Sentences with phrase «by examining»

By examining the structure presented in this study, her team will work to determine how the antibodies could be used to kill the virus.

Couldn't we learn more about the bad by studying the good, or at least by examining bad and good behavior in the same context?

By examining varsity college hockey teams winning and losing record, Cornell University researchers discovered that that momentum advantages don't exist.

By examining blood plasma of two - year - olds exposed to the disease, researchers have discovered a new vaccine target: a protein recognized by the immune systems of malaria - resistant children.

The new study, published online January 24 in Psychological Science, teased out the answer by examining 30 years of data on thousands of Americans, including psychological measures of mood and well - being, reports of job and relationship success, and objective measures of health.

For example, forensic entomologist Gail Anderson of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby British Columbia, helped solve a poaching case by examining fresh blowfly eggs laid on twin bear cubs that had been shot and gutted for their gallbladders, a prized ingredient in some Asian medicines.

And thus we can begin to explain the unusual perceptions of GY and John, by examining their particular deficits in terms of our detailed knowledge of the visual areas and their connections and evolutionary origins.

By examining rates of mortality and respiratory - related illnesses on both sides of the river, Greenstone's team identified a difference: life expectancies are lower and pollution concentrations are higher north of the Huai, where coal burning was widespread.

In the meantime, the team is looking for more grains embedded in the collector with the help of Stardust@home, software that lets volunteers identify possible grains by examining images of the material on their home computers, tablets, and cellphones.

They are also of serious interest to forensic scientists, who can estimate the time of death — and thus help solve crimes — by examining the insects that settle on a corpse.

A new method allows researchers to find the internal body temperature of long - dead animals by examining chemical bonds in their teeth or bones.

The method accomplishes this feat by examining white blood cells or leucocytes.

By examining neuroblastoma tumors biopsied from patients, the researchers demonstrate that loss of KIF1B - β is associated with poor prognosis and reduced survival.

Although scientists can learn about past climate by examining ancient lake sediments, in the Sahara the lakes dried up long ago and their sediments have blown away.

«By examining the particles» quantum numbers, we were able to narrow down the possibilities and rule out the molecular hypothesis.»

By examining the correlation between humidity and the role of tone in more than 3700 languages, scientists found that tonal languages are remarkably rare in arid regions like Central Europe, whereas languages with complex tone pitches are prevalent in relatively humid regions such as the tropics, subtropical Asia, and Central Africa.

They discovered the possible role of HAP by examining tissue samples from patients using X-ray diffraction and fluorescent staining chemicals.

By examining an old crevasse along Bayou Lafourche, a precursor of the Mississippi River, the researchers found that mud can build enough land to keep up with sea level rise if the diversion flows into existing vegetated areas protected from marine forces.

Doctors currently gauge the antibiotic susceptibility of an infecting bacterial species by examining it in isolation from other species.

By examining daily rainfall and weekly vegetation data from satellite images and entering the data into migration models, the researchers were amazed at how well they could predict when zebras started migrating and how fast they migrated.

By examining the brains of bees trained to different tasks, the researchers found that the number of connections between nerve cells may hold the answer to questions about individual cognitive differences.

So the Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory (BPL) at UC Santa Barbara decided to take a different approach by examining the motivational systems that induce an animal to seek cocaine in the first place.

By examining information from the United Network for Organ Sharing registry, the researchers identified 12,837 patients ages 18 to 59 years who received first - time liver transplants between 2009 and 2013.

The citizen scientists discovered the planet by examining data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft.

«We believe the issue of gender equity in physics is complex and nuanced,» said Ivie, «It is unwise to try to simplify it by examining whether or not a department has a woman among its faculty.»

Since demand in healthcare products is on the rise, there is a lot of activity in research and development of sensors for checking health and disease by examining the gas components of a person's breath.

Until now, those plaques could be identified only by examining brain samples postmortem.

Indeed, by examining brain tissue and slices from the cocaine - addicted rats at various stages of withdrawal and craving, Wolf and her colleagues discovered that the incubation period and the subsequent spike in craving appeared to correlate with the appearance of atypical AMPA receptors on the surface of neurons in the NAc, which could help explain cocaine craving.

Languages are largely shaped by the unpredictable whims of their speakers, but by examining the forces facing our language, we can speculate about how our descendants might speak.

By examining the quality of the tissue surrounding the cancerous glands, the researchers believe they can determine progression of the disease at the pre-surgical, or biopsy stage.

By examining bits of DNA called microsatellites, which mutate rapidly, Goossens was able to trace individual genetic differences back to a common ancestor and estimate the size of the orangutan population at different times in the past.

We take a small commission if we match a researcher with a provider and they use us to do the transaction — 5 percent for projects under $ 5,000, which is tiny in comparison with what researchers can save by examining prices from multiple providers.

By examining peak ring rocks closely, they hope to test models of crater formation and determine whether the crater itself was one of the first habitats for microbial life after the impact.

«Reduced impact logging still harms biodiversity in tropical rainforests: Study looked at the impact of logging by examining its effect on forest dung beetles.»

In a second, complementary study using data from Dawn's Framing Camera, Nathues and colleagues sought answers to the mystery by examining images and spectra of more than a hundred of the bright spots.

«Just as the architecture of nearby buildings gives insight to their origin and purpose, we can begin to understand the social world by examining the network landscape,» says Jones.

In 2007, an Australian National University Ph.D. candidate named Stephen Munro was studying prehistoric hominin habitats by examining fossil mollusks.

Jerry Schlechter - Helas and colleagues at the University of Freiburg, Germany, identified the chemical by examining female beetles that had just mated.

By examining gene expression patterns, the new study found that parrot brains are structured differently than the brains of songbirds and hummingbirds, which also exhibit vocal learning.

Then the characters deduce, for example, what kinds of food different dinosaurs eat by examining their mouths and teeth.

A machine learning algorithm programmed to identify images of coffee cups might compare photos of random objects against a database of coffee cup pictures; by examining more images, it systematically learns the features to make a positive ID more quickly and accurately.

By examining the brains of these mice, the researchers observed a substantial decrease in inhibitory CA2 neurons, as compared to a control group of normal, healthy mice — a change remarkably similar to that previously observed in postmortem examinations of people with schizophrenia.

New research indicates that this might be achieved by examining changes in the bacterial communities of the mouth that occur after death.

Uzay Kirbiyik conducted a study of risk factors associated with drivers» survival in head - on vehicle collisions by examining Fatality Analysis Reporting System database records in 1,108 crashes.

You may also want to take a step back from your main findings by examining them in subgroups and anticipating reviewers» skepticism by presenting experiments, data analysis, or statistical models that quash errant disbelief.

This study offered insight into delayed ASD diagnosis in black children by examining whether the concerns parents reported to providers about their child's development prior to diagnosis differed based on a parent's race.

Animals judge each other's health, strength, and parental fitness not by subjecting their potential mates to an interview or a series of calibrated examinations, but by examining certain external qualities that are a proxy for fitness.

By examining cores from the bottom of the lake, Cohen and his colleagues reconstructed a decade - by - decade profile of the lake's biological history going back 1,500 years.

Astronomers hope to analyze the atmospheres of these and other super-Earths by examining the starlight filtering through them, perhaps using the James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled for launch in 2013.

Future research could further the understanding of the relationship between food knowledge, classification, and choices by examining mealtime choices and not just stated snack preferences.