Sentences with phrase «were less effective»

Since we find no support for the notion that schools reduced pupil - teacher ratios in order to counteract the potential negative impact of teacher retirements, we suspect that the teachers who took up the ERI were less effective than the ones who replaced them or than the ones remaining in the school.

While doing my own yoga, I was not sure which poses were most helpful and which poses were less effective.

One recent study found that fitness trackers were less effective than just following a simple diet and exercise routine in helping people lose weight.

Vertical jump and 10 - 20 meter sprints were less effective.

In contrast, single MSC infusion given either peritransplant or 1 day after transplant were less effective.

For example, in 2015, researchers realised that the HPV vaccines being given in the United States of America were less effective in African American women.

Older traditional treatments that included interferon and ribavirin were less effective and caused a variety of side effects, including fatigue, as well as flu - like symptoms, depression and lowered blood cell counts.

Immune cells from low - ranking monkeys were less effective at fighting the infection, the team reports today in Science.

«Although non-bees were less effective pollinators than bees per flower visit, they provided slightly more visits,» Dr Rader said.

Even with a study of 3 million users, standard methods to improve precision by controlling for customer's past behavior and demographics were less effective than most expected.

A separate study at Portland State and Bowling Green State universities showed that employees who thought about and engaged with work the most during off - hours were less effective than average.

(Five of the three - drug combinations were less effective than they expected, and the other 13 groupings performed as they predicted.)

Predictions based on those studies were less effective over broader regions.

Maffei said the ads were less effective in Onondaga County, where he and Buerkle live, because voters were more familiar with both candidates and their positions on the issues.

In Washington, he was «the most hated» secretary the Department of Housing and Urban Development had ever had, an arrogant and occasionally cruel taskmaster who demanded he be referred to as «Mr. Secretary,» who told a future nemesis that criminal sanctions were less effective punishment for his enemies than «adverse publicity, reputational harm, budget - cutting and legislative action.»

But they were less effective than those presidents who were able to get their desired successors elected.

Don't feel bad if you were less effective in the past; you can always start being more effective today.

Once your prospects have viewed your ads seven or more times, each additional impression will be less effective.

Researchers found it was less effective than caffeine.

The VR was less effective when portraying an ubran scene, however.

«That is a path to a fall down a flight of stairs... 83 % will become 100 %, and we will be less effective for the American people,» he said.

Since a tired employee is a less effective employee, building in an earlier break time helped alleviate the problem.

That partnership will be less effective now than ever before.

«Central banks have largely lost their power to ease... We now have a situation in which we have largely no spreads and so as a result the transmission mechanism of monetary policy will be less effective.

I used to push it and work 24/7, but I've found that's less effective because giving yourself time to reset is a really important thing.

Strategies which primarily focus on reducing costs will be less effective than those which are based on offering products and services in more innovative ways.

If you're just spewing a barrage of negative criticism, you'll be less effective.

And don't worry, the lower cost doesn't mean the drug is less effective — brand and generic drugs have the same standards of quality and clinical effectiveness.

In a reflationary environment, bonds are likely to be a less effective hedge against equity risk.

Political attempts to strong - arm B.C. — such as Alberta cutting back oil exports to the province or Ottawa withholding infrastructure dollars — appear to be less effective in getting those currently opposed to the project to say «yes,» according to Angus Reid.

Our recent B2B Content Marketing research compared the practices of self - described effective content marketers with those who are less effective.

Generic versions are available; some are good alternatives, though the cheapest are judged to be less effective.

This technique will be less effective for extremely competitive markets.

One email a day can provide great returns for a very long time, but doubling the emails might poison the water and cause that tactic to be less effective not just in that one instance, but for all instances going forward.

Opinion: Top - down policy fiats are less effective than lower taxes.

The BOE did announce that it was «halting» the expansion of the QE program at 375 billion pounds as it deems the recent increases in its bond buying program to be less effective.

And according to survey data captured for the Q1 2012 Gleansight benchmark report Web Content Management, a majority of companies within the B2B realm are investing in technologies, capabilities, and resources to bring the concept of web content personalization to life, making it obvious that businesses are realizing that a «one - size - fits - all» approach is less effective than one that provides content tailored to specific segments of site visitors.

But with all of the political uncertainty, their usual tactics may be less effective.

There is no indication that praying to a carton of milk is any less effective than praying to your imaginary friend.

This is an important point, for, while we have often taught what is wrong with homosexuality, why it is a disorder and that «gay sex» is always morally wrong - we have been less effective at proposing the whole, positive vision of sex and love, and also what paths to fulfilment are open to people who experience same - sex attraction.

In spite of its areas of theoretical superiority, it seems probable that from a practical standpoint, Emmanuel was less effective than AA.

Other methods, such as a TV commercial (23 %), postcard (23 %), church member knocking on the door (21 %), or Facebook ad (18 %) are less effective.

It has been sharply separated from the general educational system, and its own, separate, educational system does not reach as many people, and is less effective even for those it reaches, than was the case in the decade after World War II.

And can one state that the peaceful pro — life activists who have saved hundreds of thousands of children are less effective or morally inferior to a few terrorists who can not with any certainty say they've saved a single life at all?

I have tried paper towels, but that's a waste (and a mess) and then a mesh strainer seems to be less effective.

«Without enough protein, your body will lose muscle mass and in turn be less effective at losing weight,» Dr. Cederquist says.

In an open game, Mandzu is less effective.

Golovkin had stretches where he was the less effective boxer.

Having said that it is equally hard to believe after having read some scouting reports and opinions on him that he would be less effective as Xhaka.

Now that Wenger needs to deflect attention he has moved Sanchez back to the left wing where he is less effective since he needs to cut back to get to his shooting foot.