The Boston mechanism is influential in practice, while the Gale Shapley and Top Trading Cycles mechanisms have superior theoretical properties.
A recent Bayesian infinite sparse factor analysis model (Bhattacharya and Dunson, 2011) circumvents the selection of a fixed rank for K2 by assuming in principle an infinite number of columns in the Λ matrix; however, the columns shrink progressively such that only the first ranks are influential in practice.
The guidelines should be influential in clinical practice, with most health care providers expected to follow the recommendations.
The type of communication channel and number of channels used for information can provide some insight into how channels can be influential in conservation practice adoption.
Dissertations, although considered grey literature, were excluded, as they were, in themselves, unlikely to be influential in terms of practice or policy considerations, especially in the context of the data set, which was almost exclusively composed of studies conducted in high-income countries.
Articles published in JCP supplements are robustly cited and thus can be influential in guiding clinical and research practice, as well as shaping critical thinking.
Two cultural factors previously suggested to be influential in the Vietnamese context (traditional confinement practices and son preference) were not linked to depressive symptoms, but poor family relationships and negative reactions to the infant lowered maternal wellbeing.
He was influential in reviving the practice of Hesychasm, a Byzantine method of contemplative prayer.
With the acquisition of naval establishments at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Esquimalt, B.C., his department became responsible for developing the Canadian navy and was influential in terminating the practice of appointing a British officer to command the Canadian militia.
