Sentences with phrase «findings about the absence»

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We talk about the deeper meanings we sometimes find in the contemplation of these things and how we sometimes feel God's presence there, and sometimes God's absence.

Lately, though, I've discovered a love for the simple, humble vegetarian pasta dish, and I find myself serving it more frequently to my enthusiastic eaters who don't seem to mind the absence of any meat (well, maybe they do, but they keep quiet about the fact).

Yesterday I learnt they met my absence, so I called them to find out their numbers and they said they will expect about 5,000 people.

A composite biomarker score, created by combining two different ratios, predicted the presence or absence of A-beta plaques in the brain with about 90 percent accuracy in both groups of patients, the researchers found.

In the absence of forensic findings, families sometimes are left to forage obsessively for clues about what became of their loved ones.

The debate has rumbled on for decades, but recent findings about the role circumcision can play in preventing transmission of HIV have placed the foreskin — or its absence — firmly back on the public - health agenda.

It is best to not obsess about the results if you show lower than expected readings, and remember that just as finding dark readings can give you mental comfort, their absence can be distressing.

but we didn't let the absence of apples put a damper on our original plans to find fall in julian - a quaint town about an hour outside of san diego.

In 2002, Garth was cast in her own series, playing big sister to Amanda Bynes in the WB series What I Like About You, which found Garth's character caring for the teenager in their parents» absence.

Jess: During this election season, I had thought a lot about the absence of education from political dialogue in this country, at least on a national scale, and I found that really frustrating.

Another strategy to file in the «cheap and effective» category: A study published this year found that weekly automated text messages sent to parents about their child's grades, absences, and missing assignments encouraged them to be more involved in their child's learning, improving attendance by 17 percent and reducing the number of students failing a class by 39 percent.

Find out about our mission, our methods, and the results of our efforts to mobilize families and reduce absences.

The study also finds that later middle school start times are associated with reduced television viewing, increased time spent on homework, and about 25 percent fewer absences.

An assessment functions formatively to the extent that evidence about student achievement is elicited, interpreted, and used by teachers, learners, or their peers to make decisions about next steps in instruction that are likely to be better, or better founded, than the decisions they would have made in the absence of evidence.

Find out about available resources and materials for helping communicate to families about attendance and chronic absence.

«Practice in a classroom is formative to the extent that evidence about student achievement is elicited, interpreted, and used by teachers, learners, or their peers, to make decisions about the next steps in instruction that are likely to be better, or better founded, than the decisions they would have taken in the absence of the evidence that was elicited».

This summary presents our findings about why chronic early absence matters, what contributes to its prevalence, and what are the implications for action.

The coalition report calls for a «charter - district compact that reviews, discusses, and presents plans for better coordination and transparency about school openings and school closings,» and that finds «opportunities for citywide collaboration in areas such as a centralized data system and a campaign to address chronic absences.»

Black and Wiliam (2009) say: ``... to the extent that evidence about student achievement is elicited, interpreted, and used by teachers, learners, or peers, to make decisions about the next steps in instruction that are likely to be better, or better founded, than the decisions they would have taken in the absence of the evidence that was elicited.»

Find out everything you can about your dog — then breed or don't breed according to the absence or presence of traits and health considerations you have no control over.

She creates wearable sculptures and uses found objects to build work about the body and the absence of the body in space.

Although this report focuses on a new approach to showing critical absence of a tropical hot spot, which indeed carries an important inference of invalidity of USEPA's principal «line of evidence» in their GHG Endangerment Finding, the report has even more interesting findings about other aspects of climate science.

As I started exploring the reasons for this absence, I found that there are many issues surrounding it, and that they combine to create a wicked problem — one that is not easily solved and continues to become more complex the more detail is known about it.

Blackmun found that the absence of lawyer ads hurt the legal profession, holding that «the absence of advertising may be seen to reflect the profession's failure to reach out and serve the community,» and that many people in need of legal services do not contact an attorney because they worry about pricing or finding a competent lawyer.

The Court also found that the employer purportedly terminated her for prolonged absence from work and a failure to communicate about her absence and pending return to work without basis to do so.

You will also find information about paid time off for employees, bereavement policies, jury duty and applying for leaves of absence.

The fifth annual Hays Canada Salary Guide also found that while employers are relatively optimistic about the year ahead, they're staff isn't, and instead burnout, low morale, and stress - related absences for workers have risen sharply.

In absence of a résumé, employers found it difficult to know more about the candidate, they came out with a demand for résumé that had to be one - page.

In absence of a résumé, employers found it difficult to know more about the candidate, they came out with a demand

Fact: The hypothesized per se «absence» of the father correlation was not found for «nonwhite» children, indicating that it's not about father - presence or absence.

A major problem for the evaluation was the lack of a comparison group, or baseline data, to measure what would have happened in the absence of income management... the overall evidence about the effectiveness of income management in isolation from other NTER measures was difficult to assess... The evaluation findings would have greater strength if these views were supplemented by empirical indicators that showed evidence of the changes reported by the various stakeholders.

For instance, a significant proportion of partners report borrowing from friends and family, covering for their partners, finding excuses for work absences, paying gambling debts, avoiding discussions about gambling, and taking on the responsibilities of the gambler (Lesieur & Rothschild, 1989; Lorenz and Yaffee 1986; Lorenz & Yaffee, 1988; McGurrin, 1992).