Sentences with phrase «more systematic analysis»

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A word more about the inner character of the event - theoretical framework, which consists of (1) the usual quantificational theory of first order, extended to include the theory of virtual classes and relations, (2) the theory of identity, (3) Lesniewski's mereology or calculus of individuals, (4) logical syntax in its modern form, (5) a semantics or theory of reference both extensional and intentional, (6) variant renditions of systematic pragmatics as needed, (7) the theory of events, states, acts, and processes, and, finally, (8) a theory of structural or grammatical relations of the kind needed for the analysis of natural language.

A third meta - analysis was published in 2007 by Ip et al. 31 The researchers combined socioeconomic status — adjusted ORs of only 3 studies that were determined by the systematic review conducted by Guise et al32 and published in 2005 to be of good or fair quality: the UK Childhood Cancer Study, 23 Shu et al, 20 and Dockerty et al. 19 Based on their analyses, they concluded that breastfeeding for more than 6 months was associated with a 20 % lower risk for ALL (OR, 0.8; 95 % CI, 0.71 - 0.91).

Dr Alyssa Bell and Professor Luis Chiappe of the Dinosaur Institute, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, publishing in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, have undertaken a detailed analysis of their evolution, showing that separate lineages became progressively more adept at diving into water to catch fishes, like modern day loons and grebes.

Dr. Sievenpiper's systematic review and meta - analysis included nine clinical trials involving 126 participants out of more than 2,000 papers screened.

Last year, Devereaux and his colleagues at McMaster, the University of Toronto, and the University at Buffalo published pioneering systematic reviews and meta - analyses of studies comparing the mortality rates of private for - profit hospitals and those of private not - for - profit hospitals (more commonly, although somewhat inaccurately, referred to as «public hospitals» in Canada).

These are the conclusions of the first systematic analysis of the economic cost of Arctic melting, which delivers a sobering antidote to other, more upbeat assessments that say melting in this area would improve access to minerals on the ocean bed, increase fishing and create ice - free shipping lanes.

While direct investments in interventions that matter for child nutrition appear to be critical, the need for a more systematic and rigorous analysis of what specific health - related interventions would yield the greatest return remains to be conducted, say the authors.

More specifically, we use large - scale data acquisition and quantitative modelling of phenotypes and molecular profiles, systematic perturbations (such as drugs or high - throughput genetics) and computational analysis of non-linear, epistatic interaction networks.

However, according to a systematic analysis females tend to be more obese than men (2).

Alcohol consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and dose - response meta - analysis of more than 1.9 million individuals from 38 observational studies

However, these correlations emerge only through multivariate analyses that control for the more dominant correlations of test scores with demographic variables — systematics for which graduate admissions committees rarely correct quantitatively.

Through the generation and focused phenotyping of prospective rat models, where gene targets have been identified through the systematic mouse phenotyping effort, we focus our complementary analyses to conditions where the larger size and higher cognitive function of the rat is advantageous for more complex and accurate physiological assessments.

Additional results of the WIDE program included more collegial staff relationships, specific strategies for improving instruction, and systematic analysis of student performance data to inform instruction.

As Senior Vice Provost, Singer works closely with the President and Provost on critical issues of faculty development and diversity across the University, addressing the need for more systematic review and analysis of appointments, with an eye to ensuring greater excellence and diversity in faculty ranks.

And so, a major fear with this second Report (and, in general) is that districts or schools might simply pick one or more actions from its menu of school improvement clusters... without linking them to the results of a systematic and effective needs and root cause assessment, resource and capacity analysis, and strategic planning process.

Clearly more analysis will clarify the uncertainties in the ocean heat estimates — which are very large and, I believe, may be understated in the Lyman et al paper since they address random but not systematic sources of error.

Therefore they have decided to support the application of the precautionary principle by stating the uncertainties as less than any objective systematic analysis can support and using subjective judgments as a more reliable basis for quantitative conclusions than they really are.

A systematic approach — that begins with a risk analysis and includes strategies to mitigate identified sources of risk — not only helps overcome this... [more]

The conclusion of the two meta - analyses and the systematic reviews, and the over-all conclusion of the most recent scholarly work on SFBT, is that Solution - Focused Brief Therapy is an effective approach to the treatment of psychological problems, with effect sizes similar to other evidenced - based approaches, such as CBT and IPT, but that these effects are found in fewer average sessions, and using an approach style that is more benign (Gingerich et al, 2012; Trepper & Franklin, 2012).