Sentences with phrase «most large scale studies»

Most large scale studies looking at cancer rates don't show changes related to cell phone use.

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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.

The most recent large scale study comparing outcomes for mother and baby reported in the British Medical Journal last month showed that for women who had previously given birth, adverse outcomes were less common among planned home births (1 per 1,000) than among planned hospital births (2.3 per 1,000).

The latest study is the most thorough large - scale study to date of the risk of febrile seizures following inoculation with the DTaP - IPV - Hib vaccine, which protects against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough), as well as polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b.

«There is currently an imbalance, with most research initiated by individuals and small groups, and few resources devoted towards larger - scale synthetic thinking and study.»

The researchers call for additional larger scale, multi-center clinical studies to further confirm the findings and determine the most effective and personalized treatment protocols.

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.

The large - scale studies, most of which are made possible by the vast data generated and collected by new technologies like sensors and cellphones, are very good at describing the big picture, but don't provide much detail at the individual level.

«While the results of this study are preliminary, they hold promise for enhancing and maintaining brain reserve in later life, particularly among sedentary individuals who may benefit most urgently from behavioral interventions like Experience Corps,» said Carlson, who is now leading a larger fMRI trial as part of a large - scale randomized trial of the Baltimore Experience Corps Program.

In the most detailed large - scale study to date of the proteins that package DNA, researchers have mapped a family of switches that turn genes on and off.

So are most of the study's authors, a fact made plain by the UK epidemiology figures and the reference to Genome England as an example of a large - scale genome sequencing initiative in the Introduction.

Scientists have unveiled the most accurate measurement ever made of the present large - scale structure of the Universe by studying the mysterious forces of dark matter and dark energy.

Information gathered for a large - scale study called the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) has shown cauliflower to be an especially popular cruciferous vegetable in 10 western European countries, tying for first place with cabbage for the vegetable consumed most frequently.

Turkey tail is, at this point, the most well researched mushroom in larger scale studies.

Given the fact that plant - based diets can prevent the most common diseases of Western civilization, however, a large - scale study such as the China Project can give a valuable detailed insight into which plant - based foods and diets could be the most beneficial to health.

Most recently, he has acted as a principal investigator in the GoodWork Project, a large - scale study of professional ethics during a period of rapid change and extremely powerful market forces.

The second main section of the chapter reports a case study of an exemplary district's efforts to make the most of large - scale reform initiated in the state of Illinois.

Drawing on both detailed case studies and large - scale quantitative analysis, the authors show that the majority of school variables, considered individually, have at most a small impact on learning.

Although some interpret these turnover patterns as evidence of teachers» discontent with their students, recent large - scale quantitative studies provide evidence that teachers choose to leave schools with poor work environments and that these conditions are most common in schools that minority and low - income students typically attend.

's most recent post (November 25, 2013) about the non-peer-reviewed National Bureau of Economic Research's DC IMPACT study, another recently published study albeit this time in the Journal of Labor Economics, a top - field peer - reviewed journal, found no impact of incentives in New York City's (NYC) public schools given its large - scale multimillion program.

A recent large - scale federal study revealed that most states lack expertise to turn around struggling schools and are rarely successful.

A comprehensive study of Michigan districts indicates that the most cost - effective size is about 2,900 students, suggesting that Texas» funding system overestimates the cost savings of its larger districts while providing additional funding to others based on non-existent or exaggerated disadvantages related to scale.

Schacter's (1999) review of 13 meta - analyses and four large - scale studies concluded that «Computer Based Instruction (CBI), the most widely implemented and studied computer technology, moderately improves student learning» (p. 330).

His drawings — in particular his studies for his large - scale oil paintings with their notes scribbled down the margins — are some of his most intimate works to date.

Of the latter two, which are included in the exhibition, Smoke is a study for a much larger version that was shown in the atrium of the Corcoran Museum of Art in Washington, D.C., and eventually became part of a triology of large - scale public sculptures that included Smog (1969 - 70), and Smug (1973)-- three of the most profound and alluring works of public sculpture made in the history of twentieth century art.

Most striking among these is a set of large - scale self - portraits and family studies by Mexican artist Ana Casas Broda at Circulo Bellas Artes through Aug. 30, 2015.

It is a dense and rich issue featuring among its many highlights exclusive photographic work by Dan Holdsworth, a visit to the workshop of sculptor and large scale levitation master Ron van der Ende, the eyebrow - raising imagery of Hong Kong illustrator Tore Cheung, a study of art inspired by maps, satellite pictures and geography, as well as a guide to one of the world's most vibrant art capitals: New York — which includes intense, intimate and candid interviews with the likes of Marina Abramovic, Grisha Bruskin, Gregory Crewdson and Robert Longo.

To date, most large - scale water vapor climatological studies have relied primarily on analysis of radiosonde data, which have good resolution in the lower troposphere in populated regions but are of limited value at high altitude and are lacking over remote oceanic regions.

«'' On both a monthly and annual scale, even the most stable open ocean sites see pH changes many times larger than the annual rate of acidification,» say the authors of the study, adding that because good instruments to measure ocean pH have only recently been deployed, «this variation has been under - appreciated.»

Both these studies note that various factors have contributed to climate change since the 1960s but that most of the recent large - scale warming was very likely due to the observed increase in greenhouse gas concentrations.

The FLEET division provides the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of driver risk reduction programs validated by large - scale research studies, refined by decades of experience with some of the world's largest blue - chip corporations, and backed by 40 case studies, 60 published research papers and over 70 global safety awards.

Though in most cases, large - scale, controlled studies are lacking (unless you've found some!

Most recently, she has focused on the study of Making Pre-K Count and The High 5s Project, a large - scale project designed to improve children's math skills through programs in preschool and kindergarten.