Sentences with phrase «study by a panel of experts»

The association began pressing for the abolition of the law in April, after a year - long study by a panel of experts.

The FNPS was based on a previous study of family nursing practice by home visiting nurses in Japan [13], and was revised following a discussion of the pilot study by a panel of experts to ensure content validity.

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The announcement is the result of months of consultation and study by an expert panel convened to help the government write the policy.

Two 2003 studies suggest that heading in soccer may result in weaker mental performance, including a decline in cognitive function, difficulty in verbal learning, planning and maintaining attention and reduced information processing speed, but a critical review of the literature in 2010 by an expert panel of the American Academy of Pediatrics found no support for such a finding, and a 2012 study in the journal Neurosurgery concluded that it was «unlikely» that the subtle cognitive differences detected were sufficient to affect the daily lives of players.

In a study led by University of Louisville biostatistician Doug Lorenz, Ph.D., associate professor, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, the reliability and accuracy of a nine — member expert panel was measured in determining the likelihood of abuse in more than 2,000 cases.

Many U.S. adults consume more added sugar (added in processing or preparing of foods, not naturally occurring as in fruits and fruit juices) than expert panels recommend for a healthy diet, and consumption of added sugar was associated with increased risk for death from cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.

A controversial study of hydraulic fracking will be reviewed by an independent panel of experts.

Done by a 14 - member panel of German and international experts, the new study finds that the research centers and their governing organization — the Helmholtz Association — suffer from inadequate networking and «too few incentives for competition.»

The study's results also support the conclusions of an expert panel commissioned by the Obama administration that recommended a closer look at the effects of socioeconomic factors on performance measures.

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — A team of university and government scientists, selected by an expert review panel convened by the Mississippi - Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, will conduct an independent study to estimate the number of red snapper in the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

The expert review panel recommended one practice guideline based on a 2005 randomized trial that provided data to support a memory retraining protocol.12, 13 The trial enrolled 29 subjects with MS - related learning deficits and randomized them to either the control group (n = 14) or the experimental group (n = 15).13 Both groups participated in 8 «treatment» sessions, which consisted of nontraining memory tasks for the control group and the Story Memory Technique (SMT), which taught the skills of visualization and context to improve learning, for the experimental group.13 In subjects with moderately severe impairment, 88 % in the experimental group showed significant improvement in learning abilities compared with 38 % in the control group (P <.01).13 Subjects with mild impairment showed little improvement.13 On this basis, the technique used in this study was recommended by the review panel as a practice guideline for the rehabilitation of learning and memory in persons with MS. 12

However, the effects of dietary fiber on glycemic control were considered inconsequential.1 Furthermore, the expert panel of the ADA considered it difficult to achieve a high dietary intake of soluble fiber without consuming foods or supplements fortified with fiber.1 We therefore designed the present study to determine the effects on glycemic control and plasma lipid concentrations of increasing the intake of dietary fiber in patients with type 2 diabetes exclusively through the consumption of foods not fortified with fiber (unfortified foods) to a level beyond that recommended by the ADA.

According to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the primary overseer of research within the Department of Education, «scientifically based research» fits the following criteria: It randomly assigns its test subjects to comparable groups; it yields reliable, measurable data; if the study makes any claims about what causes its effects, it «substantially eliminates plausible competing explanations»; its methods are clear enough that other researchers can repeat or extend them; and, finally, the study has been accepted by a peer - reviewed journal or equivalent panel of «independent experts.»

In my 8th grade American history class in Liberty, Missouri, my students now read books and blog about them with people who live in different states, interact online with authors and panels of experts, and study for tests where and when they want by listening to information downloaded to their MP3 players.

The methodology and judgments of the study were reviewed, validated and endorsed by a panel of six distinguished academic experts including:

In response to these legislative mandates, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has established various panels of technical experts to study NAEP, and panels are formed periodically by NCES or external organizations, such as the National Academy of Sciences, to conduct evaluations.

Finally, RUAF undertakes awareness - raising and advice on short food chains, more commercial forms of urban agriculture and associated value - adding enterprises by supporting studies and international expert panels, such as the Assistance to the World Bank for the Expert seminar on peri-urban horticulture and the Expert consultation on economic impact of urban agriculture at ODI.

Many studies simply defer to the expert summary of climate science research put together by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which says that most of the global warming since the mid-20th century has been caused by humans.

Many studies simply defer to the expert summary of climate science research put together by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which states that most of the global warming since the mid-20th century has been caused by humans.

This consensus is found not only in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report [1], but also by several different studies, including surveys of experts [2] and comprehensive reviews of the peer - reviewed literature on climate change [3][4][5].

Drafts seen by Reuters of the study by the UN panel of experts, due to be published next month, say it is at least 95 percent likely that human activities — chiefly the burning of fossil fuels — are the main cause of warming since the 1950s.

We are dismayed by the choice of some study team and panel experts, some who have historically supported wind energy implementation, some who are members of wind energy lobby groups in Canada and have received funding from the provincial and the Canadian Government.

The Circon case comes with a video that professors can purchase that not only features a wonderful policy discussion on the use of the poison pill by a panel of corporate governance experts, including Judge Jack Jacobs, then Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Chancery Court, but also showcases the two main characters in the case study, the CEO and his long - time friend and fellow Circon board member, presenting their perspectives on the events that transpired.

In Securing Reasonable Caseloads, Lefstein proposes that public defense organizations study their caseloads using Delphi methods, in which an expert panel determines what lawyers should be doing and how much time it should take, using a series of online questions followed by an in - person meeting.

The SUMMIT pilot study aimed to build on the existing service framework in Melbourne by developing a collaborative, integrated, women - centered intervention for reducing depression (including postnatal depression) among maternal drug users, using triangulated data gathered from interviews with service providers and consumers, case studies, the views of an expert panel and a review of the literature.