Sentences with phrase «study of alternative models»

A study of alternative models.»

A Study of Alternative Models,» published in Family Process, several factors are most predictive of divorce for couples.

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Overall, concluded political scientist Yun - han Chu, who studied Asian Barometer surveys about East Asians» commitment to democracy, «authoritarianism remains a fierce competitor of democracy in East Asia,» in no small part because of the influence of China's ability to foster economic success without real political change, providing an alternative model that is clearly visible to other East Asians, who travel to China, work with Chinese companies, buy Chinese products, and host Chinese officials.

A broader economic approach to the measurement of outcomes, such as stated preference discrete choice modelling, might have captured women's preferences for alternative attributes of planned place of birth and might have been more informative to decision makers, 28 but this was not practically possible given the anonymity involved in the study design and the available resources.

Reductions in biodiversity from illegal wildlife trade can have other substantial negative human health impacts, including the loss of potential sources of pharmaceuticals, experimental models for studying disease, crop pollination and micronutrients for humans lacking alternative sources of protein.

In a study published today in the journal Nature, the researchers refer to this alternative model as «piggyback - the - winner,» and it could have implications for phage - based medicine and ecosystem resilience in the face of environmental disturbances that promote microbial blooms.

SRNL has unique experience and expertise in thermochemical hydrogen production flowsheet development, modeling, and simulation using commercial off - the - shelf (COTS) software to support conceptual designs, scenario studies, capital and operating cost estimates, comparison of alternative designs, and techno - economic analyses.

Because of a lack of standardised and harmonised preclinical studies, there is limited information we can so far obtain from literature on the relative predictive value of different animal models and alternative methods for vaccine evaluation.

Scientists thought they knew why, but a new modeling study from the Alternative Earths team of the NASA Astrobiology Institute has fired the lead actor in that long - accepted scenario.

Standardized exploration of physiological functions, scientific and ethical considerations, study design, analysis and data management, alternative imaging method tests / Preclinical approaches with mouse models, a first step toward the man, interest and limits

Alternative animal replacement models are of great value in studying host - pathogen interaction and for quick screening of various pathogenic strains.

These findings have identified an alternative source of replacement tissue for use in human retinal cellular therapies, and provide a new in vitro cellular model system in which to study RPE diseases affecting human patients.

The authors of the study explain that their findings suggest that ketogenic diets could also potentially help normalize pathological behaviors in the human model of schizophrenia by providing alternative energy sources via ketones, the products of fat breakdown, which would substitute the abnormally functioning cellular energy pathways in the brains of people suffering from this disease.

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The primary empirical challenge in any study of alternative school models is selection bias.

A new study finds that using observational ratings of beginning teachers may be a viable alternative — or a useful complement — to relying solely on controversial «value - added» modeling (VAM) in evaluation of educator preparation providers (EPPs).

That's the model Spokane put in place — an array of support systems that includes alternative schools, credit - recovery programs, tutoring and counseling services, and a dual - credit program with a community college for students who need inspiration rather than remediation to be re-engaged in their studies.

Hefner - Packer (1991) has studied these models and has described five models of alternative schools:

We provide a list of issues that need to be addressed to make inferences more defensible, including the consideration of (i) data limitations and the comparability of data sets; (ii) alternative mechanisms for change; (iii) appropriate response variables; (iv) a suitable model for the process under study; (v) temporal autocorrelation; (vi) spatial autocorrelation and patterns; and (vii) the reporting of rates of change.

The GRACE estimates for Antarctica used in that study were not our own and were based on a mean of W12a and an alternative new GIA model.

When we wish to infer about alternative physical models we must study, how consistent they are with the empirical result is taking all uncertainties of the empirical analysis into account.

The main conclusion from these and similar studies is the significant uncertainty due to alternative model formulations of the fundamental physiological processes determining responses of NPP.

13.5.1 Key Uncertainties in Climate Scenarios 13.5.1.1 Specifying alternative emissions futures 13.5.1.2 Uncertainties in converting emissions to concentrations 13.5.1.3 Uncertainties in converting concentrations to radiative forcing 13.5.1.4 Uncertainties in modelling the climate response to a given forcing 13.5.1.5 Uncertainties in converting model response into inputs for impact studies 13.5.2 Approaches for Representing Uncertainties 13.5.2.1 Scaling climate model response patterns 13.5.2.2 Defining climate change signals 13.5.2.3 Risk assessment approaches 13.5.2.4 Annotation of climate scenarios

The cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina is being studied as a model organism for alternative pigment signatures of oxygenic photosynthesis adapted, for example, to the light of red dwarf stars.

There is a huge potential market but only if we provide alternatives to the current offerings, and the LT model is worth examining to replicate in other states without years of study.

This article looks at three alternative approaches to dealing with rule breaking (the procedural justice model, the restorative justice model, and the study of moral development) and examines how these models might encourage rule following.

Therefore, various nontraditional animal models, which display pair bond formation — including marmosets (Callithrix penicillata), titi monkeys (Callicebus cupreus), California mice (Peromyscus californicus), and prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)-- have emerged as better alternative animal models to study the neural correlates of pair bond formation (Carter et al., 1995; Bester - Meredith et al., 1999; Bales et al., 2007; de Jong et al., 2009; Smith et al., 2010).

The findings are limited by the cross-sectional nature of the study but suggest that such an alternative model of the monitoring construct is plausible.