Four variables met Baron and Kenny's (1986)
preconditions for mediation (i.e., significant relations with parent smoking and significant unique relations with child smoking over and above parent smoking).
Since homogeneity of variance represents one of the most important
preconditions for analysis of variance (e.g. Bortz, 1993), we transformed the data to stabilize variance across groups.
Drugs can sedate, but they do not help children deal with trauma — in fact, they may prevent recovery by interfering with learning and the formation of relationships, essential
preconditions for becoming functioning adults.»
And to Nika, hello — as someone who had the difficult job of hiring many in an ad agency, sometimes I ran into trouble with applicants who were parents who had all sorts of
preconditions for employment: if it snows can I leave early?
These engineers utilize test automation software programs that set up test trials and
preconditions for examining product functionality, user friendliness, and content, following which engineers simulate performance of product and carry out evaluation of results and comparison of those results with predicted outcomes.
Factually therefore, the respondent met
the preconditions for making a demand.
Similarly, the authority to exclude others from property is not provided by the Trespass to Property Act, which does not set out
the preconditions for its use.
In determining
the preconditions for any hypothetical justice «what ifs» that appeal to you, can you find a spot where you might have some influence?
However, given our conclusion above, it is unnecessary for us to consider whether his conduct would have disqualified him from a favourable costs order, had he otherwise met
the preconditions for such an order.
From a strong global deal at the Paris climate talks to ambitious commitments from businesses and communities, and from local, national and international government bodies alike, there are many
preconditions for Greenpeace's scenario to pan out.
, the combustion yields both CO2 and H2O, and neither of these is a negative externality, as both are necessary
preconditions for all life on this planet.
Modern Civilization We now have the two critical
preconditions for «modern civilization».
Emerging from a society in which
the preconditions for the production of video art, namely the possession of television sets and home video cameras, could not be taken for granted until the end of the 1980s, Zhang Peili satirizes the dominance of the state in the construction and communication of meaning.
highlighted the institutional, public
preconditions for achievement in the arts and women's basic lack of access to them.
On display are a video of a red flag that is actually white; a video with a lawyer, describing
the preconditions for a private museum of contemporary art in Bulgaria; barriers that almost completely fill the gallery space; and an entrance door that can only be opened from outside.
Forty - two hours of tape were shot over 42 nights using infra - red lenses, and reveal the basic
preconditions for his artistic production: his empty studio.
Henry Jenkins describes four main ways in which in - game environmental storytelling «creates
the preconditions for an immersive narrative experience,» three of which are heavily used by Punchdrunk:
four main ways in which in - game environmental storytelling «creates
the preconditions for an immersive narrative experience,» three of which are heavily used by Punchdrunk:
Once an industry of dog seizers and killers have been assembled, so in Nils Christie's terms, an industry is formed which has a vested in creating
the preconditions for its own employment.
Rear - wheel drive, steering free from drivetrain influences and well - balanced 50:50 weight distribution create the ideal
preconditions for dynamic performance, excellent directional stability and agile handling characteristics.
Safe learning environments — both physically safe and emotionally safe — are
preconditions for the opportunity to learn.
In this exclusive extract for Teacher readers, authors Pamela Macklin and Vic Zbar explore the four
preconditions for whole - school improvement.
And schooling, as William Easterly emphasizes and I discuss below, is not sufficient to ensure growth, but it certainly plays a large role in a society like that of the United States, where the other
preconditions for growth are in place.
The Senckenberg research institutes provide excellent
preconditions for this approach: The most modern infrastructure is used by the 250 plus Senckenberg scientists.
It is possible that by promoting neurogenesis via sustained aerobic exercise, the neuron reserve of the hippocampus can be increased and thus also
the preconditions for learning improved — also in humans.
Scientists often «believe that science is universal, so it's easy to lose sight [of the fact] that the cultural
preconditions for successful science may not be universal,» Denecke says.
Summers was consciously creating
the preconditions for his body to stand, by weighting his feet, but he wasn't consciously doing the standing.
In July 2011, the governors gave two
preconditions for them to pay the new wage increase.
«These are necessary
preconditions for legitimate and effective action.
That is why we have consistently asked Israel to make a more decisive offer to Palestinians than in the recent past, and have also called on Palestinians not to set
preconditions for negotiations.
Together with better collection schemes and innovative sorting technologies, these are
the preconditions for an effective and -LSB-...]
These moral qualities are
preconditions for the pursuit of science, not products of science except incidentally....
Both of us see them as
preconditions for active and hopeful engagements between Westerners like me and Africans like him.
If I am right, however, a reconsideration of liberalism's two main commitments will not compromise but instead be
the preconditions for securing equal human dignity and ordered liberty.
He defines two descriptions as complementary if (a) they have a common referent, (b) the logical
preconditions for their use are mutually exclusive, and (c) each is in principle exhaustive in its own frame of reference.
Victor points out that many of
the preconditions for monitoring such trading among nations do not exist and can not rapidly be created.
In large measure, however, these relations are not
preconditions for but properly a part of the public world, i.e., they yield happiness beyond some minimal degree because nature is, as it were, taken into the human community.
For many,
the preconditions for addiction begin early — a childhood trauma or an early start with pornography often resonates into adulthood.
The laws are necessary
preconditions for science to even exist.
Economies fall into a quandary when
the preconditions for a real solution are lacking.
Which doesn't mean there are absolutely
no preconditions for successfully getting started with a meditation practice.
According to this theory, the guiding ethical notions for businesses ought to be to honour
the preconditions for market efficiency.
To Spade and Sperduti, having a clear brand concept is one of the most important
preconditions for a company to be able to pull off an experiential campaign; otherwise, the brand behavior is just a stunt.
They were
a precondition for the bank's actions, and continue to carry importance.
An ideological blind spot free - market style is
a precondition for deregulators such as Mr. Greenspan.
But this was no obstacle to data collectors: while Kosinski always asked for the consent of Facebook users, many apps and online quizzes today require access to private data as
a precondition for taking personality tests.
So a further decline in interest rates would be
a precondition for acting on any substantial reversal to the upside.
Analysing what drives the behaviour of these liquidity providers is
a precondition for understanding how well placed markets are to accommodate potential future shifts in supply and demand, particularly during times of elevated market uncertainty.
Austerity, they say, is an indispensable
precondition for the return of market confidence and economic growth.
In our view the electoral demolition of the PD is the main
precondition for a return to political stability in Italy.