Sentences with phrase «on small numbers»

(Essentially all the evidence of lasting gains — and long - term savings — from preschool comes from a few very pricey and intensive boutique - style programs targeted on small numbers of exceptionally disadvantaged children.)

«However, it is equally clear that sudden, unexplained death is a rare event, this is only the first such study, it relies on small numbers, and it is not possible to quantify the risk beyond estimating that it is very small.»

However, subsequent studies carried out on small numbers (20 — 30) of CFS patients, failed to confirm evidence for HTLV (type 1 or 11)[22]--[25] or other retroviruses, including the closely - related simian T lymphotropic virus type l, the prototype foamy virus, simian retrovirus, bovine and feline leukaemia viruses [26] and HIV - 1 [23].

These models focus on small numbers of aerosol properties or processes.

In their search for sleep - regulating cells, Wu's team used genetic engineering to turn on small numbers of neurons in more than 500 fruit fly strains.

Several genomic studies have suggested regions that might influence sexual orientation, but they have relied on small numbers of participants and have been challenged repeatedly.

It was based on small numbers of patients — including just seven treated with PSR.

These comparisons are based on small numbers and warrant ongoing evaluation.

The election of Trump is a reminder of the dangers of relying on a small number of trade partners.

The agency said that regular consumption of beverages hotter than 149 degrees Fahrenheit was «probably carcinogenic» based on a small number of studies showing a link between the practice and esophageal cancer.

When it comes to the brass - tacks moment of actually facing your negotiating adversary, the advice tends to agree on a small number of practical, basic points.

It sure would make it easier to focus on the small number you need to get more than half the market, wouldn't it?

Kirra Cheers, a photographer from Brooklyn, recently set out to document her trials and tribulations using Tinder, a wildly popular app that allows users to approve or deny potential mates based on a small number of pictures and a short bio.

It's just that a large amount of financing is concentrated on a smaller number of companies — 20 %.

In fact, across the stock market as a whole, if you had the bad misfortune to not be invested on a small number of days, you would have lost out on a great deal of the market's advances.

The bureau has been relying on a small number of agents based in the United States Embassy in Moscow to serve as intermediaries with the authorities there.

Films run on average for four weeks in the theater, and usually a bit longer on a smaller number of screens.

However, many of these stocks are already highly concentrated on a small number of venues, so removing UTP trading may have limited impact on available liquidity.

Hamilton Grant shed new light on our existing recipes, allowing us to refine and improve these by standardising on a smaller number of ingredients — saving money and ensuring that we could meet competitive price points.

Our subsequent results, based on a small number of US volunteers, showed the effective conversion of Golden Rice β - carotene, even though all individuals were of normal vitamin A status.

Anxiety is much worse, and really is much more focused on a smaller number of individuals.

The Donutella snaps are only available on a small number of diapers and covers.

They did acknowledge there could be a chance that sugar may have a minor effect on a small number of children.

However, the authors cautioned that these percentages are estimates based on a small number of studies.

Granted, our hypothesis is based on a small number of samples and more investigation is warranted before drawing firm conclusions.

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) said the problem is threefold: not enough local authorities planning for the homes they need; house building that is simply too slow; and a construction industry that is too reliant on a small number of big players.

«Today is a step towards rebalancing our economy away from an unhealthy overreliance on a small number of industries and a few areas,» deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said.

He argued this would encourage reform of the party funding system by creating a greater incentive for a broader base for party funding, rather than the current reliance on a smaller number of bigger donors.

He seems to have figured that the smart posture is to run sideways, like Pataki did, on a small number of critical issues.

As a vote to legalize gay marriage maybe / probably approaches, only one more Republican state senator needs to support marriage equality for the bill to pass, and the pressure is intense on the small number of undecideds.

It means that, for instance, election battles become concentrated on a smaller number of voters.

As the loss of safe seats is rare, parties target resources on a small number of floating voters in marginal seats.

I think astronomers should take that cue and say, let's be realistic — society wants labels on a small number of things we know about.

«Most of what we know about doxing thus far has been anecdotal and based on a small number of high - profile cases,» said Snyder.

A congressionally mandated committee is holding public hearings on the issue, a series of recent symposia have focused attention on the small number of female researchers, and faculty women and sympathetic male colleagues around the country are debating the matter more openly with administrators (Science, 11 June, p. 1757).

Such familiarity would have been crucial in designing the forgery, which catered to geologists» desire for confirmation of ideas about human evolution based on a small number of fossil remains, and would have validated Dawson's well - known scientific aspirations.

In exploring the purpose of this maternal information in fetal development, focus so far has been on a small number of genes termed «imprinted genes».

However, they have tended to focus on a small number of health conditions and have used different methodologies, making it almost impossible to draw comparisons across studies.

The SMC's Trustees and Advisory Committee have agreed on a small number of exceptions to the 5 % upper limit on donations.

In metadynamics, sampling is accelerated by a time - dependent bias that acts on a small number of collective variables.

The story in a nutshell: the Skafidas paper proposes a method for generating a genetic risk score for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) based on a small number of SNPs.

I work on a small number of large projects, so I tend to work backwards.

This sounds more like an observation based on a small number of cases rather than an established trend, and it doesn't say anything about causation.

Around two - thirds of those who met their spouse or partner online said that they met via an online dating site, although the results are based on a small number of respondents (n = 63) and are not reported here in detail.

Towards the end of the season it seemed some episodes focussed on a small number of characters and it felt tighter.

A variety of groups will be upset over the plan to impose «rigorous interventions to turn schools around» only on a small number of really low - performing schools and let merely - mediocre schools avoid the turnaround lash.

A: We often focus on the small number of parents who have clearly lost their moral compasses.

[19] The study itself focused on a small number of sites which, as evidenced by their oversubscription, were perceived as high quality.

While many will apply, you will want to focus on a small number, just three to five, that you will seriously try to implement as part of school culture and climate.

Constructing and maintaining an in - house website from scratch can be an extremely time consuming job to carry out and it is important to avoid putting undue pressure on a small number of individuals with the expertise to do this.