Treatment integrity will be
assessed by means of the records completed by health visitors at every visit / contact, plus data from the semi-structured interviews conducted at the end of the study, with nurses and women participants.
A total of 133 subjects from a juvenile correction centre and 108 matched schoolchildren in the Arkhangelsk region, Russia, were
assessed by means of the EMBU questionnaire and Youth Self - Report.
The associations between the three factors of psychopathy and personality traits —
assessed by means of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI, Andershed et al. 2002) and the Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness Personality Inventory - Revised (NEO PI - R; Costa and McCrae 1992)-- were explored in a community sample of 152 male adolescents and young adults.
Helping exhaustion in partners was
assessed by means of an adapted version of the exhaustion subscale of the Maslach Burnout Inventory General Survey by applying the items to a help context.
Verbal skill was
assessed by means of the syntactico - semantic test «E.C.O.S.S.E», designed by Lecocq (1996).
Problem - solving performances were
assessed by means of a performance test made up of three problems.
Children were
assessed by means of the Differential Scales of Intellectual Efficiency - Revised edition (EDEI - R).
Climate change was
assessed by means of two Long Ashton Research Station - Weather Generator (LARS - WG) weather generators and all outputs from the available general circulation models in the Model for the Assessment of Greenhouse - gas Induced Climate Change - SCENario GENerator (MAGICC - SCENGEN) software, in combination with different emission scenarios at the regional scale, while the Providing Regional Climates for Impacts Studies (PRECIS) model has been used for projections at the local scale.
The men's diet was
assessed by means of a food frequency questionnaire, and they were asked how often, on average, they had consumed how many portions of fruit and vegetables, using standard portion sizes such as one apple, or half an avocado.
Almost all the participants (98.4 %) were available for assessment at 60 months of age, with 617 (96.4 %)
assessed by means of an oral food challenge, the most stringent determination of food allergy.
Not exact matches
The utilitarian belief that «human goods can be measured against each other
by means of some quantitative scale is the belief that human goods can be
assessed in a way analogous to that
by which commodities have a monetary value.
He goes onto note that the traditional way to «overcome» this negative factor was to try to establish what the text
meant at or near the time
of its composition and treat that as a kind
of «essence»
of the text's
meaning which thereafter is taken as the retrospective norm
by which all proposals
of what the text might
mean now are to be
assessed.
Thus, studies such as the ones cited earlier have often been stymied
by problems
of how practically to
assess such inherently private matters as questions
of individual
meaning.
«Internal history» is the history that participating members
of a community tell about themselves; in it the importance
of events and their interconnections are
assessed by the events» capacity to shape the community's common life and invest it with
meaning.
Progression was partly dictated
by a strength based capability assessment,
meaning that smaller players might be held back, but generally it wasn't until the age
of 11 when the players moved around the pitch to
assess their positional strengths.
Main Outcomes and Measures Nutritional quality was
assessed by calculating monthly
mean adequacy ratio and energy density
of the foods selected
by students each day.
Nutritional quality was
assessed by calculating monthly
mean adequacy ratio and energy density
of the foods selected
by students each day.
This latest research was commissioned
by ADEPT in 2010 to identify reliable and consistent measurement
of behaviours that will improve practitioners» understanding
of how drivers and riders respond to the road environment, as well as provide a
means of assessing the degree
of success
of route safety intervention measures.
However, he also stressed «the important thing» is that new rules brought in under this government
mean MPs» claims are now
assessed by an independent body, rather than a committee
of fellow MPs.
The change, dubbed a «bedroom tax»
by opponents, was introduced in April and
means families on housing benefit are
assessed on the number
of bedrooms they need.
Next, she worked with a dermatologic surgeon to code the images according to the Fitzpatrick scale
of skin tones, a six - point scale, from light to dark, originally developed
by dermatologists as a
means of assessing risk
of sunburn.
In fact, lichens are enlisted in North America and Europe as one
of the fastest and cheapest
means by which to
assess pollution levels.
To
assess the claims
of the loudest advocates
of smart drugs it is vital to sort out what they
mean by «improving memory» or «enhancing cognition».
«The successful implementation
of the technique used in this analysis opens an exciting possibility for exploring details
of the strong interaction between other abundantly produced particle species,» he said, noting that RHIC and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are ideally suited for these measurements, which are difficult to
assess by other
means.
However, sweat does have an advantage: taking blood samples with a needle is not a practical
means of assessing health on a minute -
by - minute basis.
Immunohistochemical demonstration
of Cyclin D1 have become an important
mean for
assessing cell proliferation, therefore the immunohistological demonstration
of cell cycle related antigens such as CDKs which regulated
by the different cyclins could provide a good tool for assessment
of cellular proliferation [11].
However, use
of heterologous promoters and genetic mosaic analysis indicated that rescue can be effected
by UNC - 7S expression in AVA, and, therefore, locomotion rescue is not a reliable measure
of functional reconstitution
of AVB: B gap junctions; other
means had to be employed to
assess the innexin composition
of these channels.
Since cortisol is the major stress hormone produced
by the adrenal glands, measurement
of cortisol levels may be a useful
means of assessing ability to cope with stress.
When
assessing maximal knee angle (flexion),
mean power output in the concentric phase a squat exercise, and vastus lateralis EMG amplitude, the test - re-test reliability measured
by the coefficient
of variation (COV) ranged between 5.3 — 7.8 %, which suggests that these measurements are comparatively consistent but not perfectly replicable.
Voorrips et al. (1993) confirmed with a population
of 50 mature women (
mean age 71 years) that those subjects who regularly did more walking had greater flexibility in the hip and spine (
assessed by sit - and - reach test) than their less active counterparts.
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I think dating
means any social activity undertaken
by, typically, two persons with the aim
of each
assessing the others suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship.
One
of Bennet's goals is to
assess students» skills more precisely,
by collecting and using data more effectively, and that
means using more than the CMT's.
Students learn through a logical and step -
by - step learning journey, including: - Defining the key term «patriotism» and considering its pros and cons; - Understanding key information about E.E Cummings» life; - Reading and interpreting the poem; - Investigating the structural make - up
of the poem, and considering how this links to the poet's message; - Identifying the language features used throughout the poem, and considering how these link to the poet's message; - Analysing how language and structure create
meaning through the poem; - Peer
assessing each others» learning attempts.
Students learn through a logical and step -
by - step learning journey, including: - Exploring the key concept
of «love» and its many
meanings; - Understanding key information about William Shakespeare and his sonnets; - Reading and interpreting the poem; - Understanding the poem, with a particular emphasis upon the content, language, and structural features; - Writing an extended analysis piece based upon how Shakespeare gets across his messages about love in the poem, through the use
of language and structure; - Peer
assessing each other's learning attempts.
Over the course
of this journey, they become able to: - Define the key term «bravery» and understand its position as a theme within the plot; - Read the story «Perseus and Medusa» and interpret the key
meanings; - Identify, explain, and analyse the key plot elements and themes in «Perseus and Medusa;» - Storyboard the main plot features in the text; - Engage deeply with the text
by inferring the thoughts and feelings
of the main character; - Peer
assess each other's learning attempts.
Most risk assessments are couched in terms
of identifying hazards,
assessing risks, and then reducing, minimising or eliminating them
by some
means or other.
The examination
of competency for demonstration
of subject area knowledge shall be sufficiently comprehensive to
assess subject matter expertise for individuals who have acquired subject knowledge either through college credit or
by other
means.
«Systemic» concerns identified
by an ISBE panel included a lack
of training for special ed staff, conflicting information for parents and educators, and problems with electronic programs
meant to
assess students» needs for services or develop education plans.
While we saw some good examples
of districts and CMOs putting a stake in the ground over a smaller number
of high - impact instructional leadership practices, we were surprised that many districts self -
assessed that they were busy working to evaluate and support principals without a clear and shared vision
of what they
meant by instructional leadership.
The LS - TPACK model provides a
means for
assessing the TPACK exhibited
by groups
of teachers as they immerse themselves in the simultaneous study
of content, technology, and pedagogy.
So we must also transform the
means by which we manage the human resources
of our public education system, and this will require that we examine every aspect
of the way in which we prepare, certify, mentor, retain, evaluate, and compensate educators, so that this entire chain and all
of its links will be
assessed based on their value added to Texas student achievement.
This innovative web - based program instantly
assesses student work
by evaluating the
meaning of text, not just grammar and spelling.
Both
of these packages work great in
assessing your data and helping you
by saving a lot
of time on determining such parameters as
mean, standard deviation, regression, correlation, t - test, Student's test, etc..
Then you would need some
means of assessing the length and intensity
of regret that would be suffered
by investors employing various sorts
of portfolio allocations.
An Overdraft / Paid Item fee
of $ 34 per item will be
assessed for overdrafts created
by check, in - person withdrawal, ATM withdrawal or other electronic
means.
This
means that a market dominated
by a firm or set
of firms pursuing a similar strategy will no longer be able to rely on prices as a reasonable guide in
assessing risk.
«This
means that, although
assessed by an appropriate expert to be a pit bull terrier type, he can be returned to his owners, following court approval with conditions, most
of which are mandatory under this legislation,» the council noted in a release sent to The Dodo.
In fact, the Cosmetic Ingredients Review (CIR)-- an organization that reviews and
assesses the safety
of ingredients in cosmetics — has deemed it safe for humans, especially in formulations
meant for brief use followed
by rinsing, such as shampoo.
(5a) «Approved foster care provider»
means an individual, nonprofit corporation, or association that cares for stray animals that has been favorably
assessed by the operator
of the animal shelter through the application
of written standards.