Sentences with phrase «rather than other factors»

The crux of the study ratings is an assessment of the internal validity of the study, that is, the study's potential for establishing that the observed outcomes were caused by the program, rather than other factors.

For that reason as well, some commenters criticized the study for attributing the difference in opinion quality between appointed and elected judges to number of opinions written rather than other factors.

They tend to focus on high credit scores rather than other factors that traditional lenders ask for and they can help you with Personal loans, Student loans, and Mortgages.

Because the main difference between the two groups is their access to different loan policies, any differences in default rates are likely due to tighter bankruptcy standards and wage garnishment policies rather than other factors, like changes in borrower profiles or the economic environment.

Once I went on the pill though, my «period» (not actually a true period, but a hormone withdrawal - bleed) was determined by synthetic hormones, rather than other factors, and our cycles fell out of sync.

(They intentionally set their models to consider just temperature effects, rather than other factors such as nutrient availability.)

Now, new research suggests that high rates of fluid injection — rather than other factors such as volume or depth — may be the root of the problem.

Not exact matches

But the reason they're expecting to do well this year has more to do with their marketing efforts, rather than the recovering economy or other factors like low oil prices, according to a small business holiday survey from Constant Contact, an online marketing firm in Waltham, Massachusetts.

The fallacy lies in coming to a conclusion based solely on the order of events, rather than taking into account other factors that might rule out the connection.

The Augustinian conception should rather be remembered, in which the creation of what is assumed, is merely a factor of the Logos» self - manifestation, an instrument of his self - utterance into the sphere of what is finite and other than himself.

When family researchers look at how families function, i.e., how competently they handle tasks, challenges, and conflicts, rather than how families are structured, the encouragement and support of individuality and difference emerges as a key factor In other words, what is important is how people treat each other within families rather than who they are or how they appear.

«Interestingly, [our] study did not find significant clustering of muscle - enhancing behaviors within schools,» said Eisenberg, which suggests that, «rather than being driven by a particular sports team coach or other features of a school social landscape, muscle - enhancing behaviors are widespread and influenced by factors beyond school, likely encompassing social and cultural variables such as media messages and social norms of behavior more broadly.»

When you aim for an ideal statistic rather than a case - by - case assessment, sometimes I think — combined with other factors — this is where you end up.

19 - 21 It is possible that pacifier use is an indicator for breastfeeding difficulties rather than a cause of problems or that other factors contribute to both pacifier use and early weaning.

The results — along with a recent Dartmouth - led study that found air temperature also likely influenced the fluctuating size of South America's Quelccaya Ice Cap over the past millennium — support many scientists» suspicions that today's tropical glaciers are rapidly shrinking primarily because of a warming climate rather than declining snowfall or other factors.

Using 139 prokaryote - enriched samples, containing > 35,000 species, we show vertical stratification with epipelagic community composition mostly driven by temperature rather than other environmental factors or geography.

On the other hand, many other factors influence volcano deformation and, even if magma is rising, it may stop short, rather than erupting.

Runyon and his co-authors argue for a definition of «planet» that focuses on the intrinsic qualities of the body itself, rather than external factors such as its orbit or other objects around it.

In addition, the survey found that healthcare providers more often focused on a woman's weight rather than other cardiovascular disease risk factors, compared to men who were more likely to be told their cholesterol or blood pressure is too high by their doctors.

Genuinely acknowledging and rewarding these other key impact factors, such as societal engagement, teaching excellence, and input and deliberation at key meetings and conference participation could go a long way toward balancing the demands of academic output to publish alone, thus lessening the pressure to spend endless weekends and vacation time writing for quantity rather than quality.

The research confirms that IGF - 1 acts directly on T - reg cells — rather than indirectly by affecting some other factor that induces T - reg cells to multiply.

Epigenetics is the study of how genes can be switched on and off by factors in the environment or other external factors rather than an individual's DNA sequence.

Our approach is based on the pathologies associated with old age - the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases - rather than only the specificities of the disease.»

Therefore, in comparison to families on the other continents, Australian families with several cases of melanoma were more likely to be due to these factors rather than possessing a CDKN2A mutation.

The type and dose of medication will depend on your individual blood fat levels (rather than total cholesterol) and whether you have heart disease, diabetes, or other risk factors for heart disease.

On the basis of weight stability and dietary compliance, the metabolic changes that occurred after 5 wk of the high - protein diet were considered to be attributed to the increase in protein or decrease in carbohydrate content of the diet, or both, rather than other confounding factors.

All other factors were equal; they were fed no supplements or pills and they stayed inside, rather than being exposed to sunlight.

Although this shows a correlation between nut consumption and reduced inflammatory markers rather than causation, the results held even when they controlled for other factors that might impact inflammation such as age, gender, and other lifestyle habits.

Curious thing though, if interval training burns far more calories in the same amount of time why is it that the all the big health advocacy organizations like AHA recommend brisk walking rather than intervals as the best way to lose weight??? Its because there are other factors to consider when deciding what the best form of carido is!

By introducing high concentrations of collagen and other natural growth factors into an injured area, PRP therapy resolves the underlying condition rather than just treating the symptoms.

Were certain factors protective rather than others?

Like other chronic conditions, experts believe that Alzheimer's develops as a complex result of multiple factors rather than any one overriding cause.

«This suggests that alcohol, rather than other substances contained in specific alcoholic beverages, is the most important factor in determining cancer risk.»

In other words, while the common thinking of adrenal fatigue proponents is to point to cortisol abnormalities as a causal factor in the disease, there is much research indicating that it may be a reversed direction of causation — that these symptoms and lifestyle factors (e.g. poor sleep, excess body fat, medication use, etc.) are causing the abnormal cortisol patterns, rather than the other way around.

Both were playing up their best assets, and rather than detracting from each other's unique style, they actually seemed to magnify one another's cool factor.

When it comes to interviews and the selection process, recruitment of new staff in the engineering sector needs to be based on talent alone, rather than gender or any other factor.

Rather than merely blaming the bully, other factors must be looked into - such as a lack of character building education.

Parents have exercised choice in selecting a charter or private - sector school rather than a district school, making it impossible to say whether parental perceptions of the school are caused by actual school characteristics in each sector or some other factor.

However, successful localization needs to look at the entire development process (rather than see this as a translation exercise) and plan for several other factors that will help you succeed.

Yes, I know, there are other factors that contribute to their better score on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)-- longer school days, advanced science and math starting earlier in elementary school rather than high school, extra tutoring in Korean hagwons, less to learn with a more focused curriculum, no non-essential learning activities such as sports, home ec or computer applications courses.

Furthermore, there is no way of knowing to what extent changes in the school are due to the implementation of ideas of multiple intelligences rather than, for example, the energizing thrill of adopting a new schoolwide program, new statewide standards, or some other unknown factor.

This includes evidence from four separate studies that have directly tested whether VAMs measure correlation or causation... All four of these studies reach the same conclusion: VAMs that control for students» lagged test scores primarily capture teachers» causal effects rather than correlations due to other factors not captured in the model.

When we administer these exams, we attempt to keep the testing conditions consistent for all students so that we can be sure that differences in scores are due to differences in knowledge and abilities rather than other unrelated factors.

The definition focuses on student failure and «environmental, familial, economic, social, developmental or other psychosocial factors» rather than school holding power and school factors that failed students.

Target Revenue has arbitrarily benefited some districts over others, as it bases funding on historical factors rather than a district's current students.

(7) failing to select and administer tests concerning employment in the most effective manner to ensure that, when such test is administered to a job applicant or employee who has a disability that impairs sensory, manual, or speaking skills, such test results accurately reflect the skills, aptitude, or whatever other factor of such applicant or employee that such test purports to measure, rather than reflecting the impaired sensory, manual, or speaking skills of such employee or applicant (except where such skills are the factors that the test purports to measure).

These figures represent a monumental investment compared with the original Avanti coupe's $ 4,455 cost, and whether anyone chooses to plunk down the loot for an Avanti rather than for a Cadillac, Mercedes, BMW or the like, probably will depend more on emotion than on any other factor.

Rather than replace the role of the driver, the autonomous system will be an aid when the driver needs a break and can no longer drive to the best of their capabilities due to fatigue or other factors.

Under the agency model — one of the factors that led the investigators to believe that anti-trust violations had taken place between Apple and five of the Big Six publishers, including HarperCollins — publishers get to set the price of ebooks, rather than retailers; under the previous wholesale model, retailers could purchase books directly from the publishers, then turn around and sell those titles for any amount, even taking a loss on the books in order to boost sales of other products.

Most of this has to do with the risk brought on by the weather and other factors, rather than the regulatory environment.