Sentences with phrase «on robust evidence»

Based primarily upon the range of urban minus rural adjusted dataset comparisons and the degree of agreement of these products with a broad range of reanalysis products, it is unlikely that any uncorrected urban heat - island effects and LULC change effects have raised the estimated centennial globally averaged LSAT trends by more than 10 % of the reported trend (high confidence, based on robust evidence and high agreement).

To address practical challenges for developers of green infrastructure projects as well as decision - makers, Forest Trends, together with other leading non-governmental organizations in this field and water sector professionals, is working on a robust evidence base that better quantifies and communicates the hydrological and economic benefits of green infrastructure.

This is based on robust evidence that violent political struggles occur over the distribution of benefits from natural resources (Peluso and Watts, 2001).

«For the first time we can accurately quantify the numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers in our schools, and plan effective workforce reform strategies for our people with the confidence they are based on robust evidence,» MATSITI Director, Professor Peter Buckskin, tells Teacher.

If the private sector is to have sufficient confidence to deliver additional capacity then it needs to be convinced that government policy is based on robust evidence and is likely to last for at least a generation.»

Not exact matches

Although the scientific literature on healthy adults isn't robust, evidence on animals and the elderly show great benefits for this simple fasting technique.

«Based on the evidence we see, the value of the MBA degree remains robust,» he says.

Amazon.com Inc.'s sales and profit topped estimates on robust demand for quick - turnaround delivery, cloud services and gadgets like the Kindle and Echo, adding to evidence the e-commerce giant can make money even as it invests heavily in future hardware, software and entertainment.

A landmark study on the trade flow of organic food products across the borders of the United States reveals that a robust global appetite for organic food has created new lucrative markets from Mexico City all the way to Hong Kong for U.S. organic producers — but also provides strong evidence that American farmers are losing out on some valuable opportunities by not growing more organic.

AIMS Ireland believes that maternity services should be based on robust and up - to - date medical evidence that provides women and families with choices in how and where they give birth.

Moreover, robust evidence on the cost effectiveness of birth in alternative settings is a priority, as was highlighted by the recent National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) clinical guidance on intrapartum care.11 The Birthplace in England research programme was designed to fill gaps in research evidence about the processes and outcomes associated with different settings for birth in the NHS in England.

Robust evidence on the cost effectiveness of planned birth in alternative settings is lacking

If there is trauma involved, families should find great comfort in the robust evidence that in time and with evidence based support, mothers and infants can, and do, heal and go on to thrive in their relationships.

High quality robust evidence, including the recently published Cochrane Review on midwife - led care, shows that the large majority of women benefit from a Midwifery - Led care model, not obstetric.

The Home Office's own report from 2011 found there was «a general lack of robust evidence on the link between khat use and social harms».

«What has changed is that over the past decade, certainly on the economic agenda, we've built a very robust evidence base which civil servants in the Treasury, for example, have accepted.

At the tail end of our time in Government Harriet Harman as Equalities Minister commissioned an in - depth study on inequality by Prof John Hills and there was huge discomfort from No 10 about even doing that, but we wanted robust evidence to help us shape the Equality Act.

«In the future it should base its programme decisions on a robust and clear evidence base, follow best contracting practice and establish a measurement regime which allows it to understand better what happens to those whom they may have helped.»

The Department for Health and Social Care has requested the collection of «robust statistic evidence» on the harm that this agreement causes, but given the damage that has been done already to the patient's trust in the NHS on data sharing, it is hardly likely to be successful in encouraging patients to share more.

Detainees go weeks without seeing a lawyer, then they show up on the day they have to give evidence to Home Office officials, denying them the opportunity to put together a robust case.

Citizen's Advice, it should be said, deny they've watered down their criticism of the government and pointed me towards recent campaigns on employment support allowance as evidence they're still robust in their relationship to government.

Much of the evidence for the negative effects of screen use in children and teenagers is not based on robust enough science says the British Psychological Society (BPS) in its new briefing paper «Changing behaviour: Children, adolescents and screen use».

Evidence includes: «moderate genetic influences demonstrated in well - sampled twin studies; the cross-culturally robust fraternal - birth - order effect on male sexual orientation; and the finding that when infant boys are surgically and socially «changed» into girls, their eventual sexual orientation is unchanged (i.e., they remain sexually attracted to females).

More robust approaches for identifying the causal effects of factors influencing health, such as the methods applied in this study, are required if we are to make recommendations for public health based on reliable evidence.»

The oversight of dietary supplements is loose: FDA regulations allow for several different types of efficacy claims to be made on labels, including fairly robust significant scientific agreement claims that the nutrient in question has a direct effect on a specific disease, but also so - called qualified health claims, where phrases such as some evidence suggests that are added.

They often turn to complementary health approaches to help, yet primary care providers have lacked a robust evidence base to guide recommendations on complementary approaches as practiced and available in the United States.

«While each child receiving a transplant is unique and every procedure is different, this study provides robust evidence on the average expected survival rates, an important consideration for the parents of children who undergo this complicated procedure.»

To make informed choices on the challenges facing us we need evidence backed up by robust science, but we rarely stop to question how well our representatives support or understand science issues in Europe.

Our finding is the most robust evidence yet that Behavioural Activation is just as effective as CBT, meaning an effective workforce could be trained much more easily and cheaply without any compromise on the high level of quality.

«We will develop that science further so that we can provide regular and scientifically robust evidence on how the odds of these phenomena are changing,» says climate modeler Peter Stott of the U.K. Met Office.

The team analysed evidence such as land use, land suitability and agricultural biomass data to create a robust model that compares different scenarios for 2050, including scenarios based on maintaining current trends.

Our results build on prior research indicating that state same - sex marriage bans were associated with increased rates of psychiatric disorders19 and that health expenditures decreased following implementation of a same - sex marriage policy in Massachusetts.22 Our study contributes evidence on the association between same - sex marriage and mental health based on a robust analysis that controls for differences in state characteristics and for other state - level events that may affect suicide attempts, which are unlikely to systematically vary with the same geographic and temporal pattern as same - sex marriage implementation.

Therefore, this study further supports the need to adopt the precautionary principle on neonicotinoids until robust evidence is available for each chemical on selected beneficial insects that we decide to protect.

The new study builds on earlier research by Hornig and collaborators that found robust evidence of distinct stages of ME / CFS, pre and post 3 - years of diagnosis, by cytokine and chemokine levels.

On the other hand, there is mounting evidence for a distinctive role played by motor vehicle traffic — related exposures in elevating cardiovascular risk.108, 111,268,269 Lipfert et al76, 77 interpreted the results of their analysis of the Veterans Affairs hypertensive male cohort as suggesting that traffic density was a more «significant and robust predictor of survival in this cohort» than PM2.5.

While there is not much robust and methodologically sound research on magnesium's antispasmodic properties, there exists evidence that supplementation relieves cramps in some patient populations, like pregnant women (of course, if you're pregnant and considering a change in your supplement regimen, talk to your doctor first).

So it is that we bring together in this issue the best of the new evidence on how choice may be affecting public schools as well as a robust, informed conversation about its longer - term potential.

An invaluable source of external, credible data is performance benchmarking — this article shows you how to provide robust, genuine and independent evidence on Learning and Development's performance; the effectiveness and impact of the learning process.

That the results are robust to multiple model specifications provides strong evidence that performance pay helps to explain the variation in student performance on the PISA tests.

The study found no robust Australian evidence and data on early teacher career attrition.

Conclusions In summary, to have an informed populace and clarity on how best to educate our children and ourselves, there must be a robust foundation of high - quality data, rigorous, objective research and strong communication of evidence on what works and what does not.

There is robust evidence that the EITC has quite large effects on children's academic achievement and attainment, with potentially important consequences for later - life outcomes.

Substantial research evidence demonstrates that CBMreading is a robust indicator of reading development and a useful predictor of student performance on state tests.

The evidence base on learning mindsets programs is not robust enough for policymakers to pursue implementation without first exploring the reliability, validity, and scalability of these findings.

There are some indications that computer - based tutoring approaches can be successful in improving reading comprehension (although the evidence is less robust in this area), particularly when they focus on the development of strategies and self - questioning skills.

• Identifying, collecting and analyzing student data with a robust body of evidence • Selecting instructional and social emotional Tier 1,2, and 3 interventions aligned to appropriate skill gaps • Monitoring student progress and setting appropriate goals • Deepen your understanding of the principles of MTSS and best practices as shared through national researched based practices and real time case scenarios, • Prioritize an action plan on next steps for your team or individual tool box and capacity

The announcement of the first phase of the new professional development fund, with its important focus on building robust evidence, will help to consolidate the existing excellent work of the teaching schools network, and give even more teachers access to the types of professional development that make a real different to them and their pupils.

Dame Alison Peacock, the chief executive of the Chartered College of Teaching, which this week signed a pledge to support evidence - based practice, said the difference between the EEF findings and the earlier work in the US «emphasise the importance of carrying out robust evaluation, in context, before simply jumping on a bandwagon».

Engaging narrative and vibrant images paint a robust portrait of this inspiring champion of the land and of women's rights.Center student discussion around the following questions, citing evidence from the text to support their answers: What are Wangari Maathai's views on the importance of education?

A lack of empirical data has deprived policymakers of a robust evidence base on which to make informed decisions.