Sentences with phrase «measured outcomes which»

Offsetting through our integrated Climate + Care projects means you not only fund emission reductions to address your unavoidable carbon footprint, but deliver measured outcomes which can contribute to the UN Global Goals and your other business objectives.

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While there is a «magic factor» to getting a cover story in the New York Times or Forbes — which can change the trajectory of a business and is hard to quantify in terms of exact impact — PR professionals can and must think of creative ways to measure outcomes in a more quantitative way.

Yet the legal review of the trade measure had not been completed and, as of Thursday morning, White House advisers were still discussing various outcomes for tariff levels and which countries could be included, according to people familiar with the deliberations.

The types of new information that Whitecoat will collect is based upon the Patient Reported Outcome Measures framework, which is gaining prominence.

Uncertainty about the outcome of the US election, which affected the autumn survey, has given way to uncertainty about the measures that will be put in place by the incoming US administration and their impact on Canadian businesses.

Undoubtedly, the best outcome would be a strong improvement in valuations, followed by signs of improvement in our measures of market action, which is the typical sequence of events that complete a market cycle and can launch a very favorable investment environment.

[9] Using a different, continuous weighted scoring system — which admittedly was, like Byrd's scoring, «an unvalidated measure of CCU outcomes» — Harris et al. concluded that «supplementary, remote, blinded, intercessory prayer produced a measurable improvement in the medical outcomes of critically ill patients», and suggested that «prayer be an effective adjunct to standard medical care.»

The outcome of each struggle was a new measure of liberty which marked another lurching step toward the promise of freedom Americans had made to themselves.

Obviously, one could form four such sets of products of possible spin - values — not by considering N simultaneous double spin - measuring experiments, but by considering the possible outcomes of a set of N serial experiments yet to be performed, in each of which it is possible to decide upon the orientation of the spin - measuring devices after the two neutrons have ceased to interact.

The other essays exhibit an astounding, often incompatible array of outcomes by which the success or failure of PRWORA should be measured.

The primary outcome was the mean healthiness of all packaged food purchases over the 4 - wk intervention period, which was measured by using the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Nutrient Profiling Scoring Criterion (NPSC).

The American Association of Pediatricians statement on breastfeeding and the use of human milk (2005) states, «Exclusive breastfeeding is the reference or normative model against which all alternative feeding methods must be measured with regard to growth, health, development and all other short and long - term outcomes.»

The breastfed infant is the reference or normative model against which all alternative feeding methods must be measured with regard to growth, health, development, and all other short - and long - term outcomes.

A number of research reviews and syntheses have been published that examined the relationship between family - centered helpgiving practices and parent, family, and child outcomes.26, 22,27,5,28,29,30,31 The studies in these reviews and syntheses used different measures of family - centered capacity - building helpgiving, many of which assessed either or both relational and participatory helpgiving practices.

Several of these syntheses included measures of self - efficacy beliefs, where the investigators examined the extent to which the relationship between helpgiving practices and the study outcomes were mediated by belief appraisals.22, 5

To examine the extent to which maternal fish intake modified relationships of breastfeeding with outcome measures, we stratified by fish intake (< 2 vs ≥ 2 servings per week) and calculated the P value for an interaction term (breastfeeding duration × fish intake) in linear regression.

Are the outcome measures clearly related to the variables with which the study occurred?

Other measures have yet to find acceptance, but it is unlikely that a single measure will ever be satisfactory for a process that involves mother and baby and for which the end result is not the only outcome that matters.

«While SNE supports breastfeeding and the principles on which this law was drafted, we are concerned that the measures would not have the intended outcome, and could even result in negative health impacts.»

Inspection of the explained variance by the R2 of the three regression models showed that this goodness - of - fit measure (the extent to which observed outcomes are replicated by the regression model) was generally low.

At the very least, though, they provide a yardstick by which we can measure the outcome of the Eastleigh vote.

An acid test which the Government faces is whether the measures contained in today's Budget will deliver lasting solutions that will help to improve outcomes for all children and young people.

Pickles has referred to unauthorised Traveller sites as a «blight», despite chairing a 2012 ministerial working group report which found travellers often suffered poor outcomes across a range of societal measures.

For instance, in April 2015, ITLOS ordered a number of provisional measures which forced Ghana to suspend the drilling of new oil and gas wells in the disputed territory, pending the outcome of the litigation.

Additional studies evaluating the mechanisms by which race / ethnicity, infertility diagnosis, and day of embryo culture affect perinatal outcomes in both autologous [donor and recipient are the same person] and donor IVF pregnancies are warranted to develop preventive measures to increase the likelihood of obtaining a good perinatal outcome among ART users,» the authors write.

In contrast to previous studies of access to care in Massachusetts that have relied on patient surveys, which the authors say may be subject to potential biases due to patient recall or other factors, the new study is one of the few to rely on objectively measured outcomes and was based on nearly every hospital admission occurring in Massachusetts and the comparison states for nearly two years before and two years after the reform was implemented.

The benefits of surgery in patients at least 80 years of age were similar to those in younger patients, except for the outcome measures of pain and physical function, which were higher in the under age 80 group.

Findings indicate that the implants are non-inferior to sublingual buprenorphine in the main outcome measure, which was maintaining abstinence from illicit opioids in at least four of the six study months.

The researchers developed algorithms to use in a «systems biology modeling cycle,» in which they repeatedly fit a model to gene expression data obtained from laboratory experiments until a good fit was obtained between the predicted and the measured outcomes.

They found that in all nine cases, their data matched the outcomes seen in patients, as measured by clinical protein biomarkers found in the bloodstream, which are used by doctors to determine whether a drug is killing the tumor cells.

The researchers found that the primary measured outcome, change in peak oxygen uptake (reflects mechanisms by which iron repletion is expected to improve systemic oxygen delivery and use) from study entry to 16 weeks did not significantly differ between the two groups.

The international research team assessed how well the most widely - used imaging techniques measure the pathological changes expected in the brain and the accuracy with which they can predict an individual's clinical outcome.

The study is investigator led and has therefore focused on clinical need, targeting patients with progressive multiple sclerosis in whom most disability is incurred... The study also reports a predominant effect on neurodegenerative rather than inflammatory outcomes, suggesting a novel mechanism of action that might be suitable as combination treatment with immunomodulatory treatments... Further phase 3 studies to measure the effect of simvastatin on sustained disability, particularly in patients with non-relapsing secondary progressive and primary progressive multiple sclerosis, are clearly needed, but this trial represents a promising point from which to develop trials of progressive disease.»

Cognition outcome measures include tests of general intelligence that determine IQ scores such as the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery, which tests working memory, language and processing speed, among other things.

He said: «While we accept that there may be longer term benefits of the scheme which we can not yet measure it appears that the Quality and Outcomes Framework has failed to reduce mortality rates since 2007.

They underwent a brain scan using a technique called magnetoencephalography (MEG), which measures both the timing and location of brain responses to different gambling outcomes.

The second problem is the way in which the outcome of the science week is measured.

In addition, this new program focuses more on morbidity as a measure of surgical outcomes, rather than mortality, which Dr. Moss said better encompasses the specific nature of pediatric surgery.

A recent study found that fetal electrocardiogram ST segment analysis, or STAN, which is largely used in Europe to measure fetal heart activity, does not improve outcomes during labor and delivery or decrease cesarean deliveries compared with conventional fetal heart rate monitoring.

«We retrospectively analyzed the data from the DTI sequence to derive measures of white matter integrity, which we compared to clinical measures and subsequent outcome measures 6 months to 2.5 years after the initial evaluation.»

Through this approach, she showed in mice that vaccine - induced immune responses — which correlated with predicted MHC binding affinity and the measured peptide - MHC complex stability — were associated with positive outcomes.

To identify methodological categories, the outcome of each paper was classified according to a set of binary variables: 1 - outcome measured on biological material; 2 - outcome measured on human material; 3 - outcome exclusively behavioural (measures of behaviours and interactions between individuals, which in studies on people included surveys, interviews and social and economic data); 4 - outcome exclusively non-behavioural (physical, chemical and other measurable parameters including weight, height, death, presence / absence, number of individuals, etc...).

All of the case series studies showed improvements in clinical measures, which indicates that these outcomes can be obtained in the outpatient practice setting in at least a subset of adherent patients.

States should use a variety of student outcome measures to determine which schools should be subject to intervention.

Key Measures Special educational needs key measures include a single assessment process (0 - 25) which is more streamlined, better involves children, young people and families and is completed quickly; An Education Health and Care Plan (replacing the statement) which brings services together and is focused on improving outcomes; An offer of a personal budget for families with an Education, Health and Care Plan; A requirement for local authorities and health services to jointly plan and commission services that children, young people and their families need; A requirement on local authorities to publish a local offer indicating the support available to those with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their Measures Special educational needs key measures include a single assessment process (0 - 25) which is more streamlined, better involves children, young people and families and is completed quickly; An Education Health and Care Plan (replacing the statement) which brings services together and is focused on improving outcomes; An offer of a personal budget for families with an Education, Health and Care Plan; A requirement for local authorities and health services to jointly plan and commission services that children, young people and their families need; A requirement on local authorities to publish a local offer indicating the support available to those with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their measures include a single assessment process (0 - 25) which is more streamlined, better involves children, young people and families and is completed quickly; An Education Health and Care Plan (replacing the statement) which brings services together and is focused on improving outcomes; An offer of a personal budget for families with an Education, Health and Care Plan; A requirement for local authorities and health services to jointly plan and commission services that children, young people and their families need; A requirement on local authorities to publish a local offer indicating the support available to those with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their support.

Education is a complex policy area in which outcomes are determined by a host of difficult - to - measure variables, many of which are outside of schools» control.

ASSESSMENT OF FUNDS How the PE and sport premium is used will be assessed by Ofsted, which will measure its impact on pupil outcomes, and how effectively governors hold school leaders to account for this.

Whether the PARCC test succeeds in measuring college preparedness better than the MCAS is an empirical question; answering it requires a rigorous, independent analysis of which test better predicts college outcomes.

Our outcome measures include Stanford Achievement Test scores and attendance rates, both of which are drawn from administrative data provided by the district.

Local outcome data will drive this decisionmaking, says Kane, and to deliver on these new requirements, he imagines a future in which a collection of «efficacy networks» provide local capacity to measure, evaluate, and share the impact of local interventions.