"While previous studies have shown that parents and adolescents often
underestimate weight status, we were surprised that in this population, where the adolescents were generally very overweight and already had type 2 diabetes, underestimation of weight status was still very common," Dr.
Teens with type 2 diabetes often misjudge their weight
Viewing the uncalibrated drapes first produced greater
underestimates of blood loss that worsened with larger volumes of blood loss, reported Dr.
Calibrated drapes may aid blood-loss estimates: estimate error was reduced from more than 30% to less than 10% in one study
Our assumption that each Hazmat worker has 4 productive hours of work per day
underestimates the rate that could be achieved over a several-week time frame but is prudent over a longer period of time and would help avoid worker fatigue and burnout.
HEPA/vaccine plan for indoor anthrax remediation
Unfortunately, this recommendation was never implemented and, consequently, we continue to grossly
underestimate the number of drowning deaths in America.
Understimating the problem: drowning deaths are seriously in the U.S.--and everyone pays the price
Derry are always difficult opponents - home or away and whether they're playing well or not - so we mustn't
underestimate them."
Football: Hunt focused on bit of eye Candy
Individuals usually
underestimate known risks, such as vehicle accidents, but often overestimate individual risk when it involves unknown types--the "devils we don't know." The D.C.-area sniper incident last year was a largely unknown and unfamiliar risk.
SARS a wake-up call for business? While public health or bio-terrorism threat management is beyond the scope of most business leaders, this should not be an excuse for inactivity. A crisis management consultant argues that taking proactive steps can better prepare companies for survival
His research indicates most buyers tend to
underestimate how much they will use a service, so it's more economical to pay more up front and pay less per use.
How to pick a pricing plan. (Golden Business Ideas)
* "We must never
underestimate the power of the Internet.
Advocate poll. (reader forum)
We certainly don't
underestimate the major strides neuroscience research has made in recent years in understanding the processes underlying cognition and emotions, but we also don't
underestimate the far greater distance that remains to be traveled.
Response
(Don't
underestimate the lure of free tickets: In 1999, congressional ethics committees decided that the $98 club seats at Washington's MCI Center--home to the NBA's Wizards and NHL's Capitals--could be "reinterpreted" to cost $49.50 if lawmakers forfeited parking and waitress service, so that lobbyists could slip them tickets without running afoul of the $50 cap on gifts to congressmen.)
Insider baseball: why a major league team is headed to Washington
A negative difference score indicates a student
underestimate relative to the instructor's perception.
Student perceptions of beginning French and Spanish language performance. (Language Teaching & Learning)
One is the change at the level of rhetoric, and one must never
underestimate the importance of rhetoric.
Africa: Interview with South African High Court Justice Edwin Cameron
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Small firms underestimate the costs and benefits of having a web site
That lowered the amount of radiation reflected up to the imaging satellite, leading to the
underestimate of foliage.
High-Flying Science, with Strings Attached
We shouldn't
underestimate the fact that most of these artists' parents and grandparents knew life only under Hitler, Stalin, and their legacies.
"AFTER THE WALL: ART AND CULTURE IN POST-COMMUNIST EUROPE"