Sentence examples for estimates of behaviour from inspiring English sources

This method is illustrated to provide more accurate estimates of behaviour and capacity than the shear-friction based approach implemented by the ACI 318-11, the strut-and-tie provisions in different codes (American, Australian, Canadian, Eurocode and New Zealand).

This may result in inaccurate estimates of behaviour, subsequently resulting in mismatched feedback and advice [ 8, 9].

National health surveys provide estimates of behaviours in the population—such as levels of alcohol consumption which inform health policies, but validity depends on their representativeness of the general population.

However, the complex interactions among prognostic factors may lead to a poor estimate of behaviour, causing unbalanced groups at baseline, which may introduce accidental bias.

To further explore the impact of interviewing methods on estimates of risky behaviour prevalence, prevalence estimates for each of the behaviours examined above were calculated separately for the landline, mobile and combined samples.

Our primary goal was not to provide estimates of sexual behaviour of obese people but to compare sexual health behaviours and risks between obese and normal weight individuals on the one hand, and between overweight and normal weight individuals on the other hand.

As unbiased estimates of risk behaviour, especially hand hygiene, can be difficult to obtain, microbiological methods could contribute to the study of hygiene behaviour [ 10].

Mean differences and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) between the SIT-Q and 7-Day Activity Diary estimates of sedentary behaviour were also estimated.

We have previously developed a scalar measure of conscientiousness, the Conscientiousness Index (CI), which positively correlates to estimates of professional behaviour in undergraduate medical students.

Convergent validity was established using Spearman's rho, by comparing the SIT-Q estimates of sedentary behaviour with values derived from a 7-Day Activity Diary.

The moderate response rate (57%) also limits our ability to make exact estimates of the behaviour in the entire population of these groups of physicians; and our findings might not be generalisable to attitudes and behaviours in other medical specialties.