Sentences with phrase «family characteristics from»

The purpose of this study was two-fold: (1) to identify how school factors were related to perpetration of dating violence among adolescents; and (2) to assess how these factors may reduce or exacerbate the relationship between parental domestic violence and adolescents» perpetration of dating violence, while accounting for individual and family characteristics from early adolescence.

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He's also taken flack for everything from being too wealthy, to riding a jet ski while on vacation with his family - all characteristics that make us think he has some uncanny similarities to another presidential hopeful, John Kerry.

What one can summarize from these religious traditions has to be broad - based and limited to the generic characteristics that undergirds each of these religious families, even though such an exercise is extremely presumptuous.

Genetic identity, which has only a relatively definite meaning, involves (1) some «defining characteristic» reappearing in each member of a sequence or family of occasions; (2) direct inheritance by appreciably positive prehensions of this character from previous members.

In a case - control study, researchers identify a group of cases (here, the babies who died of SIDS) and compare them to a control group of babies / families with similar characteristics to find out what could account for differences in outcomes (one group died from SIDS; one did not).

Some of the many benefits a Postpartum Doula provides for you and your baby include: Better infant care skills Positive newborn characteristics Breastfeeding skills improve A healthy set of coping skills and strategies Relief from postpartum depression More restful sleep duration and quality Education and support services for a smooth transition home A more content baby Improved infant growth translates into increased confidence A content baby with an easier temperament Education for you to gain greater self - confidence Referrals to competent, appropriate professionals and support groups when necessary The benefits of skin to skin contact Breastfeeding success Lessen the severity and duration of postpartum depression Improved birth outcomes Decrease risk of abuse Families with disabilities can also benefit greatly by learning special skills specific to their situation Families experiencing loss often find relief through our Doula services Improved bonding between parent and child.

Alongside its soon - to - be — unveiled physical map, CEPH - Genethon is also leading the world with its efforts to build human «genetic maps» — maps which show the relative positions of thousands of genes, culled from careful genealogical work on the way characteristics are passed on in human families.

Among the other interesting characteristics of the true toads from the family Bufonidae are a typical warty, robust body and a pair of large poison parotoid glands on the back of their heads.

Romanesco is also from the brassica family so it has detoxifying characteristics like sulfur - containing compounds and diindolmethane (DIM).

If you wear colors with the same color characteristics as your own i.e. from your Color Family, you create harmony!

Your Color Family has a whole spectrum of colors - from light and cool through to deeper warmer shades - but it is the MUTED / SOFT color characteristic that always dominates and echoes your natural coloring.

You can tell your age, weight, height, nationality, family status, education — you can tell everything you want to from short characteristic of the type of your character to skilful poem.

American and Australian girls (unless they are from Slavic families) generally don't have that same characteristic.

Russian brides are not known only to be hot, but they are also very loyal and trustworthy to their men, this is a characteristic that has been passed down through the generations, their grandmothers taught them at a young age that the man is the head of the household and the bread winner for the family, these traditional values have disappeared from many Western women.

The lifestyles of Gale, Evelle and Smalls are like H.I's repressed anxieties and desires made flesh, while Dot (Frances McDormand) and Glen (Sam McMurray), an obnoxious couple who seem to have raised the kids from hell, appear to signify H.I.'s fear of family life, displaying crude characteristics of the worst type of parents.

First, we use our entire sample to analyze the extent to which the schools that students attend can explain the overall variation in student test scores and fluid cognitive skills, controlling for differences in prior achievement and student demographic characteristics (including gender, age, race / ethnicity, and whether the student is from a low - income family, is an English language learner, or is enrolled in special education).

Removing family background characteristics from the index changes states» rankings substantially.

Working with data from the State of Florida, I have regularly noticed that achievement gains by students who move from one public school to another badly trail the gains of students who remain in the same school — even after one has adjusted for many family background characteristics.

Bullying is frequently associated with discrimination against students from poor families or ethnically marginalized groups, or those with particular personal characteristics (e.g. appearance, or a physical or mental disability).

We then linked the grades given to each school to data on the school's characteristics: its size, the size of classes at the school, the racial and ethnic composition of its students, the percentage of students from poor families, and the percentage of students performing at proficient levels on state reading and math tests.

For instance, University of Wisconsin economist Derek Neal's analysis of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth found that, even after adjusting for family background characteristics, students from Catholic schools were 16 percentage points more likely to go to college than were public - school students.

There is nothing now available to parents called childcare or daycare that is even grossly similar to Abecedarian in the program that is delivered, the characteristics and social circumstances of the children and families that are served, the teachers and staff who are employed, the age at which children are initially enrolled (6 weeks), the continuity of enrollment from infancy to 5 years, the delivery of on - site primary health care, program leadership and management, or costs.

Though it is difficult to isolate the effects of redshirting from those of other characteristics, such as family background, two recent studies that take advantage of either variation in state birthday cut - off dates or the random assignment of students to kindergarten classrooms have enabled researchers to measure the impact of being among the oldest students in a class.

The authors — economists and a political scientist from the U.S. and Germany — have created a framework that controls for the effects of a large set of student, family, school, and country characteristics.

A child who is five at that point and is not enrolled in kindergarten is statistically unusual as well as likely to have characteristics or to be in circumstances that are different from those of the mass of children whose families participate in the market for center - based programs.

Research from the Center for Educational Effectiveness and the Baker Evaluation Research Consulting groups shows improvements in important skills and characteristics, such as high levels of collaboration and communication, high standards and expectations for all students, effective school leadership, and increased family and community involvement.

When Taft Elementary School welcomed more than 60 refugee students one year from 16 different countries, principal Susan Williamson knew the importance of developing an understanding of the cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of the refugee students» families (Budge & Parrett, 2009).

The important characteristic of charter schools is their difference from legacy schools and the real choices that the differences provide families and students.

The most distinctive characteristic of the Indian Residential Schools system was that it tore indigenous children from their families and left them in the care of complete and often hostile strangers — the schools» religious instructors.

This paper uses a unique dataset from Denmark to investigate (1) the role of family characteristics in corporate decision making, and (2) the consequences of these decisions on firm performance.

By using a variety of variables focusing on student achievement, family background, and school characteristics from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS: 09) I wanted to see if I could shed light on the school choice debate.

Gov. Gary Herbert's focus on improving the quality of education in Utah is not only good policy, it may be essential to fostering healthy families — a characteristic that uniquely distinguishes Utah from many other states in the country.

Using administrative data from the UC from before and after the ban on race - contingent admissions policies, we present evidence that UC campuses changed the weight given to SAT scores, grades and family background characteristics after the end of affirmative action, and that these changes were able to substantially (though far from completely) offset the fall in minority admissions rate after the ban on affirmative action.

Children from black families in white suburbs are also set up for further success because they learn cultural characteristics of the white upper and middle classes, which are typically favored in American society.

Special characteristics of each of these orders are discussed, with examples from some of the species within the families making up that order.

«Naturally, our first stop was to buy junk food and fossil fuel...» Hang on for the ride: With characteristic poetry and pluck, Barbara Kingsolver and her family sweep readers along on their journey away from the industrial - food pipeline to a rural life in which they vow to buy only food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it.

This study investigates the unique aspects of closed - end bond funds using characteristics and performance data mostly from 1996 - 2006 for two samples: (1) 54 pairs of closed - end and open - end bond funds matched for manager, fund family and type of bond fund; and, (2) 332 closed - end bond funds.

Aside from its minimal shedding characteristics, the canine is loyal especially to its owner and families.

Belonging to the family of cats from the East, this breed is the only one with porcelain blue eyes characteristic of the breed.

Disclosure: the author was provided with a review copy of the game by Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment Developer: From Software Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4 (review platform), Xbox One The one characteristic that universally applies to the games in the Dark Souls family is difficulty.

Family portraits, military aircraft and groups of people were characteristic of the artist's work from this period.

Sharply defined and repeated geometric shapes were characteristic of his earliest painting, that were described by Goossen as depicting «yellowish pink and green dawns, blue noons, and red - orange sunsets that swiftly slide from purple to black», hypothesizing that Ohlson's experience growing up and working long days on the family's farm gave him a unique passion for color.

A short text by Robert Storr illuminates Richter's 1966 painting «Familie im Schnee» (Family in the Snow), which, copied from a photograph, exemplifies Richter's characteristic blurred brushwork.

No Man's Land: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection presents an intriguing conundrum wrapped in swirling colors: how to showcase the viewpoint of women artists without reflexively implying that gender is the sole, defining characteristic of their artistic identity.

Automatism in art means the painter's confidence in the power of the organism to produce interesting unforeseen effects and in such a way that the chance results constitute a family of forms; all the random marks made by one individual will differ from those made by another, and will appear to belong together, whether they are highly ordered or not, and will show a characteristic grouping.

These portraits of family and friends, and still lifes of flowers purchased from street vendors near his New York studio, are characteristic of Katz's apodictic mastery of his medium.

One of the key characteristics setting family law apart from other civil matters is the extent to which outcomes are based on a fog of factors not necessarily obvious from the plain text of the legislation.

While employees are not protected from general unfairness, where an employee believes that a negative decision was made, in whole or in part, on the basis of a «prohibited ground of discrimination» (characteristics such as race, sex, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, family status, criminal record, and social position), he or she may file a complaint.

Restraining Orders were orginally set in place to protect people, but the mother in my case needed no protection from me, nor did I display any characteristics to warrant it, but that's how easy and convenient and unwarranted the Restraining Orders are in divorce or separation in The Family Courts.

The characteristic of flight rather than deal with the issues was dominant in the mother's attitude towards EVERYTHING in our divorce, which now manifested in the complete Alienation of my child from me, her friends AND family.