Sentences with phrase «associated with density»

Some of the problems associated with density, such as crime, traffic, and falling property values, have more to do with development that's poorly designed.

Rates of schisms were positively associated with the size of the parent denomination, negatively associated with membership in the National Council of Churches (and its predecessor, the Federal Council of Churches), positively associated with rates of failure among business organizations, and curvilinearly associated with the density of other schisms in the religious environment.

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According to a new scientific study published in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, subjects who meditated for about 30 minutes a day for eight weeks had measurable changes in gray - matter density in parts of the brain associated with memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress.

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Food policy in the form of improved nutrition standards was associated with the selection of foods that are higher in nutrients that are of importance in adolescence and lower in energy density.

Conclusions and Relevance Food policy in the form of improved nutrition standards was associated with the selection of foods that are higher in nutrients that are of importance in adolescence and lower in energy density.

After implementation of the Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act, change was associated with significant improvement in the nutritional quality of foods chosen by students, as measured by increased mean adequacy ratio from a mean of 58.7 (range, 49.6 - 63.1) prior to policy implementation to 75.6 (range, 68.7 - 81.8) after policy implementation and decreased energy density from a mean of 1.65 (range, 1.53 - 1.82) to 1.44 (range, 1.29 - 1.61), respectively.

It's not that urban areas favor democrats but rather those that live in urban areas tend to either fit into and / or associate more with the demographics that do tend to favor democrats at a higher density than in the rural areas.

«What's really interesting is that we show that an increase in the amount of stomach fat and a lower density fat is associated with worse heart disease risk factors — even after accounting for how much weight was gained,» said Caroline Fox, M.D., M.P.H., former senior investigator for the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and the study's senior researcher.

Treatment with zoledronic acid was associated with an eight percent increase in lumbar spine bone marrow density at 12 weeks relative to the placebo arm, with an 11 percent increase at 24 and 48 weeks.

During the original trial, daily calcium and vitamin D alone was associated with a progressive and significant loss of bone mineral density at the 1/3 radius -LRB--1.2 %).

After secretion, apolipoprotein E and cholesterol associate with high - density lipoprotein to form a particle that can deliver cholesterol to the liver by receptor - mediated endocytosis.

An analysis using genetics finds that increased low - density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL - C), high - density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL - C), and possibly triglyceride (TG) levels are associated with a lower risk of diabetes, and increased LDL - C and TG levels are associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease, according to a study published online by JAMA Cardiology.

This is because several large mammal species play a vital role in dispersing large - seeded trees associated with high wood density.»

In their paper, «Higgs Seesaw Mechanism as a Source for Dark Energy,» Krauss and Dent explore how a possible small coupling between the Higgs particle, and possible new particles likely to be associated with what is conventionally called the Grand Unified Scale — a scale perhaps 16 orders of magnitude smaller than the size of a proton, at which the three known non-gravitational forces in nature might converge into a single theory — could result in the existence of another background field in nature in addition to the Higgs field, which would contribute an energy density to empty space of precisely the correct scale to correspond to the observed energy density.

The team looked for patterns associated with two COLIA1 alleles, called S and s. Women who had one copy of the s allele had bone density in the thighbone and lower spine that was 2 % less than that of women with no s alleles.

High levels of low - density lipoproteins (LDL — the «bad cholesterol») and triglycerides, a type of blood fat, are associated with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel diseases.

Also, the long list of medical complications associated with anorexia and bulimia — heart problems, reduced bone mineral density, gastrointestinal problems, breakdowns in thyroid or liver function — are just as likely to occur in malnourished teens labeled with ED - NOS.

High - dose vitamin D supplementation in postmenopausal women was not associated with beneficial effects on bone mineral density, muscle function, muscle mass or falls, according to the results of a randomized clinical trial published online by JAMA Internal Medicine.

The carbohydrate moiety associated with this residue, which is recognizable in the cryo - EM electron density, may function as an attachment site of the virus to host cells.

In the second study, researchers examined whether aspirin is associated with breast density, which is a widely accepted risk factor for both estrogen receptor minus (ER --RRB- and estrogen receptor positive (ER +) breast cancers, and can be a key factor in detecting tumors during routine mammograms.

By using CT scans to measure the lung density of patients in the trial, the researchers were able to overcome some of the challenges that have been associated with studying the effectiveness of the treatment.

«This is the first time an experiment has directly linked the disappearance of the density waves and their associated nanoscale crystal distortions with the emergence of universally free - flowing electrons needed for unrestricted superconductivity,» said lead author J.C. Séamus Davis, a senior physicist and Director of DOE's Center for Emergent Superconductivity at Brookhaven Lab and also a professor at both Cornell University and the St. Andrews University in Scotland.

«This is the first direct observation that these two phenomena are linked: The density waves with their associated nanoscale distortions disappear and the electrons in the material change their personality suddenly at a well - defined material composition,» Billinge said.

The pair members are associated with high density regions of galaxies.

Still, she said it is concerning that there is this level of crime associated with marijuana sales, despite the fact that the density of marijuana outlets is much lower compared to that of alcohol outlets.

Using a high - resolution CT scan — think of it as a 3 - D X-ray — their team documented that human hand bones show increased internal density in response to certain types of stress and repetitive motion, particularly that associated with the manufacture and use of stone tools.

Monogamy is associated with low density of females, low levels of home - range overlap, and indirectly, with their diets.

Published in Nature Communications, the study analysed a population of over 6,000 people with varied ancestry across Latin America to identify new genes associated with hair color, greying, density and shape, i.e. straight or curly.

Consumption of dietary energy density (DED) has been associated with weight gain in adults.

The slight loss in bone mineral density associated with HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) antiretroviral use is reversible in young adult patients who stop taking the drugs, according to findings presented by researchers today at the 23rd Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston.

This is because large animals disperse large seeded plant species often associated with large trees and high wood density — which are more effective at capturing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than smaller trees.

«What we show is, if the Higgs exists — which it appears to — it can be a portal to new physics and in principle be associated with a new field, which could give an energy density in the universe that's of the right order of magnitude,» says Krauss.

Increased breast density has been shown to mask cancers on the mammogram as well as to be associated with future risk of breast cancer.

Overall, more than half of women who responded (58 percent) had heard of breast density, 49 percent were aware that breast density affects breast cancer detection and 53 percent knew that breast density is associated with cancer risk.

Increased breast density is associated with a higher risk of breast cancer.

The mice that lost bone density in her experiment had started with more bacteria associated with inflammation, a clue she's following up.

Some people have a variation of that gene, called DRD2 A1, that is associated with a lower density of dopamine receptors in the brain.

«The hope behind something like this capsule is that the surgeon will be able to place it inside the body through an existing incision and leave it in a position where it can be easily grasped and used to map out the stiffness or density of the tissue when needed, much like he or she would palpate it with by hand in open surgery,» said collaborator S. Duke Herrell, associate professor of urologic surgery at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

«The effect is comparable to a 30 per cent fall in low - density lipoprotein cholesterol — commonly referred to as «bad» cholesterol — which is associated with a decreased risk of heart disease.

«ADHD medications associated with diminished bone health in kids: Physicians should address risk, preventative strategies to avoid long - term consequences of low - bone density.»

In California, both NME and pertussis clusters were associated with factors characteristic of high socioeconomic status such as lower population density; lower average family size; lower percentage of racial or ethnic minorities; higher percentage of high school, college, or graduate school graduates; higher median household income; and lower percentage of families in poverty.

They note that the risk variants were also associated with higher triglyceride and lower high - density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels, suggesting a role in insulin resistance.

Scientists have already identified many genetic factors associated with bone mineral density.

One variant was also associated with bone mineral density in the thigh bone at the hip (the «neck» of the femur).

«I was surprised by the magnitude of the effect — the doubling of breast density associated with combination - hormone therapy,» said McTiernan, lead physician of the WHI Clinical Coordinating Center, which is based at Fred Hutchinson.

The researchers also found several other variants associated with bone mineral density in specific areas, including 3 for forearm, 14 for femoral neck, and 19 for lumbar spine.

The team identified variants in a region near the engrailed homeobox ‐ 1 gene (EN1) that were associated with bone mineral density in the lumbar area of the spine.

Finally, recent large - scale human genetic studies have implicated mutations in the NMDAR itself and serine racemase, as well as many genes associated with the postsynaptic density, with increased risk for schizophrenia.

Daily medium exchanges help alleviate cellular stresses associated with pH changes and resource consumption due to the high cell density of the culture.