Sentences with phrase «strong evidence of impacts»

Yes, there is strong evidence of impacts of recent observed climate change on physical, biological, and human systems.

In his most recent work, entitled Holistic Evidence and Design (HEAD): sensory impacts, practical outcomes, he found strong evidence of the impact of school design on learning in primary schools.

ICCAMS is based on formative assessment, which has strong evidence of impact, but which teachers struggle to implement.

Not exact matches

Funding for mental health care initiatives is an issue specifically identified in our pre-budget letter to government and our 2017 Provincial Election Platform, given that there is strong evidence that effective programs can reduce both the economic and health impacts of these illnesses.

Barnett contends that the criticisms of a strong patent - rights system overlook recent empirical evidence and have overestimated the impact and scope of problems including «patent trolls» (firms that own patents but do not manufacture products), «royalty stacks» (the total demands of multiple intellectual property holders for remuneration leave too little revenue left for the manufacturer), and «patent thickets» (complex and conflicting legal claims that increase transaction costs for manufacturers).

So if his predictability in this matter led to drive killing interceptions and incompletions on a regular basis, then there's a strong base of evidence for his negative impact on the W / L columns.

The importance of touch for babies has been well researched and a strong body of evidence exists to support the impact touch (and / or lack of touch) has on a baby.

Finding evidence for these strong electron - lattice interactions, known as polarons, emphasizes the need to quantify their impact on complex phenomena such as superconductivity (the ability of some materials to carry current with no energy loss) and other promising properties.

«This is the strongest evidence from fossils that the main driver of this extinction event was the after - effects of a huge asteroid impact, rather than a slower decline caused by natural changes to the climate or by severe volcanism stressing global environments.»

Climate physicist Jeffrey Shaman of Oregon State University in Corvallis and epidemiologist Melvin Kohn of the Oregon Health Department in Portland believed that what might matter more to the virus is absolute humidity — especially because the evidence for the impact of relative humidity was never all that strong.

«Strong evidence for the negative impact of medical illness and treatment on sexual functioning exists,» the authors note, «but concern for sexual matters remains largely on the margin of medical care, particularly for older women.»

«Our findings provide strong causal evidence linking head impact to TBI and early CTE, independent of concussion,» Goldstein said.

While it's important to recognize that diet is frequently associated with other factors that may impact cognition in aging, Fargo says — such as smoking, education levels, and socioeconomic status — he does believe that there is «sufficiently strong evidence to conclude that a healthy diet may reduce the risk of cognitive decline.»

Teachers» time and resources would be better spent on focusing on providing timely and specific feedback to students as there is strong evidence which shows this has an impact of eight months» worth of learning progress (Evidence for Learning,evidence which shows this has an impact of eight months» worth of learning progress (Evidence for Learning,Evidence for Learning, 2017b).

The impact of increased spending by institutions on student outcomes would obviously depend on how the new money is spent, but there is strong evidence that a combination of grants and other supports can dramatically improve the outcomes of disadvantaged students.

The aims are to build a strong evidence base that will support four key Learning Away propositions, ie to demonstrate that high - quality residential learning: has a strong, positive impact on academic achievement and a wide range of pupil - level outcomes, including emotional well - being, learner engagement, behaviour and personal, social, employability and life skills; can transform the learning experience of pupils; can help to transform schools; does not need to be expensive.

It was one of only three elementary school SEL interventions reviewed to show «strong evidence» of impact on multiple (more than four) outcomes.

Evidence points to the improvement - focused messaging having a stronger impact on both credit attainment and student attendance, though the size of the study limits our ability to call the difference in outcomes between positive and improvement messaging statistically significant.

A growing body of evidence indicates that the choice of a strong, aligned curriculum can have outsized impacts on student learning.

Our evidence did not provide a strong test of the impact of instructional leadership on student performance.

We support policies and practices to elevate and honor the profession through robust recruitment and selection, preparation grounded in evidence and practice, effective systems of professional growth, compensation adequate to attract and retain strong educators, and finally, career pathways that provide opportunity for leadership and broader impact.

She served as President of StandardsWork from 2003 - 2009 and has recently returned to its helm as part of an organizational commitment to advancing the vital role of strong curriculum, the importance of deep content knowledge in students, and the impact that evidence - based instructional practices can provide teachers.

Clare Bradford, head teacher of Henbury School, said: «There is strong evidence that this will have a negative impact on local schools.

Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the RSA, said the current decline in provision of arts education in schools is «deeply concerning», but added that a stronger evidence base for their impact are «crucial to sustaining their presence and to improving practice».

The next useful step would be to test the approach through a randomised controlled trial, which will provide stronger evidence about the impact of the programme.

It all requires strong leadership driven by a relentless determination to maximize the impact on student learning, improve the nature of the evidence about that impact, and make the right decisions going forward.

Our report helps consumers identify which models currently present the strongest evidence of positive impacts on student achievement and other outcomes.

This study provides strong evidence that supports the use of creative teaching and learning, as well as the implementation of collaborative partnerships within the educational process as a means to positively impact teachers» lives both personally and professionally.

And although some of the measured academic differences to peers without preschool do shrink over time, there is strong evidence of meaningful, long - term positive impacts of preschool on important indicators including high school graduation, health, employment, crime, and other outcomes.

The continuing growth of awareness of evidence and evaluation mean that CPD providers will, rightly, be under ever greater pressure to show that their advice is aligned to a strong evidence base and that they take evaluation of impact seriously.

The researchers note that their analysis of these practices is correlational, meaning it can not provide strong evidence that the practices directly caused the observed impacts of CMOs on student achievement.

The evidence of the strong impact of cats on wildlife has focused the attention of conservation biologists towards possible methods of reducing that pressure.

As well as attracting representatives of big multinationals seeking a stronger relationship with their customers, the event offered plenty of evidence that even the smallest of firms can achieve a big impact by creating its own blog.

A much bigger role for solar would have an impact, but the trend would need to be about 5 times stronger over the relevant period to change the IPCC statement and I am not aware of any evidence to support this (and much that doesn't).

Overall though, the evidence for serious climatic impacts on societies is pretty strong and he swayed this member of the jury.

However, evidence for societal impacts are tied to drought on ancient civilisations is much stronger — the ancient «Curse of Akkad» describing the droughts affecting the Akkadian Empire; the Mayan collapse etc. — and this is well brought out in the text.

Also, I think the IPCC reports (their somewhat centrist positions) go in the direction of worse & worse problems and impacts for humanity (in addition to stronger & stronger evidence).

«The scientific evidence of the severe environmental and human impacts from mountaintop mining is strong and irrefutable,» lead author Dr. Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science says in a press release.

But for me the strongest evidence that small flucuations can have tremendous impact comes from the ice core and sediment records of the glacial / interglacial cycles.

In both polar regions, there is strong evidence of the ongoing impacts of climate change on terrestrial and freshwater species, communities and ecosystems (very high confidence).

Indeed, strong observational evidence and results from modeling studies indicate that, at least over the last 50 years, human activities are a major contributor to climate change.Direct human impact is through changes in the concentration of certain trace gases such as carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and water vapor, known collectively as greenhouse gases.

Evidence is strong about the impacts of sea ice loss.5 Because the sea ice cover plays such a strong role in human activities and Arctic ecosystems, loss of the ice cover is nearly certain to have substantial impacts.13

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This is probably Senator Back's strongest supporting evidence, however note that there is no specific claim of ill - health, just a «suggestion» of impact on HRQOL — mainly relating to annoyance and sleep disturbance.

I believe the strong role of anthropogenic contributions to climate change with potentially significant adverse impacts (global warming and ocean acidification) is well documented by a large array of independent evidence.

Most of the warming in climate models is not from CO2 directly but from feedback effects, and the evidence for strong positive climate feedback on temperature is very weak (to the point of non-existence) as compared to the evidence of greenhouse gas warming (yes, individual effects like ice cover melting are undeniably positive feedback effects, the question is as to the net impact of all such effects).

Furthermore, as Figure 2 demonstrates, the vast majority of warming has occurred over the past 110 years where there is strong evidence of a human impact in the early part and undeniable evidence of a strong anthropogenic signal in the latter part.

It's not a surprise, of course, but hard evidence could help environmental groups push for stronger regulations and enforcement of those regulations from governments where wildlife is most impacted.

Minneapolis Partner Rick Morgan will moderate an esteemed panel at DRI Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Seminar to provide the tools necessary to craft a strong defense strategy to contest flimsy causation evidence and the reptile strategy, as well as the impact of the recently amended Toxic Substances Control Act and related EPA regulatory activity.

They may disrupt phone service, including 911 calls, and, because strong evidence shows cell - site simulators are used most frequently in communities of color, this disruption would disproportionately impact those communities.