Sentences with phrase «factors such as physical»

Factors such as physical attractiveness, cultural traits, and disabilities affect the level of peer acceptance, with a child's degree of social competence being the best predictor of peer acceptance.

Factors such as physical attractiveness, cultural traits, and disabilities affect the level of peer acceptance, with a child's degr...

Hundreds of research studies demonstrate the alignment of family stability with key social factors such as physical and mental health, kids» achievement at school, substance abuse, at - risk behaviors, crime and poverty.

They statistically controlled for the children's social class, race, the children's early behavioral and test scores, and factors such as physical, mental, and emotional handicaps as assessed by physicians.

The checklist includes factors such as the physical, emotional and educational needs of the child, the wishes and feelings of the child, the capability of the parent to meet the child's needs and the likely effect on the child.

Often times we are struggling with more than just our mental health, but factors such as physical, spiritual, and biomedical health play a significant role in our lives.»

Conclusions TV viewing time may be associated with a loss of life that is comparable to other major chronic disease risk factors such as physical inactivity and obesity.

«The CCR - II report correctly explains that most of the reports on global warming and its impacts on sea - level rise, ice melts, glacial retreats, impact on crop production, extreme weather events, rainfall changes, etc. have not properly considered factors such as physical impacts of human activities, natural variability in climate, lopsided models used in the prediction of production estimates, etc..

Inherited insulin resistance in conjunction with environmental risk factors such as physical inactivity, obesity, and consumption of excessive amounts of highly refined, easily digestible carbohydrates places a large, prolonged demand on the β - cells for excessive insulin secretion, which eventually results in β - cell exhaustion and diabetes.

The change in price of a given property measures the underlying rate of appreciation because basic factors such as physical location, climate, housing type, etc., are constant between transactions.

Explore hidden factors such as physical attraction so you can see the whole picture of your relationship.

Current projects focus on air pollution, occupational exposures such as shift work, biomarkers such as melatonin, vitamin D, and sex hormones, and other factors such as physical activity, and genetic variants.

It found that 19 percent of the 38.6 million Americans with mood disorders use prescription opioids, compared to 5 percent of the general population — a difference that remained even when the researchers controlled for factors such as physical health, level of pain, age, sex and race.

This association persisted even after possible confounding factors such as physical activity, body mass index, smoking and consumption of fruits and vegetables were taken into consideration.

Early childhood teachers and other experienced teachers carefully observe and interact with each child over the course of the last year of kindergarten and evaluate readiness based on a multiplicity of factors such as physical and emotional maturity, fine and gross motor skills, and hand - eye coordination.

Not exact matches

The rest is attributable to businesses having a lot less physical capital (such as machines and software) than was anticipated, and having unexpectedly low total factor productivity (the productivity of labor and capital).

After examining the impact of such factors as physical setting, 48 size, tenures of staff, ages, roles, and religious intentions of the church and its members, Schaller tailors a planning process that recognizes the strength of the organization and encourages members to gain an understanding of their situation and alternative futures.

According to the Einsteinian formulation of GTR, the physical magnitudes so represented define the metric structure of the space - time continuum, and fields of gravitational force are interpreted as inextricably intertwined with this structure.29 According to the Whiteheadian formulation of 0TH, the physical magnitudes so represented define a physical characteristic, the «impetus,» against the background of a uniform metric structure.30 In effect, Einstein incorporates fields of gravitational force into a theory about the metric structure of the space - time continuum, whereas Whitehead retains such fields as special physical factors constitutive of the physical field associated with an event.

As such it is always subject to errors that can be controlled but not governed entirely by practical and / or socially established evaluative or critical methods.18 The indispensable factor of interpretation in the dynamic processes of semiosis even leads to the idea that there is a generic form of imagination in physical becoming, in addition to a primary or radical form in human perception, a consideration that would indeed justify calling creativity the category of the ultimate, just as Whitehead maintainAs such it is always subject to errors that can be controlled but not governed entirely by practical and / or socially established evaluative or critical methods.18 The indispensable factor of interpretation in the dynamic processes of semiosis even leads to the idea that there is a generic form of imagination in physical becoming, in addition to a primary or radical form in human perception, a consideration that would indeed justify calling creativity the category of the ultimate, just as Whitehead maintainas Whitehead maintains.

Leading health organisations, such as the World Health Organization, cite smoking, overweight and obesity, unhealthy diets and physical inactivity as risk factors for heart disease and stroke.

«The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010, from where the quoted study has obtained their data, suggests that in Australia the biggest causes of mortality or poor health include factors such as obesity, smoking, poor diet and low physical activity.

Formerly the National Heart Forum, the UK Health Forum is a leading alliance of over 40 national organisations working to prevent the range of non-communicable diseases that share common risk factors such as unhealthy diets, smoking and lack of physical activity.

«Alleviating congestion is a big part of this, as are factors such as improving our air quality and combating physical inactivity which in turn leads to unhealthy communities and a burden on our local and national health provisions.

The research, which suggests a more complex relationship among such factors as physical activity, nutrition, weight management, fitness and health than previously believed, is published the December 2010 journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

Stepping aside from dangerous social factors, such as adult inebriation or adult bedsharing while under the influence of drugs, or infants sleeping alongside disinterested strangers, and ignoring (for the moment) the physical - structural - furniture and bedding aspects of «safe infant sleep» always occurs in the context of, and under the supervision of, a committed, sober adult caregiver who is in a position to respond to infant nutritional needs, crises, and can exchange sensory stimuli all of which represents just what babies depend on for maximum health.

Another approach which is used in U.S. state and local taxation by virtue of an interstate compact, is to have entities (or consolidated groups of corporations) prepare one tax return for the entire world and then to allocate pro-rata percentages of that global return to different jurisdictions based upon a handful of factors that are relatively hard to manipulate and bear a meaningful relationship to where income is earned such as sales, employment and the location of physical assets.

The data used in the project covered the period 2000 - 2008 and considered such factors as premature death, low birth weights, and self - reported information regarding health - related quality of life and poor physical and mental health days.

However, factors such as a rich diet or physical effort may also be responsible for this high level of DNA fragments.

They add: «The greatest reduction in risk of developing metabolic risk factor clustering observed for intermediate levels of physical activity and leisure time sitting was unexpected and suggests that moderate amounts of both moderate - to - vigorous physical activity and leisure time sitting may be sufficient to protect against developing metabolic risk factor clustering over time... The lack of protection for the most active adults may reflect a chance finding, or confounding by other factors such as wider use of prescription drugs by participants in less active groups.

Constraints may include available resources, physical, imaginative or technical limitations, flexibility for future modifications and additions, and other factors, such as requirements for cost, safety, marketability, producibility, and serviceability.

But studies show that many patients do not take glaucoma eye drops as directed due to factors such as forgetfulness or physical limitations like arthritis.

«While abstinence or reduced substance use may partially improve cognition, future research should determine whether factors shown to protect against cognitive impairments in aging adults, such as a healthy diet, and physical and intellectual activities, also protect against cognitive impairments in populations with difficulties in reducing substance use,» said Dr. Hasin.

Many people are aware of the effect a course of antibiotics can have on the digestive system for example, but as Fransen explains, it may not be down to just one thing: «It is likely a combination of factors such as reduced physical activity, changes in diet, but also as part of a natural process.»

These results remained significant even when other factors affecting health were taken into account, such as socio - economic status, education, weight, existing disease and level of physical function.

After adjusting for various factors, including age, demographic factors, health behaviors such as smoking and alcohol consumption, physical activity, medical conditions, and socioeconomic status, the researchers found that black workers in general — and black professionals in particular — were more likely to experience short sleep than whites.

These associations persisted even after adjusting for factors such as bone mineral density, physical activity, smoking and alcohol use, calcium and vitamin D intake, falls and all other known fracture risk factors.

This is largely due to physical health disorders such as heart attack or stroke, for which type 2 diabetes is a major risk factor.

The effects of PTSD on heart disease remained strong even after researchers accounted for lifestyle factors such as smoking, physical activity level, and drinking; and major depression and other psychiatric diagnoses.

With the management of type 2 diabetes and its risk factors (such as obesity and physical inactivity) being simpler and cheaper than treating complications of later stage disease, the researchers note that prevention of disease onset and complications will be crucial to improve health and avoid further economic burden.

In their analysis, the investigators took into account known risk factors for physical decline, such as older age, smoking and obesity.

«Metabolic health, in addition to genetic predisposition, is largely dependent on behavioral factors such as dietary habits and physical activity.

Past studies have suggested that sexual dysfunction in women is more closely related to psychosocial factors such as depression and marital status than to any physical cause.

Other factors — such as the attitude of faculty and students, or the physical proximity of laboratories and hospitals — can only be appreciated by visiting an institution.

The relationships between food intake at lunch and physical activity were independent of factors previously shown to contribute to recess activity such as a child's weight status and gender.

In the analysis, the team took into account other factors, such as a person's weight, smoking, physical activity levels, and overall diet, but still found that fruit and vegetables were beneficial.

«During regeneration, development, and cancer suppression, body patterning is subject to the influence of physical forces, such as electric fields, magnetic fields, electromagnetic fields, and other biophysical factors.

He suggests that differential responses could be due to a combination of physical, genetic, contextual and social factors, such as skull thickness, the magnitude of g - forces involved in the impact or past history of more minor, sub-concussive injuries.

In the model, the severity of hypoxia is driven by a combination of physical factors such as the thickness of the dense, bottom layer of water during stratification, the degree of wind - driven vertical mixing, and the growth of phytoplankton induced by phosphorus loading.

«Many social and behavioral risk factors, such as smoking and physical inactivity, are more prevalent in the less advantaged neighborhoods.

«Behaviors such as poor diet choices, physical inactivity, excess alcohol consumption and unhealthy body weight could account for more than 20 percent of cancer cases, and could, therefore, be prevented with lifestyle modifications,» Kohler said, adding that when tobacco exposure is considered, these modifiable issues are believed to be factors in two - thirds of U.S. cancer deaths.