Sentences with phrase «identify mechanisms of change»

From this conceptual and empirical review, it is concluded that an overemphasis on clinical outcomes carries unnecessary risks (e.g., weak causal reasoning and a failure to identify mechanisms of change), while underemphasizing the several benefits of a more inclusive approach (e.g., increasing outcome research and improving supervision).

Not exact matches

Beyond this general problem, Bellah, Habermas, and Luhmann seldom identify the mechanisms of cultural change.

That change was based on an in - depth study of the tackle, done to identify the mechanisms for head injury.

The study is correlational and can't identify the mechanism underlying this relationship, but one can imagine that it «could be that beliefs about the role of women in science change as more women enter science, that more women enter science when these beliefs change, or a combination.

According to the research team, the failure of these types of outcomes monitoring systems to produce measurable improvements in outcomes may be related to difficulties in identifying mechanisms that translate reports into changes in how surgical care is provided.

It complements previous research that already linked such phenomena to climate change, but did not yet identify a mechanism behind it,» says Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, director of PIK and co-author of the study.

Project leader Enno Schefuß from the MARUM — Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen, Germany, adds: «The project was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in the priority programme «Integrated Analysis of Interglacial Climate Dynamics (INTERDYNAMIC)» with the aim to identify potential mechanisms triggering abrupt changes under current climatic conditions.

«We've been able to identify some of the genetic mechanisms for the changes we see,» Rosenblum says.

Furthermore, clipping or genetically ablating wings from flies prevented the protective effects of DR on lifespan, demonstrating a critical role for the observed increase in physical activity in determining lifespan upon DR. To further elucidate the mechanisms by which changes in DR mediates changes in metabolism we are identifying and characterizing various tissue specific modulators of fat metabolsm

Additional limitations to the traditional approach include: costly failures to replicate positive results in larger trials; difficulty in determining the reasons for negative results; low yield in terms of identifying disease or intervention mechanisms due to an exclusive focus on symptom change and clinical endpoints; and, the expensive and very lengthy practice of first establishing multi-component psychosocial treatments followed by years of «unpacking» studies.

The next challenge for the team is to identify what might be some of the mechanisms at the molecular level driving these changes.

In new research published in the journal Nature Climate Change, an international scientific team has identified a powerful internal mechanism that could enable some corals and their symbiotic algae to counter the adverse impact of a more acidic ocean.

Therefore the group studies with sophisticated imaging technology in vitro and ex vivo: i) the molecular mechanism driving the migration of HIV through the intestinal epithelial barrier; ii) the cellular targets in the mucosa, in specific macrophages and DCs, to identify the possible pathways to invade the tissue and disseminate to other organs; iii) the involvement of DCs and their functional properties in mediating adaptive immune responses at mucosal level; and iv) the role of antibodies with different effector functions in changing the pathways of the virus.

My studies of cancer genomes have led to characterization of multiple pediatric and adult tumor types, to development of methods that identify and characterize changes in genomic heterogeneity, to defining acquired resistance mechanisms to targeted therapies and to designing novel, personalized vaccines for individual patients.

Free radical damage caused by electron - seeking, highly reactive, oxidative molecules has been identified as the source of many maladies through mechanisms such as inhibition of telomerase, changes to cellular permeability and DNA damage.

Antibiotics have been identified as a potential risk factor for the development of celiac disease, and the proposed mechanism relates to changes in the microbiome exacted by these medications.

Scientists have identified multiple mechanisms by which green tea extract helps protect against LDL oxidation, neuronal degradation, and a host of other structural and functional age - related changes.

Its strategy draws on advances in the biological, behavioral, and social sciences to: (1) identify causal mechanisms that influence developmental trajectories; (2) formulate theories of change about how to produce better outcomes; and (3) design and test new intervention approaches and measure their effectiveness in reducing barriers to learning and strengthening the foundations of lifelong physical and mental health.

The overall goal of this extension of our existing work in partnership with TFF and Achievement First Bridgeport Academy (AFBA) is to continue and expand our work in Bridgeport focusing in several keys areas: (1) building knowledge about (a) children's emerging skills and areas of challenge in the social - emotional domain and why these skills are critical to school success, and (b) the ways in which adult stress and skills in the social - emotional domain can impede or foster children's social - emotional skill development; (2) identifying, deploying, and evaluating strategies to build adult and child skills in social - emotional learning with an emphasis on the Tauck Family Foundation's (TFF) five essential SEL skills; and (3) developing and testing a performance management system for SEL that (a) guides the identification of strategies, (b) provides a mechanism for ongoing progress monitoring, feedback, and changes to practice, and (c) serves as an anchor point for ongoing coaching and support in using SEL strategies.

NCCARF: This project examines the likely impacts on the built environment of increased intensities in weather - related natural hazard events, in order to identify the possibilities of using the regulatory mechanisms of building construction, housing insurance and planning in climate change adaptation.

Changes in the activity of mid-oceanic ridges have long been identified as a potential mechanism for sea level change.

Our results illustrate the utility of global scale analyses that can aide in identifying potential ecoclimate teleconnections affected by vegetation change at regional scales, while simultaneously providing insight into the mechanisms of the associated ecological responses in affected regions.

As I have also noted in recent public comments, additional mechanisms have been identified by which changes in atmospheric circulation patterns that may be a result of global warming could be affecting droughts in the American West.

They suggest that the recent oceanic warming has caused the continents to warm through a different set of mechanisms than usually identified with the global impacts of SST changes.

The course will allow participants to delve deeper into the importance of adequate adaptation planning, and to acquire tools to identify and prioritize adaptation options in agriculture sectors, ensure effective coordination and governance for climate change adaptation actions, and explore mechanisms for funding and safeguarding livelihoods.

Or, with proper mechanisms, it didn't change really and the Earth is still warming as it always has since the end of the LIA, or changes may be identified ad hoc dependent on when certain records were started, the mechanisms not having existed before then.

Dr. Theodore Landscheidt identified a mechanism that may explain changes in the solar variables that are linked with changes in Earth's climate: Interactions of the Sun with the orbital motions of the four largest planets accelerate and decelerate the Sun in a wobbling and jerky orbit about the center of mass of the solar system.

It finds that climate change will potentially destabilize transboundary river basins, and outlines the linkages among climate change, water variability and security; identifies elements in treaty design that could reduce conflict; and assesses the resilience of treaties ratified between 1948 and 2001, examining the effect of institutional and allocation mechanisms under conditions of variability on cooperation and conflict over time.

This analytical document identifies allocation provisions and institutional mechanisms that can mitigate potential conflicts between basin States in the face of increasing water variability caused by climate change.

It outlines the linkages among climate change, water variability and security; identifies elements in treaty design that could reduce conflict; and assesses the resilience of treaties ratified between 1948 and 2001, examining the effect of institutional and allocation mechanisms under conditions of variability on cooperation and conflict over time.

The NEPD Group recommends that the President direct federal agencies... to identify environmentally and cost - effective ways to use market mechanisms and incentives... and cooperate with allies, including through international processes, to develop technologies, market - based incentives, and other innovative approaches to address the issue of global climate change.»

Identify the outcomes (mechanisms of change) revealed in the analysis of relevant clinical supervision studies.

The overall goal of this research is to identify the social and psychological mechanisms by which cultural change and adaptation occur and their relationship to mental health, particularly depression.

Results: Three overarching themes were identified from Stage One, including: (1) «Experiences of learned helplessness» (e.g. the association between child conduct problems and family conflict and social isolation); (2) «Perceived benefits and mechanisms of change» (e.g. the links between positive outcomes and a number of factors, including key parenting skills, social support, longer - term resilience and commitment, and facilitative organisational practices); and (3) «Challenges in programme implementation» (e.g. cultural discomfort with praise and positive attention, conflict with partners; and organisational difficulties with fidelity, attrition and sustainability).

The first talk identifies a schema mode model to specify the mechanism of change in schema therapy from a schema mode perspective for global severity of personality pathology.