Sentences with phrase «animal studies as»

Animal studies as well as clinical testing on humans suggest that jiaogulan, when combined with other herbs, has beneficial effects on cardiovascular system, increasing heart stroke volume, coronary flow, and cardiac output while reducing the heart rate, without affecting arterial pressure.
The addition of flaxseed slowed the onset of type 2 diabetes in animal studies as well as protecting kidneys from the usual damage as a result of diabetes.
The Awardee's institution must assure appropriate governance of animal studies as well as human studies.
Policymaking committees should consider giving less weight to food industry - funded studies, and include mechanistic and animal studies as well as studies appraising the effect of added sugars on multiple CHD biomarkers and disease development,» the article concludes.
Each category is supported by many animal studies as well as some human studies showing ways in which mothers have an edge.
It is because of this inextricable link between human and animal welfare and because Oklahoma communities view themselves as rooted in proud traditions of cooperation and commitment — and moral and ethical standards — that the Kirkpatrick Foundation hopes that governments, businesses, organizations, and individuals will see the merits of The Oklahoma Animal Study as well as the Kirkpatrick Foundation's approach to research, convene, honor, promote, and fund efforts to improve the lives of Oklahoma animals and the people who care for them.

Not exact matches

One widely cited study from 1995 estimated that ruminant animals (such as cows, sheep, and deer) can produce between 250 to 500 liters of methane a day because of how their digestive system works.
(One is working as a teaching assistant while studying for a master's degree in math; the other volunteers at an animal shelter.)
And earlier this year, a study showed a neural link between generosity and happiness, further cementing humans as fundamentally social animals.
As a matter of fact, I would like to thank Sister Catherine for rolling her eyes to the ceiling when we asked in 4th grade about how god made all the animals in one day and there were dinosaurs that were millions of years old while we studied fossils.
To continue Robert, as I have studied the conceptof intelligence, especially how it pertains to other animals, most of those concepts are not even confined to humans.
As a Christian, I absolutely believe God began the human race in the Garden of Eden... as a discerning intelligent human being, I can not deny the facts found in carbon dating studies of ancient fossil remains... if God can creat man, he can also allow for investigation and confirmation of planet plant and animal life, the upheaval of mountains, and history of the seAs a Christian, I absolutely believe God began the human race in the Garden of Eden... as a discerning intelligent human being, I can not deny the facts found in carbon dating studies of ancient fossil remains... if God can creat man, he can also allow for investigation and confirmation of planet plant and animal life, the upheaval of mountains, and history of the seas a discerning intelligent human being, I can not deny the facts found in carbon dating studies of ancient fossil remains... if God can creat man, he can also allow for investigation and confirmation of planet plant and animal life, the upheaval of mountains, and history of the sea.
Only a few biologists have actually lived with animals in their native habitats in order to study their behavior there, and the results are not always recognized as «scientific», since they are not readily repeatable in the fashion required by science.
«Love» exists and has been studied by scientists, but there is a huge difference between actually having a relationship with another human being, or even an animal that you can characterize as «loving» and thinking there is some all - powerful unseen being out there that loves you.
Start with the studies done by Jane Goodall, and then continue with a HUGE variety of other animal studies that PROVE animals have morals, they use tools, build societies and cultures, have their own languages (such as the prarie dogs... simple little rodents right?
In course of time, unusual events were studied as of special significance; and from this into portents of one sort or another the way was easy: earthquakes, ec1ipses, abnormal births, abnormal weather, celestial phenomena, and then ritualistic phenomena, such as the structure of a sacrificed animal, the spread of oil on water, and so on in manifold ramifications.
If they are not relevant, then mere behavior, as causally conditioned spatio - temporal changes and nothing more, is the only universal principle, and what we learn by studying animals adds nothing (beyond unusual complexity or subtlety) to our concept of reality in general.
As a minor illustration: I have written two books (The Philosophy and Psychology of Sensation, 1934 and Born to Sing, 1973) which, with all their faults (especially apparent to me in the earlier work), contain pointers, I believe, by which competent investigators might be helped to deal with some problems in psycho - physiology and in the study of animal behavior.
While we all take some inspiration from ancient paganisms, there are some groups who are deeply dedicated to studying the primary texts and archaeological records of their chosen cultural framework to try to make their paths as close to their spiritual ancestors as reasonably possible in the modern world — this includes the use of bonfires and occasionally animal sacrifice.
It seems to me less arbitrary and more logical to go along with Jennings (quoted by Agar 1943, p. 153), who wrote after years of study on the behavior of amoebae: «I am thoroughly convinced, after long study of the behavior of this organism, that if Amoeba were a large animal, so as to come within the every day experience of human beings, its behavior would at once call forth the attribution to it of states of pleasure and pain, of hunger, desire, and the like, on precisely the same basis as we attribute these things to the dog.»
«Buckland also claimed to have eaten his way straight through the animal kingdom as he studied it and, allegedly, part of Louis XIV's embalmed heart, pinched from the snuffbox of his friend the Archbishop of Canterbury.
To Buckland, they also offered strange deposits he identified as fossil droppings (coprolites) of extinct giant saurians; his pioneering work opened up an entirely new field of study — identifying animal's diets — and speaks to his eccentricity.
The study reveals that a complex and expansive ecology existed in the period known as the Cambrian Explosion, the time when advanced multicellular animals suddenly appeared on Earth.
Neither Goldsmith's weird workshop nor Rex's rhetoric qualify as humane study because neither project believes in such a thing: «Wasting Time on the Internet» is a theoretical paean to artlessness, and Animal Rhetorics calls unequivocally for the end of human distinctiveness.
On the other hand, it would be overly simple to claim the Hebrew Scriptures in support of our modern study of animal life or the work of environmental conservation, since it is clear that neither priest not prophet thought the order of nature as we now see it to reflect God's intentions, either original or ultimate, for it.
One animal study even found it worked as well as the anti-inflammatory drug indomethacin in treating arthritis, but without the side effects.8
In a study published in Clinical Biochemistry, 2004, researchers looked at coconut oil as a component of diet in laboratory animals.
In fact, not only has ergothioneine been shown to function as an antioxidant, but in animal studies it has also been shown to protect against chronic oxidative stress.
One animal study found that the anti-inflammatory effects of pumpkin seed oil worked as well as the drug indomethacin in treating arthritis.
(source) This study also found that the animal's diet in the last few weeks was extremely important, and that for full benefit, beef must be grass finished as well as grass fed.
It's easy to conclude from those two animal studies alone that virgin coconut oil is a superior dietary oil for health and is safer to use as a cooking oil than other popular unsaturated fat cooking oils.
Reports which indicate that coconut oil increases serum cholesterol levels, have been based on animal studies (mainly rats) and it is uncertain as to what type of oil they have used, the Sunday Times learns.
There have been lots of cell and animal research, which prove that turmeric has a good influence on a number of illnesses and also several human studies have shown positive results as well.
so often they just look at potential markers — but those don't always equate to diseases)- what was the health of the those being studied - I'm assuming the test subjects were people, but other studies done on animal subjects might not be as reliable as those done on humans.
For example, health conscious carnivores have been favoring grass - fed cows over grain - fed animals based on studies indicating that grass - fed beef is nutritionally superior and that grass feeding is just better for the animals, as well as the environment.
She also holds a master's degree from the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Fulbright Scholar, and a doctorate from Harvard University, where she wrote her dissertation on Shakespeare's depiction of animals and the natural world.
Both studies are shattering long held beliefs that animal - only proteins are needed for superior athletic performance as it relates to muscle gain and endurance.
Both studies are shattering long held beliefs that animal - only proteins are needed for superior athletic performance as it relates to muscle gain and performance.
Epidemiologic and animal studies revealed that capsaicin can act as a carcinogen or cocarcinogen.
«In the past, studies have shown that the combination of resistance exercise with consumption of animal - derived protein (such as whey, casein, eggs, meat) has had a different effect on muscle growth than when resistance exercise was paired with plant - based protein such as soy,» said Dr. Jaeger, one of the studies authors.
High beverage sugar as well as high animal protein intake at infancy may increase overweight risk at 8 years: a prospective longitudinal pilot study
«In the past, studies have shown that the combination of resistance exercise with consumption of animal - derived protein (such as whey, casein, eggs, meat) has had a different effect on muscle growth than when resistance exercise was paired with plant - based protein such as soy,» said Ralf Jaeger, FISSN, CISSN, MBA.
«In the past, studies have shown that the combination of resistance exercise with consumption of animal - derived protein (such as whey, casein, eggs, meat) has had a different effect on muscle growth than when resistance exercise was paired with plant - based protein such soy,» said Dr. Jaeger.
«It is my desire and my purpose to further the education of the people of Texas and elsewhere in wildlife conservation, in the knowledge of the breeding and living habits of our wild creatures and in the relationship of wildlife to domesticated livestock on our ranches and farms; to afford students and others interested in wildlife betterment and propagation and in the raising of wildlife along with domesticated animals a place for research and an opportunity for the study thereof; and to develop scientifically methods of increasing the wildlife population of the state and nation for the benefit of future generations... who may not have the opportunity to know and appreciate our wildlife, as I have, unless methods of increasing and conserving our wildlife are scientifically developed.
It is a world of horses that run and jump in a green, rolling countryside, studied by members of a select coterie who are, more often than not, as elegant as the animals they follow.
As I got older I never saw art as a career choice and because I was obsessed with animals I went into the sciences, studying zoology and marine biology at universitAs I got older I never saw art as a career choice and because I was obsessed with animals I went into the sciences, studying zoology and marine biology at universitas a career choice and because I was obsessed with animals I went into the sciences, studying zoology and marine biology at university.
It is interesting that the study of scientists from different countries who studied children's passion for different animals, showed that most children wanted to see namely a dog as a four - legged friend.
Independent studies have conclusively shown adverse health effects of BPA on the brain and reproductive system, as well as metabolic diseases in laboratory animals.
Mushrooms have shown both anti-viral and anti-bacterial qualities in animal studies, and also contain the mineral Selenium, as well as antioxidants, which can help to decrease your risk of getting sick.
Scores of animal and human studies show that early life stress, such as severe early social deprivation, leads to long - term changes in the brain, cognitive and social problems, and heightened susceptibility to anxiety, depression, and drug abuse in adulthood.
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