Sentences with phrase «activity supporting studies»

In the area of research they are activity supporting studies across the country on canine cancer.

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«A study published last year in Experimental Brain Research appeared to provide some partial scientific support for this idea,» notes BPS, explaining that brain scans of experienced long - distance runners revealed running really does seem to reduce activity in certain key brain areas.

A core activity is Bible study groups which has an emphasis on friendship, prayer, and mutual support.

Studies support the fact that e-books can be a useful tool to helping toddlers learn vocabulary, keeping their attention, and making reading a fun and desirable activity.

These studies address immediate, short - term responses to exercise, and lend support the idea that school recess periods — breaks for play and physical activity — can enhance attention in the classroom.

A spokesman for Stefanik told The Sun the lawmaker voted to support the legislation because the measure would «restore transparency to the process of developing stream buffer zones near mining activities and require the Secretary of the Interior to work on a comprehensive study aimed at protecting streams.»

The resolution states that the House will «create and support economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.»

As they studied brain activity in the knockout mice, the researchers also found prominent changes in a receptor in the brain known as mGluR5 and other proteins that support the function of neurons and synapses, said co-lead author Xiaoming Wang, M.D., Ph.D., senior research associate in Duke's department of pediatrics.

The public widely believes that the marine environment is under threat from human activities, and supports actions to protect the marine environment in their region, according to a new study to be published in the February issue of the journal Ocean and Coastal Management.

Dr. Vaillancourt's study showed that a greater free water increase in the substantia nigra was associated with a decrease in dopamine neuron activity in one of these nearby regions, supporting the idea that free water changes are related to progression of the disease.

Meck has found support for his model by recording the electrical activities of neurons and in other researchers» studies on people with a skewed sense of time.

Support for the seminar series, including refreshments and travel, lodging, and honorarium gifts for the speakers, is provided by the Alabama National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and Oak Ridge Associated Universities Visiting Industrial Scholars ProgramThe UAB Graduate Student Association, the UAB Graduate School, and the UAB Office of Postdoctoral Studies currently support special activities such as CareSupport for the seminar series, including refreshments and travel, lodging, and honorarium gifts for the speakers, is provided by the Alabama National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and Oak Ridge Associated Universities Visiting Industrial Scholars ProgramThe UAB Graduate Student Association, the UAB Graduate School, and the UAB Office of Postdoctoral Studies currently support special activities such as Caresupport special activities such as Career Day.

It aims to provide information regarding disability support services in 17 European countries — Austria, Belgium (Fl), Belgium (Fr), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the UK — that may help students and their teachers make decisions about possibilities for study programmes and exchange activities.

Although there is extensive evidence supporting an association between higher overall levels of physical activity and reduced risk of colorectal cancer, few studies have focused on the impact of sedentary behavior on colorectal cancer risk.

Using empirical data from this monitoring and from ongoing field studies the convention would support, scientists could more thoroughly assess surveys» cumulative long - term impacts on marine life and identify areas where seismic activities should be prohibited or temporarily limited to protect important habitats or vulnerable populations.

Recently, monkey studies testing vaccine regimens different from those in RV144 have supported the notion that enhancing protective antibody activity may increase vaccine efficacy.

«These study findings provide clear and compelling evidence that the provision of mobile services, combined with appropriate support activities, is a strategy that can increase testing rates and also reduce HIV incidence,» she said.

The results support the notion that unconscious brain activity comes first and conscious experience follows as a result, says Patrick Haggard of University College London, who was not involved with the study.

The study implies, he says, that as the human cerebral cortex evolved to such massive proportions, the thalamus had to expand as well to support all the extra activity.

HSL typically increases when adipose tissue uses stored energy to support increased activity, such as during exercise, explained Dylan Thompson, corresponding author of the study.

«The results of this study support the notion that activity plays a prominent role in the specification of neuronal properties, which adapt in response to internal and external influences to encode information.

The study, supported by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Science Foundation (NSF), found that most of the coastal communities do not have an overarching strategy for building urban disaster resilience and lack coordination between multiple urban systems, including land use activities, natural environments and public infrastructure investments, particularly in Texas.

Academic research supports them as a way to increase physical activity at work Thinking abilities only drop slightly when using one, but not below average performance marks Sitting at a desk all day could be shaving years off your life A neuroscience professor at a research institution is getting one after studying them

Dr Søren Brage (MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge), joint senior author on the study says: «Providing quantitative estimates regarding the dose - response relationship is essential for approximating how changes in levels of physical activity in the general population would impact disease incidence, and would support more nuanced guidance to the public and evidence - based dialogue in clinical settings.»

The findings are in line with other studies that suggest that cognitively stimulating activities can indeed increase cognitive reserve and delay cognitive decline in older age» says Anja Leist who is supported by a postdoctoral research fellowship of the National Research Fund Luxembourg.

«The findings of this study are exciting because they support the idea that combining these two targeted oral therapies results in significant activity in ovarian cancer, more so than olaparib alone,» said Joyce Liu, M.D., MPH, the lead investigator and medical oncologist at the Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers at Dana - Farber Cancer Institute, Boston.

For example, last month's spending bill that established NCATs requests several reports and outside studies of the center's activities and stipulates that it can not support expensive, late - stage clinical trials of the kind typically done by industry.

Therefore, we developed a Grant Support Index (GSI) that focuses on grant activity code, as opposed to field of study or cost.

The study supports The Vermont Family Based Approach, a model Hudziak created to establish that the entirety of a young person's environment — parents, teachers, friends, pets, extracurricular activities — contributes to his or her psychological health.

Our study, along with prior studies, supports the notion that «cognitive reserve» resulting from early - life and lifelong education and cognitive stimulation may be a potent strategy for the primary prevention of dementia in both high - and low - income countries around the world.21 However, it should be noted that the relationships among education, brain biology, and cognitive function are complex and likely multidirectional; for instance, a number of recent population - based studies have shown genetic links with level of educational attainment, 22,23 and with the risk for cognitive decline in later life.24 Higher levels of educational attainment are also associated with health behaviors (eg, physical activity, diet, and smoking), more cognitively - complex occupations, and better access to health care, all of which may play a role in decreasing lifetime dementia risk.

[In our] current study, [we] sought to develop a lightweight, soft, wearable assist wear for supporting activities of daily life for older people with weakened muscles and those with mobility issues.»

The study supported a long - standing hypothesis that the brain is active in the absence of input, or to put it more technically, the circuits in the brain can generate «intrinsic activity.»

Following a period of intensive meditation, genes involved with the infectious cycle may get downregulated along with related host genes regulating protein synthesis, an explanation that is supported by other stress reduction interventions that have shown increased innate antiviral activity, such as upregulated Type 1 interferon activity.40 Shorter telomeres in population - based studies have been predictive of earlier onset of chronic diseases of aging, including diabetes, 41 cardiovascular disease9 and certain cancers.42

Research activities are supported by an active Community Advisory Board (CAB), which was created in 2005 as part of an effort to facilitate dialogue between community members, study volunteers and the research team.

Between the two alternatives left to her, either to emigrate to the United States, or to pursue some activity that needed neither support nor connection with the outside world, she decided to build a small research unit in her bedroom in Turin where she began studying the nervous system in chick embryos with Giuseppe Levi back to Turin after escaping from Belgium invaded by Nazis.

In the latest study, he said, people's brain activity showed a pattern that supports the idea that humans and many other animals evolved to suddenly become more alert just before dusk.

Studied for over 20 years, ME - 3 produces glutathione — well known for its antioxidant, detoxification, and immune system - supporting activities.

In one study, people who participated in social activities more often and who felt that they had ample social support did better on several measures of memory, as well as mental processing speed.

The study concludes that confirmation of an independent benefit of higher daily step count on insulin sensitivity, waist to hip ratio, and body mass index provides further support in promoting higher levels of physical activity in middle aged adults.

There are recent studies which support diet playing a big role in the development of these conditions, and now perhaps physical activity is giving another tool to stave off mental decline.

(1) In another study researchers revealed that achyranthes bidentata polysaccharide (ABP) modulates the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and supports sodium oxidase (SOD) activity.

Another way exercise supports executive - level brain activity is explained by an Irish study published in the journal Physiology + Behavior in 2011, which revealed that exercise stimulates production of brain - derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein involved with the growth of new neurons.

In support of this hypothesis, the redox sensitivity of the basic insulin receptor signaling activity in vivo has been confirmed in a placebo - controlled clinical study of non-diabetic obese persons in whom basic (i.e., post-absorptive) insulin receptor signaling decreased after supplementation with relatively small doses of N - acetyl cysteine (200 mg NAC t.i.d. for a total daily dose of 0.6 g for 8 weeks).27

In support of this one study reported that independent of total sedentary time and moderate - to - vigorous intensity activity time, increased breaks in sedentary time were beneficially associated with waist circumference, body mass index, triglycerides, and 2 hour plasma glucose.

The results of this study support the use of foam rolling in physical activity if enhanced tissue circulation is required.

Although it is difficult to draw conclusions about the presence or lack of functional adaptations from a comparative study between different subjects, the finding of Herzog and colleagues (Herzog et al., 1991) supports the hypothesis that length - dependent adaptations may be provoked not only by immobilisation but also by habitual activity and the functional demands it imposes.

A prospective cohort study of 538 students from the Harvard School of Public Health found that «although physical activity is thought of as an energy deficit activity, our estimates do not support this hypothesis.»

«Our study is one of the largest to examine the relationship between physical activity and cognitive decline, and the results strongly support the notion that staying active maintains brain health.»

Other studies support that the combined antioxidant activity of kale's phenolic compounds increases the cellular levels of the super antioxidant powerhouse glutathione.