Sentences with phrase «reduction in score»

Participants on maximum dose and failing to achieve a reduction in score remained in the study at the investigator's discretion.

For child and parent measures, a reduction in score indicated improvement; for family measures, an increase in score indicated improvement for family outcomes.

Treatment response (defined as ≥ 50 % reduction in score on the HAM - D or Montgomery - Asberg Depression Rating Scale [MADRS] or a rating of very much improved or much improved on the Clinical Global Impressions scale for Improvement [CGI - I]-RRB-.

The SESBI - R and ECBI have been shown to have high internal consistency for both Intensity (α = 0.98, α = 0.95) and Problem scales (α = 0.96, α = 0.93).54 Reliability coefficients at 12 - week intervals for SESBI - R and ECBI Intensity (r = 0.94 and r = 0.80) and Problem scales (r = 0.98 and r = 0.85) are also high.54 A reduction in score indicates fewer and / or less problematic disruptive behaviours.

Ninety six adult outpatients with DSM - IV obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) who had responded to three months of medication (⩾ 25 % reduction in score on Yale - Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y - BOCS)-RRB- with venlafaxine (300 mg / day) or paroxetine (60 mg / day).

Indeed, the major difference between the two scores is that the VantageScore drops its minimum scoring requirements regarding the length and recency of the consumer's credit history, which appears to result in a significant reduction in the score's predictive power.»

By day 60, the ashwagandha group experienced a significant reduction in all scores on the stress - assessment scales compared to the placebo group.

«Testing Reform Victories: The First Wave» documents dozens of cutbacks in state testing mandates, reductions in score - based consequences and suspensions of new exams, all resulting from public pressure.

A comparison of Hamilton Depression Scale scores before and after treatment showed a significant reduction in the scores for the electroacupuncture group.

Both treatment groups had significant reductions in scores on the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression — 17 Item (P <.001 for both).

Results indicate that treatment resulted in remission of PTSD symptoms and associated dysfunction as evidenced by reduction in the scores of PTSD Symptom Check List - Civilian Version (PCLC) as well as in distress and avoidance behavior in daily life.

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Reductions were enacted by NDP governments in British Columbia and Saskatchewan; by Conservative regimes in Alberta and Ontario, and also the post-2003 Liberal government in Ontario, which continued its predecessor's policy on this score.

According to Forrester Resarch, Lenovo has since seen a 20 % reduction in laptop support call rates, increased agent productivity, a shorter problem resolution cycle, an increased Net Promoter Score, and reduced support costs.

Based on conversation with physician experts, SunTrust said it believes LJPC - 501 hits on multiple characteristics of a successful drug, including effectiveness at improving MAP, a good safety profile, easily titratable and positive mortality benefit as supported by a statistically significant reduction in CV SOFA score.

I really hope Arsenal get in City's faces today and not only get them riled up, but beat them by such a big score that they cause another riot and get a 20 point reduction by the FA.

The performance of different propensity - score methods for estimating differences in proportions (risk differences or absolute risk reductions) in observational studies.

Breastfeeding was associated with a 1.7 - point reduction in standardised pain scores (SMD -1.7, 95 % CI -2.2 to -1.3); we considered this evidence to be of moderate quality as data were primarily from infants younger than 6 months of age.

The authors found that breastfeeding promotion interventions were not associated with significant changes in weight or length, but led to a modest, albeit significant, reduction in body mass index / weight - for - height z scores.

Human milk feeding was associated with a 57 % reduction in the odds of infection, in general, controlling for gestational age, mechanical ventilation days, 5 - minute Apgar score, and days without enteral feedings and a 53 % reduction in the odds of sepsis / meningitis, in specific, controlling for gestational age, mechanical ventilation days, and days without enteral feedings.

40 % reduction in the number of children under - 5 who are stunted Direct evidence for a link between exclusive breastfeeding and stunting is not currently available at the systematic review level, though a 2015 systematic review and meta - analysis of intervention studies assessing the effect of breastfeeding promotion interventions on child growth found no significant effect on length or height z scores.

Women with the highest antioxidant scores had a reduction in diabetes risk of 27 % compared with those with the lowest scores.

The authors suggested that the small reduction in IQ scores in OCD sufferers may be largely attributed to OCD - related slowness and not to intellectual ability.

Seventy - eight percent of the patients in the celecoxib group experienced at least a 50 percent reduction in their depression scores, with 63 percent reporting their depression had gone away completely.

Patients undergoing CRFA had significant and lasting reduction in pain scores.

After adjusting for maternal IQ and education, characteristics of the home environment, school district, and number of siblings, the children who were exposed to greater than 5 parts arsenic per billion of household well water (WAs ≥ 5 μg / L) showed reductions in Full Scale, Working Memory, Perceptual Reasoning and Verbal Comprehension scores, losses of 5 - 6 points, considered a significant decline, that may translate to problems in school, according to Gail Wasserman, PhD, professor of Medical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia, and the study's first author.

Comparing the highest to the lowest quartile of dietary diabetes risk reduction score, healthy diet was associated with a 48 % lower risk of diabetes in white, 42 % in Asian, 55 % in Hispanic, and 32 % in black women.

Now an analysis by Ian Deary at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and his team has found that a higher test score in childhood was linked with a 28 per cent lower risk of death from respiratory disease and a 25 per cent reduction in coronary heart disease risk.

In ventral striatum (key brain reward region), MP - induced reductions in DVs and BPND (reflecting DA increases) were inversely correlated with scores of negative emotionality, which were significantly higher for marijuana abusers than controlIn ventral striatum (key brain reward region), MP - induced reductions in DVs and BPND (reflecting DA increases) were inversely correlated with scores of negative emotionality, which were significantly higher for marijuana abusers than controlin DVs and BPND (reflecting DA increases) were inversely correlated with scores of negative emotionality, which were significantly higher for marijuana abusers than controls.

For example, Subject 2, whose scores on standardized tests showed impaired memory and executive function, had an 86.9 % reduction in excess path length for locations learned during stimulation, as compared with those learned without stimulation.

After active TMS stimulation, the reduction in the THI total score and VAS was significant compared with baseline at the first time - point assessed and in the short - term (2 weeks and 4 weeks).

For classification as CFS, those with a score ≤ 25th percentile of population norms in the physical function or role physical, or social function, or role emotional subscales of the SF - 36 were considered to have substantial reduction in activities as specified in the 1994 definition.

When combined with the HMGCR score, the CETP score was associated with the same reduction in LDL - C levels but an attenuated reduction in apoB levels and a corresponding attenuated nonsignificant risk of major cardiovascular events (OR, 0.985 [95 % CI, 0.955 - 1.015]-RRB-.

The result: At the four - hour and 24 - hour mark, there was «a significantly greater improvement» — between 30 and 40 percent reductions — in depression scores and a lowering of suicidal thoughts for those taking the esketamine nasal spray.

The participant experienced consistent, significant reductions in assessment scores throughout her course of treatment.

The study showed that oil pulling resulted in a reduction in the plaque index, modified gingival scores, and the total colony count of aerobic microorganisms.

Food elimination based on IgG antibodies in irritable bowel syndrome: a randomised controlled trial http://gut.bmj.com/content/53/10/1459.short «After 12 weeks, the true diet resulted in a 10 % greater reduction in symptom score than the sham diet (mean difference 39 (95 % confidence intervals (CI) 5 — 72); p = 0.024) with this value increasing to 26 % in fully compliant patients (difference 98 (95 % CI 52 — 144); p < 0.001).»

In a 2004 study, a group of people with osteoarthritis who took both glucosamine and MSM, dropped their average pain score from 1.7 to 0.36 — an astounding reduction of 79 %!

The Tennessee experiment suggested that a 10 percent reduction in class size in grades K — 3 raised students» standard scores by 0.06.

If a school or district fails to meet the threshold for a second consecutive year, there will be a reduction in its summative score of 2 percent.

We further tested to see whether a one - student reduction in class sizes would increase TIMSS scores by just one point, or 1 percent of an international standard deviation.

For instance, ensuring disadvantaged pupils are entered for the same number of subjects as all other pupils would lower the forecast gap in Attainment 8 scores from 10.8 points to 8.8 in 2021, a significant reduction.

Grissmer credited improved teaching conditions, reduction in class sizes, increased pre-kindergarten enrollment, and more teacher discretion in resources as the primary reasons for the improvement in the scores.

In 2002, 27 percent of 3rd graders scored at the lowest level on the reading portion of FCAT, but by 2008 only 16 percent did so, a 40 percent reduction in the pool of students eligible for retentioIn 2002, 27 percent of 3rd graders scored at the lowest level on the reading portion of FCAT, but by 2008 only 16 percent did so, a 40 percent reduction in the pool of students eligible for retentioin the pool of students eligible for retention.

«Those same schools that produced the high test scores produced a five-fold reduction in teen pregnancy,» Fryer told the class.

Attending a Boston charter school makes special education students 1.4 times more likely to score proficient or higher on their standardized tests, resulting in a 30 percent reduction of the special education achievement gap.

As a further point of comparison I provide results from a study [xvii] of Project STAR that examined the impact on middle school test scores of exposure to class size reduction in the early grades.

But the total effect on test scores also increases because the positive effect of adding a day to the school year is always greater than the negative effect of the needed reduction in class size.

In general, studies indicated that high - stakes standardized basic skills tests led to: a) a narrowing of the curriculum, b) an overemphasis on basic skills and test - like instructional methods, c) a reduction in effective instructional time and an increase in time for test preparation, d) inflated test scores, and e) pressure on teachers to improve test scores (Herman & Golan, 1993; Nolen, Haladyna, & Haas, 1992; Resnick & Resnick, 1992; Shepard, 1991; Shepard & Dougherty, 1991, Smith, 1991; Smith, Edelsky, Draper, Rottenberg, & Cherland, 1990In general, studies indicated that high - stakes standardized basic skills tests led to: a) a narrowing of the curriculum, b) an overemphasis on basic skills and test - like instructional methods, c) a reduction in effective instructional time and an increase in time for test preparation, d) inflated test scores, and e) pressure on teachers to improve test scores (Herman & Golan, 1993; Nolen, Haladyna, & Haas, 1992; Resnick & Resnick, 1992; Shepard, 1991; Shepard & Dougherty, 1991, Smith, 1991; Smith, Edelsky, Draper, Rottenberg, & Cherland, 1990in effective instructional time and an increase in time for test preparation, d) inflated test scores, and e) pressure on teachers to improve test scores (Herman & Golan, 1993; Nolen, Haladyna, & Haas, 1992; Resnick & Resnick, 1992; Shepard, 1991; Shepard & Dougherty, 1991, Smith, 1991; Smith, Edelsky, Draper, Rottenberg, & Cherland, 1990in time for test preparation, d) inflated test scores, and e) pressure on teachers to improve test scores (Herman & Golan, 1993; Nolen, Haladyna, & Haas, 1992; Resnick & Resnick, 1992; Shepard, 1991; Shepard & Dougherty, 1991, Smith, 1991; Smith, Edelsky, Draper, Rottenberg, & Cherland, 1990).

Its purpose was to promote the usage of students» test scores to grade and pay teachers annual bonuses (i.e., «supplements») as per their performance, and «provide a procedure for observing and evaluating teachers» to help make other «significant differentiation [s] in pay, retention, promotion, dismissals, and other staffing decisions, including transfers, placements, and preferences in the event of reductions in force, [as] primarily [based] on evaluation results.»

TREE in partnership with a dozen other advocacy groups circulated a petition earlier this summer calling for the publication of standardized test questions and answers; pre-determined cut scores; and a reduction in the use of standardized tests.