Sentences with phrase «supported cost studies»

Expertly - designed and well - supported cost studies that follow the essential elements below can help provide the legislature with critical information that can enable it to support a high quality education for the state's growing EL and ED students.

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The combined estimated returns generated by the increased marginal milk value and reduced hauling costs would support a plant investment of about $ 433m per year, according to the study.

Giroud does not deserve to lead the arsenal line next season.He should be replaced do u know why?It is because he is always going to miss a lot of chances and will cost us.people who support him to lead the line have not studied his game clearly.every season he will continue to cost us.But at least i wont say he is useless or something.He is on the pitch and gives his all so he is useful.He is not clinical and not good at all.He is a striker who is just above average but sometimes even performs below average in his 3 years over here.Be honest and say it as it is.Some people use stats to constantly defend him yet if you watch him you will be shocked.Walcott can lead the line he has everything to.but as i said he lacks the aggressiveness and physique to be the main man.that will go against him so many times.so its better for him to remain on the wings.Giroud does not deserve it.We all know that.

In this study, and in opposition to findings elsewhere, higher levels of social support were associated with greater depressive symptomatology, leading researchers to speculate that for low - income men the perceived costs of reciprocity may have deterred them from utilizing available support; or that peer groups may have influenced their alcohol or drug use, or placed demands on their resources (Anderson et al, 2005).

In today's New York Times, Jane Brody reports on the recently released results of the CHildhood Obesity Cost - Effectiveness Study (aka «CHOICES»), which examined various possible approaches to curbing childhood obesity and chose two as most likely to help: the imposition of taxes on sugary beverages and curbs on children's junk food advertising, both measures long supported here on The Lunch Tray.

According to a recent review of studies in the Cochrance Database of Systematic Reviews, developmental care has been shown to» [improve] short - term growth and feeding outcomes, [decrease] respiratory support, [decrease] length and cost of hospital stay, and [improve] neuro - developmental outcomes to 24 months corrected age.»

Although professional lactation support can improve the duration of overall breast feeding, its effect in improving exclusive breast feeding is unclear.11 18 22 Thus far, studies that report improvement of rates of exclusive breastfeeding have involved mainly community based peer counselling strategies.23 24 25 Even then, a randomised trial in the UK recently cast doubt on the efficacy of this approach.26 There are current recommendations from NICE for the UK - wide implementation of the baby friendly initiative.4 5 6 The 2006 NICE costing report on routine postnatal care of women and their babies estimates that efforts to improve rates of breast feeding will result in substantial cost savings for the NHS.6

In a meeting at the Labor Temple on Third Street, both candidates said they wanted to reach an agreement, while also saying they supported efforts to contain health care insurance costs, including kick - starting the work of a six - year - old city committee that has been sporadically studying potential consolidation of health insurance coverage among the city's unionized workers.

The Report of a Study Commissioned by ECONEC on the Cost of Elections will also be presented to the Conference, which will also witness the launch of a book on «A decade of electoral assistance in West Africa, 2006 - 2016,» published by the Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the ECOWAS Commission, with the support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

The NFTA board did not vote on but supported a staff proposal late last summer for an authority - wide compensation study at a cost of $ 5,000, according to spokeswoman Helen Tederous.

Studies show that access to paid sick days promote safer and healthier work environments by reducing the spread if illness and workplace injuries and it reduces health care costs and supports children and families by helping the parents fulfill their care - giving responsibilities.»

His support eroded within four days as members studied the federal indictment against him and weighed the political cost of standing by him through a protracted legal battle.

A new study entitled «Oral Nutrition Supplements» Impact on Hospital Outcomes in the Context of Affordable Care Act and New Medicare Reimbursement Policies» and conducted by leading researchers at the University of Southern California, Stanford University, The Harris School at The University of Chicago and Precision Health Economics, and supported by Abbott, found that the use of oral nutritional supplements decreased the probability of 30 - day hospital readmission, length of stay and costs among hospitalized Medicare patients aged 65 and over.

To quantify the extent to which most taxpayers would be willing to underwrite future costs of the expansion, the researchers conducted a national online study in 2012 that asked respondents to respond yes or no to a dollar value — ranging from $ 4 to $ 80 a year — that they would be willing to pay to support management of the expanded sanctuary.

Costs for a lifetime of support for each individual with autism spectrum disorder may reach $ 2.4 million, according to a new study from researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council, which sets research priorities and disburses government monies, said that cost overruns have forced it to withdraw support from experiments, including the International Linear Collider (a proposed follow - up to the Large Hadron Collider) and a number of ground - based telescopes, as well as trim its investments in planned space missions such as the European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft (set to study the early universe).

The critique from an Institute of Medicine (IOM) and National Research Council (NRC) panel raises questions about whether the National Children's Study (NCS) can sustain the political support needed to assure funding for the ambitious effort, which has already cost $ 1 billion and could require billions more in coming years.

Nestle: Right, but our food system has changed and right now because of farm policies that support the production of cheap ingredients in processed foods, processed foods are much cheaper per calorie than our unprocessed foods and vegetables per calorie; so that if you look at the studies that have been done, if you look at the cost of processed foods, it is a much greater bargain for somebody who is poor to buy junk food than it is to buy foods that are fresh.

«It is important to note that our study was not specifically designed to evaluate an evolutionary trade - off,» he observes, «but our findings support the hypothesis that evolution of our advanced cognitive abilities may have come at a cost — a predisposition to schizophrenia.»

Therefore, we developed a Grant Support Index (GSI) that focuses on grant activity code, as opposed to field of study or cost.

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.

Drawing on our survey results and a key cost of illness study by Dr. Zhang of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, our submission in support of MA insurance legislation tells the story of how the cost of Lyme disease has been displaced by insurers onto patients, their families, society and public governments.

Adhering to these traditional concepts the US Department of Agriculture has concluded that diets, which reduce calories, will result in effective weight loss independent of the macronutrient composition, which is considered less important, even irrelevant.14 In contrast with these views, the majority of ad - libitum studies demonstrate that subjects who follow a low - carbohydrate diet lose more weight during the first 3 — 6 months compared with those who follow balanced diets.15, 16, 17 One hypothesis is that the use of energy from proteins in VLCKD is an «expensive» process for the body and so can lead to a «waste of calories», and therefore increased weight loss compared with other «less - expensive» diets.13, 18, 19 The average human body requires 60 — 65 g of glucose per day, and during the first phase of a diet very low in carbohydrates this is partially (16 %) obtained from glycerol, with the major part derived via gluconeogenesis from proteins of either dietary or tissue origin.12 The energy cost of gluconeogenesis has been confirmed in several studies7 and it has been calculated at ∼ 400 — 600 Kcal / day (due to both endogenous and food source proteins.18 Despite this, there is no direct experimental evidence to support this intriguing hypothesis; on the contrary, a recent study reported that there were no changes in resting energy expenditure after a VLCKD.20 A simpler, perhaps more likely, explanation for improved weight loss is a possible appetite - suppressant action of ketosis.

A 2010 study of declining - enrollment districts by Pacey Economics Group found that, while districts face real challenges reducing transportation costs, they do have flexibility on «other categories such as other supporting operations and maintenance, instructional salaries and benefits, food service, and administration.»

Still, with the expense of producing full - length documentaries at a fraction of the cost of sophisticated research studies, expect to see more philanthropic support for these efforts in coming years.

University is a great place to learn and study, but it also comes with rent, socialising and a tonne of extra costs that may not have been anticipated or budgeted for, hence so many turn to their parents for financial support.

Note also that in Odden's peer review in 2004 of William Driscoll's and Howard Fleeter's Ohio study of the costs of bringing all students to proficiency in math and reading in order to comply with NCLB, he castigates the study's authors, who called for expanded summer school, because they «reference no research to support this assertion, when in fact most research shows that summer school as typically administered has little if any impact on learning.»

Ultimately, the study concludes the programme's implementation has been money well spent — the costs involved employing a literacy consultant to work with a school for a year offering intensive training support to teachers.

Decades of research — including Grossman et al.'s 1997 study of violence prevention among elementary schoolchildren and a cost - benefit analysis of SEL in 2015 — document how SEL supports academic achievement, deserving, in fact, equal billing with academic outcomes (Vega, 2015).

The cost study findings could lead to much better support and meaningful opportunities for school children.

With decreasing costs and increasing functionality, usability, and access, the potential of technology in the social studies classroom to support transformative and innovative instructional approaches and more meaningful and appropriate learning opportunities for students is greater than ever.

Independent Study; Parent Engagement; Technology; Personalized Learning; Legal Issues; Instructional Strategies for Individualized learning; Developing an Online Edu Program; Successful Hybrid Models; Introduction to Online Learning; How to Present an Online Class; Blended Learning; Implementing the New «Course - Based» Independent Study Model; Open Education Resources; Training for Teachers; Supporting Students in the Transition to Blended; Staffing Models; Implementation Challenges and Solutions; Success Stories; The Cost of Implementing Blended Learning; The Changing Policy and Regulatory Landscape

Now, Gov. Malloy rejects the notion of a cost study and instead proposes changes to ECS that not only are not supported by any evidence, but explicitly contradict reality.

According to Malloy's OPM Secretary, Ben Barnes, cost studies are «spurious» and instead education funding should be determined by the «amount of support that the state would like to place in its K - 12 system.»

CCJEF supports the education adequacy cost study called for in Section 3 of R.B. 7270 but asks the Committee to ensure CCJEF and other stakeholder participation in the study to ensure its integrity and credibility.

The Skillman Foundation grant will support the Collaborative's school adequacy study, now underway, which will help determine the cost of providing a quality education to all Michigan public school students.

CCJEF supports the adequacy cost study process recommended by Augenblick, Palaich and Associates (APA) in the letter attached to this testimony.

Kate Mehr, executive director of KIPP charter school, said this year's cut is costing her more than one dozen staff members, including several social studies, science and foreign language teachers, and support staff who help students academically.

Poverty: Costs studies have shown that it can cost up to twice as much to educate a child living in poverty (social supports, additional learning time, etc).

Businesses that have studied Common Core have added their support because it could also save them huge amounts of money in remediation and basic - skills training costs for new employees.

Many Cost Accounting Assignment writers support students with the study of the financial operations which affect the cost and capital investment and transactions which are kept as a record, summarized and presented in the form of financial repoCost Accounting Assignment writers support students with the study of the financial operations which affect the cost and capital investment and transactions which are kept as a record, summarized and presented in the form of financial repocost and capital investment and transactions which are kept as a record, summarized and presented in the form of financial reports.

My reason for not purchasing an ereader prior to this study had less to do with the cost of an ereader (though, back in the day, $ 300 for a «toy» seemed excessive), or which reader supported which format.

Marathon Partners, LP supported the costs of completing this study and had an investment interest in Dover Motorsports, Inc. as of the time of this writing.

Through our annual Pet Cancer Awareness campaign, the Petco Foundation, in partnership with Blue Buffalo has invested more than $ 13 million to support clinical trials and university studies working toward a cure, and helped to fund organizations that assist with covering treatment costs for families who couldn't otherwise afford the care.

The results echo a similar study undertaken by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, which found that Americans «support setting strict limits on carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal - fired plants,» by a nearly 2 - to - 1 margin — «even if the cost of electricity to consumers and companies increases.»

Drawing on case studies of past environmental debates such as those over acid rain and ozone depletion, science policy experts Roger Pielke Jr. and Daniel Sarewitz argue that once next generation technologies are available that make meaningful action on climate change lower - cost, then much of the argument politically over scientific uncertainty is likely to diminish.26 Similarly, research by Yale University's Dan Kahan and colleagues suggest that building political consensus on climate change will depend heavily on advocates for action calling attention to a diverse mix of options, with some actions such as tax incentives for nuclear energy, government support for clean energy research, or actions to protect cities and communities against climate risks, more likely to gain support from both Democrats and Republicans.

Consistent with previous theorising and empirical research highlighting that foregone - gains are preferred over losses [10], [19]--[23], people supported higher levels of emission cuts when the costs were framed as a foregone - gain than when they were framed as a loss (the one exception to this pattern was in Study 2, where the framing effect was eliminated when combined with a normative message about the emission policy preferences of others).

The studies confirm that it is possible to «nudge» [43] people to support higher levels of emission cuts by changing the way in which the accompanying costs are framed or through the provision of appropriately crafted social - norming messages.

Brattle's study, entitled «Comparative Generation Costs of UtilityScale and Residential - Scale PV in Xcel Energy Colorado's Service Area» was commissioned by First Solar, the world's biggest utility - scale solar developer, with support from the Edison Electric Institute, the trade group for American investor owned utilities.

In support of the 2009 Integrated Energy Policy Report (2009 IEPR), the California Energy Commission (Energy Commission) staff will conduct a workshop to receive comments on draft results from a study on the present and future costs of electricity generation from central station renewable energy facilities and other generation sources.