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de·ter·mine
/ diˈtərmin/
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v. [tr.]
1.
cause (something) to occur in a particular way; be the decisive factor in:
it will be her mental attitude that determines her future.
∎
firmly decide:
she determined to tackle Stephen the next day |
[intr.]
he determined on a withdrawal of his forces.
2.
ascertain or establish exactly, typically as a result of research or calculation:
our aim is to determine the electric field |
the point of our study was to determine what is true, not what is practicable.
∎
Math.
specify the value, position, or form of (a mathematical or geometric object) uniquely.
3.
archaic Law
bring or come to an end.
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Determinants of Healthy Eating in Canada: An Overview and Synthesis
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Public Health; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...examine the complex set of interactions among the determinants of healthy eating. An overview of current knowledge on determinants of healthy eating was organized as follows: 1) individual determinants of personal food choices and 2) collective...
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Population health: Determinants and interventions
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Public Health; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...inequalities in health status and their determinants. As we enter the new millennium, a major...finding the means to effectively tackle determinants and their interactions. Determinants can be understood as causes, mediating...
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Understanding the determinants of health: Key decision makers in Saskatchewan Health Districts and Saskatchewan Health, 1998
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Public Health; 11/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Saskatchewan Health understand the determinants of health. The inquiry was based on...decision makers' understanding of the determinants of health, and the consensus regarding...key decision makers understand the determinants of health. A survey of key decision...
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On some Smarandache determinant sequences.(Report)
Magazine article from: Scientia Magna; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Murthy [1] introduced the concept of the Smarandache Cyclic Determinant Natural Sequence, the Smarandache Cyclic Arithmetic Determinant Sequence, the Smarandache Bisymmetric Determinant Natural Sequence, and the Smarandache Bisymmetric Arithmetic...
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Two classes of Smarandache determinants.
Magazine article from: Scientia Magna; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...solve some conjectures concerned the Smarandache cyclic determinants and the Smarandache bisymmetric determinants. Keywords Smarandache cyclic determinant; Smarandache bisymmetric determinants; Cyclic convolution; Elimination. [section]1...
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The ENDORSE study: Research into environmental determinants of obesity related behaviors in Rotterdam schoolchildren.(Study protocol)(Environmental Determinants of Obesity in Rotterdam's Schoolchildren)
Magazine article from: BMC Public Health; 4/28/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...most to excess weight gain, and which determinants mediate or predict engagement in such...regarding the influence of environmental determinants on energy balance related behaviors...relative importance of environmental determinants and individual (cognitive) determinants...
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Can a Health Unit Take Action on the Determinants of Health?
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Public Health; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...sectorial partnerships that address the determinants of health. The Leeds, Grenville and...this Health Forum were to evaluate the determinants of health of the population over a...Health Improvement Plan to address these determinants, pursue ongoing resources for interventions...
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Are positive changes in potential determinants associated with increased fruit and vegetable intakes among primary schoolchildren? Results of two intervention studies in the Netherlands: The Schoolgruiten Project and the Pro Children Study.(Research)
Magazine article from: The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity; 4/25/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...changes in presumed behavioral determinants, such as attitude, social...as potentially important determinants of F&V intakes in...favorable score in a presumed determinant of F&V, also reported...between changes in important determinants and changes in F&...
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Revising the proximate determinants of fertility framework: what have we learned in the past 20 years?
Magazine article from: Studies in Family Planning; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...both indirect and direct determinants of fertility (Davis and...integrated into the proximate determinants model. The Bongaarts Model...model included four proximate determinants: marriage, postpartum infecundability...Bongaarts added a fifth determinant, pathological sterility...
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INEQUALITY SPAWNS SICKNESS: Addressing the Social Determinants of Health in Canada
Magazine article from: CCPA Monitor; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Excerpts from Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives, 2nd edition, Edited by Dennis Raphael Introducing the Social Determinants of Health Social determinants of health are the economic and social conditions that...
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Determinants
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Determinants As used in...the word determinant refers to...Moreover, the determinant of the product...of their determinants. In symbols...matrices whose determinants are not difficult...matrices. The determinant of any such...
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determinant
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Third order determinants are similarly...volumes. A determinant of order...the above determinant by its second row yields: Determinants of higher...transforming a given determinant, which can...are zeros. Determinants have many...
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Social Determinants
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
...cultural factors. Social determinants refer to broad patterns...might form a social determinant of mental health in...use of the term "determinants" deserves some clarification...free will. Instead, determinants refer to macrosocial...the broadest social determinant of health is a country...
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Environmental Determinants of Health
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH An environmental determinant of health is, in general, any external agent (biological...environmental vectors are known as downstream, or proximate, determinants of health (that is, the exposures are closely related...
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Biological Determinants
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS Biological factors that determine...exogenous. Endogenous biological determinants include genetic heritage and immunity...conditions. Exogenous biological determinants of health are the other living things...
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