Sentences with phrase «long evaluation period»

Ideally, returns of a liquid - alt fund should not only be uncorrelated with those of both stocks and bonds but also significantly positive over a long evaluation period.

Not exact matches

Given the access to information and the heightened degree of competition amongst sellers, this evaluation process can be deep and can occur in multiple phases over long periods of time.

Urinary incontinence (UI) has an effect on quality of life during the postpartum period.1, 2 Fear of UI is one of the most common reasons for maternal demand for cesarean delivery.3, 4 The muscle strength of the pelvic floor returns to the antepartum value 6 — 10 weeks postpartum in most women.5, 6 However, UI symptoms after delivery do not resolve in the long term in some women.7, 8 Studies have variously concluded that the prevalence of UI changed9 or did not change within 6 months or 1 year postpartum.10, 11 A higher prevalence or incidence of UI has been observed in women who had a vaginal delivery than in women who underwent cesarean delivery.10 — 18 In contrast, a recent study found that vaginal delivery was not associated with postpartum UI.19 The long - term protective effect of cesarean delivery has not been determined.20 Validated and reliable questionnaires to evaluate UI, including severity and quality of life, are needed for postpartum evaluation.21 However, comparisons of UI severity and the effect on daily life between women who have had vaginal and cesarean deliveries are scarce.22

Beyond probationary periods, certification requirements and evaluations, education reform leaders are looking to take on larger long - term sticking points between their groups and New York's city and state teachers» union, including merit pay.

The pertinent literature lacks data on cortisol in a matrix that captures systemic cortisol exposure over longer periods of time suitable for chronic stress evaluation in fish, comparable to avian feathers and mammalian hair.

However, the university's administration feels that this period is not long enough for adequate performance evaluation.

The only way to answer these questions is to begin collecting data from larger programs and investing more money in evaluations so that students can be tracked for longer periods of time.

We can use the evaluation rubric and what's expected of people to know and be able to do to associate them with those rapid changes, and then we can make the systemic changes necessary to address student needs in real time, rather than waiting for a long period of time to do that.

Today, about thirty - nine other states have shorter probationary periods but in Connecticut we all recognize — state officials, local education officials and teachers and education advocates that we are better off with a longer probationary period so that the evaluations, assessments and decisions about which teachers should stay can be made.

In his «historic» call for «education reform», an end to teacher tenure and a disproportionate transfer of public dollars to charter schools the Governor failed to point out that (1) Connecticut already has one of the longest probationary periods for teachers in the country — four years — which gives school administrators more opportunity to judge a teacher's capability than do those in most other states and that (2) in 2010 the Legislature adopted major revisions to the teacher evaluation process that already gives Malloy's Department of Education the power to revamp how teachers are evaluated and require school administrators to actually conduct appropriate evaluations.

Malloy failed to tell the public that Connecticut already has one of the longest teacher probation periods in the nation (4 years) and the major teacher evaluation reforms that became law in 2010 will finally require school administrators to do their job and remove teachers who are not up to the job.

Unlike our previous analysis, which covered a longer - term performance of the fund, this evaluation will generally focus on a recent shorter time period.

MFO «Great Owl» designations are assigned to funds that have earned top performance rank for all evaluation periods 3 years or longer, as applicable.

These funds have consistently delivered top quintile risk adjusted returns (based on Martin Ratio) in their categories for evaluation periods 3 years and longer.

When the performance evaluation time period gets longer, then there are fewer and fewer actively managed mutual funds with net performance that is better than a passively managed index fund targeting a market return.

The EPIC study (Evaluation of Pimobendan In Cardiomegaly) found pimobendan extended the asymptomatic period by an average of 15 months, while dogs that received the drug also lived significantly longer than those receiving a placebo.

Having been continuously measured for 55 years, Hintereisferner has one of the longest periods of continuous study of any glacier in the world, based on measured data and a consistent method of evaluation.

A two - year independent evaluation of the pilot program, conducted by the Centre for Analysis of Educational Futures at Flinders University, found that 20 % of students experiencing mental health difficulties were shown to no longer be at risk after adopting the KidsMatter Primary program over a two - year period.