Sentences with phrase «scale comparative study»

In a small scale comparative study, Behan et al. (2001) found that parents who completed the original Parents Plus Programme (for parents of children aged 4 - 11 years) reported fewer child behaviour problems and improved parent - child interaction post-intervention, when compared to a waiting list control group.

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The general point that has been made is that in the new conditions of the modern world the comparative study of religion has moved into a new phase — first, in that the object of inquiry has on a quite new scale been seen to be communities of persons.

Large - scale conservation genetics studies on wild jaguars spanning across several range countries assessing these threats are rare and suffer from low sample sizes for this region,» said Claudia Wultsch, the lead author of the paper, a scientist in the Museum's Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, and a conservation research fellow at Panthera.

The new information is «a big piece of the puzzle that was missing» and it neatly confirms scientists» predictions about how lunge feeding scales with baleen whale body size, says Robert Shadwick, a comparative physiologist who studies whales» feeding mechanisms at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, in Canada, and was not involved in the research.

Because the performance of a fluorescent protein strongly depends on both the biological system as well as the imaging method, we recommend basing your selection on a small - scale head - to - head comparative study under conditions that best mimic the intended application.

«Our study reveals a spectrum of methods that nature uses to allow organisms to adapt to different environments,» said co-senior author Kerstin Lindblad - Toh, Co-Director of SciLifeLab, scientific director of vertebrate genome biology at the Broad Institute and professor in comparative genomics at Uppsala University «These mechanisms are likely also at work in humans and other vertebrates, and by focusing on the remarkably diverse cichlid fishes, we were able to study this process on a broad scale for the first time.»

Professor Adams is the Director of ACER's Centre for Global Education Monitoring and a Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne, specialising in psychometrics, educational statistics, large - scale testing and international comparative studies.

The results from any Comparative Judgement study are on an arbitrary scale, so it is helpful to rescale to a more meaningful scale, and apply grades.

This paper reports on a small - scale, in - depth, qualitative comparative study of 10 low performing schools in Malaysia and Indonesia respectively that have secured significant improvement.

ESM 248 - Environmental Institutions [4 units] Buntaine Comparative study of management systems or regimes addressing natural resources and environmental concerns and operating at scales ranging from local to global.

Brattle's study, entitled «Comparative Generation Costs of UtilityScale and Residential - Scale PV in Xcel Energy Colorado's Service Area» was commissioned by First Solar, the world's biggest utility - scale solar developer, with support from the Edison Electric Institute, the trade group for American investor owned utiliScale PV in Xcel Energy Colorado's Service Area» was commissioned by First Solar, the world's biggest utility - scale solar developer, with support from the Edison Electric Institute, the trade group for American investor owned utiliscale solar developer, with support from the Edison Electric Institute, the trade group for American investor owned utilities.

There is growing evidence for online mindfulness courses being as effective as other face - to - face interventions and online courses for stress even without a therapeutic alliance.37 — 40 Previously found Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) effect sizes are comparable to those found with face - to - face mindfulness and CBT interventions, including our previous research examining the course currently under investigation.40 — 42 One RCT found that an automated internet - based therapy including CBT and mindfulness actually had better outcomes for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) than the comparative online therapist - led intervention, suggesting that the effects of internet interventions can not be attributed to, and do not rely on, therapist interaction.43 Studies are finding that online mindfulness courses can be beneficial for depression in samples with IBS and epilepsy and anxiety symptoms in a non-clinical sample comparing a 3 - week mindfulness course with positive psychology interventions and treatment as usual (see Monshat38 for a review).