Sentences with phrase «robust measure of»

The PIML proved to be a psychometrically robust measure of children's representations of their relationships with parents and peers, representing an important advance in the measurement of attachment in middle childhood.

The Canadian Problem Gambling Index is internationally recognized as a robust measure of gambling behaviour.

Since its launch, the CPGI has become internationally recognized as a robust measure of gambling behaviour.

In an effort to overcome these pitfalls and provide a psychometrically robust measure of the presence of and search for meaning in life, Steger et al. (2006) developed the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ).

Using a robust measure of psychiatric caseness, Marriott et al selected carers with a clinically important level of psychological distress and found that the intervention was potent enough to decrease distress to a non-clinical level.

This thought experiment illustrates that the EF not only fails to provide a robust measure of ecological sustainability, but also offers poor guidance for policy - makers in identifying and evaluating options to improve use and management of natural capital.

But, looking at what the plot that I showed you is a more robust measure of what is happening because rather than letting the noise of ENSO dominate things, it looks overall at whether the data has continued to follow the upward trendline from pre-1998.

The real conclusion is that this criteria for a «hiatus» is simply not a robust measure of anything.

I've tried various combinations to find the most accurate and robust measure of long - term growth.

Student achievement remains a far more robust measure of teacher quality than many others available.

Because minimum temperatures in the stable boundary layer are not very robust measures of the heat content in the deep atmosphere and climate models do not predict minimum temperatures well, minimum temperatures should not be used as a surrogate for measures of deep atmosphere global warming.»

Future work examining these mechanisms using more complex and robust measures of both parent and child identities are needed.

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Pros: Adobe Marketing Cloud delivers perhaps the most robust offering of digital marketing tools available today, allowing businesses to engage with customers on a personalized basis throughout the customer journey, measure those experiences and better understand their customers.

Either way, new Fed Chair Jerome Powell's measured and steady performance before Congress and the media reassured investors, settling the markets somewhat against a backdrop of supportive fundamentals, led by globally synchronized growth, massive new fiscal stimulus and robust corporate earnings.

As always, the best opportunities are likely to emerge when a material retreat in valuations is joined by an early improvement in our measures of market action (which, following our stress - testing earlier in this half - cycle, are robust to every market cycle we've observed across history).

For example, the dollar as measured by the Federal Reserve's broad trade - weighted index fell in the second half of the 1980s and soared in the 1990s, but both decades saw robust growth.

This measure may slip for a time as we drop off some of the high quarterly growth rates from our calculations, but we think growth will remain robust over the next 12 months.

However, broader measures of the economy are more robust.

To also ensure the highest quality of our service, we took measures to invest in a robust technological infrastructure.

It seems a balance between cross-sector collaboration, industry - based opportunities and, of course, robust security measures are needed for a flexible work spaces to keep the FinTech sector on side and staying put.

Enforcement: Ensures strong and robust rules for the civil, criminal and border enforcement of IP rights, including appropriate remedies to combat trade in counterfeit and pirated goods in line with Canada's Combating Counterfeit Products Act; Contains border enforcement measures so that border officers can detain suspected counterfeit or pirated goods in a manner consistent with Canadian law.

Our own measures are consistent with this profile, showing a relief from oversold extremes, but little evidence of a robust shift to risk - seeking.

It's on trying to take a big bite out of America's massive spate of gun murders, gun suicides, and accidental shootings through extremely robust gun regulation measures.

In contrast, the national accounts measure of buildings and structures investment fell by a surprisingly large 3.8 per cent in the September quarter, driven by a large reversal in the previously robust structures component.

We would concur with this broadly positive outlook for the economy over the rest of the year, in large part due to the contribution from US consumers, whose well - being — thanks mainly to a robust labor market — was apparent in one measure of consumer confidence during September, which hit its highest level in nine years.

The UK has some of the most robust aviation security measures in the world and at all times the safety and security of the public is our primary concern.

Published annually since 1995, the UK's Superbrands are identified through an extensive and robust research process that measures the equity of thousands of brands.

Handed the captain's armband, his meticulously measured and robust displays allowed the talent further ahead of him to work their magic.

Meta - analyses help in establishing robust patterns, but studies often use very different measures of both paternal involvement and children's outcomes, making comparisons difficult.

While the size of an organization is not necessarily the prime measure for success on the Internet, a robust and strategic use of funds and other resources to sell a nonprofit's message to legislators, business leaders, potential donors and the general public, using all the online tools at one's disposal — even in conjunction with other communications media, like direct mail — is mandatory.

He took bold measures to build a robust economy and deepened the development process of the country on the mantra Better Ghana Agenda.

Our analyses seem to be robust, and even though there are certain limitations, we are confident that our measures are not an artefact of language change over time or product of the alleged change in the way political communications operate.

The package would require public disclosure of every legislator's outside clients and income, establish an ethics commission with robust investigative powers over both the legislative and executive branches — and institute other measures to introduce badly needed transparency and accountability into our state government.

The Government must now come clean and publish the list of every overseas data processing centre and what measures are being taken to ensure robust security.

In December 2013, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published a report on PEGASE... The report also concluded that the control measures put in place are robust and that there is no sign of mismanagement or diversion of funds.

On Wednesday, George Osborne delivered his spending review to the Commons without bombast or superfluous oratory: he galloped through his inventory of measures as if it were a standard financial statement, a spot of robust housekeeping to keep the nation's books in order.

While all participants remained disease free, the earlier vaccinations produced the most robust initial and long - term antibody response, Ferris says, of levels of the infection fighters that can be measured in the blood.

However, associations with fetal motor activity measures were more consistent and robust: higher concentrations of 7 of 10 organochlorine compounds were positively associated with one of more measures of more frequent and more vigorous fetal motor activity.

«This new, more robust way of measuring attenuation is a breakthrough that can be applied in other systems around the world.

As the world warms, we will have to review all manner of basic assumptions to keep flood protection measures robust, says Jim Hall

The long - awaited «robust strategy» to stem an epidemic of UK childhood obesity has morphed into a feeble, industry - pleasing half - measure, says Tam Fry

«We developed robust analytical methods to measure trace elements in the heroin powder at very low levels as well as measure strontium ratios» said IFRI director Jose Almirall, the principal investigator of the study from FIU.

The results allowed the team to define a number of robust, quantitative measures derived from the physics of complex networks.

In a recent Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica study, poor academic performance, measured as grade point average (GPA) at age 16, was a robust and strong predictor of suicide attempt up to middle age.

Research funding: The Conservative's manifesto vaguely promises «a stable investment climate for Research Councils» and also pledges to «delay the implementation of the new funding system for universities — the Research Excellence Framework — and work with academics to ensure that there is a robust and acceptable way of measuring the impact of all research.»

The vast magnificent savanna, forests, wooded savannas, and deep rivers habitats remain largely intact with potential for recovery of wildlife populations if urgent and robust conservation security measures are taken in this strategic area, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), ECOFAUNE + / AGRECO, and the Ministry of Environment of Central African Republic said in a report issued today.

And the designation would highlight key areas that can be protected by more robust measures, including establishment of SMAs.

«The standard serves as an accurate and robust cost - of - living benchmark that supports good career planning and allows us to measure the extent to which our programs help customers progress toward economic self - sufficiency,» said Marléna Sessions, the council's chief executive officer.

«Despite encouraging signs of containment, the cluster of three confirmed cases of EVD that was recently reported in Liberia underscores the importance of robust surveillance measures to ensure the rapid detection of any reintroduction or re-emergence of the virus,» Palacios says.

«Our investigation includes one of the most robust analyses of physician adherence to AUA guidelines on the management of BPH / LUTS in the published literature, and represents the first published analysis to our knowledge of the rate of performance of measures that are challenging to extract from administrative data (i.e., subjective symptom description, I - PSS, sexual function evaluation, performance of a physical examination and specific examination maneuvers),» says Dr. Auffenberg.