Sentences with phrase «assess proposed studies»

«I would want my own experiments to be judged against those criteria,» he says, provided that a «robust» committee is assembled to assess proposed studies.

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Andrew Coulson (Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham) assesses whether the proposed Betts reforms to local authority oversight and scrutiny committees could do the same for local government.

Examiners at USPTO, on the other hand, read patent applications, study the technology described in the applications, and assess the state of the art (i.e., the science) to determine whether a proposed invention is new and not obvious.

Instead, they should strive to assess the potential impact of the proposed research and to encourage good ideas and novel concepts, even if they appear to be risky» is very relevant to defects in the current study section culture.

It examined animal and human case studies — including studies of the reproductive, neurobehavioral, and immune systems as well as cancer — and proposed a framework for assessing endocrine disruptors.

Stress resistance has not been assessed however and so the biological relevance of this finding is currently unknown.32 Several IER trials (75 - 85 % ER on restricted days) in overweight / obese populations have reported reductions in various markers of oxidative stress 37, 41, which in one study was accompanied by a complementary increase in the anti-oxidant uric acid.37 In a direct comparison of IER (75 % ER for two days / week) and CER, both ER strategies displayed equal efficacy in reducing levels of fast - acting advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP) after six months, which displayed a tendency to occur earlier (i.e. at three months) in the IER group.41 Levels of slow - acting (i.e. long term) AOPP tended to decrease in the IER group and increase in the CER group which the authors proposed may have resulted from IER - induced activation of autophagy, a key homeostatic cellular process in which dysfunctional or unnecessary cellular proteins are degraded and recycled.41 On the other hand, a follow - up study using similar IER / CER protocols demonstrated comparable reductions in AOPP in both groups after three months.48 Summary and Future Research Directions

Specifically, we propose to use data from the National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education Professional Development Study (NCRECE PDS), which is a randomized controlled trial funded by IES to assess the independent impacts of a 14 - week professional development course and a year - long coaching program in 9 U.S. cities from 2008 - 2011.

The grant funded a five - year study to assess the impact of Jeffco's proposed Strategic Compensation plan (a targeted performance - based compensation system) on student achievement and on attracting, retaining, and rewarding high performing educators.

The aim of the proposed study was to assess the efficacy and cost - effectiveness of accessible and affordable psychological interventions for distressed cancer patients and carers who contact community based Cancer Helplines.

Hence, the primary aim of the present study was to examine how well the proposed theoretical model predicted APP in young adulthood, in a large, community - based sample assessed in early childhood, adolescence, and emerging adulthood.

Several studies have addressed the validity of the parent - reported SDQ in school - aged samples, predominantly confirming the intended 5 - factor structure.5, 6 A 3 - factor configuration of externalizing (conduct problems and hyperactivity), internalizing (emotional and peer problems), and prosocial factors has also been proposed and suggested for use in epidemiologic studies and in low - risk populations.7, 8 The internal reliability of SDQ subscales has been predominantly examined by using Cronbach's α, a measure of the interrelatedness of items; however, α estimates are a lower bound for reliability and is often underestimated.9 A meta - analytic review reported weighted mean α coefficients extracted from 26 studies that showed generally modest reliabilities for parent reports (0.53 < α < 0.76).10 McDonald's ω, which estimates the proportion of a scale measuring a construct, typically yields higher reliability estimates but has rarely been used to assess reliability of the SDQ.

Stress was assessed by the method proposed by Stone and Neale (1984) and commonly used in daily process studies (e.g., Park, Armeli, & Tennen, 2004; Todd et al., 2004).

The addition of rail into King of Prussia could add an estimated $ 540 million to $ 946 million to the assessed value of existing real estate in that section of Upper Merion over two decades and encourage developers to construct upwards of 8 million square feet of new space valued at $ 840 million, according to a study of the proposed project.