Sentences with phrase «control group approached»

The difference in negative interaction between Mellow Babies and waiting - list control group approached significance, with less negative interaction observed between mothers and infants who attended the group.

Not exact matches

Then, three years ago, Bouchard was approached by Square Victoria Digital Properties, a subsidiary of holding company Power Corp. that controls the high - profile web portal Workopolis and the Olive Media online ad sales group.

Earlier this year, France arranged for state - controlled firm Gaz de France to take over Suez, after it became a target for Italian utilities group Entel, and Luxembourg has been accused of blocking a bid approach for Arcelor from Netherlands - based Mittal Steel.

Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group called it «an interesting approach where both parties have been at loggerheads for years» but said «there's definitely a possibility» that the proposal ended in another classic Albany impasse in which the Democrat - dominated Assembly and GOP - controlled Senate fail to agree on a bill that can make it to the governor's desk.

Subramanian says that an optimal approach may be to strategically use universal vaccines alongside conventional vaccines to protect at - risk groups while controlling transmission in the whole population.

To that end, a recent pilot study conducted by Greenfield demonstrated that a woman - centered approach could be as effective as a mixed - gender control group over the course of a 12 - week study.

The Caltech group wanted to see if the simpler intent to shake the hand could be used to control the prosthetic limb, instead of asking the subject to concentrate on each component of the handshake — a more painstaking and less natural approach.

Several research groups are pursuing gene therapy approaches to regenerate skin, such as using genes to control expression of growth factors involved in skin healing.

Our approach is innovative in that we propose to study a novel group of bioinformatically - predicted factors, which we hypothesize cooperate in controlling RGC axon growth and regeneration.

My approach to long term weight control is to lose weight slowly and patiently and follow a nutrition plan that is well balanced between lean protein, healthy fats and natural carbs and doesn't demonize any entire food group.

«Hotshots,» the film explains upfront, are an elite group of forest firefighters who are specially trained and certified to go into on - fire areas and establish a controlled fire line that the approaching inferno can not cross.

Because the randomized controlled trial approach has the important feature of generating comparable treatment and control groups, we can use a straightforward set of analytic techniques, designed for use in social experiments, to estimate the impact of a school tour to an art museum on student outcomes.

Studies adopting this approach take the students interested in attending a charter school, use a lottery to assign them randomly either to the charter school or to a control group of students who would not have access to that school, and then compare the achievement of the students given access to the charter school with that of the students in the control group.

Because the randomized controlled trial approach has the important feature of generating comparable treatment and control groups, we can use a straightforward set of analytic techniques, designed for use in social experiments, to estimate the impact of a school field trip to see live theater on student outcomes.

The main limitation of this approach is that there are likely to be differences between the two groups that can not be controlled for, such as school or class.

Pennsylvania can easily start by embracing the approach taken by Louisiana and its so - far successful reform effort in New Orleans, handing over control of traditional schools to an array of Parent Power groups, community organizations, and charter school operators.

But over the last few years, the Bloomberg approach has been vindicated by an innovative, multiyear study showing that the poor, minority students who attend small specialized schools do better academically than students in a control group who attend traditional high schools.

Options: Power sunroof ($ 950); adaptive cruise control group including forward collision warning and adaptive speed control ($ 795); driver confidence group including blind - spot with rear cross-path detection, rain - sensitive windshield wipers, smartbeam headlamps and approach lamps ($ 745); 245 / 45R -20 BSW three - season performance tires ($ 150)

Options: Adaptive cruise control group including forward collision warning, adaptive speed control ($ 795); driver confidence group with blind - spot and rear - cross path detection, rain - sensitive windshield wipers, smartbeam headlamps, approach lamps ($ 745); redline three - coat exterior paint ($ 500); 245/45 R20 BSW three season performance tires ($ 150)

I am going to approach this in terms of risk reward, basically the risk reward ratios will be the «control group» and the trading strategy or entry method will be the «variable group», for all of you science freaks out there.

Further, the ASPCA supports a community - based approach to resolving the reckless guardian / dangerous dog question whereby all stakeholders — animal control, animal shelters, medical and veterinary professionals, civic groups, teachers, public officials — collectively identify an appropriate dog bite prevention strategy.

The before / after approach is definitely a good route, but I am not sure the control group is a credible one.

An explorer's longing to approach the unknown, the use of a control group in scientific method, and the formalist use of relational color or tone are all based on comparisons.

This controlled, but loose, approach to a central theme brought out some exceptional work from the group of artists invited to participate, and true to the aspirations of the exhibition gave a comparative insight to how creative minds interpret the same brief when provided with the same materials and information.

That they take such a cavalier approach to any form of Quality Control, an aggressively hostile stance against any outside review of their work and refuse to seek any advice from those with relevant professional expertise, speaks to me of a closed and inward - looking group of «scientists» with a siege mentality.

A spokesman for Sen. McCain said the approach outlined by the EPA «would give a small, unelected group of bureaucrats unprecedented power to regulate broad swaths of our economy — effectively placing production, employment and investment decisions under government control.»

We will maintain this, whilst working with our colleagues in Italy, Germany and Austria to expand this approach across the Group and encourage landlords where we don't have control of the energy contract to also switch to renewable energy.»

An EPA - sponsored Utility MACT Working Group composed of 29 experts from the utility industry, state and local air quality offices and environmental groups were confident that a Utility MACT rule, mandated under the Clean Air Act due to mercury's toxicity, would be EPA's approach to control mercury emissions from power plants.

Attacking a rooms full of mysteries and puzzles with an ambitious group of startup types was an inspiring (and hilarious), immersive experience into the controlled chaos of a take - no - prisoners / failure - is - not - an - option approach to prioritizing and overcoming a series of challenges that could well been a workshop designed to cultivate the very qualities Suchsland espouses.)

The New York Times says the anti-proliferation group New Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control is criticizing the Bush Administration approach in an upcoming report.

Both groups utilized an Agile approach, including building the report sections in sprints, using a Trello - based kanban board to track progress, embracing Slack for asynchronous many - to - many communications, and, for the Innovation Committee, building our report using the real - time collaboration and change - control features of Google Docs.

The approach set out by the Inquiry is consistent with the international strategy for capacity development and the Harvard project - emphasizing the crucial role of governance and control by the group who is aiming to achieve sustained social and economic development.

The Criminal Justice Services treatment philosophy and approach to clients is to provide accurate information about the possible consequences of alcohol and other drug misuse; provide clients the opportunity to explore related ideas and feelings in a controlled group setting; and, enforce compliance with firm attendance and behavioral standards.

An intention - to - treat approach was used to compare intervention and control groups on study outcomes.

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In another evaluation of an early - intervention approach, parents of 51 preschool - aged children suspected of having an ASD participated in the Hanen More Than Words program either immediately or after a delay.15 Investigators» operationalization of «suspected ASD» included identification of language delay and concerns about social behavior by a pediatrician and / or a speech and language therapist, which resulted in inclusion of children without ASDs within the intervention and control groups.

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People who reflected on approach - motivated sexual experiences reported feeling more desire for their partner, more satisfied with their sex life, and happier with their overall relationship compared to people who reflected on avoidance - motivated sexual experiences or people in the control group.

Studies that compare two (or more) different treatment approaches, compare a treatment to a waitlist or placebo control, or compare group to individual therapy would all be welcome at Group Dynagroup to individual therapy would all be welcome at Group DynaGroup Dynamics.

Alexander Mediation Group rejects the traditional adversarial litigation approach to divorce in favor of the conflict resolution approach of mediation, keeping you out of the courtroom and in control of your divorce and thus your life.

They were approached shortly after delivery and were given a brochure explaining the longitudinal study, including the evaluation schedule and the randomization procedure used to determine intervention / control group assignment.

Similarly, in a study of Interpersonal Psychotherapy approaches to preventing youth depression, Young and colleagues found that teens who participated in a skills - based intervention targeting interpersonal role disputes, role transitions and interpersonal deficits reported fewer depressive symptoms at six - months follow - up than teens who were assigned to a school counseling control group.

The adopters who agreed to join the study were randomly allocated to one of two parenting interventions (a cognitive - behavioral approach or an educational approach) or to a waitlist control group.

A schema - focused approach to group psychotherapy for outpatients with borderline personality disorder: A randomized controlled trial.

There were three randomly - assigned conditions — an opportunity to use our staff as consultants once a year (the control group), a couples group that emphasized parent - child relationships during the open - ended part of the evenings (the more traditional approach), or a couples group that focused more on the relationship between the parents during the open - ended parts.

These practices are typically grouped under the umbrella of restrictive - feeding practices; however, covert (eg, avoid bringing snack foods into the home) and limit - setting approaches for which control is shared between the parent and child (eg, «parent provides, child decides») may differ from coercive forms of control such as restriction, ie, parent maintains complete control over access (4 — 7).

Further, in a study evaluating a parent — adolescent teamwork approach to diabetes management, adolescents in the intervention group reported significantly less parent — child conflict related to diabetes management [measured by the Diabetes Family Behavior Checklist (DFBC)-RSB- and were in better metabolic control (Anderson, Ho, Brackett, & Laffel, 1999).

They were approached shortly after delivery and given a brochure explaining the longitudinal study, including the evaluation schedule and the randomization procedure used to determine intervention / control group assignment.

A schema - focused approach to group psychotherapy for outpatients with borderline personality disorder: a randomized controlled trial

Studies using the VIPP - SD approach showed positive effects on maternal sensitivity in intervention groups compared to control groups in various samples: insecure mothers (Klein Velderman et al. 2006a, b), insensitive mothers (Kalinauskiene et al. 2009), mothers with eating disorders (Stein et al. 2006), adoptive mothers (Juffer et al. 2005), and mothers of children with externalizing problems (Van Zeijl et al. 2006; for an overview see Juffer et al. 2009).