Sentences with phrase «with objective measures»

Further research assessing youth PA with objective measures (i.e., pedometers and accelerometers) may provide a more accurate and descriptive assessment of the associations among the variables.

Prospective studies with objective measures are warranted.

Progress monitoring with objective measures of writing performance for students with mild disabilities.

The first and only FDA - approved concussion - specific tool designed for individuals ages 5 - 11, ImPACT Pediatric provides health care professionals with objective measures of neurocognitive functioning for evaluation and management of concussion in younger children.

Consistent with the objective measure of serum CK, PRS scores showed that BetaTOR - supplemented participants were significantly more ready to train in the next session than the placebo - supplemented participants.

While these were not correlated with an objective measure of improved recovery, the researchers concluded that HMB free acid modulates the inflammatory response which could help the muscle recover faster.

It develops foundational knowledge across all core academic areas and provides admissions officers with an objective measure of what the student has mastered in much the same way that matriculation exams do in other countries.

Mr. Altman is part of a growing number of trial attorneys that have illustrated their commitment to bettering the legal profession by successfully completing a rigorous application process and providing the consumer of legal services with an objective measure by which to choose qualified and experienced legal counsel.

Not exact matches

Yelp provided us with an opportunity to test whether social media reviews correlate with objective health care measures.

The best leaders I work with are implementing programs like OKRs (objectives & key results) or a version of V2MOM (vision, values, methods, obstacles & measures) popularized at Salesforce.com.

Consensus Recommendation - A consensus recommendation is measure associated with a phenomenon, or objective quality of a stock, which is measured and verifiable for thickness or thinness.

The payment targets will be related to financial and operational measures or objectives with respect to our company (the «Corporate Performance Goals»), as well as individual performance objectives.

I think you make many of the same points: start with a baseline, define what the business objective and measure results.

The headline measure is of most value in charting the direction of change, but even with this objective it is important to understand whether employment or labour force participation decisions are the drivers.

We work with all of the teams to help them understand how they can measure progress against their objectives.

Isn't the first an objective measure and the second just a subjective self - assessment that is itself potentially laden with confounding emotional content?

The combination of the above risk management measures driven by the investor's specific goals and objectives may provide the investor with a greater sense of control over their own destiny.

The resulting stalemate illustrated the ambivalence with which our contemporary legal culture regards the proposition that there exists some objective standard of right and wrong against which human legal standards can be measured.

It is true that there is, according to Aristotle, one privileged motion — the rotation of the sphere of the fixed stars — which measures accurately the objective flow of time; in its insistence on the close correlation of time with the universal celestial clock, Aristotle's theory of time remained relational.

overall and particular environmental objectives, along with targets to measure progress against the objectives.

The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian co-regulatory system in limiting children's exposure to unhealthy television food advertising by measuring compliance with mandatory and voluntary regulations.

Objective: We evaluated whether a 12 - wk dietary behavior modification (D) treatment to decrease energy intake, physical exercise behavior modification (E) treatment to implement moderate aerobic exercise, or combined dietary and physical exercise behavior modification (DE) treatment compared with control (usual care)(C) reduces body weight in lactating women measured at the end of treatment and at a 1 - y follow - up 9 mo after treatment termination.

Recognising these challenges, the authorities prepared and discussed with the mission, a package of measures which would reduce the risk of expenditure overruns, in particular on the wage bill, and keep the 2016 budget outturn consistent with the programme objectives, with an overall cash deficit now projected at 4.8 percent of GDP.

The principle behind these measures would be to re-establish an understanding of the company as a self - governing association of citizens with a particular economic objective that has a public benefit beyond the making of profit for executives and corporate share - holders.

What's worth noting straight away is that, with a couple of exceptions (namely, that on the «objective measure» Labour supporters are more left wing than Greens and UKIP members slightly more left - wing than Lib Dems), the relative ordering on all three measures is the same: from left to right, it runs Greens, Labour, SNP, Lib Dem, UKIP, and Conservative.

The Institute makes the call in response to a Treasury consultation on how to increase the supply of capital to growing, innovative firms.1 The CIOT's response focuses on steps the Government could take to make current tax reliefs more efficient and effective, to provide the best support in line with their policy objectives.2 The CIOT advocates greater post-legislative review and evaluation of tax measures, including tax reliefs.

President Mulgrew said: «By objective measures like the racial achievement gap or the college readiness rate, and by public disenchantment with the governance of the schools, it is clear that mayoral control in its current form has not worked.

«I agree with the sentiment and the opinion that we should have an objective evaluation strategy for layoffs, but also in general, that seniority alone is not the best measure.»

As the researchers collect data in this way on many more people, they hope to come up with new and much more objective ways to measure not just sleep but also sleep quality.

So one prime objective is to set up «Earth's Twin» with a seismometer, which measures geologic activity.

With the help of specialists at the National Park Service's Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division, managers at Acadia are able to correlate that threshold of acceptability with the amount of actual illumination in the park, which they can measure, and manage toward that objectWith the help of specialists at the National Park Service's Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division, managers at Acadia are able to correlate that threshold of acceptability with the amount of actual illumination in the park, which they can measure, and manage toward that objectwith the amount of actual illumination in the park, which they can measure, and manage toward that objective.

«Using a biomarker of heavy alcohol consumption such as PEth along with self - reporting could provide an objective measure for use in research, screening and treatment of hazardous alcohol use among young adults,» she said.

This is the first long - term study to measure the association between PTSD and heart disease using objective clinical diagnoses combined with cardiac imaging techniques.

With that objective in mind, the NASA team has programmed the sensor - laden Juno to measure the chemical composition of the planet's atmosphere and to map its gravitational and magnetic fields.

Future investigations are needed to further elucidate the discordance and underlying mechanisms of sleep improvement between those patients with and without OSA with objective sleep measures,» the authors write.

Whilst some studies have found increased postural sway during quiet standing and walking on level ground in patients with DPN, no data exist on objective measures of balance during stair walking.

Adams and Light believe their approach can provide courts with an accessible and objective measure of scientific consensus for application to a range of legal questions.

He added that the findings can not demonstrate a causal link between poor sleep and Alzheimer's disease, and that longitudinal studies with objective sleep measures are needed to further examine whether poor sleep contributes to or accelerates Alzheimer's disease.

Because of poor correlation between self - reports of cognitive fatigue and tests of cognitive performance, scientists are looking at more objective measures, such as correlations with neuroimaging findings.

This cross-sectional analysis of a large sample of Canadians was unique in combining objective measures of physical activity with digital map based measures of walkable neighbourhoods.

Mission: Cluster (four satellites, operated jointly with the ESA) Launched: July 16, 2000 (Salsa & Samba); August 9, 2000 (Rumba & Tango) Objective: Measure Earth's magnetosphere and the solar wind

Mission: Wind Launched: November 1, 1994 Objective: Measure the solar wind and its interaction with Earth's atmosphere

These studies not only measured objective parameters of sporting performance, but also asked athletes about their sensations after consuming the energy drink and measured the frequency of the side effects in comparison with the placebo drink.

Objectives To assess variations among Medicare health plans in overall quality and racial disparity in 4 Health Plan Employer and Data Information Set (HEDIS) outcome measures, to determine whether high - performing plans exhibit smaller racial disparities, and to identify plans with high quality and low disparity.

The use of minimal residual disease (MRD) provided a more objective measure of induction failure in patients with pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) than did morphology, according to the results of a study published recently in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

To be slightly more objective you can even measure yourself with a tape measure, focusing on the areas of your body that you want to lose inches.

Most of the research using objective measures to evaluate how effective the relaxation response is at countering chronic stress have been conducted in people with hypertension and other forms of heart disease.

The improvements in self - reported symptoms, an indication of a marked return to wellness, are supported by reduced need for medication along with other confirmed objective measures.

I'm just trying to say that based on as objective a measure as I can come up with, I think you would want to work to take it to the next step.

Objective To test the association of a polygenic risk score for waist - to - hip ratio (WHR) adjusted for body mass index (BMI), a measure of abdominal adiposity, with type 2 diabetes and CHD through the potential intermediates of blood lipids, blood pressure, and glycemic phenotypes.