Heath trackers and smartphone apps offer behavior - change techniques like goal setting, instant feedback and rewards, and
social factors like community sharing of success stories that can result in weight loss and more health benefits.
Not exact matches
Not surprisingly,
factors like engagement,
social listening and on - demand support are a part of today's customer service landscape.
«How steep that will be depends on policy changes regarding
Social Security as well as other
factors like global growth.»
Then in 2014, Google's Matt Cutts released a video stating Facebook and Twitter pages were «currently» treated
like any other web page for search — i.e.
social media was no longer a direct ranking
factor.
The best age for
Social Security benefits depends on personal and financial
factors,
like your current cash needs, retirement plans, health and family history.
As we pointed out in our post last week, a withdrawal rate strategy should respond to market
factors like equity valuations and bond yields as well as personal
factors like age, retirement horizon, and expectations about pension and
Social Security benefits.
Thus, the
social sciences,
like the natural sciences, show that man's nature and nurture in their relational as in their universal aspects, must be conceived with due regard for the inextricable interdependence of physical, mental, and spiritual
factors.
Tea Party supporters are «much more likely than registered voters as a whole to say that their religion is the most important
factor in determining their opinions on...
social issues»
like abortion and same - sex marriage, according to the Pew analysis.
A sociologist
like William Julius Wilson can underline the importance of economic
factors, pointing to the precipitous decline in manufacturing, and at the same time write frankly about the destructive influence of ghetto culture which lacks a viable middle class that once served as a «
social buffer.
However, most of the cases of undeserved suffering come mixed, with individual human choices,
social forces, and physical
factors all combined — as in war, poverty, premature or violent death, disease, mental breakdowns, and the
like.
That points to a
social factor as well that could attract
like to
like.
«He thought
like a Jew, he understood as a Jew understood; and surely deep in his psychology were those
factors, inherited and
social, which determined the limits in which his thinking and understanding were carried on» (CR 36).
Mental health is sometimes an elusive idea for many because it involves measuring the wellness of unseen
factors like our emotional, psychological and
social well - being.
We have to consider
factors like clubs matchday income, what country a club is from, their success on the field and its impact on the market value,
social presence worldwide, high profile kit deals and shirt sponsorship, total yearly revenue and the debt situation of the club.
Like human taste buds which reward us for eating what's overwhelmingly critical for survival i.e. fats and sugars, a consideration of human infant and parental biology and psychology reveal the existence of powerful physiological and
social factors that promote maternal motivations to cosleep and explain parental needs to touch and sleep close to baby.
We'll help you prepare for questions the doctor is likely to ask about your little one's physical, emotional, and
social development on topics
like toilet training, temper tantrums, ability to talk, eating habits, sleeping habits, and risk
factors for lead poisoning.
Yet, as intractable as they are, at least those
factors are not,
like nepotism, a further obstacle to
social mobility, proudly showcased by Westminster's public servants.
But it's a lot harder to be confident that the thing that's spreading is really a
social contagion and not a common
factor like location or a group of people with common interests.
«Human societies are hugely complex, and
factors such as culture and access to healthcare make it hard to study the impact of a single
factor like social relationships on survival.»
Factors such as poor emotional control, limited coping skills, poor
social functioning, and increased stress sensitivity increase a child's risk of experiencing psychotic -
like symptoms (e.g., unusual thoughts, suspiciousness, perceptual disturbances).
The researchers are now looking at possible relationships between low
social intelligence and psychological
factors like conduct disorder and autistic spectrum tendencies.
Firstly, the scientists use local survey statistics to examine the state of a region's
social foundation, covering
factors like health, clean water, income levels and education.
Biologists have long seen primates» facial expressions during
social interactions as clues that
factors like group size drove the stark differences in their facial evolution.
He'd
like to see the work expanded to include more variables that are already known to increase depression risk — such as family history, previous episodes of major depression, and
social factors.
I am interested in the physiological and behavioral aspects of development and how things
like maternal care,
social / environmental
factors, and stressors influence an individual's life history trajectory.
«The researchers controlled for a host of psycho -
social factors, which greatly reduced the strength of these associations — this suggests that psycho -
social factors (things
like history of drug problems, parental loss (divorce or death), poor family environment, low self - esteem,
social deviance, personality disorders) play an important role in mood and addictive disorders.
Researchers now believe that feeling secure and close to caregivers as a child may be more important in a person's development than
factors like IQ,
social class, and temperament.
While it should go without saying that severe joint pain can cause serious psychological distress, research has also suggested that beliefs about pain control and feelings of helplessness, emotional
factors like anxiety and depression, and
social support all play important roles in how we experience and adjust to pain.
As I found when I posted new study this on facebook — Moderate alcohol consumption as risk
factor for adverse brain outcomes and cognitive decline — many
social drinkers also get upset when you point out research
like this because they don't want to have to give it up.
This is what I see with many of my anxious clients: not eating enough protein, excessive sugar consumption and low blood sugar causing anxiety / irritability,
social anxiety or pyroluria, gluten intolerance, caffeine consumption, poor digestion, low levels of brain chemicals such as serotonin and GABA and lifestyle
factors like lack of sleep.
To make sure this filtering is executed correctly, Once employs experienced matchmakers who they believe recognise important
factors like physical attraction and
social background, that algorithms can't properly measure.
This can be caused by a variety of
factors like social stigma, rejection of family members, and psychological abuse by their friends and family.
The selective service screens all potential members on
factors like age, sex, education and
social network verification, in an effort to ensure the «authenticity, quality, and honesty» of its user base.
Then there are other
factors like intimacy needs and
social needs such as introversion and extroversion that are similarity
factors.
The article states that because of
factors like the one - child policy harming
social interaction between sexes, and that education is rated as more important for young Chinese, many find themselves without partners.
We've identified the 29 Key Dimensions of Compatibility, which cover important
factors like your
social style, character, sense of humor and adaptability — a key part of getting to know you.
Therefore, based on the above technological,
social and economic
factors, the number of users on apps
like Tinder for seniors and other senior dating apps will continue to rise.
Core Traits,
like your emotional temperament,
social style and sense of humor; and Vital Attributes, such as your communication style, spirituality and family background, all determine your compatibility with another person — and it's these
factors we use to help find you a match.
Like a kaleidoscope clicking into place, the early 1990s saw industrial, cultural and
social factors fall into alignment; one that produced an unprecedented demand for quirky and complex cinema.
The wave of revolutionary protests known as the Arab Spring occurred relatively early in the history of
social media, less than five years after Twitter — a key
factor in popular uprisings in countries
like Egypt and Tunisia — was launched in summer 2006.
KIPP has identified a number of
factors it believes are critical to raising its students» college - completion rates, including enhanced academic preparedness; a set of «character strengths,»
like «grit,» self - control, and optimism; matching each student with the right college;
social and academic integration once they arrive on campus; and college affordability.
The advice here is that, while a certain school may seem
like an academic match, it might not provide young people with the
social, political or cultural experiences that can be the deciding
factors on their persistence over the four to six years it may take to earn a degree.
The majority said de jure segregation (caused by the state or a local government) was different from de facto segregation (resulting from
social and economic
factors,
like lower housing prices in the city and white flight to the suburbs) and that it was constitutional to address only the first through a metropolitan - wide effort.
New metrics,
like school climate or
social and emotional progress, are likely to generate demand for interventions that attend to nonacademic
factors of students» experiences.
Three big
factors will increasingly differentiate student outcomes: (1) development of students» self - motivation (2) effectiveness addressing learning barriers,
like time - management, emotional disruptions, and
social pressures that affect learning even among advantaged children; and (3) students» higher - order capabilities
like analytical, conceptual and creative thinking, especially as applied to solve real problems.»
It considers
factors like perseverance and determination, participation in arts and literature, and
social and emotional health.
There may be many other
factors that restrict a college - goer in completing the assignment writing task
like a
social circle, part - time job, daily routine and much more.
And
like any ecosystem, it is a world onto itself, immune to external
factors outside its boundaries (
like say, traditional marketing or
social media).
In the study's third year, more than 6,500 consumers surveyed nearly 300 Canadian companies across 26 industry sectors, considering
factors like customer service, quality of product or service, and a company's values and sense of
social responsibility.
When discussing how to invest
like a millennial, I mentioned that
social responsibility is a key
factor when making investment decisions.