Sentences with phrase «better than previous studies»

The work «dissects the phenomena better than previous studies,» showing the anatomy and evolution of the extreme heat events, he adds.

Not exact matches

Indeed, previous studies have shown that women who adjust their level of assertiveness to match that of their negotiating partner during the process, rather than acting overly aggressive or passive throughout, will achieve better results for themselves.

(PS - if you're having a low - energy day and don't feel like hitting the gym after a study session, you might want to know that previous research has also suggested napping for less than an hour helps cement memories as well).

Previous studies of the effect of breastfeeding on morbidity among full - term infants have not always accounted for selection bias that may result if infants who are breastfed are inherently healthier than bottle - fed infants.22 In the current study, the VLBW infants» ability to breastfeed did not reflect better health status as both human milk and infant formula were provided via gavage feeding especially during early enteral feedings.

Previous studies had reported more than $ 50 million in levee repair costs as well as damage solely from the rapid flow of water across the floodway after the detonations, which scoured farmland and left behind thick deposits of unwanted sand.

Scientists at Freie Universität Berlin and the University of Strasbourg (France) have developed a new method for studying the function of ribonucleic acid (RNA) that provides more detailed results, is more cost - effective, as well as easier to work with than previous methods.

Like previous studies, this one found that if participants lied, whether verbally or in a written note, they gave the hygiene products better scores than after telling the truth.

Previous computer algorithms designed to count craters faster and more accurately than humans weren't as good at spotting craters in regions the algorithms hadn't studied in training, says Ari Silburt, an astrophysicist at Penn State.

With several years of postdoctoral study under their belts, today's new science faculty members are, in purely scientific terms, better trained than any previous generation of newly independent scientists.

During the following season (2013 - 2014), when H1N1 viruses dominated and the standard - dose vaccine had better effectiveness than the previous season, the high - dose vaccine was not significantly better at preventing deaths among the Medicare patients studied.

This is more than double previous estimates and, if correct, places the Alamo crater as one of the largest marine impacts in the last 550 million years, conservatively larger than the well - studied Chesapeake Bay impact crater (about 35 million years old) on the eastern shore of North America.

«If women want to consider having acupuncture for hot flushes, they should know that although previous studies show it is better than doing nothing, our study demonstrates that needling does not appear to make a difference.»

«What we did in this paper is engineer our sensor to be about 15 times better than a previous version, and then compared it against a blood biomarker in a mouse model of ovarian cancer to show that we could beat it,» says Sangeeta Bhatia, the John and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, a member of MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, and the senior author of the study.

The main claim of the study is that the exhibited performance is better than previous spelling BCI studies with disabled patients.

Unfortunately, in reporting new scientific studies a common fallacy is to implicitly assume a new study is automatically «better» than previous work and supersedes this.

The Next Generation Science Standards do a better job overall of covering genetics than most previous state standards, but are missing some key content, according to a new study by science education specialists at the American Society of Human Genetics.

From their previous studies, the researchers knew that some foods worked better than others to neutralize garlic breath, and they theorized that two separate factors are responsible: Phenolic compounds, which are antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables; and enzymes, which are proteins that help speed up chemical reactions.

Thanks to a previous study, the scientists already knew that replacing the traditional three big meals per day with 6 smaller meals worked better for shedding fat and building muscle, so now they wanted to find out whether 6 solid meals per day provided better results in terms of body composition and physical performance than 3 solid meals and 3 protein shakes per day.

Also, their previous studies have found that a moderately low - carbohydrate diet that includes healthy sources of fat and protein — such as olive oil, nuts, poultry, fish, whole grains and legumes — can better lower the risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease than low - fat, high - carb diets.

The study good dating profile words men increasingly looking for ambitious women, while women are much more likely to be seeking intelligent men than in previous years.

Quality Preschool Benefits Poor and Affluent Kids, Study Finds NBC News, March 28, 2013 «While most previous studies had focused only on kids from underprivileged backgrounds, in the new study Harvard researchers found that regardless of family income children who got a year of quality prekindergarten did better in reading and math than kids who spent the year in daycare, with relatives, or in some other kind of preschool, according to the report which was published in Child Development.&rStudy Finds NBC News, March 28, 2013 «While most previous studies had focused only on kids from underprivileged backgrounds, in the new study Harvard researchers found that regardless of family income children who got a year of quality prekindergarten did better in reading and math than kids who spent the year in daycare, with relatives, or in some other kind of preschool, according to the report which was published in Child Development.&rstudy Harvard researchers found that regardless of family income children who got a year of quality prekindergarten did better in reading and math than kids who spent the year in daycare, with relatives, or in some other kind of preschool, according to the report which was published in Child Development.»

They cited a 2011 U.S. Department of Commerce study, «STEM: Good Jobs Now and For the Future,» that said jobs in the STEM fields grew three times faster than other jobs over the previous 10 years.

In updating its 2009 national study on charter schools, Stanford's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) reaches the same conclusion it did in its previous study: The vast majority of charter schools in the United States are no better than public schools.

The studies show that PARCC is a high quality assessment, aligns to state learning standards, predicts college readiness, compares well to NAEP performance, is endorsed by the country's top educators, and gives students with disabilities and English learners more tools and access to the test than previous tests.

Industrial Agriculture's Negative Effects The report didn't go into wider - ranging effects of the industrial agriculture dominant in the US, such as loss of biodiversity, fertilizer run - off, etc. (and whether industrial agriculture is really the best method of raising food, the UN doesn't think so, and I suppose that's all a bit beyond the research brief here) but at least corn ethanol fares a bit better in this study than in previous estimates.

Don't forget to consider issues such as how you are going to fund your study and where you're going to live early on — due to the popularity of postgraduate qualifications the loan approval process now takes longer than in previous years, so apply in good time to guarantee secure finance.

Well, reference letters are written by previous employers, neighbors or teachers (depending on specific situations), and who knows an individual better than the people with whom he or she has worked, lived or studied?

There is growing evidence for online mindfulness courses being as effective as other face - to - face interventions and online courses for stress even without a therapeutic alliance.37 — 40 Previously found Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) effect sizes are comparable to those found with face - to - face mindfulness and CBT interventions, including our previous research examining the course currently under investigation.40 — 42 One RCT found that an automated internet - based therapy including CBT and mindfulness actually had better outcomes for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) than the comparative online therapist - led intervention, suggesting that the effects of internet interventions can not be attributed to, and do not rely on, therapist interaction.43 Studies are finding that online mindfulness courses can be beneficial for depression in samples with IBS and epilepsy and anxiety symptoms in a non-clinical sample comparing a 3 - week mindfulness course with positive psychology interventions and treatment as usual (see Monshat38 for a review).

This finding is consistent with the results of other studies, 34 and many service providers are trying to find ways to encourage fathers to attend parenting programmes.35 Reports of difficulty sustaining behaviour change over time and the desire for further support have also been reported previously.9, 33 Continuing support to the group from both volunteers and professionals has been proposed as well as flexible, open access, non-structured sources of support.37 Previous studies have also suggested that 30 — 50 % of families who take part in parenting programmes are likely to show no benefit because of other events in their lives, and may therefore need more than a single intervention.36

A study done in 1987 by Furstenberg, Morgan, and Allison, 55 found that children who had not seen their father in 5 years did significantly better than those who had spent 1 through 13 days with their father in the previous year.

This is consistent with previous studies reporting good general knowledge but lack of awareness about specific risks for an unborn child and specific benefits of quitting.11, 25 Attitudes regarding smoking and the health of the woman's baby, however, contradicted the apparent level of knowledge — significantly more smokers than non-smokers believed that «if you are exposed to a lot of smoke from other people you might as well keep smoking yourself».

Basically, their study suggests that contrary to previous research that has found self - control to be a resource that can be depleted and then needs to be replenished through food, beverage, or other means, in fact, having a growth mindset about your capacity for self - control is really the best way to keep your willpower at a high - level (I believe that's an accurate summary, but am more than willing to be told otherwise).

This sample reported lower conflict and higher cohesion than previous studies with nonclinical, healthy samples, suggesting that the families in this study were doing remarkably well prior to transitioning to the pump.