Sentences with phrase «reported substantial improvement»

Of 3 studies that examined family functioning, 1 reported a substantial improvement with psychosocial intervention.

Businesses are reporting substantial improvements in business conditions and in confidence about the future.

Many teachers reported substantial improvements in student achievement as well.

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In a separate report focusing on larger integrated oil companies, Moody's came to a similar conclusion — that the substantial improvement in the financial position of the oil industry over the past year is poised to slow down.

The peer - reviewed study, commissioned by the Corrugated Packaging Alliance (CPA) and conducted by the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI), measures the environmental impacts of a 1 kg industry - average corrugated product manufactured in 2010 and shows substantial improvements over the industry - average product manufactured in 2006, as reported in the industry's first baseline LCA.

Although professional lactation support can improve the duration of overall breast feeding, its effect in improving exclusive breast feeding is unclear.11 18 22 Thus far, studies that report improvement of rates of exclusive breastfeeding have involved mainly community based peer counselling strategies.23 24 25 Even then, a randomised trial in the UK recently cast doubt on the efficacy of this approach.26 There are current recommendations from NICE for the UK - wide implementation of the baby friendly initiative.4 5 6 The 2006 NICE costing report on routine postnatal care of women and their babies estimates that efforts to improve rates of breast feeding will result in substantial cost savings for the NHS.6

For six of these steps, substantial improvement in reported hospital implementation occurred from 2007 to 2013, including having a model breastfeeding policy (11.7 % to 26.3 %), assessment of staff competency (44.6 % to 60.2 %), early initiation of breastfeeding (43.5 % to 64.8 %), rooming - in (30.8 % to 44.8 %), teaching feeding cues (77.0 % to 87.3 %), and limiting use of pacifiers (25.3 % to 45.0 %).

However, registration of cardiac arrests was prospective and uniform, following the standardized Utstein style for reporting out - of - hospital cardiac arrest and revised for data quality assurance by the RACE - CARS team.18 Our results support efforts of other communities seeking to improve bystander and first - responder intervention, since they come from a quality - improvement database of a substantial portion of the state of North Carolina, with stable reporting over a 4 - year period during a broad implementation program that used a standardized protocol, as recommended by the American Heart Association.13, 20,40

With a sustained national commitment, the United States could obtain substantial energy - efficiency improvements, new sources of energy, and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions through the accelerated deployment of existing and emerging energy technologies, according to the prepublication copy of the capstone report of the America's Energy Future project of the National Research Council, the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering.

The substantial effect of development hormones (HGH) on muscle improvement, weight loss and aging have been done through many medical reports by the medical group in over 25 years.

Sixty - three percent of those who'd had osteopathic manipulation reported a moderate improvement in their pain while half said they had a substantial improvement.55.

In an analysis of the effects of the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act recently published in the Kentucky Annual Economic Report, a professor of economics at the University of Kentucky asserts that the state's higher school spending levels have not led to significant gains on national tests or substantial improvements in the dropout rate.

Ofsted highlighted the college's leadership and learning for special mention, stating in the report that leaders and managers had «successfully reversed the decline in standards», and that the college's chief executive officer (CEO) had been «instrumental in driving the substantial improvements in the quality of the provision and in the college's finances,» helping ensure a «secure and sustainable future for the college.»

Both the Perry Preschool Project and later the Abecedarian Project [see Figure 1] reported substantial initial gains in cognitive indicators followed by significant long - term improvements in later school performance, rates of teenage and nonmarital births, and employment and earnings.

According to the report, 75 % of the countries register a substantial improvement in their adult learning and education legislation thanks to greater awareness of the potential of ALE since 2009.

Substantial improvements were reported by schools in areas such as pupil well - being, confidence and self - esteem and an increased willingness from pupils to participate in classroom activities.

However, a separate report, released July 7 by Gallup, showed that despite substantial improvements to the economy, consumers are still relatively conservative about their spending, which could hamper future growth.

This report explores energy efficiency programs that target deep energy savings through substantial improvements to existing residential buildings.

However, some months later, an occupational physician reported emerging evidence of substantial improvement and a realistic prospect of a return to flying duties.

Findings suggest substantial improvement via an intensive approach for young children with autism; however, important differences in group assignment at baseline, difficulties with systematic measurement overtime, the lack of reported treatment fidelity or adherence characteristics, and the small number of children in the comparison group limit interpretation of these findings.

Results were not consistent at each occasion; improvements reported by children were most substantial at a 2 - month follow - up and only partly remained at a 1 - year follow - up, while all children's improvements as reported by parents were present on all occasions.