Sentences with phrase «by study members»

Interestingly, credit scores did not simply act as a proxy for income; instead, the link between credit scores and cardiovascular disease risk was largely explained by study members» level of human capital: their educational attainment, cognitive ability, and self - control.

As previously described, 46 the measure of childhood maltreatment includes (1) maternal rejection assessed at age 3 years by observational ratings of mothers» interaction with the study children, (2) harsh discipline assessed at ages 7 and 9 years by parental report of disciplinary behaviors, (3) 2 or more changes in the child's primary caregiver, and (4) physical abuse and (5) sexual abuse reported by study members once they reached adulthood.

Backtracking into the data on these study participants, the researchers found that about 20 % of the relationship between credit scores and heart health was accounted for by the attitudes, behaviors and competencies displayed by the study members when they were younger than age 10.

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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

WHITE HOUSE, citing a study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: «If all member nations met their obligations, the impact on the climate would be negligible,» curbing temperature rise by «less than.2 degrees Celsius in 2100.»

In 2012, a study conducted by the Los Angeles Times found that roughly 94 % of the organization's members were white and that a significant majority were men with a median age of 62.

One potential source of help, once the chaos subsided, came from a community organization called «US» (meaning «as opposed to them»), which was formed by members of a discussion group called the «Circle of Seven,» led by Malcolm X's cousin Hakim Jamal and one of Malcolm X's disciples, a UCLA Africana Studies doctoral student who was born Ron Everett but changed his name to Maulana Karenga.

According to the study — which analyzed health insurance data on gender transition - related expenditures — extending medical care to transgender service members would increase costs by $ 2.4 million to $ 8.4 million a year.

A 1997 study by a University of British Columbia team asked psychology students to rate the intelligence of the other members of their regular discussion meetings.

A 2015 Nielsen global online study showed that almost three out of four members of generation Y were willing to pay more for a product or item that was produced by a brand that was dedicated to sustainability.

When inviting members to participate in a study, the company may segment its members by age, region, and spend to ensure that it has a wide representation, Boehm explained.

A study published in the journal Science and written by three members of the Facebook data science team found that the News Feed algorithm suppresses what they called «diverse content» by 8 percent for self - identified liberals and 5 percent for self - identified conservatives.

The new study, published in the Journal of Management, suggests that a bad mood caused by an oafish colleague doesn't simply go away when we get home; bad moods travel home with us, causing unhappy employees to lash out at their family members.

Of the 990 companies in the three markets studied by Grant Thornton that had female board members, 127, or 13 %, were employed as executives.

According to a 2016 study published by the Harvard Business Review, including more than one woman or member of a racial minority in a finalist pool helps combat unconscious bias among interviewers and increases the likelihood of a diverse hire.

About 46 percent of U.S. consumers have made a mobile payment, according to a study by The Pew Charitable Trusts released this week, with most of those users being millennials or members of Generation X.

GATA board member Adrian Douglas has studied the LBMA statistics and Christian's work and estimates that the great majority of gold sold by LBMA members doesn't exist — that most gold sales by LBMA members are highly leveraged.

Mr. Chair, committee members, thank you for the invitation to take part in your study on new and emerging issues faced by Canadian importers and exporters in relation to their international competitiveness.

Remarks delivered by Brian Kingston, Vice President, International and Fiscal Issues Mr. Chair, committee members, thank you for the invitation to take part in your study on the Minister of Finance's proposed changes to the Income Tax Act respecting the taxation of private corporations.

Remarks delivered by Brian Kingston, Vice President, International and Fiscal Issues Mr. Chair, committee members, thank you for the invitation to take part in your study on new and emerging issues faced by Canadian importers and exporters in relation to their international competitiveness.

The measure continues to do well by members in real - time as well (beyond the constraints of any academic study).

The most comprehensive study of its kind, it provides detailed county - by - county information on congregations, members, adherents and attendance for 236 different faiths groups.

Reinforcing the fact that this book is historical fiction and not a precise biography, my friend Dalia Mogahed (executive director of the Center for Muslim Studies at Gallup and member of President Barack Obama's Advisory Council on Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships) rightfully noted in her review that this «is not a book recounting Muhammad's life, but a beautiful story inspired by it... There was editorial license and creativity, and while many of the words and events have been recorded in authentic sources, many have not...»

After earning his degree, he studied Spanish, mathematics, physics and the real estate business through mail - order texts paid for by family members.

When some of the other staff members and I formed a Bible study group, Karima surprised us by asking to join.

The broader purpose of Ashcraft's study is to demonstrate by example the virtue of taking political and religious ideology out of the realm of abstract philosophical discussion and considering it «in relation to a socially defined audience whose members seek to obtain certain practical advantages through social action.

I guess I've been burned by a church bureaucracy that insisted on controlling what members studied, and on and on.

Based on various research studies, it could be estimated that approximately twenty - five of his members have been hospitalized for major mental illness in the past, twenty - four are alcoholics, another fifty are severely handicapped by neurotic conflicts, and another one hundred by moderate neurotic symptoms.

In August 1997, I visited Thailand as a member of Women's Study Tour organized by Asia - Japan Women's Resource Centre and in September, Myanmar (Burma) as a resource person of a human rights training course.

He is a sampling of their programs: systematic study of Dorothy Baruch New Ways in Discipline, (New York: McGraw - Hill Book Company, 1949) a mental health film entitled «Angry Boy,» a talk by a pediatrician, a trip with their children to a zoo, a talk by the minister on «Handling a Child's Fear of Death,» an a panel of members on «Sex Education of Young Children.»

Seven different tile designs have been recreated so far by Frankie Snyder, a project team member with an academic background in mathematics and Judaic studies.

One becomes a member of this class by completing a long course of study in grammar, philology, history and logic, as well as in interpretation of the Qur» an and the hadith.

Murray Straus's studies suggest that marital violence occurs in one out of four marriages, not as a single event but as a pattern (Richard J. Gelles and Claire Pedrick Cornell, Intimate Violence in Families [Sage Publications, 1985], p. 69) The Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence estimates that one girl out of three and one boy out of seven are sexually abused by age 18, and that in half the cases their abusers are family members; that 1 million children are physically abused by parents or caretakers every year; and that 1 million elderly people are abused every year by their adult children.

Last fall I was a member of a small team of scholars and health - care professionals that was sent by the Park Ridge Center, Park Ridge, Illinois (an institute that studies the interrelations of health, faith and ethics), to look at medicine, religion and ethics in China.

Of AA., he says: «Considering Alcoholics Anonymous, for instance, two studies cited by Fingarette that looked at eighteen - month followups of people in AA found that at most, 25 percent of people were still attending meetings, and that among regular AA members, only 22 percent consistently maintained sobriety.

A study by Bibby and Brinkerhoff reinforces the idea that there has not been the same falloff of youth from the conservative churches, and that they have acquired some members from the other churches.

After several months in a Bible study - growth group (led by their pastor) the members began to look for ways to share their new awareness of relationships and the Christian life in their community.

The data, insights and ideas gained from these sources and from the study of many special documents have been worked through by the members of the staff, individually and in many seminar sessions.

Join us as we study preassigned readings from classic Western Civilization texts in small - group seminars limited to 15 participants per group, with discussion facilitated by faculty members from Northeast Catholic College.

A further book, sponsored by the study but not written by members of the staff, is to be published soon.

A former gang member, Rivers confesses to studying the strategies used by the NOI in its heyday.

This tentative model for understanding the causes of problem drinking is offered in the report of the Cooperative Commission on the Study of Alcoholism: «An individual who (1) responds to beverage alcohol in a certain way, perhaps physiologically determined, by experiencing intense relief and relaxation, and who (2) has certain personality characteristics, such as difficulty in dealing with and overcoming depression, frustration, and anxiety, and who (3) is a member of a culture in which there is both pressure to drink and culturally induced guilt and confusion regarding what kinds of drinking behavior are appropriate, is more likely to develop trouble than will most other people.»

There are at least four channels through which the prophetic ministry can be implemented: (a) prophetic preaching, (b) study - discussion groups (and other educational programs), (c) social action groups, and (d) action by individual members through community social action projects.

James had been convinced that Chicago had both through his readings from the University's Decennial Publications series, especially Studies in Logical Theory, co-authored by John Dewey and other members of the philosophy department.

At the press conference announcing the Annenberg - Gallup study, a member of the audience, himself an electronic - church broadcaster, summed up the report by commenting, rather wistfully, «It looks like the research is saying that all that religious TV is doing is to make people feel good and to get them to keep on doing what they «re doing!»

Founded by leading thinker and member of the communist party, Harry Hay, the Mattachine Society members convinced H00ker to embark on a research study of h0m0 on their behalf in order to advance the movement.

The study also included an effort to determine how much agreement exists between individual members» views and the official theological positions of the church, first by interviewing theologians to determine what the official positions were, then by surveying pastors to see if these positions were taught, and finally by surveying members about their own beliefs.

We are also educating our seminarians to look outward by establishing the permanent presence of a Third World faculty member, inviting guest faculty from abroad and encouraging foreign students who become involved in our specially designed program in international Christian studies.

Hilton in his study of the use of television worship services by the members of the lrvington Presbyterian Church found that 9 percent of the members of that church have stayed home on occasion to watch television worship services rather than gone to the local church to worship, and 3 percent of the members said the television worship services had caused them to be less involved in their local church.

I have a case study that we often provide to churches in which a pastor is informed one night by a congregation member that his son has just disclosed being sexually abused by the interim youth volunteer, who happens to be a well - known, respected elder in the church.