysis for NASA Headquarters of integrating asset management procedures.

The team then monitored the women at 4, 8 and 16 weeks after the procedure through ultrasound scans and analysis of bacteria collected using vaginal swabs.

Scientists at Bielefeld also used this study to compare a classical DNA analysis with a new procedure.

Significance was assessed using a weighted block jackknife procedure for all five analysis types.

The report shall use appropriate validation procedures, including sensitivity analyses, of how results change as assumptions change.

Statistical analyses were made using either Student's two - tailed unpaired t test or analysis of variance (ANOVA) as specified in the figure legends, and Newman - Keuls procedure was used for multiple comparison analysis.

For Western blot assay and immunoprecipitation analysis, CD4 + T cells were isolated from mice spleen on day 21 after transplantation using a Mouse CD4 + T Cell Isolation Kit (Miltenyi Biotec), and the procedures were performed as described previously (35).

Finally, RNA samples were prepared following the same procedure and subsequent microarray analyses were performed in a central facility using Affymetrix Mouse 430 v. 2 arrays.

Briefly, peptide intensities from the LC - MS analyses of the individual samples (volume limited) were log2 transformed and normalized using a mean central tendency procedure.

The chapter provides details of the procedures used in genetic modification as well as an in - depth analysis of the ethical issues surrounding the issue.

The lab personnel are more than willing to discuss the results of our analysis should any company whose products are reported here choose to take issue with our laboratory procedures, suitability of equipment used, calibration standards, or experience of the laboratory staff.

When main effects were detected, post-hoc analyses including pairwise comparisons were performed using Least Significant Difference procedures to identify differences among treatments.

To identify changes in state proficiency standards, we use the same procedures as in our five prior analyses.

American Educational Research Journal, December 2015 In the first analysis to investigate claims of alignment in the context of fourth - grade mathematics using tools capable of estimating the alignment of curriculum materials with the standards, results indicate areas of misalignment; including that the textbooks studied systematically overemphasize procedures and memorization relative to the standards, among other weaknesses.

The validity of the finding that instructional support by teacher leaders, including lesson planning, positively impacted student learning was supported by the use of control groups (Balfanz et al., 2006; Ruby, 2006; Weaver & Dick, 2009), the use of multiple sources of data (Balfanz et al., 2006; Ruby, 2006) and the inclusion of detailed description of data collection and analysis procedures (Balfanz et al., 2006; Ruby, 2006; Weaver & Dick, 2009).

The present study used meta - analysis procedures to examine the effects of kindergarten intervention programs on variables related to school success.

Khourey - Bowers et al. (2005) and Keedy (1999) described several steps taken to strengthen the validity of the studies» findings, including the use of multiple forms of data collection to allow for triangulation in data analysis; they also provided detailed descriptions of the data analysis procedures.

Instead of using the traditional marking procedure for the assessment — simply marking words read incorrectly and counting words read correctly within a one - minute time frame — the presenting teacher showed how she kept track of the actual errors the student made while reading the connected text, in ways that enabled further analysis of phonological deficits (such as a lack of automatic word reading for all multisyllabic words).

These imaging procedures are used when an in - depth analysis of internal structures is required.

We offer comprehensive surgical and medical services including: digital radiology, in house laboratory analysis, vaccinations, micro-chipping, pharmaceutical needs, intensive care, dental procedures using digital dental radiography and extensive anesthesia monitoring capability.

Job Description: • Represents the Kansas City Pet Project in a professional, polite and enthusiastic manner • Assists the veterinarians on a daily basis with preparing surgery patients, health assessments, and treatments of animals • Assist in medical rounds with Shelter Veterinarians or identifying animals that need to be seen by a Shelter Veterinarian • Administer medications to both cats and dogs in accordance with veterinarian's prescribed doses and ensure all treatment protocols prescribed for sick / injured animals are performed timely, safely, and humanely • Responsible for following best practices for sanitation protocols in all veterinary clinic and isolation areas to reduce / eliminate disease transmission • Input all medical notes, health assessments, vaccinations, surgeries, treatments, etc., into PetPoint • Provides support for other departments, such as Intake, Foster, Placement & Transport, or Adoptions by assisting as needed for vaccinations, deworming, blood draws, etc. • Prepares and sanitizes surgical instruments / packs each day to ensure packs are ready for use the following day • Assists with discharging animals to the public post-surgery or following up with sick pet appointments, explaining any medical issues, medications, after care instructions, etc. • Ensures adequate medical supplies and medications are available and reports any shortages to Vet Clinic Manager • Enforces and maintain KCPP safety and cleanliness, and all health and security rules and procedures • Follows disease prevention procedures and completes cleaning of veterinary clinic areas daily and ongoing throughout the day to decrease biological risks to humans and other animals • Care, feed, and safely handle animals to avoid injury to persons / animals • Properly store and maintain inventory of medical supplies, including Schedule II narcotics • Performs laboratory analysis techniques to assist Shelter Veterinarians • Reads, understand, interpret, and apply department policies and procedures • Prepares reports and other written materials in a logical, concise, and accurate manner • Functions calmly in situations that require a high degree of sensitivity, tact, and diplomacy • Communicates effectively with a variety of individuals representing diverse cultures and backgrounds and function calmly in all situations which require a high degree of sensitivity, tact and diplomacy • Treats employees, representatives of outside agencies, volunteers, and members of the public with courtesy and respect • Provides prompt, efficient and responsive service for all phone calls forwarded to the Vet Clinic.

The systematic critical analysis of the quality of veterinary care, including the procedures used for diagnosis and treatment, the use of resources and the resulting outcome and quality of life for the patient.

The paper I'm writing with Dr. Pielke and others will make use of this better data, and we also use a different procedure for analysis than what NCDC used.

Dear Hank — The methods I have used are standard signal analysis procedures.

I have used similar content analysis procedures in several previously published peer - reviewed studies of media coverage of science - related policy debates.

So in Chapter 3, drawing on standard social science content analysis procedures and the measures used by Boykoff, I provide the first reliable and valid data evaluating systematic patterns in mainstream coverage of the reality and causes of climate change for the key political period of 2009 and 2010.

Using content analysis procedures to assess media portrayals based on a narrow and therefore reliably measurable definition of bias, they found that across these years, 52 percent portrayed a falsely balanced view of the reality and human causes of climate change.

Using content analysis procedures to assess media portrayals based on narrow and therefore measurable definition of bias (see question 2 above), they found that across these years, 52 % of articles falsely balanced scientific consensus views on the reality and human causes of climate change with dismissive views.

Infact, the procedure of determining the behavior of such processes, a Statistical analytic process titled a «Time series» uses all data points that are collected within the method determined by the pre-procedure of «Experimental Design», made to facilitate the analysis in a manner of known (and best) correlation.

An analysis of worldwide data homogenization acknowledged that a procedure is needed to correct real errors but concluded «Homogenization practices used until today are mainly statistical, not well justified by experiments and are rarely supported by metadata.

Since the latter is usually a requirement for the proper application of some commonly used statistical procedures, the analysis becomes problematical.

And you AGW - «Skeptics» are the ones who want that the surface temperature analyses which use measurements from meteorological stations were all wrong, because of artefacts in the measured temperature raw data or because of artificially warming trends allegedly introduced by quality control and / or homogenizaton procedures.

In its answers to questions about the procedure used to estimate a record hot day on January 7, the BoM revealed that a more detailed analysis of the January heat event, including changes in daily average temperatures, has been submitted to the peer - reviewed Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (BAMOS).

9Because of the unbalanced nature of the data being analyzed (i.e., unequal numbers of observations for the different levels of the classification variables), the General Linear Models procedure in the Statistical Analysis System was used to perform the analyses.

By accepting the certificate of analysis into evidence without first allowing defense voir dire / cross examination questioning of the machine operator accepts that attestation clause as reliable without allowing the defendant not only to challenge not only whether the witness is reliable, credible and with sufficient recall, but also to challenge whether the witness properly and according to DFS procedure operated this claimed sophisticated piece of machinery that thusly requires a commensurate level of sophistication in understanding the machinery and using it.

While the analysis focuses on key aspects of this optional procedure, it also considers general objections and concerns often raised against the use of appeal mechanisms.