Sentences with phrase «population estimates provided»

What this means is that the IWC Scientific Committee will soon set quotas for more Gray Whales to be killed by indigenous tribes based on deeply flawed and incorrect population estimates provided by the US Government.

Not exact matches

The PBO has provided credible estimates on the costs of the F - 35 fighter, the costs of the Afghan War as well as credible analysis on the fiscal affects of an aging population.

In contrast, national dietary surveys can provide good estimates of changes in usual intakes of subgroups of the population, including men, women, children, and adults (both sexes), provided that the data are carefully collected.

The consumer metrics that panel companies provide are based on statistically - derived estimates that are derived from a representative sample of consumers; in this instance, the behaviors of the sample are weighted and extrapolated to represent the entire internet browser population.

Third - party statistics from sources like comScore and others were also used to verify findings and provide population and spending estimates.

Also, the model - based approach includes measures of uncertainty about our population estimates, which are not usually provided by more common approaches and are crucial for understanding the level of confidence we have about our estimates.»

They have found a total of 185 hair protein markers to date, which they estimate would be sufficient to provide a unique pattern for an individual that could distinguish that person among a population of one million.

«Throughout its history, the NHANES survey has failed to provide accurate estimates of the habitual caloric consumption of the U.S. population,» Archer said.

However, a new study in The Condor: Ornithological Applications demonstrates that a new, simplified survey method, coordinated across 8 agencies, has tremendous potential to provide accurate population estimates and aid in the species» conservation.

A new study from The Condor: Ornithological Applications provides the first direct estimates of the population size and annual survival of young birds in Oahu's Laysan Albatross population, giving important new insights into the demographics of these «prebreeders.»

«Study provides first estimate of total US population with felony convictions: Estimates reflect racial disparities in felony convictions during era of mass incarceration.»

Improved population estimates could help resource managers to weigh up the economic benefits that forests provide in terms of water purification, soil conservation and other functions against those of harvesting or clearing trees for farmland, says ecosystems - services ecologist Becky Chaplin - Kramer of Stanford University in California.

This information provides new insights into autoimmune mechanisms in general and could help develop and screen treatments for patients suffering from all autoimmune diseases, estimated to affect 5 - 10 percent of the U.S. population.

Dr Søren Brage (MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge), joint senior author on the study says: «Providing quantitative estimates regarding the dose - response relationship is essential for approximating how changes in levels of physical activity in the general population would impact disease incidence, and would support more nuanced guidance to the public and evidence - based dialogue in clinical settings.»

If one population (for example, B) is kept constant, in this case an ancient dog, then introducing different populations to represent A will provide relative estimates of genetic similarity with B (note this makes no assumptions with regard to the complexity of the demographic history that connects populations A and B).

She leads the Maryland site of the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, a project funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide comparable, population - based estimates of the prevalence rates of autism and related disorders from different sites over time.

Then, the anticipated ground shaking across the region to be affected is estimated and a warning is provided to local populations.

Maximum likelihood estimates for the TMRCA of each clade (x axis with the unit of kya), providing upper boundaries for population split times, were obtained using r8s.

Because the estimated TMRCA of two populations predates the actual population split event, this estimate provides upper boundaries of the population split times.

When considering the split between the ancient population and the ancestors of modern domesticated horses, where we identified significant amounts of gene flow (below), this method underestimates the population split time, and therefore provides a lower boundary for the population split time estimate (SI Appendix, section 2.8.2).

Our work, apart from providing the first estimates of vital rates and other population characteristics of the endangered snow leopard, reiterates the value of long - term monitoring of both abundance and population dynamics for conservation planning and action.

We estimated the breeding population of emperor penguins at each colony during 2009 and provide a population estimate of ∼ 238,000 breeding pairs (compared with the last previously published count of 135,000 — 175,000 pairs).

By using eggs and ejaculates from many individuals in each reproductive event, the authors provided realistic estimates of male reproductive fitness compared to the population.

Secondly, the probabilities of imputed nsSNP alleles in each gene were then multiplied together to provide an estimate of the overall imputed nsSNP profile in the population (Pr (profile population)-RRB-.

Although the magnesium RDA is 420 mg for men and 320 mg for women, the standard U.S. diet provides only about 50 % of RDA with more than half of the population estimated to be consuming a diet deficient in magnesium.

With a population skewing older (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that by the year 2030, one in five people in the U.S. will be over age 65), successful health and fitness pros will be the ones who are adept at providing successful programming to this population.

For states that use alternatives to Census poverty estimates to allocate Title I funds among their small LEAs (total population below 20,000), USED's March 2015 policy guidance provides two options in cases where those states use school meals data in their formulas.

Future research could better separate measurement error from true differences; more systematically compare estimates across model specifications; identify clear dimensions of time, topic, and student populations; and provide evidence on the sources of instability.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

Nowadays, even mid-list authors are working for free, because the number currently retained by advances substantial enough to live on is estimated to be about 0.00357 % of the writing population (I made that up, but I defy anyone to provide a better figure).

These results indicate an estimated 50.2 million dogs and 56.5 million cats are above healthy weight, based on 2017 pet population projections provided by the American Pet Products Association (APPA).

Our study also provides the 1st estimates of population size for feral cats on Catalina (600 — 750 cats).

That equals an estimated 50.2 million dogs and 56.5 million cats are too heavy, based on 2017 pet population projections provided by the American Pet Products Association (APPA).

Although the precise duration that an animal spent in a particular disease stage could not be determined based on the voluntarily nature of the examinations and the widespread distribution of the study population across several continents, repeated examinations were used to provide a rough estimate of disease progression.

This survey should provide an updated list of breeding sites, a good estimate of the size of the population, and data about survival rate of different age classes: together with the high resolution data from our intensive study of Sea Lion Island this new information should provide the parameters needed to determine the current status of the population and forecast its future.

In other words, studies with larger sample sizes are expected to have lower variances and will accordingly provide more precise estimates of the true population effect size (Hedges and Olkin 1985; Shadish and Haddock 1994; Cooper 1998).

This is the 1st anniversary of Canada providing population estimates and trends independent of the pessimistic prognostications of the IUCN / SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG)-- so let's celebrate the recent triumphs and resilience of polar bears to their ever - changing Arctic environment.

The US Census Bureau provides a running estimate of population and it was on July 30, 2009.

The US Census Bureau provides a running estimate of world population.

It supports EPA efforts and activities to monitor air quality levels, estimate population exposure to air pollutants, examine the effects of air pollution on public health, track progress in improving air quality and reducing associated risks, and provide models, tools, and technical guidance to states.

First, since the treaties provided for a certain number of acres for each family of four there was a question of the date at which the population should be estimated.

That body will be tasked with providing estimates of its guidelines in terms of the prison population and providing the government with alerts on significant developments.

When you consider that current estimates suggest that the population of England is over 55 million people, perhaps this provides a different perspective, as does the surprising absence of newspaper headlines trumpeting this finding!

To provide additional context for the findings from the reviewed studies, the findings, significant and null, from each of the reviewed studies were synthesized and then compared to both the professional recommendations or standards and similar estimates from the population.

The National Comorbidity Survey Report provided the following information about PTSD in the general adult population: The estimated lifetime prevalence of PTSD among adult Americans is 7.8 %, with women (10.4 %) twice as likely as men (5 %) to have PTSD at some point in their lives.

[39] The main focus of attention will be on the quality of data collection in the 2001 Census; as well as continuing to provide population estimates and projections [40]; improve administrative data collections; and to continue a range of surveys obtaining information from the Indigenous community.

It has worked with governments, agencies, NGOs and not - for - profits to provide population - level parenting support, and it is estimated more than 4 million children and their families have been helped by Triple P.

Therefore, the recruitment numbers provided can not be used to estimate the prevalence rates of preschool MDD in the general population.

They, therefore, reflect unknown sampling biases and can not provide estimates of rates of ADHD in unreferred populations.

This report provides information on service modelling and locating of services and explores how well the locations of crisis pregnancy counselling services funded by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency (now the HSE Sexual Health & Crisis Pregnancy Programme) met the estimated demand for these services, based on service, geographical and population data available as at September 2009.