Sentences with phrase «effect of a single year»

In fact, the effect of a single year spent in a charter school was equivalent to half of the black - white achievement gap.

Not exact matches

Scientists have often talked about «the butterfly effect» wherein it is entirely possible that a single flap of a butterfly a thousand years ago on the other side of the world sparked off a chain of events that ultimately and eventually led to an F5 tornado ripping through Moore, Oklahoma.

Maybe changing the face masks back to single bar would have an effect, but even then probably not because of the instinct the players have built up over the years of football training.

While a single press release does not a campaign make, Amedore's charge that the reconfiguration of utility capacity zones which went into effect May 1 could cost mid-Hudson customers $ 300 million over the next three years got my attention.

And yet, looking now beyond the Demos document, whereas someone like Dominic Grieve has demonstrated (following the 7 July bombings and subsequently) a real appreciation of the mutual alterity of all the various communities which make up Britain today, Gordon Brown maintains instead a sort of toned down version of the cricket test (drawn from Roger Scruton) whilst earlier this year Ed Balls, in probably the nastiest single smear since Smethwick in» 64, referred to Grieve on Any Questions as «a friend of terrorists» or something to that effect.

Adebanjo said the letter of appointment was personally signed by Senator Waku and Prof. Fuwape's appointment takes effect from Wednesday, May 24, 2017, adding that it would be for a single term of five years.

Recall the heady days of 2005 - 06, when the Democrats, who hadn't elected a majority in the county legislature in almost 30 years under the Republican - controlled multi-member at - large system in effect since 1967, were touting single - member elections as the end - all and be-all to curing the ills (read, jail debacle) of county government.

Analysis by the House of Commons library, commissioned by the Labour MP Owen Smith, found self - employed single parents with two children who earned # 10,000 a year would lose 16 % of their income in total once all the changes came into effect.

A statement on Friday by the Director of Communications in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHoCSF), Haruna Imrana, noted that the appointment which took effect from 20th June 2017 is for a single five - year term.

Mr Barwell said: «The single thing we did that had the most effect in terms of building a personal vote was something I started years before the election, not really with any thought to having the election.

A 2010 Stanford University study found that these domes act like pressure cookers, exacerbating pollution's harmful health effects, and may already be responsible for up to 1,000 excess deaths across the country, the equivalent of two jumbo jet crashes every single year.

Three years ago, six million out of the seven million phone lines in Washington DC went down when a single incorrect digit in such a routeing program caused an avalanche effect, as traffic was switched from one overloaded computer exchange to the next.

About ten years ago, after ferroelectric properties were demonstrated in ultra-thin single - crystal films of perovskites, an alternative concept for memory devices was proposed — based on the use of the tunnel effect.

The single PSA screening intervention detected more prostate cancer cases but had no significant effect on prostate cancer mortality after a median follow - up of 10 years.

What is the effect of an invitation to a single prostate - specific antigen (PSA) screening on prostate cancer detection and median 10 - year prostate cancer mortality?

Question What is the effect of an invitation to a single prostate - specific antigen (PSA) screening on prostate cancer detection and median 10 - year prostate cancer mortality?

Years after receiving a single dose of gene therapy, patients on the hemophilia B trial continued to produce their own clotting factor from the normal transferred gene with minimal side effects.

Then no muscle growth 07.04.18 Five (well, four really) things you can do to be happier 06.04.18 The anti-AGE-ing effect of olive oil 05.04.18 A healthy sleep rhythm makes antioestrogens more effective 04.04.18 Ginger and turmeric are effective painkillers 03.04.18 People who eat vegetables are happier and more creative 02.04.18 This is the hormonal impact of a triathlon 01.04.18 The narrow - grip version of the bench press stimulates the pecs just as well as the regular bench press 31.03.18 Why a low - carbohydrate diet might make intermittent fasting more effective 30.03.18 Bloodletting for bodybuilders 29.03.18 Bar with protein from insects no match for the good, old shake with whey 28.03.18 Animal study: SAM - e inhibits breast cancer 27.03.18 For glutes & hamstrings, single - leg squats are better than regular squats or stiff - leg deadlifts 26.03.18 Testosterone makes cancer more agressive 25.03.18 How half a year of bench presses will change your body 24.03.18 Skipping breakfast does not make you fatter (but it may make you slimmer) 23.03.18 The modified ginseng supplement GINST15, Compound K and muscles 22.03.18 Creatine has more effect on upper body muscles than on lower body muscles 21.03.18 Sadistic variants of the pull - up are just as good for your muscles as the humane version 20.03.18 In your sixties?

Humans have been consuming animals (in much greater quantities than we do now) for millions of years without ill effect, and historically there has never been a single vegan culture.

As this year's US presidential race continues to unfold, popular dating site PlentyOfFish has been looking at just how much political views effect the dating choices of American singles.

As one who has studied and coached singles on the intersection of love and technology for 20 years, it was an honor to be called upon by behavior and relationship reporter Sharon Jayson for her in - depth story in Love 2.0: The Tech Effect on Romance.

What happens to children of unmarried mothers,» eminent scholars Sara McLanahan of Princeton University and Christopher Jencks of Harvard University look at changes in family structure for both blacks and whites over the past 50 years, and note its effect on the educational attainment and other life outcomes of the children raised in single parent families.

Two recent experimental evaluations of the Louisiana Scholarship Program found negative effects of the program on student test scores but one study was limited to just a single year of outcome data and the second one (which I am leading) has only analyzed two years of outcome data so far.

Two experimental studies of the Charlotte privately - funded scholarship program, here and here, reported clear positive effects on student test scores but were limited to just a single year after random assignment.

There is no clear evidence of graduation or repetition effects, but these estimates are limited to one year's follow - up data for a single high school cohort.

Although a teacher can produce measurable effects on student achievement in a single year of instruction, a principal's efforts are likely to require several years before their full effect on student outcomes becomes evident.

The strategies in the T3 Framework have an observed effect size of 1.6, or the equivalent of three of more years of achievement in a single academic year.

When indicators are measured consistently year over year, combining multiple years of data can smooth the effects of outlier performances in a single year.

This single significant effect was the parent rating of attention at the end of the Head Start year for three - year - old children.

To ensure that the housing market continues to recover from the effects of the subprime debacle and the ensuing economic downturn, Congress has taken swift action in the Continuing Resolution to extend single family loan limits for the Federal Housing Administration and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac through the end of fiscal year 2011.

For example, using the calculator on the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association website and rates in effect as of December 2013, a single 65 year old homeowner with a $ 300,000 home could get a reverse mortgage for up to $ 152,100.

Early researchers treated bonds simply as single year trading vehicles, sometimes including the effect of capital gains and losses, but more often simply varying the single year interest rate.

Professor Shiller's Online Data By using the average of ten years of (real) earnings, Professor Shiller avoids the effect of wildly varying one - year earnings, which creates huge fluctuations in single - year price - to - earnings ratios P / E.

A single, bilateral intratesticular injection of 20 % CaCl2 in alcohol produced azoospermia in all dogs at one year, representing an optimal method for sterilization in male dogs, whereas the effects of CaCl2 in lidocaine solution lasted for only six months.

The intent of the study was to investigate the effects of neutering on the risks of several diseases in a single breed of dog, distinguishing between males and females, and between dogs that had been neutered or spayed early (before one year), late (after one year), or not at all.

The rush of popularity online multiplayer games have received in recent years is certainly beneficial - in most areas — to video game culture, but an often overlooked downside is the effect this popularity has had on single - player games.

It looks good in all weathers and any time of year, serving up a huge variety of colours and light effects that I strive to capture in a single sitting.

Imagine for a moment the common - sense neutral observer's view of the histrionics that have been displayed here regarding a single year of new data and its effect on our view of climate change.

This post continues with the two - year series of posts that basically illustrate that the effects of El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) can not be accounted for using a single index like a commonly used SST - based dataset such as NINO3.4, or CTI, or MEI.

* There is too much conflicting evidence about climate change to know whether it is actually happening * Current climate change is part of a pattern that has been going on for millions of years * Climate change is just a natural fluctuation in Earth's temperatures * Even if we do experience some consequences from climate change, we will be able to cope with them * The effects of climate change are likely to be catastrophic * The evidence for climate change is unreliable * There are a lot of very different theories about climate change and little agreement about which is right * Scientists have in the past changed their results to make climate change appear worse than it is * Scientists have hidden research that shows climate change is not serious * Climate change is a scam * Social / behavioural scepticism measures * Climate change is so complicated, that there is very little politicians can do about it * There is no point in me doing anything about climate change because no - one else is * The actions of a single person doesn't make any difference in tackling climate change * People are too selfish to do anything about climate change * Not much will be done about climate change, because it is not in human nature to respond to problems that won't happen for many years * It is already too late to do anything about climate change * The media is often too alarmist about climate change * Environmentalists do their best to emphasise the worst possible effects of climate change * Climate change has now become a bit of an outdated issue * Whether it is important or not, on a day - to - day basis I am bored of hearing about climate change

Since 2004, researchers in NOAA's Global Monitoring Division have released the Annual Greenhouse Gas Index: a single value that compares the total warming effect of each year's concentrations of heat - trapping gases to 1990 levels.

The shores of Lake Superior are prone to this «lake effect» snow and have recorded up to 350 inches of snow in a single year.

Ah, the devil is indeed in the detail... Assuming the ratio's are somehow effected by a single source in a complex multi million year old climatic system is surely a sign of madness in the face of reality.

I can't find a single person who will affirm that all the effects within a 24 hour day, including massive temperature fluctuations between day and night, is due to one rotation of the planet and that these days never, ever fall out of step with rotations.The ideology which contemporaries have inherited from the late 17th century is that the Earth's rotation falls out of step with 24 hour days to the tune of 4 extra rotations in 4 years by virtue of an utterly stupid idea that the planet's daily and orbital motions can be modeled directly from a rotating celestial sphere of Ra / Dec observing.

The fact that our pf ′ values (even for 30 - year TLT trends) are sensitive to the addition of a single year of observational data indicates the dangers of ignoring the effects of interannual variability on signal estimates, as was done, for example, in Douglass et al. [2007].

The effect of doubling population over a 20 years period and not building a single new piece of water infrastructure during that time is all you need to know.

She's been spending the past year fighting against single - use plastics in Savannah because of the dangerous effects they are having on the coastal Georgia marine life and their unique barrier island waterway system.

Hard for me to digest in a single sitting but at the risk of another «well duh» a significant difference seems to be in Curry's use of 30 year periods and Schmidts dismissal of these as being too short to accurately evaluate the effects of natural factors.

Incidentally Dr Hansen's claim that «a single CFC factory» is enough to eliminate the effect of Milankovich cycling, which has modulated climate for at least the last 250 million years seems rather hubristic.

Once emitted, a single molecule of carbon dioxide can remain aloft for hundreds of years, which means that the effects of today's industrial activities will be felt for the next several centuries, if not thousands of years.