Sentences with phrase «week study visit»

The RUAF Foundation regularly organises study visits, including the one - week study visit on social organisation to the Netherlands, for leaders of urban producer organisations from Uruguay, Brazil, Peru and Argentina; the one - week study visit to the Netherlands and the UK on multifunctional urban agriculture and urban land - use planning, for city officials and senior researchers from China; and the study visit to Cape Town and Johannesburg (South Africa) on the role of urban agriculture in mitigating the effects of the HIV - AIDS epidemics for NGO staff and health officers from Sub Saharan countries, organised in cooperation with CTA (the Netherlands).

Those first - through twelfth - grade teachers and administrators, who will be selected by a panel of educators in March 1998, will participate in three - week study visits as guests of the Japanese government.

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A delegation from BHP Billiton will visit the port this week as part of the final stages of a feasibility study into the proposed $ 950 million nickel operation.

In every single city studied, McDonald's ranked No. 1 by a mile, with 43.4 % of pot users as a whole visiting the Golden Arches during the four - week study.

The ease with which many disconnect their individual faiths from institutional belonging is revealed in a study of the unchurched in Appalachia: 80 per cent engaged in religious activities every week — activities ranging from prayer to reading, from watching religious television programs to conversations with others or visits to ministers (David H. Smith et al., Participation in Social and Political Activities [Jossey - Bass, 1980], p. 222).

Here's a fearless prediction, born of many years» study of politics: Francis's visit is a One - Week Wonder.

Once every two months, Elm City teachers lead students on a two - week «expeditionary» project in which they deeply study a single subject, sometimes involving extensive time outside school visiting a farm, museum, or historical site.

Although not directly comparable, our findings are in broad agreement with those from routine data in Scotland that have indicated a positive association between Baby Friendly accreditation, but not certification, and breastfeeding at 1 week of age.17 Our findings reinforce those of Coutinho and colleagues who reported that high exclusive breastfeeding rates achieved in Brazilian hospitals implementing staff training with the course content of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative were short - lived and not sustained at home unless implemented in combination with post-natal home visits.35 Similarly in Italy, training of staff with an adapted version of the Baby Friendly course content resulted in high breastfeeding rates at discharge, with a rapid decrease in the days after leaving hospital.36 In contrast, a cluster randomized trial in Belarus (PROBIT) found an association between an intervention modelled on the Baby Friendly Initiative with an increased duration of breastfeeding37 an association also reported from an observational study in Germany.38 Mothers in Belarus stay in hospital post-partum for 6 — 7 days, and in Germany for 5 days, with post-natal support likely to be particularly important in countries where mothers stay in the hospital for a shorter time, with early discharge likely to limit the influence of a hospital - based intervention.

The study authors provided data from multiples for infant morbidity (jaundice, infant feeding difficulty, weight loss, dehydration, illness not related to jaundice / feeding, ER visit, and hospitalisation) at two weeks after discharge, and two months after discharge, and measures ofmaternal satisfaction (amount of information on feeding your baby, clarity of information on feeding your baby, amount of help with feeding your baby, and total satisfaction with care), assessed in hospital, two weeks after discharge, and two months after discharge.

Study participants provided infant stool samples collected at regularly scheduled maternal postnatal follow - up visits (6 weeks post partum).

For all women included in the study, we collected data on their age, height, weight before pregnancy, body mass index, income quintile, drug and alcohol use (v. no use) during pregnancy, smoking status, status of parenthood (single v. other), parity, gestational age at first prenatal visit, number of antenatal visits and history of ultrasonography before 20 weeks» gestation.

Inclusion criteria: in the third trimester of pregnancy (34 — 36 weeks» gestation), HIV - negative, intention to stay in Kibera for at least 6 months after delivery, willing to be visited at home, willing to be included in the study

Two other Cambridge experts in Cambrian fossils, Simon Conway Morris and Soren Jensen, studied the samples with Butterfield when Azmi visited Cambridge 2 weeks ago, and they agree that the bits are not fossils.

In the new study, patients with a higher quality of life during their final days included those who avoided hospitalizations and stays in the intensive care unit (ICU), were not worried about death, prayed or meditated, received care at home, did not use a feeding tube, were visited by a pastor in the hospital or clinic, did not undergo chemotherapy in the final week of life, and felt an alliance with their oncologist regarding therapy.

«Overall, it took about 2 - 3 weeks for the ALRI hospitalizations or clinic visits to occur in this study after the rapid rise in PM2.5 had been observed,» said Dr. Horne.

Most people who attempt suicide make some type of healthcare visit in the weeks or months before the attempt, reports a study in the May issue of Medical Care, published by Wolters Kluwer.

But a study published in The Lancet last week showed that of 613 women making their first visit to an antenatal clinic in Leeds, only 15 had increased their folic acid consumption before conception.

For those who prefer a contraceptive implant, getting the procedure in the hospital immediately after giving birth is more cost - effective than delaying insertion to a 6 - 8 week postpartum visit, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers.

These appointments will be every 3 weeks for the first few visits and then every 7 weeks until the end of the study.

Dr. Hugh Roarty visited the New London, CT this past week to attend the kickoff meeting of the directed studies project of two Coast Guard cadets this spring.

Last week was very exciting and busy in many ways: a visit at H&M's head office, meeting Giovanna Battaglia and studying among other things.

She was granted a Fulbright Memorial Fund scholarship for a three - week study / visit to Japan in June, 1997.

Architects and college students visit the schools each week to discuss key building concepts and work with students on projects that integrate architecture instruction into math, science, social studies, and language - arts instruction.

Among those innovations are a night program that started this fall, the International Business Venture (in which students study local companies and then visit their counterparts overseas), a student - run foundation, computer - assisted learning, cyberdays for those snowed - in periods when getting to school is perilous, and Interim, which consists of two - week community - service projects.

President Bush continued his campaign to get schools to focus more on mathematics and science education with a visit here last week to a middle school where students study robotics and work with NASA scientists.

For example, this week I will be visiting all primary classrooms or the social studies wing or all 6th grade teachers.

Pupils spent less than an hour a week studying a foreign language in about two - thirds of primary schools visited, Ofsted said.

It's always so enjoyable plus packed with a good time for me and my office fellow workers to visit your web site minimum thrice in one week to study the newest issues you have got.

A federal veterinarian will visit this week to study the outbreak.

The objective of this study was to evaluate if providing and putting on the pet a free collar and ID tag during an owner's visit to a veterinary hospital or spay / neuter facility increased the likelihood that the pet owners would actually keep the identification on their pet at least 6 - 8 weeks after they were placed on the pet.

We took a week off and went by Eurostar to Paris, then an overnight train to Madrid to visit Zab's sister who was studying there.

This week, as the winter solstice approached, Paris, LA visited Supple Expansions at Freedman Fitzpatrick Gallery in Los Angeles, celebrated the launch of the Allan Kaprow.Posters book, listened to the captivating sounds of pianist Francesco Tristano, visited Jesse Stecklow «s solo show at M+B Gallery, and studied new paintings by Sergej Jensen at Regen Projects.

Week by week, group critiques, individual studio visits and critical studies seminars form the primary support to individual studio practiWeek by week, group critiques, individual studio visits and critical studies seminars form the primary support to individual studio practiweek, group critiques, individual studio visits and critical studies seminars form the primary support to individual studio practices.

Over the course of three weeks, visiting monks from the Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies in Ithaca, New York will construct a Tibetan Buddhist sand mandala amidst the paintings of artist Eddie Martinez.

Other ongoing programs include a free printmaking workshop that provides artists and amateurs 10 weeks of instruction in basic printmaking techniques; an educational services program offering tours and discussions, led by local work - study students, for school, college and community groups visiting the museum; and poetry readings, film programs, music, dance and dramatic presentations, lectures, workshops and slide discussions on Afro - American art.

Jim Laurie has been studying Holistic Management and visiting with practitioners for over 20 years, and in 2011, Seth Itzkan spent six weeks at the Africa Center of Holistic Management in Zimbabwe, where he saw first hand the use of this practice toward the restoration of grasslands and the return of surface water in rural Africa.

BA in Spanish, excellent communication skills, studying Spanish for more than 10 years, lived in Costa Rica for 2 months, visited Mexico 5 times for a week each time for volunteer work

Members examined during December 1995 were not included because survey response rates are lower during this holiday period.25 One week after the clinic visit, these members were mailed a study questionnaire about health behaviors and adverse childhood experiences.

One evaluation conducted in Queensland, Australia, reported moderate reductions in depressive symptoms for mothers in the intervention group at the six - week follow - up.89 A subsequent follow - up, however, suggested that these benefits were not long lasting, as the depression effects had diminished by one year.90 Similarly, Healthy Families San Diego identified reductions in depression symptoms among program mothers during the first two years, but these effects, too, had diminished by year three.91 In Healthy Families New York, mothers at one site (that was supervised by a clinical psychologist) had lower rates of depression at one year (23 percent treatment vs. 38 percent controls).92 The Infant Health and Development program also demonstrated decreases in depressive symptoms after one year of home visiting, as well as at the conclusion of the program at three years.93 Among Early Head Start families, maternal depressive symptoms remained stable for the program group during the study and immediately after it ended, but decreased just before their children entered kindergarten.94 No program effects were found for maternal depression in the Nurse - Family Partnership, Hawaii Healthy Start, Healthy Families Alaska, or Early Start programs.

Family Connections, Inc. will expedite a home study investigation by completing the first draft of the report in 6 weeks or less from the time of the home visit.

Family Connections will expedite a home study investigation with completion of the first draft of the report in 6 weeks or less from the time of the home visit.

Permanency Outcomes for Toddlers in Child Welfare Two Years After a Randomized Trial of a Parenting Intervention Spieker, Oxford, & Fleming, (2014) Children and Youth Services Review, 44 View Abstract Reports on child welfare outcomes of a community - based, randomized control trial of Promoting First Relationships, a 10 - week relationship - based home visiting program, on stability of children's placements and permanency status 2 years after enrollment into the study; includes findings and a discussion.

«The MIHOPE - Strong Start study offers the HFA network an opportunity to better understand home visiting's impacts on birth outcomes when families are enrolled prior to 32 weeks gestation.

The COS - HV4 intervention developed for this study consisted of three, one - hour home visits that occurred approximately every three weeks when infants were between 6.5 and 9 months of age.

It involves a «pretty lengthy» background check, includes a four - to eight - week home study, visits and conversations, and a 10 - week training process.

Secondary outcomes of interest include pregnancy and birth outcomes for Aboriginal mothers and babies in the study cohort, including: numbers of pregnant Aboriginal women who had their first antenatal visit before 20 weeks gestation; number of pregnant Aboriginal women who were smoking during the second half of their pregnancy; numbers of Aboriginal infants who were born preterm (less than 37 weeks gestation), with a low birth weight (less than 2500 g), small for gestational age and large for gestational age.

In the study described below, the team provided an average of 12 home visits over 22 weeks, each lasting 45 - 90 minutes.

After completing the online program, participants were asked to visit the lab approximately one week later to complete a variety of behavioral tasks as part of a separate study.

One data - science program, MissionU, requires between 40 - 50 hours of study a week, with educational visits to high - tech, San Francisco companies, in exchange for 15 % of one's...