Not exact matches
-- 1) Improved understanding
of adaptive genetic and phenotypic forest characteristics that would provide better guidance for breeding
programs and management actions to maximize resilience to both direct and
indirect climate impacts to forests; 2) Long - term studies to better understand
effects of CO2 fertilization in Montana's forests; 3) Improved models
of climate and vegetation
effects on evapotranspiration and water balances throughout forested systems.
The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld a busing statute allowing private school students to ride on public school buses against a challenge brought under one
of Minnesota's Blaine Amendments (Article XIII, Section 2) because the
program's primary purpose and
effect was neither to benefit nor support religious schools, despite providing incidental and
indirect encouragement
of private school attendance.
Looking to the future, NCSECS will track reauthorization
of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), regulations that shape the administration
of the U.S. Department
of Education's Charter School
Program and continue to monitor and comment on policy issues that have a direct or
indirect effect on students with disabilities who are enrolling in charter schools.
The two different types
of potential
effects on early
programming of pro-inflammatory responses (Gluckman et al., 2005; Rickard and Lummaa, 2007) suggest the need to examine two
indirect pathways in models examining potential biological mechanisms
of influence from parenting to later health outcomes.
This study examines both the direct and
indirect (through increases in self - competence)
effects of a Kids In Transition to School (KITS)
program, intervention designed to promote school readiness in children in foster care on third grade indicators
of risk for becoming involved in alcohol use and delinquency (e.g., positive expectations about alcohol use, endorsement
of antisocial activities, and associations with deviant peers.
Analyses showed a significant
indirect effect for dysfunctional parental attributions in favor
of the group receiving the behavioral
program, and significant
effects of the behavioral
program on positive and negative parenting and parental self - efficacy, compared to the nondirective intervention.
While short - term
programs don't tend to show as many positive
effects as do longer - term
programs, brief interventions often lead to
indirect results because
of referrals and links to other community resources.