Sentences with phrase «of systematic differences»

Despite extensive comparisons, there was no evidence of systematic differences between these groups, suggesting that losses to follow - up did not have an adverse effect on study randomization.

A detailed investigation of the selection of schools into boundary regions yields no indication of systematic differences between boundary and non-boundary schools along other measured dimensions.

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In August, Google fired James Damore after the engineer published a memo claiming the company's pay gap was a result of biological differences and not systematic sexism.

A study of the results of separating the chair and CEO roles in Swiss companies by professors Markus M. Schmid and Heinz Zimmermann from the University of Basel reached similar conclusions: «We find no evidence of a systematic and significant difference in valuation between firms with combined and firms with separated functions.»

Perhaps the quickest way to encapsulate that difference is as follows: while Process and Reality represents a systematic cosmology, Difference and Repetition develops a speculative «chaosmology» At its most simplistic, the distinction in play here is that between a cosmos in which order is imposed upon a primordial chaos «from outside,» or transcendently, (as when Form is imposed upon matter by the Platonic demiurge, or harmony established a priori by the Leibnizean deity), and a chaosmos in which order is generated «from within,» by a wholly immanent process of self - orgdifference is as follows: while Process and Reality represents a systematic cosmology, Difference and Repetition develops a speculative «chaosmology» At its most simplistic, the distinction in play here is that between a cosmos in which order is imposed upon a primordial chaos «from outside,» or transcendently, (as when Form is imposed upon matter by the Platonic demiurge, or harmony established a priori by the Leibnizean deity), and a chaosmos in which order is generated «from within,» by a wholly immanent process of self - orgDifference and Repetition develops a speculative «chaosmology» At its most simplistic, the distinction in play here is that between a cosmos in which order is imposed upon a primordial chaos «from outside,» or transcendently, (as when Form is imposed upon matter by the Platonic demiurge, or harmony established a priori by the Leibnizean deity), and a chaosmos in which order is generated «from within,» by a wholly immanent process of self - organization.

He writes: «We need only survey the chronic and significant differences of opinion over the systematic grounding of natural law today, as well as the extraordinarily complicated and controversial skirmish lines over questions of moral theology, to see that this is so.»

At that time (1975) I knew that there was a real difference between fundamental and systematic theology and, therefore, between the forms of publicness proper to each.

We need only survey the chronic and significant differences of opinion over the systematic grounding of natural law today, as well as the extraordinarily complicated and controversial skirmish lines over questions of moral theology, to see that this is so.

The purpose of this essay is to advance the dialogue between black and neoclassical theologies by offering several systematic indicators of important similarities and differences.

Yet despite minor structural differences at Vanderbilt and elsewhere there was an inflexible understanding at work: that a rigorous academy would not harbor learned discourse about religion in its central precincts unless conducted with the systematic detachment of nonbelievers.

2) The second difference is that this persecution was more organized and systematic than that of the first.

But the third source of Tillich's thought, the tradition of German idealist philosophy, gives greater emphasis to impersonal conceptions and is more evident in his systematic discussion of the doctrine of God.33 He does not accept Hegel's vision of participation in the all - inclusive Absolute in which all differences are overcome in harmonious synthesis.

«Rather than producing a systematic definition of «vocation,» we decided to draw upon our diverse perspectives in a way that did not smooth out the differences among them.»

The difference between the extremes of the systematic value structure of congregations has grown tremendously» (James D. Anderson, To Come Alive!

The authors conducted a systematic review of published studies from which estimates of a mean difference (standard error) in blood pressure between breastfed and bottle - fed subjects could be derived.

There is no significant difference in the prevalence of verbal abuse in the workplace between men and women, according to a systematic review of the literature conducted by researchers at the Institut universitaire de santé mentale de Montréal and the University of Montreal.

By contrast, a series of systematic reviews concluded, however, that there were no developmental differences once the baby was a few weeks old.

The study wasn't designed to measure whether tumor profiling made a difference in how patients fared, but «it nonetheless lays the groundwork for more systematic study of the impact of genomics on clinical practice and patient outcomes,» the report said.

The comparatively large radius of K2 - 95b is consistent with the other recently discovered cluster planets K2 - 25b (Hyades) and K2 - 33b (Upper Scorpius), indicating systematic differences in their evolutionary states or formation.

No systematic biases were found (range for bias factor 0.65 — 4.12 and range for mean differences − 1.81 — 1.30, none of them statistically significant).

In fact, we revealed that lean participants from the different studies varied more in their levels of Firmicutes than did the lean and obese individuals within each study, pointing to systematic biases and biological differences across the study populations.

The aim of this review was to give a systematic overview about the fMRI research on acupuncture regarding the following four aspects: 1) differences between verum and sham acupuncture, 2) differences due to various methods of acupuncture manipulation, 3) differences between patients and healthy volunteers, 4) differences between different acupuncture points.

A small systematic review published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics showed that there wasn't much differences between these diets and that it was weight loss that improved PCOS.

Recent studies emphasize that adiposity, like stature, is a polygenic trait, and that population genetic variability primarily comprises different frequencies of particular alleles, rather than major systematic differences [14, 60].

An index of civic skills was created to test for systematic differences across the five types of schools.

While there is considerable anecdotal evidence that principals are important — including various movies about the charismatic principal or the bumbling bureaucrat, there has been very little systematic evidence about the magnitude of differences among principals or about their impact on student learning.

In a new study presented at the this year's fall research conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management in Chicago, we used data from CORE Districts, to assess whether there are systematic mindset differences present in the US population within and across schools, and whether holding a growth mindset predicts academic achievement gains of students.

On the other hand, if you do control for student income or race, you could be attributing to students» background any systematic differences in the quality of teachers assigned to such students.

Many of his studies took him into controversial territory, including his investigation of whether incentives increase academic achievement (in most cases, no), and his investigation with Steven Levitt of whether there are systematic racial differences in mental ability among young children (no, when they're under the age of 1; yes, as they get older, hinting at the importance of environmental differences).

These findings are consistent with — but not definitive proof of — the argument that systematic differences in the schools attended by white and black children may explain the divergence in test scores.

• Sampling: the difference between population and sample; sampling techniques including: random, systematic, strati ed, opportunity and volunteer; implications of sampling techniques, including bias and generalisation.

As a general strategy, then, we developed empirically driven indices of effectiveness for both schools and teachers, grouped the schools or teachers into categories of effectiveness, and then examined the systematic differences among schools or teachers on other sets of variables.

A series of robustness and placebo tests indicate a systematic influence of teacher skills as distinct from overall differences among countries in the level of cognitive skills.

So there are systematic differences and weaknesses in bond ratings, but the investors who own most of the bonds understand those foibles.

Neptune addresses the ideologies around white supremacy by focusing on an artistic invention called «The Colorline,» a metal stand and green velvet curtain, «designed to block out the reality of systematic racism, cultural and racial difference, white supremacy, and aggravated stress caused by interactions with non-white persons.»

Rather than simply assume that one subset of constraints are superior, it is important to investigate why there might be a systematic difference between methodologies and the coupled GCMs are excellent tools for that.

«An independent systematic review of the available published literature has shown that there are no important differences in the nutrition content of, or any additional health benefits deriving from, organic food when compared with conventionally produced food.»

Taking a difference between two measurements made under the same conditions removes many sources of systematic error that would have been an issue with the single measurement.

The difference over time of temperature measured at a consistent location has much lower systematic error than the use of that single location's temperature as a proxy for the overall temperature of the region.

Systematic differences in the overall shape of successive 11 - year modulation cycles and similarities in the alternate 11 - year cycles seem to be related to the polarity reversals of the polar magnetic field of the Sun.

Some models project a faster rate of global warming than others, but it is not yet clear whether this involves systematic differences at the regional scale.

Climate models vary widely in their projections of both global mean temperature rise and regional climate changes, but are there any systematic differences in regional changes associated with different levels of global climate sensitivity?

[Response: The difference is in the corrections to the XBT data, which is obviously part of the systematic error.

Gavin said, «The difference is in the corrections to the XBT data, which is obviosly part of the systematic error.

Much of the uncertainty is systematic, so despite large ranges, differences can be significant (e.g. coal - related damages are $ 410 (− 180 / +240; 5 — 95 % CI) billion greater than gas - related damages at 3 % discounting).

Sixteen systematic reviews provided data on 17 comparisons with inactive interventions (placebo, sham interventions or waiting list).30 — 32 35 — 37 39 — 43 45 — 50 figure 2 provides an overview of treatment effects of non-pharmacological and common pharmacological treatments for MDD when compared with inactive interventions using standardised mean differences.

Findings suggest substantial improvement via an intensive approach for young children with autism; however, important differences in group assignment at baseline, difficulties with systematic measurement overtime, the lack of reported treatment fidelity or adherence characteristics, and the small number of children in the comparison group limit interpretation of these findings.

Thus there was no evidence of systematic and significant differences between the groups in terms of medication.

This confidence interval does not overlap with the error bars associated with distances less than 2 Mb suggesting the existence of systematic dependencies between methylation differences at distances up to 2 Mb.

Analyses conducted to test whether associations of shared selves with other study variables varied depending on the content of the shared selves did not yield any systematic differences by domain.