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Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

However, available research (e.g., waitlist - controlled pilot studies) suggests that behavioral / cognitive - behavioral interventions and pharmacotherapy with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are effective for treating SM.

As Welsh Liberal Democrat Cabinet Secretary for Education, Kirsty Williams has announced pilots to test approaches on early identification and intervention for children with emotional and mental health problems.

This came as the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, admitted that the Social Intervention Scheme piloted by the Federal Government has not performed fairly well.

Gerald Howarth, the UK minister for international security strategy, says that Taranis will use minimal human intervention but can be remotely piloted at any time.

This study is the first phase of a larger initiative to develop and pilot test Critical Time Intervention, a transitional assistance model for individuals leaving residential substance abuse treatment.

The UChicago team's NBER study concludes, «The impact of the pilot intervention reported in this paper are large enough to raise the question of whether the field has given up prematurely on the possibility of improving academic outcomes for disadvantaged youth.»

For purposes of the pilot clinical trial, hot flashes were assessed before and after intervention via physiologic monitoring, diary and questionnaire.

Some important studies include: • Beneficial effects of a high carbohydrate, high fiber diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men (1976) • Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of diet and exercise (1982) • Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: The need for early emphasis (1994) • Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a low fat, vegetarian diet (1999) • The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity (2005) • A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes (2006) • A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trial (2009) • Vegetarian diet improves insulin resistance and oxidative stress markers more than conventional diet in subjects with Type 2 diabetes (2011) • Glycemic and cardiovascular parameters improved in type 2 diabetes with the high nutrient density (HND) diet (2012)

1935 Effects of the high carbohydrate - low calorie diet upon carbohydrate tolerance in diabetes mellitus 1955 Low - fat diet and therapeutic doses of insulin in diabetes mellitus 1958 Effect of rice diet on diabetes mellitus associated with vascular disease 1976 Beneficial effects of a high carbohydrate, high fiber diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men 1977 Effect of carbohydrate restriction and high carbohydrates diets on men with chemical diabetes 1979 High - carbohydrate, high - fiber diets for insulin - treated men with diabetes mellitus 1981 High carbohydrate high in fibre diet in diabetes 1982 Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of diet and exercise 1983 Long - term use of a high - complex - carbohydrate, high - fiber, low - fat diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM patients 1994 Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: the need for early emphasis 1999 Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a lowfat, vegetarian diet 2005 The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity 2006 A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes 2006 Effect of short ‐ term Pritikin diet therapy on the metabolic syndrome 2009 A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trial

Methods: From an outpatient clinic, we recruited 28 overweight participants with type 2 diabetes for a 16 - week single - arm pilot diet intervention trial.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & UccePilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccepilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

Rather than bet their legacy on a single idea such as universal pre-school or school choice, Kane argues that state policymakers should use the ESSA evidence requirements to create the infrastructure for piloting and testing interventions.

This team is creating the centralized capacity for facilitating and supporting the development of (a) new interventions strategies and materials, (b) highly precise theories of change associated with these interventions, and (c) measurement and evaluation of both child and caregiver outcomes that is closely tied to the theories — within individual pilots and across the entire portfolio.

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.

Purpose: To support the transition from incubation to scalability of two, pilot - tested interventions; the development and testing of three, newly - sourced innovations; and the development of a business plan for the Center on the Developing Child — all in the service of building a system for science - based R&D that achieves breakthrough outcomes at scale for young children facing adversity.

If we make it possible for local leaders to pilot their initiatives on a limited scale first — say, by launching an intervention in 100 treatment classrooms and tracking results relative to a set of 100 comparison classrooms — we would provide both more upside potential and less downside risk.

From the results of this research we then conducted a pilot intervention in 2014 for some select schools, based on Prep to Year 6 participation.

Analyses for this pilot study will compare the intervention (n = 20) group to a control group (n = 20) to determine whether the intervention affects parental communicative gestures with children during structured free - play observations and whether the intervention affects child gesture or vocabulary development via parent communicative input.

In return for this flexibility, states participating in the pilot must commit to: build their capacity for school reform; take the most significant actions for the lowest - performing schools, including addressing the issue of teacher effectiveness; and use data to determine the method of differentiation and categories of intervention.

We also need to make it easier for state and local decision - makers to pilot interventions on a small scale and learn quickly whether those interventions are working.

The Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd) released their first ESSA playbook designed to provide stakeholders with recommendations and resources on implementation focusing on the «four core areas of ESSA:» school accountability, interventions, using ESSA to advance state innovations, and ESSA's weighted student funding pilot...

MIBLSI works directly with elementary and middle schools for this pilot program to implement positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS).

Descriptions of the fundamental knowledge, skills, procedures and practices operationalized by the pilot schools are provided in this document, which serves as an administrator's and practitioner's guide for implementing and sustaining a K - 3 response to intervention model.

To address this problem, Grills and Vaughn conducted a pilot study examining the effects of a reading intervention program that featured strategies for reducing anxiety.

Develop and pilot dropout early warning and intervention system (DEWIS) for screening and progress monitoring in model school sites.

When she moved to San Diego, she worked for the Mission Valley YMCA and piloted a group of after - school literacy intervention programs at three public schools in the Linda Vista community, along with the Bayside Community Center.

Based on the success of Project Bright IDEA 1, a pilot intervention program for closing the achievement gap, Project Bright IDEA 2 was awarded the grant to «upscale» the program to more schools and to research the impact on gifted programs from underserved populations.

The House Education Committee on Wednesday passed a bill that would appropriate $ 750,000 to create a three - year pilot program to provide training for teachers and resources to enhance interventions for students in kindergarten through fifth grade at risk for reading difficulties, including dyslexia.

BMW says drivers can now keep their hands off the wheel (effectively letting adaptive cruise control and lane keeping assist fully pilot the car) for over 30 seconds; Digital Trends clocked 44 seconds of hands - free time before the system demanded human intervention.

Women and Families Center (Meriden, CT) 5/2003 — 7/2004 Sexual Assault Crisis Counselor & Internship • Developed curriculum for autistic pilot program while supervising the implementation of camp activities and overseeing the proper placement of children within program activities • Hired, trained, and monitored support staff to ensure proper adherence to teaching techniques • Managed camp budget, including trip expenditures, to ensure successful cost - benefit relationship • Communicated effectively with parents and other interested parties regarding student behavior / progress Safe Haven of Waterbury (Waterbury, CT) 9/2001 — 7/2004 Family Violence Victim Advocate • Utilized a complex variety of instructional and assessment strategies while effectively implementing behavior - change interventions at both the individual and student level • Developed and integrated media and other technological aides to improve classroom experience • Facilitated and fostered constructive communication with parents and other interested parties • Created an effective and constructive «curriculum writing project»

I am current collaborating with Children4Tomorrow in Houston, Texas to establish a pilot program in the Houston family court system using AB - PA as the intervention model for attachment - related pathology in high - conflict divorce.

The AB - PA pilot program proposal for the family courts includes an outcome evaluation research component integrated into the program's structure, and if it is accepted as a pilot program model then it can serve as a high - conflict family intervention model for family courts in other jurisdictions.

If this pilot program proposal is adopted as an intervention model for high - conflict divorce in the family court system, then this approach can also potentially serve as an intervention model internationally for addressing attachment - related pathology in high - conflict divorce.

How best to structure these is an open question; recent findings from Rites of Passage, an early intervention programme for Aboriginal young people which includes resilience - building camps and increasing access to mental health services, suggest that boys may be more difficult than girls to engage in social and emotional well - being programmes (Robinson R, Schuster L, Williamson A. Rites of Passage: evaluation if a pilot study if an early intervention program for Aboriginal young people.

Evaluation of a brief pilot psychoeducational support group intervention for family caregivers of cancer patients: a quasi-experimental mixed - methods study.

A virtual reality intervention to improve the understanding and empathy for people with dementia in informal caregivers: results of a pilot study.

A pilot, quasi-experimental, mixed methods investigation into the efficacy of a group psychotherapy intervention for caregivers of outpatients with cancer: the COPE study protocol.

We then describe our pilot studies that investigate the dissemination and use of our preventive intervention with couples who marry within religious organizations and with expectant couples where the mother is at high risk for maternal depression.

First steps for mommy and me: a pilot intervention to improve nutrition and physical activity behaviors of postpartum mothers and their infants

The role of pilot testing for a randomised control trial of a complex intervention in critical care

For example, more attention is being paid to the need for pilot and consultation work in the development phase of RCTs, 23 the importance of a more theory based approach to evaluation, 24 and the modification of intervention effects by context in community intervention trials.25 Statistical methods to integrate process and outcome data, such as those developed in the RIPPLE study, are a move forwaFor example, more attention is being paid to the need for pilot and consultation work in the development phase of RCTs, 23 the importance of a more theory based approach to evaluation, 24 and the modification of intervention effects by context in community intervention trials.25 Statistical methods to integrate process and outcome data, such as those developed in the RIPPLE study, are a move forwafor pilot and consultation work in the development phase of RCTs, 23 the importance of a more theory based approach to evaluation, 24 and the modification of intervention effects by context in community intervention trials.25 Statistical methods to integrate process and outcome data, such as those developed in the RIPPLE study, are a move forward.

The recently completed CADENCE study developed and piloted an enhanced psychological care (EPC) intervention for patients presenting with depressive symptoms following a cardiac event who attended cardiac rehabilitation.16 EPC was delivered by cardiac nurse specialists, within their existing workloads and embedded within the structured cardiac rehabilitation programme.

This project piloted a mindfulness group intervention «Living with Advanced Prostate Cancer» for men with advanced prostate cancer.

Evaluation of a Pilot Parent - Delivered Play - Based Intervention for Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

The SUMMIT pilot study aimed to build on the existing service framework in Melbourne by developing a collaborative, integrated, women - centered intervention for reducing depression (including postnatal depression) among maternal drug users, using triangulated data gathered from interviews with service providers and consumers, case studies, the views of an expert panel and a review of the literature.

In this pilot study a randomised control trial was used to examine the effects of a school - based engagement intervention on parent adherence to recommendations for children screened for social, emotional, behavioural, and adaptive problems at kindergarten entry.

The Maambart Maam For Maali Moort (Swan Families) Wellbeing pilot program is a family based support intervention for Aboriginal expectant and new fathers and male carers in Perth, Western AustralFor Maali Moort (Swan Families) Wellbeing pilot program is a family based support intervention for Aboriginal expectant and new fathers and male carers in Perth, Western Australfor Aboriginal expectant and new fathers and male carers in Perth, Western Australia.

Given findings in the literature of an association between parental emotion talk and children's emotional competence, developmental skills that are frequently compromised in oppositional children, the current pilot study has implications for interventions that broaden the focus of PMT.

Ibobbly mobile health intervention for suicide prevention in Australian Indigenous youth: a pilot randomised controlled trial