To compare longitudinally the average change in each group and to take into account the dependence between the siblings, we used linear mixed
effects models with two random effects (for dependence over time and over siblings).
Growth and renewable energy in Europe: a random
effect model with evidence for neutrality hypothesis.
Not exact matches
Also noteworthy was the
effect of plus - sized
models on consumers
with average and skinny builds.
For sons, who grow up
with the default expectation they'll eventually be providers, the
effect of role
modeling happens at home.
Producers say new episodes will feature Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa - Laa and Po as characters, but the series will undergo an update
with new CGI
effects and scenes shot on replica
models of the sets.
«Reading can offer richer, broader and more complex
models of experience, which enable people to view their own lives from a refreshed perspective and
with renewed understanding,» says Josie Billington of the University of Liverpool, who's an expert on the
effects of reading.
When correcting the
model to include current profit margins, the
effects of cord cutting, the impact of Turner's current contracts
with pay - TV companies and other factors, Petrocelli said, Shapiro's
model shows that cable bills would actually decrease by 54 cents per month per subscriber.
This is simply in line
with the current «neutral» mode of our market timing
model, which went into
effect at the close of trading on October 5.
In particular, they can implement key compliance measures to ensure the firm and its business
model are ready for the rule to take
effect with minimal disruption and risks.
During my hiatus, I spoke
with Rick Santelli (click on the image below) to discuss some of the new issues presenting investment opportunities, in addition to concerns surrounding potential negative fallout from ill - conceived
models, such as the
effect of the border adjustment tax on the global financial system.
Shivom's comprehensive business
model leverages game theory and network
effects to establish a fully integrated healthcare service system
with long - term sustainability and the possibility for users to monetize their data, by charging for usage»
Until these external pressures became strong, our social location in the departmentalized university had more
effect upon our way of working than did the conceptual
models with which we worked!
That reconciliation, Quint adds, is the
model and perhaps partly the cause of another — «their reconciliation
with God» — and once both are
effected, the couple «escape the recursive pull of their own fallenness and... find their way out of a book that seems to have no exit.»
Although sales taxes on soft drinks in Ireland and France have both been associated
with a reduction in consumption, the health
effects have not been studied.15 16 No significant
effect on obesity of US state sales taxes has been found, although the level of taxation there has probably been too low to affect health.13 17 The
modelled estimates of the health
effect of a 20 % sugar sweetened drink tax in the United States vary, but such a tax has been predicted to reduce obesity by up to three percentage points.13 18 The
effect of a sugar sweetened drink tax in the UK has not, until now, been formally estimated.
The lower levels of baseline sugar sweetened drink consumption in the UK compared
with the US may in part explain why the
effect on obesity that we estimate in the UK is much less than that estimated in the US.12 The differences
with respect to other
modelling studies may also be partly explained by their use of higher own price elasticity values for sugar sweetened drinks than we have calculated and used here.18 22 52 We can not make direct comparisons between the results of our study and the results of recent studies of the
effect of reducing sugar sweetened drink consumption on body weight in children, 5 7 as the relation between energy balance and change in body mass index in children who are growing is different from that in adults.
Using a «gnotobiotic mouse
model» — where mice were «colonized
with a synthetic human gut microbiota composed of fully sequenced commensal bacteria» — Desai et al reported on the
effects of different diets
with different fibre content.
Dow revealed the snowballing
effect of its now established collaboration
model,
with multiple innovations developed in conjunction
with value chain partners, including the new ADCOTE L86 - 500 barrier adhesive which enables the replacement of PET, metallised and aluminium - based packaging structures
with an all - polyolefin solution which is easily recyclable in existing processes.
90 Congress did so
with the express purpose of «encouraging the donation of food and grocery products to nonprofit organizations for distribution to needy individuals by giving the
Model Good Samaritan Food Donation Act the full force and
effect of law.»
The
effect is that while Arsenal's own
model was being replicated across Europe, Arsenal themselves could not continue to benefit from their super spy set - up which meant that you identify the players, move
with goodies the other side can not refuse and sign them quickly.
You might even consider taking a time - out
with your preschooler, by sitting quietly nearby to
model the «chilling out»
effect you expect.
With a flat top, carefully press in the model dinosaurs (the miniature dinosaurs are great because of the details like spikes and plates on them), and after experimenting with our dinosaur box these produced the best effect in the do
With a flat top, carefully press in the
model dinosaurs (the miniature dinosaurs are great because of the details like spikes and plates on them), and after experimenting
with our dinosaur box these produced the best effect in the do
with our dinosaur box these produced the best
effect in the dough.
Modeling ADHD - type arousal
with unilateral frontal cortex damage in rats and beneficial
effects of play therapy.
Modeling ADHD - type arousal
with unilateral frontal cortex damage in rats and beneficial
effects of play therapy, Brain and Cognition.
You can easily emulate the
effect of these chignons
with a ponytail by twisting the sides (as seen on the
model above) and leaving the ponytail loose.
This is the only
model on the market combining the stability of kinesiology taping
with the
effect of compression technology.
Of note, our
models may underestimate the true maternal costs of suboptimal breastfeeding; we
modeled the
effects of lactation on only five maternal health conditions despite data linking lactation
with other maternal health outcomes.46 In addition, women in our
model could not develop type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or MI before age 35 years, although these conditions are becoming increasingly prevalent among young adults.47 Although some studies have found an association between lactation and rates of postmenopausal diabetes22, 23 and cardiovascular disease, 10 we conservatively limited the duration of lactation's
effect on both diabetes and MI.
Six
models showed favourable
effects on primary outcome measures (e.g., standardized measures of child development outcomes and reduction in behaviour problems).13 Only studies
with outcomes using direct observation, direct assessment, or administrative records were included.
We used mean difference (MD)
with 95 % confidence interval (CI), employing a random -
effects model for continuous outcomes measured on the same scales.
They used a neonatal mouse
model with skin barrier mutations and tried exposing its skin to food allergens like peanuts, finding the peanuts alone had no
effect.
The difference in the average treatment
effect in overall fetal loss and neonatal death across included trials between women allocated to midwife - led continuity
models of care and women allocated to other
models has an average risk ratio (RR) of 0.84,
with 95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.71 to 0.99 (participants = 17561; studies = 13).
The difference in the average treatment
effect in all fetal loss before and after 24 weeks plus neonatal death across included trials between women allocated to midwife - led continuity
models of care and women allocated to other
models has an average RR of 0.84,
with 95 % CI 0.71 to 0.99.
The review identified no adverse
effects compared
with other
models.
The difference in the average treatment
effect in all fetal loss before and after 24 weeks plus neonatal death across included trials between women allocated to midwife - led continuity
models of care and women allocated to other
models has an average risk ratio (RR) of 0.84,
with 95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.71 to 0.99 (participants = 17561; studies = 13).
The
effect of pacifier introduction by 6 weeks of age on breastfeeding duration was evaluated
with Kaplan - Meier and Cox proportional hazards
models.
We judged all outcomes to be of moderate quality - stopping «any» breastfeeding at up to six months; «any» breastfeeding between four to six weeks; stopping exclusive breastfeeding at up to six months; or stopping exclusive breastfeeding between four to six weeks; all analyses had substantial heterogeneity even
with a random -
effects model.
Fixed -
effect models are reported throughout, because these reflect only the random error within each study and are less affected by small study bias (usually the result of selective publication of small studies
with extreme results)(39).
The addition of the Infant Feeding Intentions score to the
model strengthened the association
with maternal age and BMI,
with little
effect on the other variables.
The IPPR research
models the
effects of a flat - rate 0.5 percent annual tax on the gross value of all residential property owned by private individuals,
with no threshold or tax - free allowance.
In subsequent written correspondence
with civil servants, the BHA stated that «Our concern is for the government to make absolutely clear that there is no chance it will ever accept [creationist Free School] bids, or allow any state - funded school to teach creationism as science, anywhere in the curriculum, and this is only possible through a change in the law... we would support any adjustment to the
model funding agreement to add a statement [to this
effect]... Could we request that the next time the [Free School]
model funding agreement is reviewed, our desire for this point's inclusion is considered?»
Using the mouse as an experimental
model, LMU neurobiologist PD Dr. Conny Kopp - Scheinpflug and her research group have now demonstrated that the activity of nerve cells in the auditory system has a direct
effect on myelinization — higher levels of activity correlate
with the formation of thicker myelin sheaths.
Meanwhile, the new study suggests the
effect will intensify in the future
with continued climate change, based on computer
models that attempt to project how rising temperatures would affect the Arctic's chemical reservoirs.
While the trends associated
with climate change — hotter days, heavier rainfall and a greater number of extreme weather events — are present in the
models, for many crops in Africa and Asia it's not clear how extensive the
effects will be.
The positive
effect of sialic acid Neu5Gc on the respiratory system was confirmed using a mouse -
model: The Neu5Gc molecules consumed
with food improved the pulmonary function of the mice, therefore reducing asthma symptoms.
«Even
with generous assumptions about the properties of the radicals, we predict tiny
effects of these radiofrequency fields, and the main conclusion that we come to is that the current understanding of the radical - pair
model can't explain any of the reported behavioral results,» says Hore.
To better understand the
effects of overwash, USGS used dynamic
modeling that takes into account storm winds and wave activity coupled
with sea - level rise of between 0.5 and 2 meters (1.6 and 6.5 feet).
After plugging all this information into computer
models, they found that access to scientific information has a minimal
effect on the public's opinion about climate change, while weather extremes have no noticeable
effect whatsoever (which slightly contrasts
with a 2011 study).
Combining the 19th - century records of such
effects with modern earthquake
models helped Beauducel and Feuillet pin down both the quake's magnitude and the location of the fault rupture, the spot where the subduction zone tore apart.
Prior to CRaTER and recent measurements by the Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) on the Mars rover Curiosity, the
effects of thick shielding on cosmic rays had only been simulated in computer
models and in particle accelerators,
with little observational data from deep space.
The research is also the first to demonstrate beneficial
effects of UDCA on dopaminergic neurons, the nerve cells affected in Parkinson's disease, in a fly
model of Parkinson's disease which carries the same genetic change as some patients
with the condition.
One particularly useful way to tap their knowledge would be to commission economics - based
models of the higher education system
with the goal of letting policy - makers examine the
effects of funding and policy changes via simulation.