Sentences with phrase «first large scale study»

«First large scale study of cocaine users leads to breakthrough in drug testing.»

It represents the first large scale study of individuals seeking treatment for gambling problems in the UK, at a time when this disorder is being re-classified alongside drug addiction as the first «behavioural addiction».

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And the giant that makes the platform he's building on, Apple, for example, is running large - scale medical studies using its software, and is said to be looking to handle clinical data as the first step to a real attempt to break into the medical market.

Reputable, large - scale studies demonstrate that natural - duration breastfeeding suppresses a return to fertility for an average of 14 months post-partum for most first - world women.

The most recent findings of the Belarus study (an excellent, large scale, randomized, first world study) were recently published and show that 11 year - olds have a 17 % GREATER chance of being obese or overweight if they were in the breastfeeding group than in the control group.

Static stretching neither prevented or induced injury when compared to not stretching before running, according to the results of a first - of - its - kind large scale randomized study presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in San Diego.

Co-author of the study Mary Renfrew, Professor of Mother and Infant Health at the University of Dundee, said: «This is the first large - scale study to show an increase in breastfeeding in communities where rates have been low for generations, and where it can be particularly difficult for women to breastfeed without strong family and community support, because of strong societal barriers.

In fact, it appears the sheer amount of time parents spend with their kids between the ages of 3 and 11 has virtually no relationship to how children turn out, and a minimal effect on adolescents, according to the first large - scale longitudinal study of parent time to be published in April in the Journal of Marriage and Family.

Neighborhoods that are being studied for the first wave of larger - scale rezoning and affordable housing development under de Blasio's plan:

Yet, Sacks says, this is the first large - scale prospective study with healthy subjects to show that apoC - III on HDL may have similar effects.

Taken together, the studies provide the first detailed look at why large - scale geologic features within the mantle behave differently on either side of the megameter divide.

To further investigate the prevalence of the phenomenon, the researchers carried out the first large - scale online study of this barely - known effect, and recruited 4,128 participants to answer a survey, with 1,058 of these also answering additional trait - related questions.

The study is the first large - scale, U.S. - wide comparison of organic and conventional milk, testing nearly 400 samples of organic and conventional milk over an 18 - month period.

The snow algae specialist comments on the study: «For the first time ever, researchers have investigated the large - scale effect of microorganisms on the melting of snow and ice the Arctic.»

According to the first large - scale study of babies born before and after natural gas extraction began in Pennsylvania, those living near fracking sites had significantly lower birth weights — and worse health — than other babies.

A groundbreaking 2016 paper, one of the first to conduct a large - scale analysis of shrinking mountain glaciers around the globe, concluded that all but one of the 37 studied sites were «very likely» retreating because of climate change — and at 21 of those sites, the influence of climate change was just about certain.

Many previous studies have focussed on the urban nesting grounds and the gulls» behaviour around landfill refuse sites, but this is one of the first large - scale studies to investigate the use of cities by gulls in traditional breeding colonies and their contribution to these «nuisance events».

Women who had their first menstrual period when they were aged 11 or younger have an increased risk of an early or premature menopause and if they remain childless the risk is increased even more, according to results from the first large scale, multi-national study to investigate the links between age at puberty and menopause and whether or not a woman has had children.

Published in the October Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, this is the first large - scale, multi-site study aimed at identifying specific social - communicative behaviors that distinguish infants with ASD from their typically and atypically developing high - risk peers as early as 18 months of age.

According to the researchers, this is the first large - scale study employing epigenome - wide association (EWAS) studies — which look at chromosomal make - up and changes — in relation to the brain and Alzheimer's disease.

«Our study is the first long - term and large - scale assessment of the impacts of dams and diverting water from the rivers and wetlands of the Murray - Darling Basin,» says study lead author UNSW Professor Richard Kingsford.

The analysis found — as a previous large - scale study did — that first - borns enjoy a one - IQ - point advantage over later - borns, Damian said.

However, this was the first, comprehensive, large - scale study of the influence of an entire offshore reef system on ocean wave transmission.

«While many state - funded preschool programs in the U.S. do not begin until age three or later, this study provides some of the first large - scale evidence that public early education for children as young as age one can be critical for children's language skills,» said Dearing.

Now, the first large - scale study shows that switchgrass yields more than five times the energy needed to grow, harvest, and transport the grass and convert it to ethanol.

Mass drug administrations have rarely been carried out on such a large scale, and this study reports the first to occur during an Ebola outbreak.

The study is one of the first to examine how photos with faces drive engagement on large - scale, image - sharing communities.

The study is the first large - scale analysis of chloride trends in freshwater lakes.

This is the first large - scale study to provide detailed information on the number of adolescents with ASD who are licensed and the rate at which they progress through the Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) system.

This study gave us the first large - scale view of the rest of the genome, uncovering some new reasons why breast cancer arises.

A study conducted by the University of Kent's Dr Amy Hinsley and Dr David Roberts, and published by Conservation Biology, represents the first large - scale global survey of wildlife trade via a social - media site, using the orchid trade as a case study.

In the first large - scale and comprehensive study on the impacts of transporting honey bees to pollinate various crops, research from North Carolina State University shows that travel can adversely affect bee health and lifespan.

He was among the first to identify the long - term effects of multiple concussions through large - scale epidemiological studies of retired professional football players.

«One in three teens with autism spectrum disorder receives driver's license: First large - scale study on driving outcomes among adolescents with ASD suggests families» decision to drive occurs before learner's permit.»

Holbein's study is the first to link large - scale school administrative records and individual voting behavior.

In the first large - scale study documenting the economy - wide extent of misconduct among financial advisers and financial advisory firms in the United States, researchers find that most financial advisers who engage in misconduct get to keep their jobs — or are quickly rehired by another firm in the industry.

Dementia with Lewy bodies has a unique genetic profile, distinct from those of Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease, according to the first large - scale genetic study of this common type of dementia.

«This is one of the first large - scale human studies to look at how these powerful bioactive compounds might reduce the risk of diabetes.

Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, the Komisarenko Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism in Kiev, Ukraine, and the Cheboratev Institute of Gerontology in Kiev are the first to conduct a large - scale study of the relationship between famine severity during different stages of prenatal development and Type 2 diabetes risk.

In a large - scale two - country study that is the first of its kind, researchers examined whether the severity of the economic downturn of the 2008 - 09 recession depended on regional personality profiles.

She said: «This is the first large - scale study looking into whether habitual intake of different flavonoids can reduce the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer.

The study, published today in Nature, is the first to demonstrate that the online world can affect a significant real - world behavior on a large scale, say the researchers.

Professor Jeremy Pearson, Associate Medical Director at the BHF, which part - funded the study, said: «By using the power of very large scale genetic studies, this research is the first to show that the known association between increased height and a lower risk of coronary heart disease is at least in part due to genetics, rather than purely down to nutrition or lifestyle factors.

The study provides the first large - scale test of the link between population differentiation rates and speciation rates.

It was the first large - scale study to link sporadic cases of schizophrenia to fathers» age, and few researchers believed it.

«First large - scale doxing study reveals motivations and targets for cyber bullying.»

The study, the first large - scale analysis of its kind, suggests that religion and moral behavior don't necessarily go hand - in - hand for children.

J. Michael Murphy, EdD, of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Psychiatry, senior author of the JAACAP paper, notes that this is the first study to document the positive impact of a large - scale pediatric mental health intervention using validated mental health measures and real - world benchmarks like end - of - the - year promotion and school attendance.

The study, published in PLOS ONE, demonstrates the first time computational tools have been used to compare world music cultures at a large scale.

The study, the first to take such a large - scale look at how religion and moral behavior intersect in children from across the globe, focused on one facet of moral behavior: altruism, or the willingness to give someone else a benefit that also comes with a personal cost.