• Ability to conduct needs assessment and
evaluation studies as well as develop the evaluation tools.
Not exact matches
Allyson Hugley, president of Measurement & Analytics for Weber Shandwick, notes that the data from the
study could add another layer to the modes of
evaluation that are already available to advertising and marketing agencies, building on traditional surveys and more recent technology such
as beacons and RFID chips that are used during live events.
MaRS today announces pilot
studies that will position Ontario
as the premier global site for pre-market
evaluation of innovative, new medical technologies.
Toronto, December 6, 2011 — MaRS today announces pilot
studies that will position Ontario
as the premier global site for pre-market
evaluation of innovative, new medical technologies.
He has co-authored published
studies with titles such
as «On wealth and the diversity of friendships: High social class people around the world have fewer international friends,» and «The Role of Positive Self -
Evaluation on Cross-Cultural Differences in Well - Being.»
In the books of moral theology which were
studied in seminaries over the past 50 or 60 years, there are chapters on justice, referring to property in general, but no
evaluation of colonialism
as such.
(c) Parish residencies where the pastor in training serves
as a member of the church staff, engaging in a variety of ministries coordinated with intensive
study, supervision, case conferences, training in group dynamics, pastoral counseling, and
evaluations of his growth.
A 2014
study (1), however, found that, despite the 2010 endorsement of 6 national medical societies of a single PPE form
as part of an effort to standardize the screening process, and nearly unanimous public support for PPE screening by a qualified health care professional before participation in a consistent manner across the country, the medical community is still largely unaware of national sports preparticipation physical
evaluation guidelines and only 11 % of athletes at US high schools are guaranteed to receive a PPE fully consistent with the national standard.
The slower times led researchers to believe that the 5 - second «threshold may be a useful cutoff for exploration in future
studies as a criterion for having an athlete stop play pending medical
evaluation for concussion.»
A
study of military families, in which co-sleeping is common because fathers (and, nowadays, mothers) are often away from home for extended periods, found that children who had coslept
as babies received higher
evaluations of their comportment in school and exhibited fewer psychiatric problems.
The most recent
studies suggest that an epidural does not have a negative effect on a newborn (
as measured by his Apgar score, an
evaluation routinely done immediately following birth).
Our expert pediatric nephrologists also provide thorough
evaluations using blood work, urine
studies and renal ultrasounds,
as required.
Studies of the Nurse Family Partnership model followed children to 6 years and found significant program effects on language and cognitive functioning
as well
as fewer behaviour problems in a randomized controlled trial
study.24 In addition, more recent
evaluations of Healthy Families America have shown small, but favourable effects on young children's development.25, 26
In the comment submission, SNA requested that the designs of that
study,
as well
as the
Evaluation ofthe School Meal Data Collection Process, minimize the burden on responders.
Given the heterogeneity in the choice of outcome measures routinely collected and reported in randomised
evaluations of models of maternity care, a core (minimum) data set, such
as that by Devane 2007, and a validated measure of maternal quality of life and well being would be useful not only within multi-centre trials and for comparisons between trials, but might also be a significant step in facilitating useful meta - analyses of similar
studies.
Findings from the National Early Head Start Research and
Evaluation project, a rigorous Congressionally - mandated
study, indicate that the program had modest but positive impacts on EHS children at age three in cognitive, language, and social - emotional development, compared to a control group.xxiii In addition, their parents scored higher than control group parents on such aspects of the home environment
as parenting behavior and knowledge of infant - toddler development.
Women's experiences of care reported in the original
studies include maternal satisfaction with information, advice, explanation, venue of delivery and preparation for labour and birth,
as well
as perceptions of choice for pain relief and
evaluations of carers behaviour.
As the
study itself points out, «hearing
evaluations have not yet been systematically performed in a large group of children previously exposed to infant sleep machine noise.»
Given the heterogeneity in the choice of outcome measures routinely collected and reported in randomised
evaluations of models of maternity care, a core (minimum) dataset, such
as that by Devane 2007, and a validated measure of maternal quality of life and wellbeing would be useful not only within multi-centre trials and for comparisons between trials, but might also be a significant step in facilitating useful meta - analyses of similar
studies.
The commission is also empowered to advise the Minister on fiscal and other issues pertaining to the petroleum industry, establish framework for the validation and certification of national hydrocarbon reserves, undertake
evaluation of national reserves and reservoir management
studies as well
as conduct regular audits of the activities of operators engaged in petroleum operations and oil service companies in order to ensure compliance with Nigerian laws and requirements for petroleum operations.
This reflects recommendations in the Better Budgets report published earlier this year by CIOT, the Institute for Government and the Institute for Fiscal
Studies.3 Evidence based
evaluation would also allow concerns, justified or not, that these reliefs are used
as vehicles for tax abuse, to be properly addressed.
«They provide an
evaluation of student mastery of content and skills in various courses of
study, serve
as a tool for measuring the degree to which students are on track to graduate high school college - and career - ready, and help shape future instruction.»
The vacancies on the board come after Regents backed a plan to place a moratorium on linking Common Core - based test results to teacher performance
evaluations as the standards are being
studied and potentially revised in New York.
In the many responses to Gov. Cuomo's efforts to introduce formal and public teacher
evaluation, teachers, union leaders and educational leaders have offered little but delaying tactics, such
as more
study is needed or how about conducting small trials.
BOX 14, I -1-4; 30188578 / 734260 Slides Plus Audiotape - SAPA II, Orientation Filmstips, AAAS, «The Integrated Process», Filmstrip 4, 1974 SAPA II, Orientation Filmstrips, AAAS, «Measuring», Filmstrip 3, 1974 Plus Audiotape - SAPA II, Orientation Filmstrips, AAAS, «Teaching Strategies», Filmstrip 3, 1974 Plus Transcript of orientation tape - SAPA II, Orientation Filmstrips, AAAS, «The Basic Processes of Science», Filmstrip 2, 1974 «Laboratory Exercises for Use in a College Science Course for Non-Science Majors» - by James Wallace Cox, 1970 «A Process Approach to Learning, Supplementary Manual», based on SAPA developed by AAAS, by Ruth M. White, 1970 «Science Process Instrument, Experimental Edition», COSE, 1970 «Preservice Science Education of Elementary School Teachers - Guidelines, Standards and Recommendations for Research and Development» report, Feb. 1969 (4 Folders) «Preservice Science Education of Elementary School Teachers - Preliminary Report», Feb. 1969 «An
Evaluation of Elementary Science
Study as SAPA» by Robert B. Nicodemus, Sept. 1968 «SAPA - Purposes, Accomplishments, Expectations», COSE, AAAS (Brochure reported in Nov. 1968, 1970), 1967 (3 Folders) «The Psychological Bases of SAPA», COSE, 1965 «Guidelines and Standards for the Education of Secondary School Teachers of Sciecne and Mathematics» bookley, AAAS and the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification «Career Opportunites in the Sciences» brochure, compiled by the Office of Opportunites in Science Slides and documentation - «Animal Eyes» and «Meterological Instruments», Fernbank Science Center, «An Integral Part of the DeKalb County School System» Slides and documentation - «Building Terrariums» and «What is my Age?»
[BOX 8] Committee on Science in Secondary Schools - Education Council
Study, 1963 Council
Study / Committee on Natural Areas
as Research Facilities, 1962 - 1977 AAAS Meetings, 1965 - 1977 Graduate Science Education and Standards, 1960 - 1963 Administrative of Science Work, 1960 - 1963 Ethics and Responsibilities of Scientists files I, 1966 - 1975 Ethics and Responsibilities of Scientists files II, 1965 - 1966 Production of PhDs in the Sciences, 1965 - 1966 Natural Areas
as Research Facilities (book) Council
Study / Committee on Research in Small Colleges, 1960 - 1964 Population Explosion and Birth Control, 1965 - 1968 AAAS Cooperation with Developing Countries, 1965 - 1967 International Scientific Communication, 1960 - 1962 Air Conservation Commission, 1962 - 1964 Race (proposed Commission on), 1962 - 1963 Committee on Environmental Alterations (Ad Hoc - DuBos), 1967 Committee on Environmental Alerations Files (See also: Herbicide Assessment Commission): I, 1968 - 1976 Committee on Environmental Alerations Files (See also: Herbicide Assessment Commission): II, 1968 - 1976 Herbicides Files: Vietnam (Council; Board; Defense Dept., Midwest Research Institute; Report, etc.) I, 1965 - 1969 Herbicides Files: (Council; Board; Defense Dept., Midwest Research Institute; Report, etc.) II, 1967 - 1968 Herbicide Assessment Commission (older), 1969 - 1970 Herbicide Assessment Commission (See also: Herbicides - Vietnam; See also: Committee on Environmental Alterations), 1970 - 1979 Committee on Cooperation Among Scientists, 1959 - 1957 Committee on Fallout, 1955 Cooperative Committee on the Teaching of Science and Mathematics Files: I, 1964 - 1970 Cooperative Committee on the Teaching of Science and Mathematics Files: II, 1951 - 1963
Evaluation of Scientific Merit, Committee on, 1950 - 1952 Membership Development Committee, 1954 - 1957 Metric Education, Ad Hoc Committee on, 1974 - 1975 Metric Committee, 1957 - 1958
«Complex models are needed to effectively evaluate PMed
study designs, and this proof - of - concept trial validates the dog with cancer
as a model for clinical
evaluation of novel PMed approaches,» said Dr. Melissa Paoloni, the
study's lead author and former director of the COTC.
«The
study highlights the importance of a simple bedside
evaluation for the presence and intensity of pain or itch
as an easily implementable tool for clinicians in evaluating suspicious skin lesions,» concluded the
study.
To investigate this, the authors conducted a
study involving participants of Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron Modified Re-lease Controlled
Evaluation (ADVANCE) trial (published in The Lancet in 2007 and the New England Journal of Medicine in 2008), with its cohort described by the authors
as being generally representative of people with diabetes in developed countries such
as Australia, New Zealand, China and nations of Europe, and also including China, a developing country.
According to Ángel Martín, a researcher involved in this
study, «The framework can facilitate careful
evaluation of various scenarios (such
as competitor actions, fleet changes, fare changes, etc.) allowing the airline to be better prepared to adapt to the changing competitive environment.»
Current standards for ultrasound
evaluation of fetal growth may lead to misclassification of up to 15 percent of fetuses of minority mothers
as being too small, according to a
study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other institutions.
However, because of the small number of patients and the divergent results, this
study did not allow
evaluation of the efficacy of MRI
as a single screening modality,» the
study concludes.
The
study, «Informing Lake Erie Agriculture Nutrient Management Via Scenario
Evaluation,» was a collaborative effort between the University of Michigan
as the lead, The Nature Conservancy, Heidelberg University, LimnoTech, Texas A&M and Ohio State.
Purushotham points out, «The feasibility of intraoperative CLI
as shown in this
study, in combination with the wide applicability of F -18-FDG across a range of solid cancers, provides a stepping stone for clinical
evaluation of this technology in other solid cancer types that also experience incomplete tumor resection due to close or involved margins.»
«The biggest resource demand in toxicology is time because many
studies, such
as carcinogenicity assays, require years to complete,» says David Jacobson - Kram, associate director for pharmacology and toxicology at the US Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research in Silver Spring, Maryland.
«This
study suggests that the path to excellence in readmission is a result of an approach that focuses on the patient
as a whole rather than on what caused them to be admitted,» said senior author and director of the Yale Center for Outcomes Research and
Evaluation Harlan Krumholz, M.D., the Harold H. Hines, Jr..
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.
As a global average, education accounts for 51 percent of the decline in mortality — the biggest influence by far — according to a
study by the Institute for Health Metrics and
Evaluation.
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.
Dr Natalie Carter, head of research liaison and
evaluation at Arthritis Research UK, said: «While this drug is known to be effective for some forms of inflammatory arthritis, such
as rheumatoid arthritis, this
study does not back up its use for hand osteoarthritis.
«
As the use of PICCs has grown exponentially in vulnerable populations, caution and close
evaluation of risks and benefits is warranted when using the device,» said Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, lead author of the
study and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Michigan Health System.
«In this
study, a new «source analysis» method was used for the first time to measure functional networks in the infant brain: with the help of a computer model, the measured EEG signals were interpreted
as activity in the infant cortex, which enabled the
evaluation of the functional networking of neurons in a very versatile manner on the cortical level,» says Sampsa Vanhatalo, a professor in clinical neurophysiology and the head of the
study.
«
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 stud
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 stud
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.
Evaluation of 66 patients with JDM, recruited from the UK JDM Cohort and Biomarker
Study and actively treated with anti-TNF agents, showed significant improvements in muscle and skin involvement,
as well
as in overall disease activity.
In WP10, iBET will be involved in activities relating to GMP - directed
evaluation of vaccine candidate production processes, production scale - up for vaccine candidates, definition of specifications for pilot - scale production, product stability testing and delivery for GLP toxicology
studies,
as well
as the
evaluation of development, manufacturing and finishing documentation.
In WP10, iBET will be involved in the GMP - directed
evaluation of vaccine candidate production processes, production scale - up for vaccine candidates, definition of specifications for pilot - scale production, product stability testing and delivery for GLP toxicology
studies,
as well
as the
evaluation of development, manufacturing and finishing documentation.
Inclusion Criteria: • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1 • Have histologically or cytologically confirmed advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)(Stage IIIb or greater) • Measurable disease,
as defined by Response
Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 • Known PD - L1 tumor status
as determined by an immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay performed by the central laboratory on tissue obtained at Screening • A woman of childbearing potential must have a negative highly sensitive serum (beta - human chorionic gonadotropin [beta - hCG]-RRB- at Screening within 14 days prior to
study drug administration Inclusion Criteria for Crossover: • Participants must have been randomized to Arm A of the
study and had radiographic disease progression according to RECIST 1.1 • Participants must have a mandatory biopsy at the time of disease progression according to RECIST 1.1 prior to crossing over.
As there was a positive safety
evaluation, a phase Ib
study arm could start in Burkina Faso in December 2016.
Su
studied plasma and cerebrospinal fluid samples previously collected from patients undergoing diagnostic
evaluation, who were later identified
as having ALS.
The reliability of telemedicine had already been established,
as reported in the journal Neurology in 2005, where the UC San Diego team
studied Internet - based remote video
evaluations of acute stroke patients.