Sentences with phrase «supports widespread evidence»

A new study presented today at the IOF Regionals 4th Asia - Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting in Hong Kong supports widespread evidence that individuals who have suffered a fracture are at significantly increased risk of subsequent hip fractures.

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To be sure, this oppressive regime does not obtain in all seminaries, but the evidence suggests that it is widespread, and was even more common ten and twenty years ago, thus lending support to the claim that the crisis in priestly vocations is, in large part, «artificial and contrived.»

Yet the widespread use of unsubstantiated marketing messages not only confuses and misleads formula - feeding parents seeking truthful and evidence - based information as to how to safely feed their children, it undermines our current national efforts to support breastfeeding as the human norm.

I'll grant you that there are some issue - specific Internet message boards, mommy blogs, and mommy - and - me playgroups out there that strongly advocate for co-sleeping, and Badinter relies on these types of minor players to support her majorly sweeping arguments, citing media like «Alternamoms.com» as evidence of the widespread parental shaming of American mothers.

It is fuelled by a great many legitimate grievances such as poor administration and the evidence of corruption made public by the Car Wash Operation, but it is also led by the prejudices of a privileged social class which discourages more widespread support for the movement.

Second, there is also some evidence to back the widespread speculation that Labour's recent loss of support has occurred disproportionately amongst those of its supporters who voted Yes in September.

The activist also pointed to the WFP's issuance of a «strong statement of support» in the wake of the indictment of Sheldon Silver and its backing of Cuomo's re-election in 2014 — despite widespread membership opposition — as evidence of the party's shaky future.

«The widespread loss of Antarctic ice shelves, driven by a warming ocean or warming atmosphere, could spell disaster for our coastlines — and there is sound geological evidence that supports what the models are telling us,» said Robert M. DeConto of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a co-author of the study and one of the developers of the ice - sheet model used.

The findings, «Chronological evidence fails to support claim of an isochronous widespread layer of cosmic impact indicators dated to 12,800 years ago,» were reported May 12, 2014, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The body of evidence for some of these therapies, however, may not be considered sufficiently rigorous by mainstream medical institutions to support the widespread adoption of these practices.

This evidence supports the present widespread interest in improving leadership as a key to the successful implementation of large - scale reforms.

The results found that current study concludes that current evidence from randomised controlled trials «does not support the widespread use of grammar teaching for improving writing among English - speaking children».

If present evidence is to be used, two potent contributions to raising student achievement will be widespread: effective preschool programs for all children and intensive interventions that build capacities of families to support the education of their children.

Despite widespread use of the program with upper elementary through high school students, there is limited empirical evidence to support its effectiveness.

Despite what the lack of action on this issue suggests, however, there is widespread public support for increasing the selectivity of teacher preparation programs: 60 percent of Americans believe that preparation programs should make their entrance requirements more rigorous.11 While there has been some recent evidence of a shift, the average SAT scores of college students pursuing education degrees have historically been lower than those of students entering other professions.12

This possibility comes at a time of widespread popular support for early learning and clear scientific evidence for its importance.

Studies such as the Emory study can help populations support personal reading, while providing evidence for policy makers where widespread access to literature is affected.

However, the practice has not yet gained widespread acceptance because of the dearth of clinical evidence supporting its merits.

The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, released two groundbreaking reports revealing indisputable evidence that museums contribute more to the United States economy than previously thought and have widespread public support that transcends political affiliations and geographic locations.

In essence, the authors have revisited a question posed earlier in a paper by Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas (2003: see our previous discussion here), investigating whether or not evidence from past proxy records of temperature support the existence of past intervals of warmth with the widespread global scale of 20th century warming.

The SAB finds that the EPA did not support quantitatively its conclusion about lack of evidence for widespread, systemic impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources, and did not clearly describe the system (s) of interest (e.g., groundwater, surface water), the scale of impacts (i.e., local or regional), nor the definitions of «systemic» and «widespread.»

As a result the trial record in this proceeding is incomplete and unbalanced on crucial issues including: (1) the widespread suicidal ideation initially experienced by persons with disabilities responding to their disabilities; [8](2) relevant exploitation and abuse to which people with disabilities and the elderly are subjected; [9](3) prejudice faced by persons with disabilities in society at large and in the medical community; [10](4) the impact the lack of palliative care and support services has on suicidal ideation; [11](5) the impaired agency of persons with disabilities in dependent circumstances; [12](6) evidence of clinicians about the impact resulting from a state sanctioned paradigm shift legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia («AS / E»); [13] and (7) the impact on the judgment of doctors of functioning in an environment of increasing health costs and budget constraints.

While it remains to be seen whether bitcoin cash can attract widespread exchange and miner support to develop its own economy, today's evidence suggests it may be on its way to doing so.

That is evidenced by the widespread support for the residents of Parkland in the days and weeks following the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

There is a growing evidence base in support of the effectiveness of acupuncture for a range of musculoskeletal conditions11, 12; however, despite its widespread use by participants13 there has been limited evidence for acupuncture as an effective treatment option for depression.14 Patients with strong preferences for psychotherapy or counselling for depression are not likely to engage in antidepressant treatment, 15 yet the evidence for counselling as a treatment for depression is limited16 despite widespread utilisation in primary care in the UK, with around 90 % of general practices providing on - site counselling services.17 To address this evidence gap, a randomised controlled trial Acupuncture, Counselling or Usual Care for Depression (ACUDep) compared acupuncture or counselling to usual care as treatments for primary care patients with ongoing depression.18 The results showed that acupuncture and counselling were clinically effective in reducing depression in the short to medium term.

From the New Jersey Home Visiting Initiatives that serve over 5,000 families from pregnancy to age three using evidence - based models, to Early Head Start programs, a network of Family Success Centers, and widespread implementation of the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework, efforts are underway at the community and state levels to support families with very young children.

Dissemination of parenting interventions can be strengthened by attending to several key factors and principles: (i) ensuring interventions are used that match families» needs and preferences, (ii) strong scientific evidence is available to support intervention components used in a population based approach, (iii) multiple destigmatized access points are provided for families and (iv) cost - effective strategies are used.47 Poor participation and engagement by parents in parenting programmes stands as one of the most difficult barriers to widespread effective implementation of parenting programmes.48, 49 Parental willingness to participate in a parenting programme depends on several interacting variables.