Performing a background study on a child or a home study on a prospective adoptive parent (s), and reporting
on such a study
adoption service (s)(in intercountry adoption) The six major services provided by adoption service providers: (1) Identifying a child for adoption and arranging an adoption; (2) Securing the necessary consent to termination of parental rights and to adoption; (3) Performing a background study on a child or a home study on a prospective adoptive parent (s), and reporting
on such a study; (4) Making nonjudicial determinations of the best interests of a child and the appropriateness of an adoptive placement for the child; (5) Monitoring a case after a child has been placed with prospective adoptive parent (s) until final adoption; or (6) When necessary because of a disruption before final adoption, assuming custody and providing (including facilitating the provision of) child care or any other social service pending an alternative placement.
One should stress that your business future often depends
on such study.
Do you really think that Gary Ezzos statement «Crying won't hurt your child» is based
on any such studies?
He said it's standard procedure for the DOT to seek outside consultants
on such studies.
I'm keeping a list of dating companies interested in working with academia, so please contact me if you're open to working with academics
on such studies.
Nor was it on me, and I immediately made a connection to the recently released National Association of Scholars study that disclosed the heavy emphasis
on such studies by faculty members teaching the required history curriculum at The University of Texas at Austin.
Requires NAS to report to Congress
on such studies within 18 months after enactment of this Act.
Based
on such studies Dr. Derocher, chairman of the IUCN's Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG) warned, «It's clear from the research that's been done by myself and colleagues around the world that we're projecting that, by the middle of this century, two - thirds of the polar bears will be gone from their current populations».
Not exact matches
«We might assume that students who scored high
on this scale might earn a higher income because they are more willing to be more demanding during critical junctures
such as when negotiating salaries or raises,» the researchers wrote in the published
study.
Companies
such as Uber and Instacart stand to save a ton of money
on labor costs — up to 40 percent, according to one
study — by continuing to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than as employees.
He can only regain credibility if he abandons
such public naivete, said Steve Sestanovich, a senior fellow for Russian
studies at the Council
on Foreign Relations and a former State Department official.
A recent
study from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School found
such «intertemporal markers» help motivate us in two ways: offering an opportunity to separate ourselves from past «misbehaviour» and disrupting our attention from day - to - day details to focus
on the big picture.
And in regards to the role that color plays in branding, results from
studies such as The Interactive Effects of Colors show that the relationship between brands and color hinges
on the perceived appropriateness of the color being used for the particular brand (in other words, does the color «fit» what is being sold).
Rather than relying
on high - profile examples that everyone is writing about,
such as Steve Jobs, consider case
studies of other successful people who may be under the radar.
Studying storms
such as this and comparing them to similar events
on other planets (think Jupiter's Great Red Spot) help scientists better understand weather patterns throughout the solar system, even here
on Earth.
A review of several
such studies found that viewing fictional medical TV programs had a negative influence
on viewers» health - related knowledge, perceptions or behaviour in 11 % of
studies, a positive influence in 32 % of
studies, and mixed influence in 58 %.
Two Swiss economists who
studied the effect of commuting
on happiness found that
such factors could not make up for the misery created by a long commute.
One
such study published in the journal Neuroimage and highlighted
on PsyBlog actually found that some forms of daydreaming cause measurable changes in the brain.
Lewandowski said the encryption issue was «a topic of high complexity, with no data and specific
studies on the possibility of implementing measures
such as the one prescribed by the judge of the 2nd Criminal Court of Duque de Caxias and supposedly violated by WhatsApp.»
Resources Inc. has some sample codes of ethics available, and more
such resources can be found online, particularly
on the pages of university business ethics centers like the Illinois Institute of Technology's Center for the
Study of Ethics in the Professions.
While there have been
studies,
such as the Card and Krueger
study referenced by the CUPE report that show little or no job loss from a higher minimum wage, other
studies have found instances where raising the minimum wage had a negative effect
on employment.
«Some of the heroes of today's would - be entrepreneurs,
such as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Michael Dell did not have business plans in hand when they embarked
on ventures that changed the world,» the
study noted.
For those who don't possess an innate talent for
such deception, a recent
study in the journal Administrative Science Quarterly sheds light
on how to flatter effectively.
According to the most thorough
study on goal setting to date, by psychologists Edwin Locke and Gary Latham, very specific and challenging goals
such as «Create three logo variations by the end of the day» push people to work harder than nonspecific goals like «Work
on logo variations.»
In a
study of diets like Weight Watchers and Atkins that allowed for
such flexibility, doctors and dietitians at Tufts University looked at 160 overweight people ages 22 to 72
on the diets over a one - year period.
Allyson Hugley, president of Measurement & Analytics for Weber Shandwick, notes that the data from the
study could add another layer to the modes of evaluation that are already available to advertising and marketing agencies, building
on traditional surveys and more recent technology
such as beacons and RFID chips that are used during live events.
Osteryoung suggests that you look for resources in your industry,
such as the annual statement
studies on small and mid-sized business financial benchmarks from Risk Management Associates, to help you determine whether your profit margin is
on target.
The average time spent
on private activities,
such as online shopping, checking social media and emails, personal phone calls, and chatting with colleagues sucks up an estimated 1.5 to 3 hours per day, according to
studies cited by The Atlantic.
On the other hand, a later
study that measured time spent looking at images of men kissing found no evidence that some homophobic men are gay at a subconscious level - in fact, some of the homophobic men seemed to have an implicit aversion to
such images.
Paap also said that some
studies on bilingual people found no
such cognitive benefit, for example,
studies of people who speak both Basque and Spanish, or Welsh and English.
In one
study, «the number of books «liked»
on Facebook profiles was negatively correlated with [psychopathy]-- a finding the authors suggested might indicate that an interest in books contradicts psychopathic tendencies
such as thrill seeking, impulsivity, and affect deficiencies,» reports Psychology Today.
One German
study, for instance, showed that participants who had listened to music with prosocial lyrics (
such as Bruno Mars's «Count
on Me» or Aretha Franklin classic «Respect») were equally likely to help students with German and Turkish - sounding last names (there is a large population of Turks living in Germany).
The NIA's
study found that people with defined - benefit plans,
such as traditional pensions, retire
on average 1.3 years earlier than those with defined - contribution plans,
such as 401 (k) s.
Even in Silicon Valley, experiments regarding the adoption of a universal basic income have been hotly debated — and incubator Y Combinator has embarked
on a controversial
study of
such a move.
ECU's focus
on identifying opportunities in priority or high growth areas
such as nursing, education, communications, environmental
studies, law and security and entertainment and culture is also unique, Professor Poole says.
The
study found that emerging economies
such as Brazil, South Africa and Russia are front - runners in the adoption of mobile devices (more than 70 %,
on average) to access the Internet.
That's one recent insight from a
study looking at the impact of so - called green roofs —
such as the nine - acre one Facebook is installing at its headquarters — not
on the environment (which they definitely benefit) but
on workers in the vicinity.
Non-Jews,
on the other hand, cite
such complaints as those gathered together in Catholics, Jews, and Protestants, a
study undertaken at the request of the National Conference of Jews and Christians.
A strong content marketing strategy often includes a healthy mix of content types, some of which can be accomplished in the short - term with your day - to - day team, but other in - depth content types,
such as case
studies, ebooks, white papers, and video can take much longer to develop — and heavily tax your
on staff resources.
Richardson has also started reviewing products in his niche areas
on sites
such as Amazon.com and has found, from
studying his sales and traffic reports, that this is leading customers back to his eBay Store.
One
such study focusing
on the legal profession found an appearance - based difference in pay of as much as 14 %.
One
such study that was designed to observe the effects of voice
on both the sender and receiver found that voice increased satisfaction because it heightened the perceived value of the interaction.
«We designed it to eliminate the need for clean - room facilities and trained personnel to fabricate
such a device,» said Rahim Esfandyarpour, an electrical engineer who authored a new
study on the chip, adding that a single chip can be made in just 20 minutes.
Even his firm stance
on non-violent resistance that made
such an impact
on the civil rights victories that helped seal his legacy, came from time spent
studying the approach from Gandhi's success with it in India.
«If you're a digital native, you should be aware that the Internet may have partially re-wired your brain in
such a way that when you meet people face to face, you're less capable of figuring out what they're thinking,» John Mullen recently wrote
on the HBR blogs, citing a handful of fairly alarming
studies.
According to an article published in Psychology Today, «Research suggests that, when faced with long tasks (
such as
studying before a final exam or doing your taxes), it is best to impose brief breaks
on yourself.
This should motivate greater attention to and
study of the consequences of mini flash crashes, including the retroactive investigation into patterns of mini flash crashes prior to other flash crashes that are surrounded by great causal uncertainty,
such as the Flash Crash of the U.S. Dollar
on March 18, 2015 [25].
Studies in behavioral finance, which look into the effects of investor psychology
on stock prices, also reveal investors are subject to many biases
such as confirmation, loss aversion and overconfidence biases.
Dr. Richard Davidson, a neuroscientist and founder of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, has been
studying the effects of positive emotions,
such as compassion and kindness,
on the brain since the 1990s.