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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Growth status"”.
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The Relationship of School Size and Socioeconomic Status to Middle Grades Growth Status on End of Grade Tests in North Carolina.
… relationships between variables. The measures of growth used were the change ratio, which is used to determine high growth status and mean growth, which is used to determine expected growth or no recognition status. No recognition is the designation given to those schools that do not meet expected …
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The influence of water, sanitation and hygiene and feeding practices on growth status and antibiotic resistance in infants aged 0-6 months in Dzimauli rural villages
… and hygiene practices and feeding practices on growth status and antibiotic resistance in infants aged 0-6 months in the Dzimauli rural villages, Limpopo Province, South Africa. A prospective cohort design was used, involving 156 mother-infant pairs who were followed monthly from birth to six …
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Computer-assisted Chapter 1 instruction
… made using control group relationships. The mean growth curve fan spread linear model made adjustments based on an estimated regression coefficient between growth status at pretest and growth status at posttest. The Science Research Associates Assessment Series served as the measuring instrument
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Exploring methods to understand bovine embryo competency in vitro
… blue staining was used to sort oocytes by their growth status (not fully grown vs. fully grown) and the timing of the first embryonic cell division to sort embryos. We found that an embryo's cleavage kinetics are more indicative of their competency than the growth status of the oocyte that gave …
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Analysis of the Relationship Between Growth Hormone Receptor Polymorphism rs6180 and Craniofacial Morphological Changes Associated with Herbst Appliance Therapy
Craniofacial growth results from both environmental and genetic factors over time. It would be exciting to isolate genetic factors that influence treatment responses from patients undergoing orthodontic treatment. Genetic genotyping and analysis of orthodontic patients is a new technologic …
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High Prevalence of Zinc Deficiency and Stunting Found in Children Aged 6-60 Months in Rural Honduras
… an essential trace mineral and its importance in growth and immune function has been established in young children; however, little is known about the prevalence of zinc deficiency in Honduras.<br /><strong>Purpose:</strong> The purpose was to determine 1) the prevalence of zinc deficiency and its …
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STUDENT SERVICES AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP : THE EFFECT OF STUDENT SERVICES STAFFING RATIOS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND DROPOUT PREVENTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
… Student outcomes analyzed included district growth status, district status for Adequate Yearly Program or AYP, and dropout rates for grades 9-12. The findings of this study show that a statistically significant relationship exists between school psychologist-to-student ratios and district …
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An Ecogeographic Study of Body Proportion Development in the Sadlermiut Inuit of Southampton Island, Nunavut
This thesis explores growth status and body proportion development in past North American Arctic populations. Living in one of the most extreme environments on the planet, Arctic foragers provide an opportunity to explore how human morphological variation is shaped by growth and climate. The study …
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Aiding conservation of the federally threatened Scutellaria montana (Lamiaceae, large-flowered skullcap) through abundance monitoring and transplantation studies
… surveyed over seven years had an overall stable growth status, though relatively low floral induction and seedlings. Transplantation revealed influences of abiotic and biotic factors. One transplantation site was fenced to prevent human trampling and apparently discouraged vertebrate grazing, …
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The Relationship between Teacher Empowerment and Student Achievement
… on six dimensions: decision making; professional growth; status; self-efficacy; autonomy; and impact (Martin Crossland, & Johnson, 2001). The participants' mean score of the 2010-2011 Criterion Referenced Competency Test scores (CRCT) were used as a measure of student achievement. The SPES were …
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Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections, Nutrition and Growth in School-age Children from Rural Communities in Honduras
… and their association with nutrition and growth in a sample of Honduran children. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was done among Honduran rural school-age children in 2011. Blood and stool samples and anthropometric measurements were obtained to determine nutritional status, STH …
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Growing Up in Tell el-Amarna: An Examination of Growth and Non-specific Stress Indicators in New Kingdom Children.
<p>The health status of the subadult skeletal remains from the South Tombs Cemetery at Tell el-Amarna were assessed by examining fluctuations in childhood growth and rates of skeletal indicators of physiological stress within a biocultural framework. The long bone standardization method outlined by …
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Workplace Generativity: Construct and Scale Development with Validation
… self-determination theory, theories of power and status, and established research on mentoring motives, the new scale of generative motives comprises three dimensions of prosocial, enrichment and enhancement. The new scale differentiates between employees who engage in prosocial behaviors out of a …
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Relationship between senior pastors' attitudes toward organizational change and church growth factors
… ministry tenure, church size, and church growth status to employ correlational statistical models in determining strength and direction of relationship. Correlation coefficients were compared among pastors of growing, plateaued, and declining churches. The results demonstrated a trend …
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Characteristics of Multilayer Mirrors in the X-ray and Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation Ranges
… technology and in : understanding the basic growth status at the interfaces. Transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy were used in these experiments. The analyses are based on innovative methods, namely time series analysis and wavelet analysis. The …
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Heavy metal phytotoxicity: the effects of lead on the common reed, Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.
… and lateral daughter shoots. These plant growth features could be used as possible biological markers, indicating the growth status of reeds growing in both natural and constructed wetlands. Chemical analysis found that after two years ' Pb exposure the roots contained the highest …
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Visual perception and motor function of children with birth-weights under 1250grams and their full term normal birth weight peers at five to six years of age : a Cape Town study
… test results and birth weight, gestational age, growth status, neonatal hospital stay or social status.
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Crop monitoring and yield estimation using polarimetric SAR and optical satellite data in southwestern Ontario
… to extract crop information and monitor crop growth conditions over large areas. In local- to subfield-scale crop monitoring studies, both high spatial resolution and high temporal resolution of the image data are important. However, the acquisition of optical data is limited by the constant …
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The influence of maternal socio-economic status on infant feeding practices and anthropometry of HIV-exposed infants
… was to determine whether maternal socio-economic status has an influence on infant feeding practices, nutrition and growth status of HIV-exposed infants at Delft Community Health Centre. The aim of this study was to describe the influence of maternal socioeconomic status on infant feeding …
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Hand-washing and its impact on child health in Kathmandu, Nepal
… of the immune system, has been linked to growth faltering in young children in the developing world. Gut damage occurs along a spectrum, with only the more severe damage resulting in visible symptoms such as diarrhoea; most gut damage in young children is sub-clinical but chronic, and over …
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