Sentences with phrase «similar types of measures»

Therefore, I do believe we are now at a point where we need to consider similar types of measures that we saw in Vancouver.»

Not exact matches

Returns by media type are similar whether measured simply in excess of the risk - free rate or adjusted for multiple risk factors common to long / short U.S. equity hedge funds.

When the researchers measured gene activity, they found that the iPS cells were more similar to the ES cells they descended from than to each other, suggesting that the source of the cells explains many of the disparities researchers had noted between the two stem cell types.

We measure the radial profile and fractional luminosity of the disc, and compare the values to those of discs around stars of similar age and / or spectral type, placing this disc in context of other resolved discs observed by Herschel / DUNES.

PNB lifetime (ns)(measure of its maximal diameter) obtained for individual gold NP clusters of similar size for the different combinations of NP types and the wavelengths of optical excitation (@optical fluence, mJ / cm2).

There are some indications that similar programs can lead to a shift within the sub-types of type II muscle fibers, from type IIX to type IIA muscle fibers, as measured by muscle fiber type proportion.

The other study used a similar protocol, but the researchers did actually take muscle biopsies to get an accurate measure of fiber type breakdown.

Though they have not been specifically tested for health benefits they are similar to the DASH research diet and consistent with most of the measures of adherence to Mediterranean - type eating patterns (emphasis added).»

Variables that measure student differences based on participation in government programs are problematic, however, especially when comparing different school sectors, since government - run public schools are much more likely to participate in such programs than are privately run schools, even if both types of schools have similar student populations.

We also confirm that we obtain similar results when we control for student characteristics measured at or before the PSAT / NMSQT, including sex, parental education, family income level, whether a student took the PSAT / NMSQT in 10th grade and his or her previous score, indicators for ethnic background (for example, Mexican, Cuban), and controls for the type of high school attended, including affiliation (public or private), urbanicity (that is, city, suburban, rural), size, and concentration of Hispanic students.

Growth - based measures and demographic - adjusted average test scores identify similar types of schools as low - performing, as shown by the fact that the red dots (low - income schools) are spread out in the figure, as opposed to clustered on the left - hand side.

Similar to Lexile measures, there are two types of Quantile measures: a measure for students and a measure for mathematical skills and concepts.

And we have to recognize that CA's previous CST system was built to measure CA's 1997 standards that objective analyses have said heavily overlap in terms of both content and rigor with the new common core standards, similar to MA's old standards to new common core standards situation, and that likely 60 to 80 percent of the CST items also actually measure common core standards, tho not with the desired types of item and test administration formats.

CRDs have ophthalmoscopic changes that are very similar to those of PRA and detailed ERG studies that measure both cone and rod - specific responses are required to distinguish between the two types of condition.

Because of these concerns, child abuse and neglect may not be the best outcome measure by which to assess the effectiveness of home visiting or similar types of programs.