One child with cystic fibrosis may die in infancy, while another becomes a competitive gymnast, and no one yet understands what other
factors account for the difference.
We also discuss
the factors accounting for differences between groups of dyads and between parents and adult children.
What
factors account for the differences between appraisals and sales prices?
Not exact matches
Stronger security on customer
accounts and two -
factor authentication
for all employees might have made a
difference, or at least would have made the attack more difficult to carry out.
It shows that, even when controlling
for age, marriage rates, and price - to - income ratios (home value to income ratios), the Hispanic or Latino homeownership rate is still about 11 percent lower than the white homeownership rate, suggesting that
factors beyond what is
accounted for in the model are affecting the
differences.
Factor investors work through the same
accounting issues as fundamental investors, with the additional burden of trying to systematically adjust to create the best metric that
accounts for the
accounting differences across thousands of companies.
A number of
factors account for these striking
differences, but certainly key among them is the high status of the rabbinate, which goes hand - in - hand with starting salaries as much as twice as high as beginning salaries
for Christian ministers.
Far from naming the essence that makes theological schools basically all the same thing despite apparent
differences, «theology» indicates one range of
factors that
accounts for the irreducible
differences among theological schools.
Finally, another
factor that seems to
account for the fact that MPs adopt different positions on the EU is educational
differences between MPs (Figure 3).
As
for the disparity in skull features, a number of
factors, including diet and random genetic drift, could
account for differences in appearance between modern Native Americans and Kennewick Man.
Even after
accounting for modest
differences in diet, physical activity, smoking and other lifestyle
factors, the association between skipping breakfast (or eating very late at night) and coronary heart disease persisted.
Using a United Kingdom database, they surveyed general practitioners about BSA affected by psoriasis and looked at data on 8,124 adults with psoriasis and 76,599 adults without psoriasis over the course of four years, and they adjusted the samples to
account for any
differences in age, sex, and body mass index and other diabetes risk
factors.
A shared upbringing
accounted for 36 per cent of the
differences, with the remainder influenced by other
factors that weren't shared, such as having a different teacher (PLoS One, doi.org/qhf).
A study by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) published this week in PLOS ONE identifies four
factors that may
account for sex
differences in statin therapy among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), pointing to interventions and additional research that will be needed to help overcome this sex disparity and reduce cardiovascular risk
for women.
The greater similarities seen in the twins indicated that genetic
factors accounted for at least 75 % of the
differences in ADHD.
In fact, genetic
factors appeared to
account for slightly more than 50 percent of the
difference between twins, the Monell group calculates.
Factors such as location, labor costs, patient capacity and percentage of uninsured population generally did not
account for the price
differences, the authors said, making it difficult
for patients to know their costs in advance and to «act as rational consumers.»
Hormonal
factors are thought to play a role, which is thought to
account for the well documented
difference in prevalence of OA between men and women.
Genetic
factors may
account for differences and gender also influences bone composition with males attaining greater bone mass.
Jha said the researchers sought to control
for a variety of
factors, including risk adjusting
for the demographics of patients and
accounting for differences in the size and types of hospitals where the physicians worked.
For chemicals that don't cause cancer, they obtain a safe dose for humans by applying uncertainty factors to account for differences between mice and men and among individual peop
For chemicals that don't cause cancer, they obtain a safe dose
for humans by applying uncertainty factors to account for differences between mice and men and among individual peop
for humans by applying uncertainty
factors to
account for differences between mice and men and among individual peop
for differences between mice and men and among individual people.
In the EHDIC sample, which
accounted for social and environmental
factors in the men's living conditions, there were no significant
differences between African American and white men's odds of being physically inactive, being a current smoker or being a current drinker.
Unexpectedly, they found a significant size
difference between urban and rural trees, even after
accounting for factors such as temperature and nutrient levels, they report in the 10 July issue of Nature.
The
difference remained significant even after
accounting for a wide range of other
factors, including meeting criteria
for Gulf War illness, the presence of an Alzheimer's disease risk gene (ApoE4), brain injury, or depression.
Further analyses show that graft failure and mortality rates remained higher among minority groups compared to white children after
accounting for differences in demographic, clinical, and socioeconomic
factors.
A shared upbringing
accounted for only 36 per cent of the
differences, with the remainder
accounted for by environmental
factors that weren't shared, such as each twin having a different teacher.
They
account for about half of all
differences in intelligence among people, so half is not caused by genetic
differences, which provides strong support
for the importance of environmental
factors.
After
accounting for differences in age, pre-pregnancy body size, and other risk
factors, the researchers estimated that women who exclusively breastfed or mostly breastfed were about half as likely to develop type 2 diabetes as those who didn't breastfeed.
Two
factors from this process might
account for the
differences between elliptical and spiral galaxies:
The assessment will obtain data on environmental and psychosocial
factors that may
account for socioeconomic, racial and ethnic
differences in problem behavior.
«When all major
factors are taken into
account, the
differences between races
for heart failure largely evaporate in the absence of diabetes and hypertension among African Americans,» says senior study investigator João Lima, M.D.
However, neither macronutrient - specific
differences in the availability of food energy nor changes in energy output could explain these
differences in weight loss.If a calorie is a calorie, then what other
factors could
account for the
differences in weight loss between the two diets?
In discussing the limited evidence
for the «probable» link between red meat and colorectal cancer, the WHO itself concedes that it is not possible to rule out other explanations (which it helpfully describes as «chance, bias or confounding»).2 Harcombe agrees, arguing that even when studies strive to adjust statistically
for baseline
differences in relevant
factors such as socioeconomic status, body mass index, physical activity, smoking status and diabetes, it is impossible to grapple fully with all the
factors that differentiate «the couch potato» from «the paleo buff» (her ideal), or to take into
account the «chasm» that separates fresh and traditionally preserved meats from modern manufactured meat products.9
Even after
accounting for the equipment and environmental noise that interferes with the electromyogram, there are many other
factors that affect the size of the electric potential
difference that is recorded from the muscle.
Average long - term weight gain in nonobese populations is gradual — in the cohorts we studied, about 0.8 lb per year — but accumulated over time, even modest increases in weight have implications
for long - term adiposity - related metabolic dysfunction, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.21 - 24 Whereas weight changes associated with any single lifestyle
factor were relatively modest in our three cohorts, in the aggregate, changes in diet and physical activity
accounted for large
differences in weight gain.
Many
factors could
account for the extreme
differences in success experienced by the films, but I believe their casts caused a lot of the variation.
Going digital may have addressed most of these issues but leveraging digital technology correctly can be the
difference between proper language mastery that
accounts for cultural
factors, and basic language proficiency.
... When these
factors are statistically controlled... it appears that
differences between schools
account for only a small fraction of
differences in pupil achievement.
Only after these background
factors are fully
accounted for is the second step taken — a look at the characteristics of the schools that make the biggest
difference in determining the variation in student achievement.
When these
factors are statistically controlled, however, it appears that
differences between schools
account for only a small fraction of
differences in pupil achievement (pp. 21 - 22).
Be sure to
account for differences in cultural bias, language barriers, and other differentiating
factors in order to meet the needs of all students.
The report cites the well - established principle that teaching quality is the most powerful school - based
factor in student learning — one that outweighs students» social and economic background in
accounting for differences in student learning.
The funding reform commission is responsible
for taking a number of
factors into
account including local capacity to support schools, regional
differences in associated costs and a variety of student characteristics that impact educational needs.
Although
differences in teacher and school characteristics — such as a teacher's experience or a school's student demographics — explained some of this gap, more than half of the gap remained even after
accounting for such
factors.
Critics point out that such tests measure students on just one day of the year and do not
account for external
factors or
differences in learning that might influence student performance.
As I discussed last week, the
differences between teachers only
account for at most 20 % of the variance in student test scores, and more than 60 % of score variance correlates to out - of - school
factors.
Selection effects, attrition, or other
factors could
account for this; it is also possible that the quality of the schools is the dominant reason
for the observed
differences.
Educators and researchers have also debated whether the models should
account for poverty and other
factors that can make a
difference in how students perform.
There are several
factors that could be at play to
account for the
differences in performance.
I suppose the bigger, higher performance tires
account for most of the
difference in city driving, because the CT and the Prius weigh about the same, and at lower speed, aero drag is not so much of a
factor.