There have been few attempts to compare shelter
evaluation results with real life behavior in a home and since even those have already excluded from adoption the dogs who «failed» the test, there isn't any way to really validate them.
Not exact matches
Any failure to develop or maintain effective controls, or any difficulties encountered in their implementation or improvement, could harm our operating
results, cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations,
result in a restatement of our financial statements for prior periods or adversely affect the
results of management
evaluations and independent registered public accounting firm audits of our internal control over financial reporting that we will eventually be required to include in our periodic reports that will be filed
with the SEC.
Yet they would feel not justified in regarding their
result as the last word of wisdom but would very definitely expect an appreciation and
evaluation which puts these
results in the proper perspective of a unified system of knowledge, philosophy, or theology; and it is irrelevant whether the latter task is performed in personal union
with that of description so long as the integrity of the latter is guaranteed.
Local churches should participate
with other community groups in establishing panels for review and
evaluation of movies playing at local theatres, and in helping communicate any
resulting viewpoints to church members and others in the community.
This can include
evaluation and validation of the method
with each specific matrix that the assay would encounter in your facility, thus ensuring the most accurate
results and avoiding costly recalls.
(3) Following receipt of the information submitted by the certifying agent in accordance
with paragraph (a) of this section and the
results of a site
evaluation, the Administrator will determine whether the certifying agent remains in compliance
with the Act and the regulations of this part and should have its accreditation renewed.
The critical point to always keep in mind about impact sensors is that they are just another tool in the concussion toolbox or, put another way, another set of eyes,
with which to identify athletes who (a) may have sustained impacts of sufficient magnitude that (b) may have
resulted in some cases in concussions, so that they (c) may be monitored for signs of concussion, or (d) may be asked to undergo a balance, vision, and / or neurocognitive screen / assessment on the sideline or in the locker room, the
results of which (e) may suggest a removal from play for the remainder of the game and referral to a concussion specialist for formal
evaluation away from the sports sideline, which
evaluation (f) may
result in a clinical diagnosis of concussion.
Our responsibilities include review of each woman's complete health history, physical examination findings, and lab
results to determine her eligibility for continued midwifery care and homebirth, as well as ongoing
evaluation and guidance throughout pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum
with attention to signs of normalcy and / or signs of complications.
Use the
results of your child's
evaluation along
with your knowledge of your child to develop a plan that will work for them.
If the parents disagree
with the
results of the
evaluation, they may request a full independent educational
evaluation at the school's expense.
As we await the
results of the
evaluation, I wanted to share
with you some tips from the perspective of a pediatric therapist for how to prepare for and participate in an in - home developmental
evaluation, should you ever find yourself in such a position.
In other words, even when home visitation programs succeed in their goal of changing parent behaviour, these changes do not appear to produce significantly better child outcomes.21, 22 One recent exception, however, was a study of the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) model
with low - income Latino families showing changes in home parenting and better third - grade math achievement.23 Earlier
evaluations of HIPPY found mixed
results regarding program effectiveness.
His approach, however, has brought unprecedented revolt from parents and educators,
with critics contending that teacher
evaluations based on formulaic test
results are statistically unreliable and educationally unsound.
«If the Education Secretary genuinely wishes England to do as well as countries such as Finland, to which he frequently refers in the White Paper, he should follow its example by replacing the inspection system
with school self
evaluation, refrain from the publication of
results by school League Tables and the setting of narrow performance targets and allow teachers to choose their own method of teaching reading.
The testing question also figures prominently into the debate over teacher performance
evaluations, as the governor has proposed making state test
results 50 percent — instead of the current 40 percent — of the
evaluation system, a move that is strongly opposed by the teachers unions that are closely allied
with the Assembly Democrats.
The move comes after NYSUT pushed back this year against efforts by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to overhaul the state's teacher
evaluation system,
with the performance
evaluations linked to both standardized test
results and in - classroom observation, while also making it more difficult for teachers to obtain and keep tenure.
Fred LeBrun on Cuomo's reported about face on linking test
results with teacher
evaluations: «If what we're being told is true, this reversal by the governor would be a long overdue triumph of common sense over ideological idiocy.
Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul said Cuomo was unconcerned
with the
result, and pointed to teacher
evaluation and other education policy changes that were enacted in this year's budget plan.
The AG's report further suggests the Troy police department should overhaul its investigative approach to officer - involved shootings; abstain from prejudging (and publicly announcing) the
results of an investigation before it has been completed; make broad efforts to identify and promptly speak
with all civilian witnesses; and properly train investiagtors in the
evaluation of evidence, as well as reaching out to outside experts when questions arise.
«Parents have a right to know whether their children have equitable access to quality teachers, which is only possible
with an
evaluation system that properly incorporates student test
results.»
The debates over standardized testing, teacher
evaluations and opting out of the tests by students
with the backing of their parents were all renewed recently as New York released the
results of the math and English language exams for grades three through eight.
Local superintendents provided The Suffolk Times
with their districts» teacher
evaluation results.
Senior author Byungkook Lim, an assistant professor in the Neurobiology Section, said the
results require much more study and
evaluation to be applied to humans
with depression, but the new research in animal models provides solid grounding.
Longer follow - up will reveal the durability of these
results, the authors said, and may support the
evaluation of a first - line approach
with ibrutinib and CAR therapy in an effort to remove the need for chronic therapy.
Participating emergency department physicians — both staff physicians and residents — evaluating patients
with abdominal pain, chest pain / shortness of breath, or headache were asked to complete brief surveys after their initial
evaluation of the patients and again after receiving CT scan
results.
An analysis of diagnostic test
results from the Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for
Evaluation of Chest Pain (PROMISE) trial — in which patients
with stable chest pain were randomized to either anatomic or functional testing as an initial diagnostic strategy — showed that the presence and extent of coronary artery disease detected by CT angiography better predicted the risk for future cardiac events than did measures of exercise tolerance or restricted blood flow to the heart muscle.
The researchers limited their
evaluation of the
results of the technique to patients
with no major weight loss or gain during the year after surgery.
Based on these
results, we believe that
evaluation of obesity in patients
with leukemia should include direct measures of body composition.»
While the study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, was designed as a preliminary
evaluation of the program, the
results suggest that comprehensive MAT treatment in jails and prisons,
with linkage to treatment in the community after release, is a promising strategy for rapidly addressing the opioid epidemic nationwide, the researchers say.
From 1982 to 2002, states
with restraining order laws that bar offenders from buying guns had rates of intimate partner homicide that were 10 percent lower than in states lacking the laws, researchers reported in 2006 in
Evaluation Review.It's a stark
result, and suggests that tough laws can have big impacts.
Given similar
results from studies of a different oral cholera vaccine in Asia, the researchers argue that «additional
evaluation of the optimal dosing schedule for oral cholera vaccines
with the goal of improving long - term immunity is warranted.»
«We strongly recommend a follow - up of serum liver tests 6 - 12 weeks after delivery in all women
with ICP,
with and without persisting pruritus, and if serum liver test
results are elevated, further
evaluation by a hepatologist,» noted Dr. Marschall and his co-investigators.
«As a
result of our study, we recommend that blood pressure
evaluation, control and monitoring should be included as an integral component of the clinical management of children
with NAFLD, especially because this patient population is at greater risk for heart attacks and strokes,» said Jeffrey Schwimmer, MD, in the Department of Pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine and principal investigator of the study.
Researchers found that as a
result of the intervention, healthcare - associated infections decreased, including
evaluations for late - onset sepsis,
with an average reduction of 2.65 late - onset sepsis
evaluations per year and per provider.
For example, obtaining a full clinical history, asking certain questions associated
with an inflammatory cause of lower back pain, examining the back for signs of deformities, performing neurologic workups and potentially ordering imaging tests if deemed necessary as a
result of the overall
evaluation.
Evaluation results and resources will be disseminated
with an eye to revising Ghana's entire science curriculum.
September 7, 2016 New mechanical assist device for advanced heart failure shows promising
results during initial
evaluation in clinical trial Six advanced heart failure patients are doing well after surgical teams at the University of Chicago Medicine successfully implanted them
with a novel, minimally invasive, mechanical assist system.
Based on our findings, the occurrence of cancer is much higher in adults over 75 years of age compared
with the proportion of patients in this age group who enroll in clinical trials,» said lead study author Bindu Kanapuru, MD, medical officer in the Division of Hematology Products, Office of Hematology and Oncology Products in the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, who presented the
results at the 59th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, held December 9 — 12 in Atlanta.
LEADER 2: baseline calcitonin in 9340 people
with type 2 diabetes enrolled in the Liraglutide Effect and Action in Diabetes:
Evaluation of cardiovascular outcome
Results (LEADER) trial: preliminary observations.
Overall,
results of this
evaluation qualify CytoFLEX LX as an easy - to - operate and very versatile instrument for several multiparameter flow cytometry applications, includinghigh content flow cytometry combined
with absolute cell counting.
The
results of our research will be applied to
evaluation and management of patients
with dengue and to development and testing of vaccines and therapeutics against dengue.
Dargaville, R.J., et al., 2002:
Evaluation of terrestrial carbon cycle models
with atmospheric CO2 measurements:
Results from transient simulations considering increasing CO2, climate, and land - use effects.
Statistical
evaluation of the
results showed that older men and women
with low testosterone levels had a higher risk of anemia.
With thousands of supplements to choose from - and ever - shifting study
results - a registered dietitian offers here a guide to: nutrition's latest findings; detailed explanations of vitamins and minerals; information on fats, carbohydrates, fiber, and proteins; daily requirements; health weight
evaluation and management; food labels; meal planning; and combating disease through nutrition.
The partnership is encouraged to discuss
evaluation results, observe each other's teaching, share strategies and tactics, and follow - up
with each other.
Key findings from the
evaluation show that 70 per cent of Key Stage 2 students felt they knew their teachers better and 71 per cent felt they got on better
with their peers as a
result of their residential experiences.
School vouchers provide funds to parents to enable them to enroll their children in private schools and, as a
result, are one of the most controversial education reforms in the United States (to see an interview
with Patrick Wolf about his
evaluation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program and about its likely future please click here).
Well friends, thanks to the recent adoption of HTML5 and CSS3 coding; most eLMSs have the bandwidth to provide you
with graph charts on every reporting element that matters i.e. test performance, SCORM and xAPI values,
evaluation surveys, and observational task
results.
This year the list is topped by four major research pieces: an analysis of how U.S. students from highly educated families perform compare
with similarly advantaged students from other countries; a study investigating what students gain when they are taken on field trips to see high - quality theater performances; a study of teacher
evaluation systems in four urban school districts that identifies strengths and weaknesses of different
evaluation systems; and the
results of Education Next's annual survey of public opinion on education.
By choosing a random set of learners and comparing them
with other learners receiving a particular intervention, an experimental
evaluation can answer
with reasonable certainty whether the effects are the
result of the program or due to some other explanation.