Sentences with phrase «on measurement approaches»

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In their December 2006 paper entitled «Investor Sentiment in the Stock Market», Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler summarize a top down approach to addressing these questions, focusing on the measurement of aggregate sentiment and its relationship to stock returns.

A special emphasis will be placed on quantification and measurement of food loss, since the lack of data available around this issue area is a major barrier to understanding what the best approaches for reduction are.

Individual growth curve models were developed for multilevel analysis and specifically designed for exploring longitudinal data on individual changes over time.23 Using this approach, we applied the MIXED procedure in SAS (SAS Institute) to account for the random effects of repeated measurements.24 To specify the correct model for our individual growth curves, we compared a series of MIXED models by evaluating the difference in deviance between nested models.23 Both fixed quadratic and cubic MIXED models fit our data well, but we selected the fixed quadratic MIXED model because the addition of a cubic time term was not statistically significant based on a log - likelihood ratio test.

Water's behavior was tested with three different approaches: ultrafast optical measurements, which revealed the arrangement of molecules on the nanometric scale; a computer simulation on the atomic scale; and measurement of the water's surface structure and tension, which was done at the macroscopic level.

The model used real - world measurements of metabolism and built on them to establish temperature comfort standards, a bottom - up approach that can be tweaked to accommodate different office cultures, workplace demographics and climate conditions.

Using an interdisciplinary approach that combined evidence from climate modelling of large 20th - century eruptions, annual measurements of Nile summer flood heights from the Islamic Nilometer — the longest - known human record of environmental variability — between 622 and 1902, as well as descriptions of Nile flood quality in ancient papyri and inscriptions from the Ptolemaic era, the authors show how large volcanic eruptions impacted on Nile river flow, reducing the height of the agriculturally - critical summer flood.

The new approach also seeks to transform firearm identification from a subjective method that depends on an examiner's experience and judgement to one that is based on objective measurements.

His work originally focused on bulk viscosity — the measurement of a fluid's resistance to expansion or contraction — and how moving fluids behave when approaching the speed of light.

This approach will make it possible to reduce errors in exposure measurement, and to identify the potential periods of greatest influence of phenols on the growth of children during childhood.

To solve this, the project has built an approach that uses solely Time - of - Flight (ToF) measurements and relies on software upgrades of simple commercial off - the - shelf 802.11 chipsets that can be integrated in any access point (AP).

Using a novel approach, scientists at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC - WHO) showed that three different measurements of body size, BMI, waist circumference, and waist to hip ratio all predicted similar obesity - related cancer risk in older adults.

Our novel imaging approach also allows measurement of all kinds of quantitative data: the symmetry of the loop extrusion, the speed at which the loop is formed, what happens when you pull on the DNA.»

PNNL is using an integrative research approach that draws on our depth and breadth of capabilities in atmospheric chemistry, climate physics, modeling, and measurement to address critical scientific questions related to the role of aerosols in the climate system.

We aim to push its limits on all fronts to establish a technique which combines nanometre 3D resolution with maximum labelling efficiencies, absolute measurements of protein copy numbers, precise multi-colour measurements, high - throughput for large scale statistics and novel data analysis approaches, to address the vast array of exciting biological questions at the nanoscale, which are becoming accessible only now.

«How do we approach that question from a measurement point on a mission... that indeed there is a habitable environment on «How do we approach that question from a measurement point on a mission... that indeed there is a habitable environment on Enceladus, but it was vacant?»

Third, he systematically analyzed these motifs both theoretically and experimentally to understand their functional capabilities in bacteria and mammalian cells, along the way introducing innovative, elegant, and widely influential approaches based on accurate quantitative measurements in living cells.

As an affiliate of BSRI, Dr. Rosenbloom is building a Bayesian approach to validate infection assays, contributing to the RAVEN project on ultra-sensitive HIV detection and measurement.

«We developed and implemented new modeling approaches based on laboratory measurements to include shielding of toxics by organic aerosols in a global atmosphere model that resulted in large improvements of model predictions,» said PNNL scientist Dr. Manish Shrivastava.

MD / PhD student Erik Reinertsen is the first author on two papers in Physiological Measurement advancing this approach, working under the supervision of Gari Clifford, interim chair of Emory's Department of Biomedical Informatics.

One possibility that has been embraced by many advocates is some type of measurement of student soft skills, which include social skills, self - management abilities, academic soft skills such as listening carefully to instructions, and approaches to learning such as willingness to take on challenging tasks.

This signature Translational Science Model (TSM) is characterized by precision in definition and measurement, a rapid - cycle iterative approach to improving programs, and a relentless focus on identifying what works best (and least or not at all) for whom and why.

Our signature approach draws on advances in neuroscience, molecular biology, and the behavioral and social sciences to inform both the design of testable, new interventions and the measurement of their effectiveness over time.

The Scope of this project is to: - Provide seed funding and support pilot implementation of ideas resulting from the June 2014 design workshop on improving outcomes for babies in foster care; - Launch pilots of co-designed strategies for working collaboratively with parents in creating daily, regularized family routines in four sites and evaluate executive function skills, child development, child literacy and parental stress levels of participants pre -, during, and post-intervention; - Build a core group of leaders to help set the strategic direction for Frontiers of Innovation (FOI) and take on leadership for parts of the portfolio; - With Phil Fisher at the University of Oregon and Holly Schindler at the University of Washington develop a measurement and data collection framework and infrastructure in order to collect data from FOI - sponsored pilots and increase cross-site and cross-strategy learning; Organize Building Adult Capabilities Working Group to identify, measure and develop strategies related to executive function and emotional regulation for adults facing high levels of adversity and produce summary report in the fall of 2014 that reviews the knowledge base in this area and implications for intervention, including approaches that impact two generations.

My recent research in this area suggests that there can also be a strong focus on skill acquisition related to test preparation in contemporary classrooms, which can be approached in a way that excludes pleasure and enjoyment, leading to children deciding that reading is a thing done for the purpose of measurement and testing.»

Chronic absence is feasible for inclusion in California's accountability measurement system using the state's approach for rating school achievement based on outcome and improvement, or alternatively through an approach that simply looks at performance in a given school year.

The tests are based on the MetaMetrics ® Lexile Framework for Reading, a scientific approach to reading and text measurement that has become the most widely adopted reading measure in use today.

Likewise, such an approach aligns with the 2014 «Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing» measurement standards recently released by the leading professional organizations in the area of educational measurement, including the American Educational Research Association (AERA), American Psychological Association (APA), and National Council on Measurement in Educatmeasurement standards recently released by the leading professional organizations in the area of educational measurement, including the American Educational Research Association (AERA), American Psychological Association (APA), and National Council on Measurement in Educatmeasurement, including the American Educational Research Association (AERA), American Psychological Association (APA), and National Council on Measurement in EducatMeasurement in Education (NCME).

This scientific approach to student mastery relies on rigorous measurement.

Principals need to develop systems that build on continuous monitoring of student progress to augment the end - of - year snap - shot measurement approach.

The current approach to risk and return relies on measurements of risk that are inappropriate for the individual investor, and models based on MPT do not reflect real - world phenomenon.

Skydance Interactive CCO Laralyn McWilliams will detail an approach to design that focuses on setting clear goals, determining measurements for those goals, and evaluating success during testing and live - game service.

Sceptics point out that his approach relies on satellite measurements of carbon monoxide, which like methane is a by - product of incomplete combustion, but whose decline may be down to other things, such as the shift away from leaded petrol.

All other approaches rely on measurements of phenomena and processes that are, at best, indirectly related to the energy imbalance.

Here we introduce a geochemical approach for estimating the flux from a vent field based on radon (222Rn) measurements in the overlying effluent plume.

The net rate of CH4 emissions is generally estimated from three approaches: (1) extrapolation from direct flux measurements and observations, (2) process - based modelling (bottom - up approach) and (3) inverse modelling that relies on spatially distributed, temporally continuous observations of concentration, and in some cases isotopic composition in the atmosphere (top - down approach).

There are also many other issues that will need to be discussed, including the performance measurement approach, reporting approach, the credit approach, and termination (for example, whether the termination triggers termination of the framework agreement or whether the termination operates on a country - by - country basis).

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (R) created a children's cabinet by executive order in 2016.10 The cabinet serves as an advisory body on issues that the state's children face — formulating policy solutions and encouraging innovation.11 The cabinet focuses on developing a comprehensive strategy to early learning through a uniform approach to data collection, quality assurance, and outcomes measurement.12 The governor chairs the cabinet, which also includes the state superintendent for education, the commissioner for mental health, and the executive director for youth services.

She has been working with MIECHV since its inception in 2010 and contributed to the development of MIECHV's approach to providing technical assistance (TA) on evaluation, performance measurement, and continuous quality improvement.

It could be that, given the different conditions under which the working alliance develops in Internet - based treatment approaches, administering the WAI later on in the therapy might yield more accurate measurements.

Other approaches to measurement rely on proxies such as absences and disciplinary infractions, but «research on their validity is still in the early stages and complicated statistical adjustments are required to interpret them accurately.»

Conference: International Society on Early Intervention (ISEI) Date: June 2016 Presenters: Kathleen Hebbeler & Abby Winer Schachner This poster presents the current approaches to child outcomes measurement in the U.S. and key factors and strategies for identifying data quality concerns.

One measurement approach is time spent on a frustrating behavioral task (i.e., task persistence).