Sentences with phrase «most previous studies focused»

Most previous studies focused on one specific food type, studied outcomes in later childhood or studied high - risk groups.

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Although most studies of parental depression have focused on mothers, the impact of depression in fathers has received increasing attention.2, 3 Using data from the 2002 National Comorbidity Replication Survey, the Institute of Medicine report also estimated that 4.3 % of men with a child under 18 years old had a major depressive disorder within the previous 12 months.1 In addition, a recent meta - analysis4 suggested that the prevalence of paternal depression within the first year of a child's life was 10.4 %.

«Most previous research into ways of delaying the onset of HD symptoms have focused on studying the mutant protein in cells or in animal models, but the relevance of abnormalities in those systems to what actually happens in patients remains a huge assumption,» says James Gusella, PhD, director of the Center for Human Genetic Research (CHGR) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), corresponding author of the Cell paper.

«Most previous studies had focused on the media cells but hadn't spent much time on the endothelial cells, and nobody had shown how the two would interact,» Truskey said.

In most previous studies of how these connections evolve, scientists have focused on the role of the postsynaptic neurons.

This seemingly impossible task led most previous studies to examine randomly selected neurons or focus on a specific type of cell.

«Most previous studies have focused on using one technique at a time, even though we have evidence that there are alterations in the brain in autism in terms of structure, white - matter connectivity, and brain chemical concentrations.

Most previous studies of apocalyptic astronomical events — like asteroid impacts, neighboring stars going supernova or insanely energetic explosions called gamma - ray bursts — focused on their threat to humankind.

Most of these previous studies of posture, however, focused on standing positions rather than different sitting postures.

Most previous studies have focused on the production of NOx in the immediate vicinity of storms.

Quinn said most previous studies on potential biofuel plants, or feedstocks, focused on identifying highly invasive ones that should be avoided if possible.

Previous studies have reported a link between sitting time and the risk of heart disease and death, but this is the first to focus on television watching, which is one of the most common leisure activities.

Randomized clinical trials and epidemiologic studies have shown that individuals who consume higher amounts of added sugar, especially sugar - sweetened beverages, tend to gain more weight7 and have a higher risk of obesity,2,8 - 13 type 2 diabetes mellitus,8,14 - 17 dyslipidemias, 18,19 hypertension, 20,21 and cardiovascular disease (CVD).14, 22 Most previous studies have focused on sugar - sweetened beverages but not total added sugar, and none of these studies has used nationally representative samples to examine the relationship between added sugar intake and CVD mortality.

Quality Preschool Benefits Poor and Affluent Kids, Study Finds NBC News, March 28, 2013 «While most previous studies had focused only on kids from underprivileged backgrounds, in the new study Harvard researchers found that regardless of family income children who got a year of quality prekindergarten did better in reading and math than kids who spent the year in daycare, with relatives, or in some other kind of preschool, according to the report which was published in Child Development.&rStudy Finds NBC News, March 28, 2013 «While most previous studies had focused only on kids from underprivileged backgrounds, in the new study Harvard researchers found that regardless of family income children who got a year of quality prekindergarten did better in reading and math than kids who spent the year in daycare, with relatives, or in some other kind of preschool, according to the report which was published in Child Development.&rstudy Harvard researchers found that regardless of family income children who got a year of quality prekindergarten did better in reading and math than kids who spent the year in daycare, with relatives, or in some other kind of preschool, according to the report which was published in Child Development.»

«Most previous studies have focused on the loss of the West Antarctic ice sheet.

Most previous studies of the Arctic atmosphere focused on the monthly average climate and how it varied over the seasons.

Most previous studies have focused only on the sea - air flux of methane overlying seafloor seep sites.

Most previous studies mainly focused on how moisture in soil responds to amounts of precipitation, but are we missing an important factor that can explain soil moisture variations in general?

While most previous studies concerning these factors examined married couples only, the present study focused mainly on those in dating relationships, thus egalitarianism as a predictor means much more than the sharing of housework.

Most previous studies have focused on the prevalence of text message and email bullying.

Finally, it should be noted that although most previous research on victimization has had a specific focus on peer victimization, this study makes no distinction between victimization by peers and others.