Sentences with phrase «analysis of the results suggests»

Statistical analysis of results suggested that for every extra year a paper had been in circulation, the odds that its data were still around declined by 17 %.

Detailed analysis of the results suggests that year - round surface emissions of CO, probably from fossil fuel burning in East Asia, and seasonal biomass burning emissions in South - central Africa, are greatly underestimated in current inventories used to drive models.

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My students» remarks suggest that as a result of this analysis they are less likely to become consumers of pornography or of products that are advertised with pornographic themes.

Several factor analyses of the responses revealed some clustering around religious, social, and individualistic ideas, but the results also suggested a high degree of «mixing» among different thematic traditions.

However, further analysis suggested that restricting gluten may result in low intake of whole grains, which are associated with lower cardiovascular risk.

While some meta - analyses of home visiting programs suggest that many types of home visiting programs can make a difference in reducing adverse outcomes such as child maltreatment and childhood injuries, 14,15 meta - analyses can produce misleading results if there are insufficient numbers of trials of programs represented in the cross-classification of home visiting target populations, program models, and visitors» backgrounds.

Together, the results of the well - controlled observational studies20 - 23 (including ours), the analysis of cohorts without social patterning of breastfeeding (eg, in the Pelotas cohort), 24 and the large randomized trial25 suggest that confounding does not account fully for the observed association of breastfeeding with later cognition.

For instance, it has been suggested that the physical restraint associated with swaddling may prevent infants placed supine from rolling to the prone position.299 One study's results suggested a decrease in SIDS rate with swaddling if the infant was supine, 182 but it was notable that there was an increased risk of SIDS if the infant was swaddled and placed in the prone position.182 Although a recent study found a 31-fold increase in SIDS risk with swaddling, the analysis was not stratified according to sleep position.171 Although it may be more likely that parents will initially place a swaddled infant supine, this protective effect may be offset by the 12-fold increased risk of SIDS if the infant is either placed or rolls to the prone position when swaddled.182, 300 Moreover, there is no evidence that swaddling reduces bed - sharing or use of unsafe sleep surfaces, promotes breastfeeding, or reduces maternal cigarette smoking.

Four of the 6 studies found no relationship between diphtheria - tetanus - pertussis vaccination and subsequent SIDS, 316, — , 319 and results of the other 2 studies suggested a temporal relationship but only in specific subgroup analysis.320, 321 In 2003, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences reviewed available data and concluded that «[t] he evidence favors rejection of a causal relationship between exposure to multiple vaccinations and SIDS.»

† Because many of the case - control studies demonstrated a protective effect of breastfeeding against SIDS in univariate analysis but not when confounding factors were taken into account, 62,184,198,231,238 these results suggested that factors associated with breastfeeding, rather than breastfeeding itself, are protective.

While the data pertain to the period immediately prior to the election campaign, longitudinal analyses and other polling data suggest that the results are still relevant at the time of the general election.

Other analysis suggests that UKIP would need to do very well — certainly much better than the results here suggest they will — in order to gain even a handful of seats in the next parliament.

The report draws on government and trade statistics, academic evidence and economic theory to challenge arguments that the health and social benefits of reducing alcohol consumption are likely to come at a cost to the economy, finding: · Any reduction in employment and income resulting from lower spending on alcohol would be offset by spending on other goods · Econometric analysis of US states suggests that a 10 % decrease in alcohol consumption is associated with a 0.4 % increase in per capita income growth · Lower alcohol consumption could also reduce the economic costs of impaired workplace productivity, alcohol - related sickness, unemployment and premature death, which are estimated to cost the UK # 8 - 11 billion a year The analysis comes at a timely moment, with health groups urging the Chancellor to raise alcohol duty in next month's Budget.

Provisional analysis of local election results declared so far suggests the Labour party will become the largest group within the LGA — the organisation that represents authorities in England and Wales.

In the equivalent elections in 2007, the Lib Dems had attained 24 % of the vote, and analysis by the respected academic Professor Colin Rallings of the University of Plymouth suggests that this will result in 700 of the Lib Dems» 1,850 councillors being defeated.

As a result, the analysis suggests that Kepler will need more than double its planned mission life of three - and - a-half years to achieve its main goal of determining how common Earth - like planets are in the Milky Way.

Results of a comprehensive cost - effectiveness analysis suggest that patients who have RA and no contraindications to triple therapy should use it prior to a biologic as the next regimen.

The lifetime analysis suggested that first - line biologic treatment would result in 0.15 additional lifetime QALYs, but this gain would cost an incremental $ 77,290, leading to an incremental cost - effectiveness ratio of $ 521,520 per QALY per patient, a figure far above what is considered acceptable to the U.S. health care system.

These results remained largely unchanged after further sensitivity analyses, prompting the researchers to suggest that giving moderate to higher opioid doses for shorter durations may be a more effective way to manage pain after surgery, while minimising the risk of misuse and addiction.

Incorporating protein and mRNA turnover data in this analysis, the results from Li et al. suggest that mRNA levels explain ~ 81 % of the variance in protein levels, transcription 71 %, RNA degradation 10 %; translation 11 %; and protein degradation 8 %.

The study results challenge the current paradigm of microarray data analysis and suggest that the new method may improve identification of cancer - associated genes.

He suggests that future analyses of the survey results, which will look at infertility, miscarriages and other aspects of child health, could also be thrown into doubt.

Contrary to what the BICEP2 collaboration said initially, Parkinson's analysis suggests that the BICEP2 results, if legitimate, actually rule out any reasonable form of inflationary theory.

Results of the team's statistical analysis suggest that the long - verified, more - than - a-century-old model doesn't fit the pattern of seismicity seen on the New Madrid Seismic Zone in the past 2 centuries, the researchers report online today in Science.

According to these and other results, the authors suggest the warming slowdown was an illusion, an artifact of earlier analyses.

Dr Larkin said: «Results from our large analysis of pre-defined sub-groups of patients with advanced melanoma provide evidence that suggests the combination of the two drugs consistently improves progression - free survival across a range of sub-groups, including patients with poor prognostic factors, when compared with either nivolumab or ipilimumab alone.»

Interestingly, the results of our promoter analysis for all these genes revealed that 9 of 17 genes (COL13A1, CSF3, FSCN1, HG18, LTBP1, PELI1, PLOD2, SCNN1A, and TNFSF10) have perfectly matched consensus sequences of KLF4 binding site on the promoter regions, suggesting a potential possibility of controlling these genes by KLF4 although it is not clear whether these genes are cause or consequence of brain metastasis at this point.

He concludes: «The new analysis adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that these discrepancies are most likely the result of inaccuracies in the observed temperature record rather than fundamental model errors.»

Results of both regional climate model simulations and observational analyses suggest that much of the observed rainfall increase — as well as the decrease in temperature and increase in humidity — is attributable to agricultural intensification in the central United States, with natural variability and GHG emissions playing secondary roles.

These results suggest that the effect of PMI on measured gene expression is relatively modest and can be further minimized by using appropriate covariate correction in analyses.

Findings from the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instruments suggest that loss of a fraction of the atmosphere, resulting from a physical process favoring retention of heavier isotopes of certain elements, has been a significant factor in the evolution of the planet.

In two instances the results of DEC analyses suggest that dispersal events occurred on older branches than implied by any of the MAC parsimony reconstructions.

While published results on acupuncture and fMRI were heterogeneous, from a descriptive perspective most studies suggest that acupuncture can modulate the brain activity within specific brain areas, and the evidence based on meta - analyses confirmed part of these results.

Results: Phylogenetic analysis of 77 K. pneumoniae (48 clinical and 29 non-clinical isolates) demonstrated that the two groups were intermixed throughout the tree and in some cases resided in the same clade, suggesting recent divergence from a common ancestor.

On the other hand, there is mounting evidence for a distinctive role played by motor vehicle traffic — related exposures in elevating cardiovascular risk.108, 111,268,269 Lipfert et al76, 77 interpreted the results of their analysis of the Veterans Affairs hypertensive male cohort as suggesting that traffic density was a more «significant and robust predictor of survival in this cohort» than PM2.5.

Considering how important exercise is for lowering the risk of type II diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease, the analysis results suggest that individuals shouldn't be put off exercise for fear that it'll weaken the immune system.

In addition, results from a pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials of zinc supplementation in developing countries suggest that zinc helps reduce the duration and severity of diarrhea in zinc - deficient or otherwise malnourished children [62].

Indeed, unlike animal protein, plant protein has not been associated with increased insulinlike growth factor 1 levels28, 29 and has been linked to lower blood pressure,30 - 32 reduced low - density lipoprotein levels,32 - 34 and improved insulin sensitivity.35 Substitution of plant protein for animal protein has been related to a lower incidence of CVD36 - 39 and type 2 diabetes.40 - 42 Moreover, although a high intake of red meat, particularly processed red meat, has been associated with increased mortality in a recent meta - analysis of 13 cohort studies, 43 high consumption of nuts, a major contributor to plant protein, has been associated lower CVD and all - cause mortality.44 These results underscore the importance of protein sources for risk assessment and suggest that other components in protein - rich foods (eg, sodium, 45 nitrates, and nitrites46 in processed red meat), in addition to protein per se, may have a critical health effect.

The fact that including additional resources in the analysis does not diminish the magnitude of the motivational effect of vouchers suggests that the results are quite robust.

The results of this analysis suggest that the FCAT results are valid measures of student achievement.

«There are always caveats with this type of analysis, but the results suggest that students participating in the Silver CREST Awards achieve about half a grade higher on their best science GCSE result on average compared with a statistically - similar control group.

A full analysis will have to await the eventual release of student - level scores, but the results in Breaking the Curve strongly suggest that demographics are unlikely to explain away the 2015 drop in scores, especially in 8th grade.

Their analysis of 13 federal, state, and local improvement efforts in rural schools suggests that a longstanding «urban bias» in education policymaking has resulted in programs that do not take the variety and special characteristics of rural communities into account — and thus are less effective than they could be.

Results of the analysis on the pretest - posttest data revealed that the DimensionM game increased mathematical knowledge acquisition in algebra and maintained student motivation to learn, and suggest that the implementation of DimensionM can greatly benefit middle school students learning algebra.

Perhaps more important, a preliminary analysis of the 2003 test results suggests that the incidence of cheating has declined in the district.

First, Noble's educational model is broadly consistent with the practices of high - performing charter schools, and our secondary analysis suggests that scaling and reproducing these results is feasible.

The results of my analysis suggest that high - stakes testing substantially increases math and reading performance, with gains on the order of 0.20 to 0.30 standard deviations.

The results of our quantitative analyses suggest that districts can play a role in promoting participatory democratic structures in schools by creating policies and expectations for participation by a wide array of peoples and groups.

We recognize there are other outlines that might have resulted from this analysis, but we suggest the following nine objectives as common ground to advance the education of our students» heads, hearts and hands for their successful preparation to enter college, career, community and civic life.

OECD analysis finds that about 15 percent of variability in the performance of American students is explained by socio - economic factors; the OECD average is 10 percent.13 Research suggests that if the PISA results of U.S. students are adjusted such that the distribution of low - income students is more similar to other countries with comparable post-industrial economies, both math and reading results would look significantly higher.14 This does not mean the United States should not be concerned about international comparisons of educational achievement, but it suggests that the conclusions drawn from rankings based on national averages are limited and that reality is more nuanced.