Sentences with phrase «with measurable changes»

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According to a new scientific study published in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, subjects who meditated for about 30 minutes a day for eight weeks had measurable changes in gray - matter density in parts of the brain associated with memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress.

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Gregory's analysis is largely consistent with modern behavior modification theory and behavior therapy that focuses on actual, regularized, visible, even measurable, behavior change more than the hidden mysteries of supposed intentionality.35

see what you have to understand about living in a real world — a world where god is just a story and not real — its a world based on scientific and physical laws that are proven to exist and their effects are measurable... us as humans, mere animals, hold no real power or control aside thru ingenuity which allows us to change our environment to suit us... stay with me here... at this point in human history we ceased to change to suit our environment and started changing it to suit us — thats destruction of the earth to suit one species — that should go over well...

Among them were the Purdue and Rochester studies of athletes in high school and college football [1,8,9,12,13, 31 - 38] and ice hockey, [8] which, as noted above, found subtle changes in cerebral function in the absence of concussion symptoms or clinically measurable cognitive impairment which researchers linked to the volume of head impacts, and a much publicized case - study autopsy of a collegiate football player, Owen Thomas, with no reported history of concussions, which revealed early signs of CTE.

«As a field, we've often focused on understanding and changing individual psychological processes, but these findings show that changing individual psychology can trigger important second - order effects with measurable benefits for everyone in the environment.»

The study published now shows measurable adverse changes in the arteries of children with less physical activity, weaker physical fitness and higher body fat content.

In recent years Greenland has been losing so much mass that, along with changes in Antarctica and the amount of water stored on the globe's continents, it appears to be having a subtle but measurable effect on the rotation of the Earth itself.

New data does suggest that the earliest measurable changes in glaucoma may be the loss of retinal ganglion cells in the macula, so supplementation with Lutein / Zeaxanthin may help reduce that risk.

Their role is to assist the client with their own exploration of actions and lifestyle adaptations that bring about specific, measurable and realistic change.

During the time with the ambient noise, there was a measurable change in the type of classroom sounds happening.

Along with these changes, and the resulting improvements in measurable job performance, has come a push to review instructor - led courses for potential conversion to eLearning.

Environmental factors such as building age, heating, lighting, air quality, noise, use of colour, type of furnishings, room layout and density have all been associated with significant, measurable changes in student attainment and performance and in influencing student morale, values, aspirations and expectations.

A well - designed and clearly communicated teacher development process is essential for driving measurable and lasting change for schools, educators, and the students who learn with them.

«It's important to figure out the actual mechanisms that facilitate change and back it up with research, in order to really have measurable and actual change within students.»

The NYS Charter Schools Act of 1998 was created for the following purposes: • Improve student learning and achievement; • Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at - risk of academic failure; • Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; • Create new professional opportunities for teachers, school administrators and other school personnel; • Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and • Provide schools with a method to change from rule - based to performance - based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement results.

With six weeks remaining for Connecticut policymakers to make real, measurable change for our kids, we need you to keep the momentum and to let our elected officials know that equity, options and accessibility matter.

One clear, measurable change that took place simultaneously with Woodstock's improved outcomes was a dramatic increase — more than 400 percent in five years — in student participation in extracurricular activities, including athletics, academics, ethnic identity clubs, cultural groups, and many others.

Rather than discuss vague, overarching themes from a longer clip of video, this focus on micro-moments of instruction allows the teacher to find one thing to change, which will lead to measurable improvement if undertaken with enough frequency.

Secondly, many L&D leaders now aspire to achieve changes to working culture with courses that achieve measurable behavioural change in their employees — namely that they stay compliant and that reported breaches decrease.

Annual Twelve - Month Objectives - To affect meaningful change, school districts must establish a focused set of clear and measurable objectives, which are aligned with the characteristics of high - performing organizations, responsive to the specific needs of the system and within the control of its leaders.

The short answer is that one can cross additive packages even for as long as an oil change, with little or no measurable difference.

However your team members choose to give back, the program connects them with a larger network of change - makers who help amplify their contribution to create real, measurable change.

The researchers, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and University of Hawaii, said they have measured similar changes in the Indian Ocean, but with a less measurable trend.

Second, a measurable portion of the observed regional climate change, or the associated observed change in the system, must be attributed to anthropogenic causes with a similar degree of confidence.

It focuses on UNISDR's work with partners to deliver results and measures achievement against the strategic objectives for these two years, including 1) disaster risk reduction accepted and applied for climate change adaptation; 2) measurable increases in investment in disaster risk reduction; 3) disaster - resilient cities, schools and hospitals; and 4) strengthened international system for disaster risk reduction.

The models currently assume a generally static global energy budget with relatively little internal system variability so that measurable changes in the various input and output components can only occur from external forcing agents such as changes in the CO2 content of the air caused by human emissions or perhaps temporary after effects from volcanic eruptions, meteorite strikes or significant changes in solar power output.

Acknowledgement of the now urgent need to address the current environment, development and climate change crisis by committing to ambitious levels of binding action, in line with science and equity and with clearly measurable outcomes and milestones.

Since nothing is happening beyond normal variation in the climate or weather, not even trends (with 1000 year plus cycles a short phase will look like a trend), then there is no measurable basis for claiming CO2 is changing the climate.

Using content analysis procedures to assess media portrayals based on narrow and therefore measurable definition of bias (see question 2 above), they found that across these years, 52 % of articles falsely balanced scientific consensus views on the reality and human causes of climate change with dismissive views.

Given the lack of a global agreement, the trillion dollar efforts of the United States will result in significant economic dislocations with no measurable benefits for climate change.

«Contributing to combating climate change and respecting planetary boundaries in the way we do business is a priority for us,» said Marie - Claire Daveu, Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of International Institutional Affairs, Kering, «The Science Based Targets initiative is enabling the business community to set meaningful and measurable goals to ensure that we align with the 2 °C global agenda and Kering is proud that our own GHG reduction ambitions have been validated by the initiative.»

Setting measurable targets — in some cases, with baselines provided as a point of comparison — to reduce disaster deaths, economic losses and damage to infrastructure, for instance, will help countries to deal with the impacts of climate change.

For example, quarterly anomalies for net top of the atmosphere radiation (28) show no statistically measurable change between 2000 and 2008, which is consistent with the lack of a statistically measurable change in our estimate for radiative forcing between 2000 and 2007 (SI Appendix: Section 2.8).

The deltaF now is ten times the size of a sunspot cycle's deltaF and also several times larger than the Maunder Minimum negative change (both with measurable temperature effects).

As they stand at present the models assume a generally static global energy budget with relatively little internal system variability so that measurable changes in the various input and output components can only occur from external forcing agents such as changes in the CO2 content of the air caused by human emissions or perhaps temporary after effects from volcanic eruptions, meteorite strikes or significant changes in solar power output.

With respect to the first sentence, Federal Defendants admit that for over fifty years some officials and persons employed by the federal government have been aware of a growing body of scientific research concerning the effects of fossil fuel emissions on atmospheric concentrations of CO2 — including that increased concentrations of atmospheric CO2 could cause measurable long - lasting changes to the global climate, resulting in an array of severe deleterious effects to human beings, which will worsen over time.

For change to take place in treatment we need clear direction with measurable goals, a strong sense of hope, and a good fit between the therapist and client.

In one study, some highly motivated clients showed measurable improvement before their first session with the therapist, suggesting that just making the appointment can be an indicator of readiness to change.