Sentences with phrase «as outcomes relative»

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As this results from a once - off tax policy change, the Bank will abstract from this direct effect of the GST for the purposes of assessing inflation outcomes relative to the target.

There were several possible catalysts suggested for this spike in concerns about a favorable outcome of the debt ceiling negotiation, which has to be concluded ahead of the Treasury's X Date, now expected as early as October 1: some cited Steven Mnuchin's interview on CNBC, in which the Treasury Secretary said that the additional spending needed to help Texas recover from Hurricane Harvey may reduce the amount of time Congress has to increase the federal debt limit; another possibility was month - end liquidity needs and relative positioning across the curve.

We provide an unparalleled global reach and depth of knowledge of the dynamics of a merger solicitation in a merger context, and highly qualified to advise on strategic considerations related to the deal, such as timing relative to the record date and meeting date, length of the solicitation period, likely outcome, etc.; and in obtaining the vote required to pass the merger proposal at the special meeting.

What is not yet clear is the relative contribution to birth outcomes of health professionals» attitudes, continuity of carer, midwife managed or community based care, and implementation of specific practices (such as continuous emotional and physical support throughout labour, use of immersion in water to ease labour pain, encouraging women to remain upright and mobile, minimising use of epidural analgesia, and home visits to diagnose labour before admission to birth centre or hospital).

Since the early 1990s, government policy on maternity care in England has moved towards policies designed to give women with straightforward pregnancies a choice of settings for birth.1 2 In this context, freestanding midwifery units, midwifery units located in the same building or on the same site as an obstetric unit (hereafter referred to as alongside midwifery units), and home birth services have increasingly become relevant to the configuration of maternity services under consideration in England.3 The relative benefits and risks of birth in these alternative settings have been widely debated in recent years.4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lower rates of obstetric interventions and other positive maternal outcomes have been consistently found in planned births at home and in midwifery units, but clear conclusions regarding perinatal outcome have been lacking.

We also estimated relative indices of inequality (RII) and slope indices of inequality (SII) as summary measures of relative and absolute inequalities of breastfeeding outcomes, respectively, across the entire distribution of maternal education.24 For child IQ, linear regression analyses using GEEs were performed to estimate mean IQ differences in lower maternal education from the reference category in each intervention group and compared between the groups.

Yep — and that's the reason why the absolute death rate is just as important as the relative — because of the extreme SEVERITY of the outcome (ie dead baby) >

The relative risk ratios for gender per week of gestation were assessed as well as gender related risk on adverse neonatal outcomes.

Of the factors examined that combine to create the County Health Rankings, the counties ranked lowest for poverty, measured as the number of children below the poverty line, had twice the relative risk of asthma as an outcome from PM2.5 exposure than those counties ranked highest (the largest difference).

Indeed, since these cells expand exponentially with a constant relative cell elongation rate (Willis et al, 2016), the Timer mechanism could potentially drive much more variability than the other mechanisms yielding less robust outcomes, as we have shown for roots.

To help fill this vacuum, CREDO (formerly known as the Center for Research on Education Outcomes), an independent nonpartisan research group at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, evaluated the performance of TFA teachers relative to both new teachers and all teachers in the Houston Independent School District.

The idea is that if the reform improves outcomes, the improvement should be visible as a break in the trend for that state relative to other states.

These studies examined teacher leadership relative to other school leaders, such as principals, as part of a school culture that affects student outcomes.

This analysis by Marguerite Roza published by Education Next in summer 2009 examines ways in which per - pupil spending in high schools varies by subject and course level, and demonstrates how isolating spending on discrete services can 1) identify the relationships between priorities, current spending, and outcomes; 2) clarify both relative spending on discrete services and the organizational practices that influence how resources are deployed; and 3) establish the current cost of providing high school services as a necessary precursor to identifying whether there are better ways to provide some services.

But personally, I remain comfortable with the logic of my decision to choose VOF (over VEIL & VNH) as a slightly more defensive / appropriate fund for a frontier market — the index outcome & relative performances could obviously have been very different under an alternative scenario — in the end, I didn't pick / achieve the actual best - performing fund, but I did match the index (and +118 % is an excellent consolation prize!).

These indicators include: Intake, Length of Stay, Euthanasia Rate and Live Release Rate (LRR), calculated as the percentage of animals who have a live outcome relative to the total intake of animals.

Approached as pure entertainment, games can evolve into unexpected experiences with both a lighter and a darker side, subtle shifts in expectation relative to outcome.

We investigate how in utero exposure to temperature variability, measured as the fluctuations relative to the historical local temperature mean, affects birth outcomes in the Andean region.

The research would also highlight non-GHG benefits achieved due to the implementation of climate policy, and evaluate the outcome of Canada's emissions if all provinces or the federal government had implemented existing «best - in - Canada» policies (as they came into effect) relative to Canada's emissions target for 2020, using Navius Research's economy and emissions model.

With increasing data the problem gets less severe in the Bayesian inference as the relative power of data grows and the choice of prior affects less the outcome.

Changing methane's relative importance as a greenhouse gas does little to change the overall outcome of climate change projections.

Though I have not changed my mind as to the relative strength of the arguments, I therefore do not feel able to predict the outcome.

In this 1991 lecture, Michael White outlines the theory and practice surrounding his use of relative influence questions, landscape of action and consciousness (identity) questions, and those sneaky and beautiful alternative stories that do not fit with the problem story known as - unique outcomes.

Relative to children with no ACEs, children who experienced ACEs had increased odds of having below - average academic skills including poor literacy skills, as well as attention problems, social problems, and aggression, placing them at significant risk for poor school achievement, which is associated with poor health.23 Our study adds to the growing literature on adverse outcomes associated with ACEs3 — 9,24 — 28 by pointing to ACEs during early childhood as a risk factor for child academic and behavioral problems that have implications for education and health trajectories, as well as achievement gaps and health disparities.

An Early Childhood Education and Support Intervention for Kinship Families Littlewood, Strozier, & Whittington (2014) Children and Youth Services Review, 38 View Abstract Highlights outcomes from the Kin As Teachers (KAT) Program, an early childhood education program specifically designed for children living with a grandparent or other relative.

Home visiting programs should have the greatest and most immediate impact on parenting outcomes relative to child outcomes because home visiting programs target parenting directly as a mechanism of change in children.

EIP showed favorable impacts on 8 outcomes, including fewer days and episodes of hospitalization, relative to those in the comparison group, covering a range of 6 weeks to 2 years postpartum.13, 23,24 EIP also showed a favorable effect on the percentage of children who were adequately immunized by 1 year, but the difference was no longer statistically significant by 2 years.13, 24 Early Start demonstrated favorable effects on 3 outcomes, including percentage who received well - child visits and dental service.25 — 27 HFA had favorable results for 4 health care outcomes, such as the number of well - child visits and whether the child had health insurance.28 — 31 HFA had an unfavorable effect on the number of pediatric emergency department (ED) visits.32 The research showed that Healthy Steps had a beneficial effect on 2 outcomes: 1 - month well - child visits and diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, and pertussis vaccinations.33 Finally, NFP had favorable results on 3 outcomes measuring the number of ED visits at different follow - ups but an unfavorable / ambiguous effect on number of days hospitalized between 25 and 50 months.34, 35 The research on 2 programs (Oklahoma's CBFRS and PAT) showed no effects on measures of health care use or coverage.36 — 40 The research on 5 programs (Child FIRST, EHS, Family Check - Up, HIPPY, and PALS for Infants) did not report health care coverage or usage outcomes.

Although treatment effects for several outcomes were small in magnitude, as reported previously, HS was modest in intensity and cost, relative to other early intervention efforts.5 For example, HS families made 11 well - child visits and received < 2 home visits within their child's first 2.5 years, at a cost of $ 402 to $ 933 / year.

The size of the CfC impacts on most outcomes was small, but can be considered positive relative to what was observed in the early phase of the UK Sure Start evaluation.3 The current results are also comparable in size to those found in the later impact evaluation of the Sure Start programme, in which 3 - year - old children were exposed to mature SSLP throughout their entire lives.4 Reviews of the effectiveness of early childhood interventions have found that most studies reported effect sizes on parenting and child outcomes that were small to moderate.14 15 When comparing CfC and SSLP with other interventions, it is important to remember that the evaluations of these interventions measured effects on an entire population, rather than on programme participants, as is the case in the evaluation of many other interventions.

We found no associations between child involvement and other treatment variables, however, it is not entirely clear what role child and parent involvement played and it would be useful for studies to look at the relative merits of child alone vs. family - wide involvement in the FDP as a measure of treatment outcome and process.

Consistent with prior short - term outcomes, the primary measure at age 3 years was externalising behaviour problems, assessed by the 99 - item validated Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL 1 1/2 — 5).21 This checklist also quantifies internalising behaviour problems, and yields raw scores (used to compare groups as the primary outcome) and T - scores with a clinical cut - point derived from the combined norming sample of children aged 1 through 5 years (used to describe the sample relative to international norms).

Further research is needed to identify the relative benefits in different population groups, its influence on outcomes such as mother - infant interaction, and the physiological mechanisms involved.

Finally, we examined whether partners» overall relationship - based need satisfaction may also serve as a mediator in the relationship between relative autonomous helping motivation and partner outcomes, thereby simultaneously introducing both potential mediators in the model.

A second SEM model was constructed to test whether partners» helping exhaustion would function as a mediator of the relationship between relative autonomous helping motivation and partner outcomes.

There should also be advocates where the custodian parent will have to show and prove accountability for alienation as it is unjust and the long terms affects on a child's absent parent and relatives leaves a devastating outcome as the child grows up!

As a result of the relative inconsistency between items within these two scales, relations between these dimensions and the health outcomes may be underestimated.