Sentences with phrase «evidenced by lower rates»

Clinical impact is evidenced by lower rates of obesity (BMI ≥ 95th percentile) among intervention girls and boys relative to controls (Study 2: 24 % vs 54 %, P =.002).

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«But I'm just struck by the fact that critical reviews may not be as critical as the market, and the evidence of that is the commercial success of «Bright,» at least according to the company, versus the fact that it got relatively low ratings from the critics.»

There is no evidence that the policy, which encourages borrowing by keeping long - term interest rates low, has inflated dangerous bubbles in the stock market and residential real estate, she said.

The reason Keynesianism got such a boost post-crisis was not for any real - world examples of its success — the list of its failures, by contrast, is lengthy — but because of the assertion, accepted far too quickly with far too little evidence, that monetary policy, at the fabled Zero Lower Bound (interest rates of near zero) had lost its effectiveness.

That could in theory help stock markets, which are generally boosted by lower rates, though investors will be weighing that against the evidence that the underlying economy is not as strong as hoped.

Although there is evidence that rates of involvement by non-resident fathers are increasing (Hunt & Roberts, 2004; for review see O'Brien, 2004a) and some non-resident fathers remain very involved with their children, non-residence is the key predictor of low levels of involvement by fathers (Carlson, 2006; Flouri, 2005a).

* If * morbidity is lower in the homebirth group because more of those ill women died, and were thus removed from the sample, the apparent rate of «severe adverse maternal» outcomes has been artificially deflated in the homebirth group — by an unknown amount — and therefore is evidence of pretty much nothing.

Eight existing home visiting programs met the minimal legislative threshold for federal funding: Early Head Start, the Early Intervention Program, Family Check - up, Healthy Families America, Healthy Steps, Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers.40 In August 2011, the Coalition for Evidence - Based Policy built upon the government's review by evaluating the extent to which programs implemented with fidelity would produce important improvements in the lives of at - risk children and parents.41 Through this review, one program was given a strong rating (the Nurse - Family Partnership), two were given medium ratings (Early Intervention Program and Family Check - up), and all other programs were given a low rating.

For the study, the Johns Hopkins team set out to lower the rate at which doctors order cardiac biomarker testing for the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome by basing the desired rate on scientific evidence.

«Affordable Care Act is working in Texas, new evidence shows: Report shows state's uninsured rate drops by nearly one - third, lowest since 1999.»

The evidence: A link between omega - 3 consumption and mood is supported by two main sources of evidence: People with depression have been shown to have lower levels of omega - 3 fatty acids, and countries that eat a lot of fish per capita (such as Japan) have lower rates of depression.

According to a 1987 study by Nair et al. in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the earliest evidence of a lowered metabolic rate in response to fasting occurs after 60 hours (with an 8 % drop in resting metabolic rate).

But my point was that many people claim it's a similar dramatic reduction in calories, * and nothing else * (no different metabolic effect) that's behind low - carb dieters» success, even though the evidence for calorie - cutting is poor, as evidenced by this study, and also the high rebound rate for conventional calorie - cutting low - fat oriented diets like Weight Watchers.

Additionally, we find some evidence that schools respond to the risk of being rated Low - Performing by adding staff, particularly in remedial classrooms.

Yes, districts developed policies for NCLB public school choice and supplemental education services, but they cleverly thwarted the full implementation of these programs, evidenced by the shockingly low student participation rates.

States could use their authority over teacher preparation programs to strengthen the qualifications of beginning teachers and lower costs to districts by focusing on the recruitment and admission of a qualified pool, rigorous clinical preparation, and collecting evidence of program impact (hiring rates, graduate and employer satisfaction, Pre-K — 12 student learning, and related measures).

Indeed, when we calculate effects by the percentage of students at a high school who attend college, we find no evidence of effects on college choice in the schools with the lowest college - sending rates.

Evidence of a high rate of inclusion of low - SES students and students of color in honors, AP and IB classes and, more generally, evidence of course enrollment by sub-popEvidence of a high rate of inclusion of low - SES students and students of color in honors, AP and IB classes and, more generally, evidence of course enrollment by sub-popevidence of course enrollment by sub-population.

Evidence offered: «A 2009 report from America's Promise Alliance, a national advocacy and research organization headed by retired General Colin Powell, showed IPS had the lowest graduation rate among central city school districts in the nation's largest 50 cities.»

The low - rate, no - fee program has been well received by members, evidenced by strong loan growth since the program launch.

But that was never really borne out by the evidence: The TFSA has proven to be popular with low - income Canadians who gain no real benefit from registered retirement savings plans, which are geared toward people with high marginal tax rates in their prime working years wanting to defer tax into the future, when they will have a lower marginal rate.

This was unsupported by evidence other than localised increases in real rents in both Perth and Sydney, which also had the lowest vacancy rates of all capital cities at the time.

If requested by us, you will need to supply LightStream with evidence, to its satisfaction, that the lender's lower interest rate (APR) meets the Rate Beat program terms and conditions described hrate (APR) meets the Rate Beat program terms and conditions described hRate Beat program terms and conditions described here.

The only answer that makes sense is that they oppose No Kill, they oppose lowering death rates at shelters as evidenced by their own PETA shelter in Virginia that has a 96 % death rate for all the dogs and cats that enter its doors!!

Attempts have been made to reduce these low rates of injury still further by prohibiting or otherwise regulating dog ownership on the basis of breed or appearance, presuming some dogs — absent any scientific evidence in support — to be disproportionately dangerous.

This is clearly evidenced by statistics from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework (HPF 2014) which reports that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples had lower rates of hospitalisations with a procedure recorded compared with non-Indigenous Australians, and they also had lower rates of elective surgery.

Eight existing home visiting programs met the minimal legislative threshold for federal funding: Early Head Start, the Early Intervention Program, Family Check - up, Healthy Families America, Healthy Steps, Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters, Nurse - Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers.40 In August 2011, the Coalition for Evidence - Based Policy built upon the government's review by evaluating the extent to which programs implemented with fidelity would produce important improvements in the lives of at - risk children and parents.41 Through this review, one program was given a strong rating (the Nurse - Family Partnership), two were given medium ratings (Early Intervention Program and Family Check - up), and all other programs were given a low rating.

In addition, out - of - wedlock birth rates have risen, while evidence has grown that children fare better, on average, when raised by both of their parents in stable low - conflict households.

Community and neighborhood retail centers anchored by a grocer were by far the most popular with investors, which is evidenced by an 11 percent rise in sale prices for this product type and record low cap rates of 7 percent to 8 percent.

CREA does not serve individual members, evidenced by the abysmally low participation and response rates from the membership.

«Even with the weak initial estimates of first - quarter GDP — which was also influenced by the extreme winter in much of the country — the overwhelming evidence of strengthening job gains, lower unemployment, and improved consumer confidence doesn't sync with an annualized household formation rate of just 69,000 in the first quarter of this year,» Muoio points out.

In addition to driving rental prices up and vacancy rates down, this trend disengages an increasing proportion of potential home buyers — evidenced by the lowest homeownership rate in almost 50 years.

The Class A retail real estate market has also improved since last year as evidenced by higher tenant sales per square foot, the increased availability of lower - cost debt, and lower cap rates for Class A mall properties.