Sentences with phrase «effective than larger ones»

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The managed - care industry faces one of the highest effective tax rates, meaning any tax cuts would likely have a larger benefit to managed care than to other, lower - taxed sectors.

They are the maximum and minimum effective federal funds rates in any given month spanning from 6 months before the recession began to 6 months after the recession ended, with only one exception: the end period extends to only the official end of the 1980 recession in July of 1980, and not 6 months afterwards, because rates began rising afterwards and including those months would have made the drop appear larger than it actually was.

Whether one wants public support for the media or not is a political question (and one all developed democracies have answered in the affirmative in the twentieth century), but as people's media habits and the economics of the industry change, effective intervention probably ought to be built around the «information» part of the sentence quoted above rather than the «several large sheets» part (just as «public service broadcasters» have in many countries sought to redefine themselves as «public service media organizations» to emphasize their cross-platform ambitions).

Larger areas are thought to be generally more effective than smaller ones, Pauly says, because they have a smaller area of edge per volume of protected waters, meaning that there is less opportunity for outside influences, such as illegal fishermen or pollution, to creep into the protected area.

And in larger groups where up to three males are trying to impregnate the females — as opposed to «haremlike» groups where one male has all the gals to himself — «investing in sperm competition would be more cost - effective than investing in energetic vocal displays.»

A near miss with a pre-existing moonlet is more effective at producing capture than is actual collision — a larger prograde momentum (one in the direction of the planet's spin) is transferred to the captured moon.

This large ficus (ficus robusta) is bred for toughness, which means that it's not only one of the most effective plants for purifying indoor air, but it's sure to be hardy even in less than ideal conditions.

Are the antioxidants in the red cabbage I eat still that effective after 21 days of fermentation (not to mention, since I make a larger amount than can be eaten in one sitting, the amount of time it will spend sitting in the refrigerator until I get around to eating it)?

Indeed, a large analysis of 14 studies totalling more than 1000 people revealed that berberine is as effective at lowering blood sugar levels as metformin, one of the oldest and safest diabetes medications (190).

We examined whether larger networks are more effective than smaller ones and found that, both with and without correcting for student and peer socioeconomic characteristics and selection bias, students at schools that are part of networks of three or more schools consistently outperform students at schools in networks of only two schools.

One of the few large - scale national studies of magnet schools found that magnet schools were more effective than traditional public schools, Catholic schools, and secular private schools at raising student achievement in reading and social studies.

They found that small group teaching was more effective than whole class instruction — that is, if one compares 30 minutes of small group teaching versus 30 minutes of whole class teaching, the kids in the small group tend to make larger learning gains.

In a lively and engaging narrative, Ellis recounts the sometimes collaborative, sometimes archly antagonistic interactions between these men, and shows us the private characters behind the public personas: Adams, the ever - combative iconoclast, whose closest political collaborator was his wife, Abigail; Burr, crafty, smooth, and one of the most despised public figures of his time; Hamilton, whose audacious manner and deep economic savvy masked his humble origins; Jefferson, renowned for his eloquence, but so reclusive and taciturn that he rarely spoke more than a few sentences in public; Madison, small, sickly, and paralyzingly shy, yet one of the most effective debaters of his generation; and the stiffly formal Washington, the ultimate realist, larger - than - life, and America's only truly indispensable figure.

This version has larger spaces so it's easier for my dog to get the food than in the spiral and the flower shape one but for a dog with a large snout or bit tongue this is still effective.

Though opinions vary, some dog owners say that flea collars are more effective on smaller dogs than large ones.

Catnip is ten times more effective than DEET at repelling mosquitoes Some insects also contain Nepetalactone which may protect them from other insects Large cats such as tigers can also enjoy a little catnip There are 250 species in the mint family Labiatae, only one causes this response in cats Cats can smell very small amounts of catnip in the air, only 1 part per billion

Since its inception, the Parks Conservancy has provided the Golden Gate National Parks with more than $ 125 million in support, and is recognized as one of the largest and most effective park partners in the country.

Since its inception in 1981, the Parks Conservancy has provided the National Park Service with more than $ 70 million in aid and is recognized as one of the largest, most effective park partners in the country.

More than one crayon can be wrapped together with foil to make a larger candle or an effective fire starter.

People write down heat equations for the ocean but then they pretend that they're not really talking about molecular heat transfer but some sort of effective heat transfer so they use much larger thermal diffusion coefficients than the molecular ones.

One of the conclusions of this series of meta - analyses, also illustrated in the title of the paper «Less is more,» was that interventions with a modest number of intervention sessions (up to 16) appeared to be more effective than interventions with larger numbers of sessions, and this was true for clinical as well as for non-clinical groups.6 This diverges from Egeland's conclusion that more comprehensive, long - term interventions are necessary for high - risk families.

Young children under age 6 are more likely than any other age group to be poor, with nearly one - quarter of children living in poverty and nearly half living in low - income families.2 Children are also the largest age cohort participating in public benefit programs such as SNAP, Medicaid, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and research shows that these programs that help families meet their basic needs are effective at lifting families like Kelly's out of poverty and promoting child well - being.3 When benefit programs such as nutrition assistance, Medicaid, and tax credits are taken into consideration, the child poverty rate in the United States is reduced by half.4