Sentences with phrase «best effects on outcomes»

However, existing evidence also suggests that highly structured tutoring programmes provide the best effects on outcomes (i.e. where tutors are well trained, lessons focus on specific reading skills and sessions are timetabled systematically).

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

No doubt the good monks of Maria Laach never intended such an outcome, but in effect they began a movement that inflicted on the Roman Catholic liturgy the same fetishizing attention that the Russian nationalists were contemporaneously bestowing on the icon.

to Emil Brunner (by which writing, incidentally, Americans still know him best) reflected his sense for the possible effect of Brunner's speaking of nature and grace» on the outcome of that struggle.

Their results showed that ``... although both oils showed beneficial effects on SCORAD, TEWL [Transepidermal water loss], and skin capacitance values, VCO was significantly better in improving all outcomes.»

With decisive games coming up against Juventus and Inter, it could all depend on the outcomes of these two encounters and it may well have a knock - on effect in terms of determining their budget for the summer transfer window.

I'm sure no one expected that these two could handle themselves quite this well in a fight and it will be interesting to see what effect this fight has on the outcome of the game.

Ryan did fumble it, the defender absolutely used the ground for the INT, Hardy fumbled his catch, and I'm sure Gabriel was held on fourth and one, but we r too damn good to even let the zebras effect the the outcome of the game..

Holding men who use violence fully responsible for their behaviour and its effect on their children will provide better outcomes for the whole family.

Our study illustrates that a randomized intervention trial with good socioeconomic information can help assess interventions designed to improve population health not only by examining the intervention effects on primary outcomes but also by evaluating the intervention's impact on socioeconomic inequalities.

Two reviews do not report summary measures of effectiveness but suggest that parent training has a positive effect on children's behaviour problems, parental well - being and social outcomes [15] and a positive effect for young children with conduct disorder [16].

While father absence has been associated with a host of negative children's outcomes, including increased risk of dropping out of school and lower educational attainment, poorer physical and mental health, and behavioural problems,36 - 40 higher levels of involvement by nonresident fathers may assuage the negative effects of father absence on children's outcomes.41, 42 Quality of the parents» relationship before divorce, or of the pre-divorce father / child relationship, can also be an important factor: children fare worse following divorce when pre-divorce relationships were good and fare better when pre-divorce relationships were poor, 43,44 suggesting children are sometimes better off without a father if the father's relationship to the child or the mother was not good.

Each model is different in terms of scientific, humanistic, economic and outcome efficiencies and deficiencies, as well as effect on providers and recipients of these models of care.

These findings are all consistent with the growing body of literature on the impact of adverse childhood experiences on neurological, cognitive, emotional and social development, as well as physical health.38 Although some studies have found no relation between physical punishment and negative outcomes, 35 and others have found the relation to be moderated by other factors, 12 no study has found physical punishment to have a long - term positive effect, and most studies have found negative effects.17

Brown makes good use of up - to - date political science research to dispel myths which «strong» leaders often believe of themselves; namely that they have a determining effect on election outcomes and a voter's party affiliation though he notes that obvious discrepancies will exist between parliamentary and presidential systems in these regards.

«Our results suggest that, up to the age of 45, there is little effect of male age on treatment outcome, but sperm donors are a selected population based on good sperm quality.

Those arguments have been largely based on good treatment outcomes for talk therapy with fewer side effects and lower relapse rates, said Greenberg.

In addition to postoperative A-fib, researchers are studying, for example, what factors can improve outcomes of surgeries performed on weekends; how many rectal cancer operations a hospital needs to perform for the best results; and whether having a trauma department confers a beneficial «halo effect» on patient outcomes across the board.

Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California, suggest that high levels of carbon monoxide in the seals» blood has a protective effect — echoing laboratory research on rats and mice that has found the gas has anti-inflammatory properties and can lead to better outcomes after organ transplant.

Two drugs taken together can sometimes lead to outcomes that largely deviate from the effect of the separated compounds — a fact well known from warnings on patient information leaflets.

Lee is studying the effect of health supporters» communication styles on patients» health outcomes, and Lee and Rosland are leading studies in the VA to examine the best ways to design and provide training in effective communication to patients and their health supporters.

Scientists still have to analyze the data collected to learn more about how well the drug, called TKM - Ebola - Guinea, was tolerated and what specific effects it had on disease outcomes, says Peter Horby of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, who headed the study.

The blood pressure medication angiotensin - converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) appear to reduce major cardiovascular events and death, as well death from all other causes, in patients with diabetes, while angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) appear to have no such effect on those outcomes.

«Outcomes of interest include efficacy as well as an evaluation of the immediate risk - benefit ratio and an evaluation of the long - term effect of sedatives on neurocognitive development and posttraumatic stress.»

Out of the thousands of studies evaluated, the RAND analysis identified 62 that investigated the causal effects of gun polices on any of the outcomes RAND investigated, including those of concern to gun owners and the gun industry, as well as violence, suicide and injury.

This leads to positive or negative effects on ecosystems, and in turn, either better or worse outcomes than current estimates would suggest.

Paternal depression is associated negative child outcomes, including emotional and behavioral problems.14 Although paternal depression does not expose fetuses and infants to the same intrauterine / physiological risks as maternal depression, paternal genetic and psychosocial factors may act directly on the child and indirectly through their effect on maternal well - being.5, 15

Plus, the negative effects of stress on the body have been well - documented, and these factors could also affect IVF outcomes.

The combination of grape extract and physical activity offers more protection than physical activity alone 06.03.2018 Betaine forces fat cells to eat themselves 17.02.2018 Nine easy ways to lose body fat 13.02.2018 Sewage water during bodybuilding competitions full of DNP 04.02.2018 «Safe» DNP cycle, fatal outcome 27.01.2018 Paleo diet makes fat cells lazy (and if you're trying to lose weight, that's exactly what you want) 21.01.2018 Legumes facilitate weight maintenance and fat loss 20.01.2018 More sleep = less sugars in your diet 17.01.2018 Low intensity cardio before breakfast burns more fat if you take some L - phenylalanine 29.12.2017 Slimming goes better with a couple of tablespoons of chia daily 23.12.2017 Better weight loss results with intermittent low - calorie diet 01.12.2017 Circuit training with light weights causes just as much fat loss as classic cardio training 23.11.2017 Allulose, the low - calorie carb that boosts fat burning 19.11.2017 Alpha - linolenic acid - diacylglycerol steps up fat burning 16.11.2017 People who use light products are fatter 30.10.2017 This is what happens if you eat 14 g goji berries every day 17.10.2017 Soft drink ruins slimming effect of high - protein diet 14.09.2017 When children take 8 g inulin daily their fat layers stop growing 09.08.2017 Enhanced fat burning through green and white tea - brown fat cells play key role 13.07.2017 Short interval training between meals keeps a slimming diet on course 15.06.2017 Exercising before breakfast trains your fat tissues to break themselves down 01.06.2017 Lose weight without noticing it: drink water when you're thirsty 20.05.2017 Animal study: plant - based proteins with bad amino acid profile make you fatter 14.05.2017 Weight loss diet while physically inactive speeds up loss of muscle mass 12.05.2017 Lose weight faster than you'd believe possible: skip breakfast and jog for an hour 09.05.2017 Skip breakfast - a slimming trick that works 03.05.2017 Eating whole grain products instead of refined ones saves you a hundred kilocalories a day 01.05.2017 Another fat browner: curcumin 27.04.2017 Two cups of green tea daily results in more brown fat 25.04.2017 Boost your flavonoid intake and lower your fat percentage 21.04.2017 Not a breakfast better with a couple of tablespoons of chia daily 23.12.2017 Better weight loss results with intermittent low - calorie diet 01.12.2017 Circuit training with light weights causes just as much fat loss as classic cardio training 23.11.2017 Allulose, the low - calorie carb that boosts fat burning 19.11.2017 Alpha - linolenic acid - diacylglycerol steps up fat burning 16.11.2017 People who use light products are fatter 30.10.2017 This is what happens if you eat 14 g goji berries every day 17.10.2017 Soft drink ruins slimming effect of high - protein diet 14.09.2017 When children take 8 g inulin daily their fat layers stop growing 09.08.2017 Enhanced fat burning through green and white tea - brown fat cells play key role 13.07.2017 Short interval training between meals keeps a slimming diet on course 15.06.2017 Exercising before breakfast trains your fat tissues to break themselves down 01.06.2017 Lose weight without noticing it: drink water when you're thirsty 20.05.2017 Animal study: plant - based proteins with bad amino acid profile make you fatter 14.05.2017 Weight loss diet while physically inactive speeds up loss of muscle mass 12.05.2017 Lose weight faster than you'd believe possible: skip breakfast and jog for an hour 09.05.2017 Skip breakfast - a slimming trick that works 03.05.2017 Eating whole grain products instead of refined ones saves you a hundred kilocalories a day 01.05.2017 Another fat browner: curcumin 27.04.2017 Two cups of green tea daily results in more brown fat 25.04.2017 Boost your flavonoid intake and lower your fat percentage 21.04.2017 Not a breakfast Better weight loss results with intermittent low - calorie diet 01.12.2017 Circuit training with light weights causes just as much fat loss as classic cardio training 23.11.2017 Allulose, the low - calorie carb that boosts fat burning 19.11.2017 Alpha - linolenic acid - diacylglycerol steps up fat burning 16.11.2017 People who use light products are fatter 30.10.2017 This is what happens if you eat 14 g goji berries every day 17.10.2017 Soft drink ruins slimming effect of high - protein diet 14.09.2017 When children take 8 g inulin daily their fat layers stop growing 09.08.2017 Enhanced fat burning through green and white tea - brown fat cells play key role 13.07.2017 Short interval training between meals keeps a slimming diet on course 15.06.2017 Exercising before breakfast trains your fat tissues to break themselves down 01.06.2017 Lose weight without noticing it: drink water when you're thirsty 20.05.2017 Animal study: plant - based proteins with bad amino acid profile make you fatter 14.05.2017 Weight loss diet while physically inactive speeds up loss of muscle mass 12.05.2017 Lose weight faster than you'd believe possible: skip breakfast and jog for an hour 09.05.2017 Skip breakfast - a slimming trick that works 03.05.2017 Eating whole grain products instead of refined ones saves you a hundred kilocalories a day 01.05.2017 Another fat browner: curcumin 27.04.2017 Two cups of green tea daily results in more brown fat 25.04.2017 Boost your flavonoid intake and lower your fat percentage 21.04.2017 Not a breakfast eater?

Although the thermogenic effect of CCRT has the potential to produce significant effects on these metabolic targets as well as on fat absorption and energy intake, possibly via its impact on the gut microbiota and gene expression, a clinically meaningful outcome also depends on compliance by the subjects.

The 1968 Rachel, Rachel was the outcome of Woodward's exile; she and Newman admitted it was carefully designed as a vehicle to resuscitate her career, and the ploy worked brilliantly — he directed, she starred, and together they led the film to four Oscar nominations, including Best Actress and Best Picture.The following year Woodward and Newman reunited onscreen for the auto - racing drama Winning, and again starred together in 1970s politically charged W.U.S.A., a reflection of the couple's high - profile support of liberal causes; when 1971's They Might Be Giants proved unsuccessful, Newman directed Woodward to Best Actress honors at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival for The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man - in - the - Moon Marigolds.

So, what we're suggesting is while those programs are also very important and they show good effects on changing behaviours or other outcomes, teacher - student relationships are also important and could achieve similar effects through building positive relationships.

Research on private school choice is much better equipped to measure the effects on participants» outcomes than to offer guidance on policy design.

When you look at the things that successful organizations are doing, you have no idea whether each one of those things caused the good outcomes, had no effect on success, or was actually an impediment that held organizations back from being even more successful.

The schools» effects on other kinds of outcomes and over the longer haul are simply unknown, as are their effects on youngsters whose exam scores were well above the cutoff.

Each research design has different strengths and weaknesses, but the fact that they all produce similar results suggests that we have obtained good evidence on the causal effect of high - school teachers» expectations on student outcomes.

If you run a small school in a poor city, and you're trying to boost outcomes for your students by awarding scholarships to encourage attendance and achievement, do you give the scholarships to the best students, or to the neediest?As it turns out, both pathways have beneficial effects on...

Well respected studies from the likes of Thomas Dee and Brian Jacob, for example, have shown the effects of NCLB - style accountability on student outcomes using NAEP data.

Research has also shown that well - designed teacher preparation programs have a positive effect on reading outcomes.

Evidence from the negative - income - tax experiments carried out by the federal government between 1968 and 1982 showed only mixed effects of income on children's outcomes, and subsequent work by the University of Chicago's Susan Mayer cast doubt on any causal relationship between parental income and child well - being.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, New Jersey, and Boston, pre-kindergarten programs demonstrate impressive outcomes that include positive effects on math scores, grade retention, and chronic absenteeism at the end of grade 8; increased achievement on language arts, literacy, math, and science, as well as decreased grade retention and special education placement at the end of grade 5; and stronger than typical impacts on academic readiness (effect sizes in the 0.4 — 0.6 range) at school entry.

The best way to help them is to develop new methods for evaluating education outcomes and to assemble high - quality evidence on the long - term programmatic effects of different programs, serving different populations, in different geographic settings.

Rigorous research on vouchers, tax credits and other school privatization models like charter schools shows that the effect of vouchers on student achievement and other outcomes is highly suspect at best.

The Mentoring Effect: Young People's Perspectives on the Outcomes and Availability of Mentoring The Mentoring Effect is a compelling report informed by the first - ever nationally representative survey of young people on the topic of both informal and formal mentoring, as well as a literature and landscape review and insights from a variety of key leaders in business, philanthropy, government, and education.

This included teacher - student relationships, which researchers have consistently found have positive effects on students» academic and social outcomes as well as teachers» job satisfaction and engagement.

He was a co-author of a study that showed that teachers who helped students raise standardized test scores had a lasting effect on those students» future incomes, as well as other lifelong outcomes.

Mindfulness has become a leading social - emotional learning trend in schools, and a range of studies have shown it to have positive effects on students» emotional health as well as academic outcomes.

There is a «word - gap» between disadvantaged children and their better - off peers by the age of five, and evidence shows it «has a long term effect on educational outcomes», the Department for Education said.

By exploiting the sharp performance cutoffs that determine tenure status as well as the longitudinal nature of available data before and after the legislated changes in tenure policy, this dissertation seeks to quantify the effects of tenure reforms on performance and retention outcomes for teachers in Tennessee.