Sentences with phrase «lack of control measures»

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Everywhere I travel in the U.S., I see a boom as measured by the lack of open seats on airplanes, sold - out hotels and crowded restaurants, not to mention the almost out - of - control construction activity in every city.

Although billions of dollars are being expended annually on family planning services in less - developed countries, and such programs have been promoted by various governments at the national level for four decades, there are only a few studies that have attempted to measure the demographic and health impact of family planning against a «control group» — a similar area which lacks the service.

Most studies displayed faults ranging from lack of control groups to use of biased and unreliable measuring instruments to the use of subjects who were either self - selected or selected by abortion clinic personnel.

While other measures lacked the same urgency or drama as mayoral control, which did not get done this session, lawmakers did approve scores of bills in recent days, like a provision that would make it easier for cancer patients to sue for malpractice, and a ban on e-cigarettes in bars and restaurants.

This could be the result of poor quality control or the lack of capability to measure concentration.

The next surprise is the Ghost's absolute lack of body roll in turns and its sublime composure over lumpy pavement, a level of suspension refinement (control - arm front and multilink rear, with air springs and variable - rate dampers) that far exceeds the usual Rolls «waftability» measure.

PTM not only responds to a lack of traction, but incorporates sensors measuring the speed of the vehicle, lateral acceleration, steering angle and the position and use of the gas pedal in order to provide enhanced control under the most extreme dynamic driving conditions.

The International Game Developers Association took to Twitter earlier today to protest the idea that games can be linked to real - world violence, instead placing the blame for recent US shootings on the country's lack of «reasonable gun control measures.»

You could not measure average temperature to that degree of accuracy over 10 years in a garden shed, and if you attempted it you would need quality control procedures which are manifestly lacking across the US (probably the best available apart from the UK)-- see Watts Up with That.

While some firms have pledged to tighten their supply chain control, the mobile phone industry as a whole lacks sufficient measures to guarantee that phones and other electronics are free of conflict minerals.

Typical examples include: the expectation of high return on investment (short payback period); high capital costs and long project development times for some measures; lack of access to capital for energy efficiency improvements and feedstock / fuel change; fair market value for cogenerated electricity to the grid; and costs / lack of awareness of need for control of HFC leakage.

In recent decades, unfortunately, malaria control measures were inadequate for the poor and especially for the young of developing nations, sometimes through failures of national governance, or from lack of financial resources and training.

In particular, there was a lack of physical measures, like pedestrian walkways, while the management arrangements in place were not sufficient to control vehicle movements.

Regulators have uncovered several issues, including a lack of customer protection measures and insufficient anti-money laundering controls.

The KCC said that the exchanges failed to properly prevent against unauthorized access to personal information, lacking necessary access control devices such as intrusion prevention systems, measures to prevent the tampering of records and encryption safeguards for secure storage and transmission of personal information.

Warnings have been raised again about the security of the smartphone apps used to control IoT devices, with many found to be lacking elementary security and privacy measures.

Limitations include the lack of a control group and the use of only one measure, especially one with the potential for self - report biasing.

Limitations include the lack of a control group, the self - report nature of the measures, and the fact that follow - up data were available for only about 10 % of the participants with pre-post data.

Children's self - control during their first decade of life was measured using nine measures of self - control: observational ratings of children's lack of control (3 and 5 y of age) and parent, teacher, and self - reports of impulsive aggression, hyperactivity, lack of persistence, inattention, and impulsivity (5, 7, 9, and 11 y of age).

Because the lack of significant effect size on the CDI may indicate that this measure might not be sensitive for depressive symptoms of young people with chronic illnesses, we also checked whether the results would be consistent in studies that compared children with chronic illness to test norms and to healthy control groups.

Limitations include lack of control group, small sample size, and reliability on self - reported measures.

Limitations include small sample size, reliance on self - reported measures, generalizable to children in Head Start program, use of a nontreatment control group, and lack of follow - up.

Limitations include lack of randomization, small sample size, reliance on self - reported measures, generalizable to children in Head Start program, use of a nontreatment control group, and lack of follow - up.

Limitations include small sample size, reliance on self - reported measures, use of a nontreatment control group, and lack of follow - up.

Limitations include small sample size, reliance on self - reported measures, participants who were in the play therapy group received twice as much time with counselors over children in the active control group, and lack of follow - up.

Limitations include small sample size, lack of follow - up of waitlist control condition, relying on self - reporting measures to determine success, and generalizability to other ethnic populations.

This study is limited due to lack of a randomly assigned control group and lack of comparison between the RLH and TI - TAU group on most outcome measures, and possible selection bias in the RLH sample.

Limitations include the lack of a comparison or control group, the limited data collected at postintervention follow - up, and concerns regarding the use of standardized measures that were not designed for parents with intellectual disabilities.

Limitations include the 54.5 % participation rate, the reliance on a formal psychiatric diagnosis of ODD / CD in the child as the outcome measure, and the lack of follow - up with the untreated control group sample.

Limitations include small sample size, lack of true random assignment, reliance on self - reported measures, no - treatment control group, generalizability due to ethnic composition of participants, and lack of follow - up.

Limitations include the lack of a comparison or control group, non-randomization of subjects, and sole reliance on clinician reported measures.

Limitations include the large percentage of families that did not complete the outcomes measures and the lack of a control group.

Limitations include lack of randomization, lack of control group, reliance on self - reported measures, and lack of follow - up.

Limitations include, lack of untreated control group, and reliance on self - reported measures.

Limitations include small sample size, lack of control group, and reliance on self - reported measures.

Spence and Shortt (2007) have also commented on low power, limited follow - ups, lack of random assignment, use of no - intervention control conditions, few diagnostic measures and limited use of blind assessors.

The RMSEA is a measure of lack of fit per degrees of freedom, controlling for sample size, and values less than.06 indicate a relatively good fit between the hypothesized model and the observed data.