Sentences with phrase «practice patterns study»

Sex - specific differences in hemodialysis prevalence and practices and the male - to - female mortality rate: the dialysis outcomes and practice patterns study (DOPPS)

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By studying human behavior and lifestyle patterns, researchers are able to determine the optimal practices for achieving maximum innovation.

Malone, an independent scholar, has years of experience in student affairs work, including a doctoral study focused on students» relational practices on evangelical campuses and how they differ from broader patterns of campus life in America.

This study was on part of Keim's larger «Moms2Moms» project looking at breast milk sharing patterns, attitudes and practices.

The study, the researchers say, serves as a first step towards identifying best practices for MMS, as well as identifying and informing physicians who may need re-training because their practice patterns deviate far from their peers.

A report of the study, published in the journal JAMA Dermatology April 28, suggests that identifying and informing high outlier physicians of their extreme practice patterns can enable targeted re-training, potentially sparing patients from substandard care.

«By studying the issue of variation in practice patterns, the Mohs College hopes to improve the quality and value of care we provide our patients.»

Columbia Engineering Professor Venkat Venkatasubramanian has led a study that examines income inequality through a new approach: he proposes that the fairest inequality of income is a lognormal distribution (a method of characterizing data patterns in probability and statistics) under ideal conditions, and that an ideal free market can «discover» this in practice.

Recent findings do suggest that healthy younger adults can improve their smarts as well: The ability of twentysomethings to solve patterning problems improved after practicing on unrelated memory tests, one University of Michigan study found.

«For instance, a paper talking about protein - folding patterns is a great example of the practice of making models to understand phenomena, while preliminary results from a study of black holes might be a great way to ask students to examine what the next steps would be for the researchers, allowing them to develop hypotheses and design possible experiments,» Lake said.

Barber's studies, which often look at patterns in 40 countries or more, have shown the power of the sex ratio in predicting such things as the rate of nonmarital births, the practice of polygyny, and even the likelihood that men will grow facial hair.

Because industrial practices have changed since the researchers collected the data for this study, Traynor and vanEngelsdorp acknowledge that further research could reveal new patterns in the relationship between pesticides and honey bee health.

Since the timing of weed emergence and seed persistence in the soil can influence the selection of effective weed control practices, researchers conducted a two - year study to explore kochia emergence patterns and seed persistence.

This study, «Practice patterns of photon and proton pediatric image guided radiation treatment: Results from an International Pediatric Research Consortium,» evaluates the use of IGRT in treatment planning for pediatric cancers in an international consortium comprised of seven institutions using either photon or proton therapy with dedicated pediatric expertise.

Given that other analgesic regimens are effective and well tolerated, these data may be enough for some surgeons to alter practice patterns,» the study concludes.

Among primary care physicians, the spending patterns in the regions in which their residency program was located were associated with expenditures for subsequent care they provided as practicing physicians, with those trained in lower - spending regions continuing to practice in a less costly manner, even when they moved to higher - spending regions, and vice versa, according to a study in the December 10 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on medical education.

In several related studies, Small has found patterns that are common as people learn a new task and then slowly master that skill through practice.

Further studies using clinical data would be helpful in understanding which practice patterns of physicians are driving the differences in patient outcomes.

Differences in practice patterns between male and female physicians, as suggested in previous studies, may have important clinical implications for patient outcomes.

Quiz Ref IDLiterature has shown that female physicians may be more likely to adhere to clinical guidelines,1 - 3 provide preventive care more often,4 - 11 use more patient - centered communication,12 - 15 perform as well or better on standardized examinations, 16 and provide more psychosocial counseling to their patients than do their male peers.14 Although studies suggest differences in practice patterns and process measures of quality between male and female physicians, these studies have not examined patient outcomes, what we arguably care about the most.

The study's findings (that regular yoga practice can effect statistically significant improvements in sleep habits) back up a growing number of medical professionals» emphasis on altering our routines, as opposed to taking pills, to correct disturbed sleep patterns.

Through the use of lecture, asana practice and analysis, group work, self - study and personal practice, I endeavour to guide each of you on a journey into your deepest self, on the path to discovering and understanding patterns behind lifestyle and relationship choices, and to learn to listen to the call of your heart.

Practice observing bodies, study breathing patterns, analyzing doshas (body - mind types as described in ancient Ayurvedic medicine), and tailoring personalized therapeutic yoga practices.

A double - blind flight simulation study assessing motor performance in licensed pilots «flying» through pre-specified (and practiced) holding patterns showed that smoking marijuana significantly increased major and minor errors, and led to larger average deviations from the assigned flight sequence, compared to those who smoked placebo cigarettes.

[10] A study focusing on sleep pattern benefits derived from practice of Isha Yoga was conducted with 15 male Isha Yoga practitioners with a matched control group of 15 non-practitioners.

*** Includes 129 original reading passages and comprehension questions *** *** Includes 30 fluency passages *** *** Includes 11 Reading Posters *** - character, setting, realism and fantasy, main idea and details, cause and effect, author's purpose, compare and contrast, sequence, plot, theme, and drawing conclusions *** Includes four level charts for teachers, parents, or students, so that they can keep track of their progress *** *** Includes a roster - words correct per minute for each student / child for fall / winter / spring *** Skills addressed in this resource: # 1 - think and search # 2 - author and me # 3 - analyze text structure # 4 - identify setting # 5 - identify character # 6 - identify plot # 7 - make and confirm predictions # 8 - cause and effect # 9 - compare and contrast # 10 - retell # 11 - classify and categorize # 12 - alliteration # 13 - rhyme and rhythmic patterns # 14 - onomatopoeia # 15 - similes # 16 - repetition and word choice # 17 - sensory language # 18 - study skills # 19 - text features # 20 - genres This is GREAT practice for testing while also providing a lot of fluency practice!

This pattern identified in the study «resonates when we're out in the market talking to people,» Robert Lytle, a managing director and a co-leader of the education practice at Parthenon - EY, Ernst & Young LLP, a business that provides consulting services to K - 12 schools and the companies that sell to them.

He served as the first Research Director for the Minority Students Achievement Network (a national consortium of school districts working to address the racial disparities in students» outcomes), working with district leaders to study patterns of racial inequality in their schools and enact practices to reduce such inequalities.

As this study examined instructional practice and the degree to which the use of an IWB had an impact on the teachers» instruction, a systematic approach to observation that captured patterns in observed behavior was warranted.

Participants in this study followed patterns of technology adoption reported by early research on teachers» technology integration practices (cf. Dwyer et al., 1991; Hord et al., 1987).

These common practices include: (a) rereading easy, familiar material to build fluency; (b) word study emphasizing letter - sound relationships and common spelling patterns; (c) writing; and (d) learning to read a new text in each lesson.

Schabacker asserted then, «any general stock chart is a combination of countless different patterns and its accurate analysis depends upon constant study, long experience and knowledge of all the fine points, both technical and fundamental...» So whilst there is an abundance of patterns out there, remember accurate analysis and sustained practice is required to fully reap their benefits.

Like a lot of engineers, he was interested in technical analysis — the practice of trying to figure out what a stock or the market will do next by studying trading patterns and history.

These winds of change from old school thinking patterns to the current procedures being practiced today began with an important study conducted in 1987 which concluded that neutering dogs and cats much earlier than the traditional puberty or old age period had no ill effects.

Originally published in 1970 and integrated into the design of the Critical Studies curriculum at CalArts, the book was accompanied by large graphic posters that could serve as a portable learning environment for a new process - based model of education, and a bibliography and checklist that map patterns and relationships between radical thought and artistic practices — from the avant - gardes to postmodernism — with Marcuse and McLuhan serving as points of anchorage.

The Carbon Neutral Myth Offset Indulgences for your Climate Sins, launched today by Carbon Trade Watch, a project of the Amsterdam - based Transnational Institute, draws on extensive research and case studies to argue that: * Offset companies breed complacency by selling peace of mind to consumers, offering up a form of greenwash that distracts from the serious task of tackling unsustainable consumption patterns and business practices;

Together, the results of these studies suggest that practice with feedback improves final performance.156 None of these articles, however, suggest that students received any instruction on how to effectively apply legal rules to the hypothetical fact patterns.

MPG web sites allow physicians to study and enter practice patterns and prescriptions (data collection).

Although this important longitudinal study could not pinpoint all of the reasons for these fluctuations in IQ scores at different test occasions, the investigators did show that parenting practices were likely to be a significant influence on the children's intelligence growth patterns.

In a handful of studies that Schrodt and his colleagues examined, researchers found an association between couples who practice demand - withdrawal patterns and individuals who suffer from anxiety, depression, alcohol and drug use, mental health symptoms, and even physiological changes.

In both studies, based on our rationale described above, we expected to find significant relationships between higher CU traits and a more negative pattern of parental emotion socialization beliefs and practices; including less coaching and acceptance of emotions, and more dismissing and disapproval of emotions.

More research is necessary to understand differing patterns of associations among psychological control, firm control, and well - being, but the present study provides further evidence of the need to consider the child's age when evaluating parenting practices.

Through theory, case studies, live and DVD demonstrations, and skills practice, the course covers assessment, hypothesis formulation, and intervention with unhelpful repetitive patterns of couple behaviour.

The current study investigated whether and how callous — unemotional traits (CU) moderated the association between specific parenting practices and child conduct problems (CP) with a special consideration of informant patterns.