Many of his studies took him into controversial territory, including his investigation of whether incentives increase academic achievement (in most cases, no), and his investigation with Steven Levitt of whether there are systematic racial differences in mental ability among young children (no, when they're under the age of 1; yes, as they get older, hinting at the importance
of environmental differences).
That's really what we're looking for: if we can get a small percent, or hopefully a large percent, taking small actions, it can create really a significant
positive environmental difference.
Most interventions have included parent education about normal sleep and sleep cycles, advice to
maximise environmental differences between day and night, and strategies to encourage infant self - settling.7 - 10 Strategies included range from the graduated extinction method described above to encouraging parents to stretch night time feed intervals (in the hope that the infant will self - settle) and encouraging the use of parent - independent sleep cues.
Modern personalized treatment has to consider differences in biological factors, like genetic predisposition, sex hormones, and neurohumoral pathways, as well as behavioral and
environmental differences between men and women.
If the industry really wanted to make
an environmental difference it would be promoting milk in cartons, the proven most environmentally sustainable packaging solution.
And besides, he agrees with The Environment Agency study: Between conventional disposables and cloth diapers,
the environmental differences are a wash.
Along with Sheryl some of my favorites like Bare Naked Ladies, Maroon 5 and Bonnie Raitt have joined in the cause of leading by example and hosting concerts that sing a great tune but makes
an environmental difference.
I hope that by cloth diapering my baby, I'm helping reduce waste and helping make
an environmental difference.
Building on this work, Cronn and his colleagues are now attempting to discover whether the differences in the chemical fingerprints of the Douglas - fir trees arise from genetic differences between the populations,
environmental differences, or a combination of the two.
These environmental differences mean that women who want to make it to the top have two choices: They can either learn to function as minorities in circles dominated by men, or they can stay within a female environment.
«We found racial inequalities exist among children and adolescents with Crohn's disease, likely due to a combination of genetic and
environmental differences,» said Jennifer Dotson, MD, MPH, gastroenterologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital and principal investigator in the Center for Innovation and Pediatric Practice.
«People assume the genetic influence goes down with age because
the environmental differences between people pile up in life,» says Robert Plomin of King's College London.
«But our comparison of national data from the NHIS with data from the EHDIC study provides a more nuanced picture of the factors underlying these behavioral differences and suggests that the disparities found at the national level may be a function of social and
environmental differences.
According to the new study — published in the current issue of PLoS ONE —
environmental differences can mask or exaggerate phenotypes or behaviors even if a gene's function has been disabled.
In montane environments,
environmental differences can occur over an elevation gradient, favouring local adaptations across small spatial scales.
Today's treatments must consider the broad matrix of interrelating factors that effect immune competence, nutritional adequacy, individual genetic and
environmental differences, toxins, and viruses for which no antibiotics yet exist.
How do
the environmental differences between Chinese and U.S. classrooms enhance or detract from the development of a favorable climate and culture?
The authors proposed that best - linear unbiased predictor - based estimated breeding values would be a preferred means of taking
these environmental differences into account.
The Undersea Explorer organisation pioneers research projects designed to investigate important conservation aspects of coral reefs and to help implement change to make
an environmental difference.
The Lantern believes so, but
the environmental difference between dead - tree newspapers and their online editions is a lot smaller than you might imagine.
It is plausible that children suffering from these disorders are treated in a different manner than normal children due to the responses that they evoke, and it is because of
these environmental differences that they are more prone to criminal behavior.
Julie: What you posed initially — if relationships differ by individual differences,
environmental differences, and so on — most of that is myth.
The theme of the target article is that
environmental differences between children in the same family (called «nonshared environment») represent the major source of environmental variance for personality, psychopathology, and cognitive abilities.