Sentences with phrase «most studies measure»

However, evidence on the extent to which results are maintained over time is limited because most studies measure only short - term or immediate impact.

Most studies measure resting metabolic rate, which is the number of calories burned during rest.

Most studies measured exposure to smoking retrospectively on the basis of self report, and definitions of smoking status were often not clear.

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As detailed in a study by Harvard Business professor Dennis Campbell, TD revolutionized the way it measured the in - bank experience, streamlining its customer satisfaction survey and using a massive pool of customer data to find out not only how customers felt about their banking experience, but also what specific elements of «satisfaction» mattered most to them.

Our 11th annual America's Top States for Business study is our most rigorous yet, measuring all 50 states on 66 metrics in 10 categories of competitiveness.

The 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer, the annual global study often considered the gold standard in trust data measurement recently stated that, «In a year marked by turbulence at home and abroad, trust in institutions in the United States crashed, posting the steepest, most dramatic general population decline the Trust Barometer has ever measured.»

A criticism of Byrd's study, which also applies to most other studies, is based on the fact that he did not limit prayers by the friends and family of patients, hence it is unclear which prayers may have been measured, if any.

In the study that established the difference, researchers looking at people two years after they first showed up at a hospital for care found that they scored significantly better on most outcome measures than a comparable group in the West....

Here are some parts you left out: - A criticism of Byrd's study, which also applies to most other studies, is based on the fact that he did not limit prayers by the friends and family of patients, hence it is unclear which prayers may have been measured, if any

A new study released by the University of Nebraska - Lincoln show that in most measures, the more educated one is, the more likely one is to be religious, and more importantly, participant.

All the studies of middle - class marriages show that companionship, the hallmark of the egalitarian marriage, is one of the most important ingredients for a successful marriage, especially for the wife, no matter what criterion or index is used to measure success.

The results, as measured by reasonably careful follow - tip studies, showed that most of the patients made marked improvement.

Most studies displayed faults ranging from lack of control groups to use of biased and unreliable measuring instruments to the use of subjects who were either self - selected or selected by abortion clinic personnel.

I carefully studied how she stirred and measured, took notes on what products she used, how she held a knife, and most of all: tips and tricks she'd discovered from over the years.

The Organic Center's study takes farms from around the nation into account and looks at the most accurate measure of carbon sequestration.

Prior to the FWRA's efforts, most studies that attempted to measure waste were based on estimates and extrapolation.

But beyond this important policy implication is a second implication in Jackson's study that is more relevant for our purposes: There is a more creative and potentially more useful way to measure noncognitive skills than what most researchers are currently focused on.

In today's New York Times, Jane Brody reports on the recently released results of the CHildhood Obesity Cost - Effectiveness Study (aka «CHOICES»), which examined various possible approaches to curbing childhood obesity and chose two as most likely to help: the imposition of taxes on sugary beverages and curbs on children's junk food advertising, both measures long supported here on The Lunch Tray.

The most important aspect of the study, was that the researchers measured the levels of cortisol (the stress hormone) in the babies saliva throughout the process, and reported no change in the levels of cortisol.

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The most recent studies suggest that an epidural does not have a negative effect on a newborn (as measured by his Apgar score, an evaluation routinely done immediately following birth).

The outcome measures used in most studies of birthplace and models of maternity care are obstetric intervention rates and birth outcomes [1 - 6,8,9].

For example, one study comparing breast and formula fed siblings found no differences on any cognitive / educational achievement measures, behavioural indicators (including parental attachment) and most physical health measures (including BMI and obesity).

Because the 7 pooled studies differed clinically with respect to breastfeeding measures, length of follow - up, data collection methods, and, most likely, respiratory disease diagnoses, we performed sensitivity analyses to test the appropriateness of combining these studies.

Following a three - year study that involved about 3,000 teachers, analysts said the most accurate measure of a teacher's effectiveness was a combination of classroom observations by at least two evaluators, along with student scores counting for between 33 percent and 50 percent of the overall evaluation.

Most groups have focused on detecting proteins released from dying brain cells, but those proteins are not always abundant after injury and often require exotic or proprietary antibodies to measure, said study corresponding author Adam Chodobski, associate professor (research) of emergency medicine in the Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Although the scientists studied parental monitoring or awareness, this measure is most likely a proxy for a teenager's environment more generally.

While neither psychologist developed operational measures in their lifetime, at least five scales have been established to measure social interest and moral identity in recent decades — most notably Americus Reed and Karl Aquino's 2003 study on moral identity and expansive moral regard, and Shalom Schwartz's nod to universalism in his 10 basic values.

To reach these conclusions, the study provides the most detailed anatomical descriptions of the species given to date, highlighting the small size of the reptile, which measured no more than a metre long, according to craniums found at the site in Catalonia.

«We hope that this study and similar ones will help wildlife managers and government agencies to anticipate where conservation measures to protect the region's unique primates, such as the mountain and Grauer's gorillas, birds, reptiles, and other unique species will be most effective,» said Sam Ayebare of WCS Uganda and lead author of the paper.

«The cost of asthma is one of the most important measures of the burden of the disease,» said Tursynbek Nurmagambetov, PhD, lead study author and health economist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

P.E., Neelakshi Hudda and colleagues note that past research has measured pollution from air traffic before, but most of these studies only sampled air within a couple of miles, at most, from airports.

«This treatment has now been studied in our centre using the most sensitive measure of lung structure — a radiologic measurement of lung density — allowing us to detect changes far earlier than can be seen with standard breathing tests,» said Dr. Kenneth Chapman, Director of the Asthma and Airways Centre at Toronto Western Hospital and the Canadian research lead for the multicentre trial.

Those most convinced about the importance of this alternative, online scientific influence — sometimes called the altmetric impact — have even put together web tools that monitor and measure the buzz a new study generates online.

While direct measures such as emergency preparedness and the strengthening of response - related institutions is helpful, this study has identified the need for a wider cultural shift to ensure the poorest and most vulnerable are properly protected.

Additionally, this study measured the same participants before and after a crash, unlike most research studies which only have access to participants after the negative event occurs.»

Because this mechanism is localized at synapses, the sites where communication between neurons takes place, it ensures that protective measures will only be taken when and where they're most needed, said Marta Margeta, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and senior author of the new study.

Most studies examining longer term effects of pregnancy weight gain on childhood body size typically only have measures of height and weight rather than estimates of body fat.

«We chose to study moustaches as the comparator because they are rare (< 15 % of men from the most recent measures available), and we wanted to learn if women were even rarer.»

Early sipping represents what is often a child's first direct experience with drinking, yet little research has examined the long - term impact of this behavior, in part because most studies do not measure early sipping and tasting alcohol with parental permission.

«Most studies have more than one outcome measure, such as accuracy, speed, errors made and so on,» explains Horvath.

The study is investigator led and has therefore focused on clinical need, targeting patients with progressive multiple sclerosis in whom most disability is incurred... The study also reports a predominant effect on neurodegenerative rather than inflammatory outcomes, suggesting a novel mechanism of action that might be suitable as combination treatment with immunomodulatory treatments... Further phase 3 studies to measure the effect of simvastatin on sustained disability, particularly in patients with non-relapsing secondary progressive and primary progressive multiple sclerosis, are clearly needed, but this trial represents a promising point from which to develop trials of progressive disease.»

Dr McKay added that previous studies had only compared the decisions of delusion - prone and non-delusion-prone people to each other rather than to an objective measure of performance: «Surprisingly, our study also found that even low delusion - prone people jumped to conclusions — so most people jump to conclusions, but delusion - prone people jump further.»

After a photo stop in historic Sedona, we carry on through Oak Creek Canyon, renowned as one of the most scenic drives in America, to historic Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, where Percival Lowell studied Mars, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto, and Vesto Slipher measured the redshifts of galaxies.

Allen and his team note that research on green buildings is still in its infancy, with most studies relying on self - reported measures collected through surveys or questionnaires that are subjective.

These supercavities are «the most direct possible» measure of the energy released by the black hole's ravenous appetite, says astronomer Brian McNamara of Ohio University in Athens, lead author of the study in the 6 January issue of Nature.

The results demonstrate that behaviors, such as eating and mating, are extremely sensitive to thermal change, especially compared to sprinting speed, a physiological trait used by most studies to measure climate change effects.

Most studies look at very specific endpoints: how much a gene contributes to muscle strength or maximal aerobic capacity, because those endpoints are very easy to measure from a research standpoint.

The research, which appears online Aug. 1 in the journal Annals of Neurology, is the first study from a double - blind controlled randomized trial of an exon - skipping agent to provide conclusive proof based on the standard six - minute walk test used to measure muscle function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the most common form of muscular dystrophy in children.

In a small proof - of - concept study, researchers at Johns Hopkins report a complex mathematical method to measure electrical communications within the heart can successfully predict the effectiveness of catheter ablation, the standard of care treatment for atrial fibrillation, the most common irregular heartbeat disorder.