Focusing on the Q1 - Q5 gap, ∼ 13 % was explained by family
background factors including children's race / ethnicity, mother's age, child's age, and household size.
A number of studies have linked mesothelioma to
background factors including radiation treatments, other materials with similar properties as asbestos and even a particular gene.
Not exact matches
Their art - school
background ended up being an asset that helped set them apart from competitors (better user interface), along with a perfect wave of external
factors including timing, price, and a shift in consumer preferences towards artisanal experiences.
Higher criticism
includes an analysis of the literary genre of the text, its historical
background, the history of the oral tradition behind the text, and the cultural and psychological
factors at work on the author and editor (or editors) of the text.
«While cultural
background is always a significant consideration in making this decision, so too are other
factors including remaining in the local area to promote contact with the child's family and for the child to continue at the same school in order to give them as much stability as possible.»
Factors affecting pungency
include genetic
background, soil, temperature, fertilizer, and watering practices.
Additionally, the questionnaire
included questions about socio - demographic and pregnancy - related
factors such as age, ethnic
background, level of education, distance to hospital, any previous miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy and method of conception.
Recent research shows that regardless of
background, a close parent - child connection throughout childhood and beyond is the strongest
factor in preventing a variety of health and social problems,
including young people's involvement in drugs, violence, and unintended pregnancies.
Results were adjusted for several
factors including gestational age, maternal age, ethnic
background and socioeconomic status.
As mentioned earlier, these
factors include the frequency of breast - feeding (
including whether infants were exclusively breast - fed), the recall of feeding practices in retrospective studies, reverse causation (ie, atopic mothers having different breast - feeding practices than nonatopic mothers), and the maternal atopic
background.
All participants first completed a detailed food - frequency questionnaire along with a questionnaire regarding lifestyle and
background factors (alcohol, smoking, physical activity, and years of education) as well as a brief physical examination
including measurement of waist circumference.
This was the case even after a large number of other
factors,
including sex, race,
background, and medication use, were taken into account.
The study also found that
factors including family
background, health, home learning, parenting and early care and education explained over half the gaps in reading and math ability between children in the lowest versus highest socioeconomic strata.
«The range at which a ping can be heard depends on many environmental
factors like
background noise, changes of water density that cause ping refraction and shielding by seabed features
including the wreckage itself,» he warns.
The authors rightly acknowledge this, and point out that the association may be explained by confounding
factors (other
background factors which are linked to both antacid use and asthma risk) which have not been adequately controlled for in the studies
included in their review.
Counsel patients or others on the
background of neurological disorders
including risk
factors, or genetic or environmental concerns.
Background In our institute, the first research program on disseminated tumor cells (DTC) detection in the bone marrow of early breast cancer patients was initiated in the late 90's; with about a thousand patients
included, we constituted one of the largest cohort ever reported and contributed to the landmark report that established bone marrow DTC as a level - of - evidence 1 prognostic
factor in early breast cancer (Braun, N Engl J Med 2005).
Background: Small non-coding RNAs,
including miRNAs, and gene silencing mediated by RNA interference have been described in free - living and parasitic lineages of flatworms, but only few key
factors of the small RNA pathways have been exhaustively investigated in a limited number of species.
Background: There is little evidence regarding risk
factors for child obesity in Asian populations,
including the role of parental anthropometric and cardiometabolic risk
factors.
Preventative steps It's important to note that there are some risk
factors that you can't prevent, which
include age, family history and ethnic
background, but there are changes you can make in other aspects of your life to reduce your risk.
And additional risk
factors include a family history of diabetes, certain ethnic
backgrounds, and having gestational diabetes or giving birth to a baby that weighs more than 9 pounds.
Dr. Suzanne» s diverse
background includes research experience combining Ayurveda and conventional medicine, an exploration of the relationship between psychosocial risk
factors in pregnant urban teens and participation on a MacArthur Foundation funded team at University of California at San Francisco.
Other
factors include your ethnic
background, being overweight, having high blood pressure or high cholesterol and having a family history of diabetes.
While everyone is different and has different needs based on many different
factors including age, body type, blood type and cultural
background, for most people, a balanced diet consists of about 50 % veggies, 25 % non-processed starches (whole grains, starchy vegetables such as potatoes, yams or corn), and 25 % protein.
«The average initial length of time we spend with a client can be as much as three hours,» says Falzone, adding that the process
includes being interviewed by a matchmaker, getting personal matches based on extensive research and even running
background checks on prospective dates to improve the safety
factor.
When it comes to dating for Muslims, Shahzad Younas, CEO and Founder of muzmatch, said several unique
factors come into play,
including religion, family
background, and ethnicity, among others.
An in - depth profile outlines important personal
factors including your hobbies, eating habits, philosophies, and
background.
As noted previously, there are multiple
factors that impact students» ability to learn,
including age, demographics, cultural
background and the level of education, to name a few.
In general, VAMs
factor in the gains the student was expected to make based on past performance, and in some cases, control for elements such as peer characteristics and
background,
including poverty level and family education.
Background noise can have a major effect on speech, and can be a combination of many
factors,
including ingress noise from external activities (e.g. road traffic), building services, classroom equipment (e.g. projectors, whiteboards etc.), noise from adjacent spaces and general occupancy noise.
Raymond and her team removed the family
background variables from the Quality Counts Chance - for - Success Index to create a new index that
includes only school - related
factors.
The study compared student growth in classrooms led by teachers in Opportunity Culture roles to student growth in non-Opportunity Culture classrooms in both the same schools and in different schools, controlling for various
factors including student
background and prior performance.
Factors from student
backgrounds,
including their parents, communities, and individual characteristics, have a strong influence on achievement.
Student
factors include prior test score, gender, ethnic
background, parents» education, income and economic activity, and whether the family receives government benefits.
The version we use takes into account student
background characteristics and schooling environment
factors,
including students» socioeconomic status (SES), while simultaneously calculating school - average student test - score growth.
First, we made a straightforward comparison of the average test - score gains in classrooms run by TFA and non-TFA teachers, controlling for a variety of
factors known to influence academic achievement,
including students»
backgrounds, the students» previous performance on the TAAS, characteristics of their schools, and characteristics of their classmates.
They employ propensity score matching methods where they compare voucher students with similar students in public schools by matching across a variety of observable
background factors,
including baseline test scores.
The
background survey will
include five core areas — grit, desire for learning, school climate, technology use, and socioeconomic status — of which the first two focus on a student's noncognitive skills, and the third looks at noncognitive
factors in the school.
These pathways are dependent on lots of
factors including one's
background — both educational and experience.
Topics of focus
include the effects that income disparity, race, gender, family
backgrounds, and other
factors can have on educational outcomes as well as the causes, patterns, and effects of poverty and inequality.
Researchers controlled for
factors including student
background and prior performance.
But controlling for numerous
factors,
including students»
backgrounds, the researchers found that the value - added scores consistently identified some teachers as better than others, even if individual teachers» value - added scores varied from year to year.
The companies then run
background checks,
including a close examination of credit scores, available credit, and recent credit card applications, and they plug those
factors into mathematical models that predict the likelihood that you will repay the money.
There are
factors that are not
included: personal
backgrounds such as color, race, national origin, and marital status as well as employment information such as salary, occupation, employer, and employment history.
As with any private loan, the interest rate will be based on a variety of
factors including your credit score, employment history, income, and educational
background.
Possible explanations
include several
factors such as a too low age limit for breeding, import of breeding dogs with unknown ancestral
background, a lower inheritance of MMVD than previously estimated, inadequate compliance to the breeding programs among breeders, and insensitive screening methods.
(1) the temperament and developmental needs of the child; (2) the capacity and the disposition of the parents to understand and meet the needs of the child; (3) the preferences of each child; (4) the wishes of the parents as to custody; (5) the past and current interaction and relationship of the child with each parent, the child's siblings, and any other person,
including a grandparent, who may significantly affect the best interest of the child; (6) the actions of each parent to encourage the continuing parent child relationship between the child and the other parent, as is appropriate,
including compliance with court orders; (7) the manipulation by or coercive behavior of the parents in an effort to involve the child in the parents» dispute; (8) any effort by one parent to disparage the other parent in front of the child; (9) the ability of each parent to be actively involved in the life of the child; (10) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school, and community environments; (11) the stability of the child's existing and proposed residences; (12) the mental and physical health of all individuals involved, except that a disability of a proposed custodial parent or other party, in and of itself, must not be determinative of custody unless the proposed custodial arrangement is not in the best interest of the child; (13) the child's cultural and spiritual
background; (14) whether the child or a sibling of the child has been abused or neglected; (15) whether one parent has perpetrated domestic violence or child abuse or the effect on the child of the actions of an abuser if any domestic violence has occurred between the parents or between a parent and another individual or between the parent and the child; (16) whether one parent has relocated more than one hundred miles from the child's primary residence in the past year, unless the parent relocated for safety reasons; and (17) other
factors as the court considers necessary.
Such partnerships also bring risks, says Shawn der Kinderen, an Amsterdam - based corporate partner and co-head of the Africa group at international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: «There are a few important
factors in understanding the ability to do business with a local individual or company,
including: understanding their
background; knowing that they have proper anti-bribery and corruption policies in place; and being aware of their relationship with the local regulators.»
Courts consider a number of
factors including, but not limited to, age, salary, tenure, educational
background, recruitment to the job, specialty and whether similar positions are available in the marketplace at the time of termination.
The FTC defines a
background screening report as a consumer report when «they serve as a
factor in determining a person's eligibility for employment, credit, insurance, housing or other purposes and
include information bearing on a consumer's credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics or mode of living.»