Sentences with phrase «by previous studies focusing»

That's about 2000 years earlier than suggested by previous studies focusing on a different, more selective set of genes known as the exome, but it's in line with recent archaeological findings that point to distinctly Tibetan permanent settlements appearing between 3600 and 5200 years ago, Yang says.

Not exact matches

«While previous studies at McLean and elsewhere have focused on the behavioral symptoms produced by such immune activation, this study goes deeper, going to the cellular level to show how the brain's neural circuits are affected.»

They show that large - scale alloys behave differently than found by previous studies, which focused on samples of the order of thousands of atoms.

Coss, who taught drawing classes early in his academic career and whose previous research focused on art and human evolution, used photos and film to study the strokes of charcoal drawings and engravings of animals made by human artists 28,000 to 32,000 years ago in the Chauvet - Pont - d'Arc Cave in southern France.

Previous research has tested how well radiation - exposed rats do with basic learning tasks and mazes, but this new Johns Hopkins study focused on tests that closely mimic the self - tests of fitness for duty currently used by astronauts on the International Space Station prior to mission - critical events such as space walks.

The study involved participants of European descent exclusively, but co-author Roy Perlis, a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital, notes it's standard method to focus on one group as a starting point, since previous research shows genetic markers can vary by ethnicity.

Many previous studies have focussed on the urban nesting grounds and the gulls» behaviour around landfill refuse sites, but this is one of the first large - scale studies to investigate the use of cities by gulls in traditional breeding colonies and their contribution to these «nuisance events».

«This study, led by my graduate student, Tamara Rosen, clarifies and focuses inconsistencies in previous research on the unique way error processing manifests and can impact anxiety symptoms in individuals with ASD,» said senior author Dr. Matthew Lerner, of Stony Brook University.

Previous studies have focused on understanding the behavior of individual terrorists (as people) rather than studying the different attacks by modeling their relationship with each other.

(Photo by Antonio Matas) Previous years of tomato research has focused on the ripening stages, but a study led by Cornell aims to identify the genes in the fruit that spur development, research that could improve cultivation in drought conditions.

Focus on one word family each session, but find ways to revisit learning from previous sessions by starting a word family bulletin board or creating a book of all the word families they've studied to date.

He has always applauded the Museum's commitment to the collecting and study of prints, an area of focus cultivated by previous directors Katharine Watson and Katy Kline, and continued by Kevin Salatino, current director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art and former curator of prints and drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Many previous studies have measured concentrations of carbon in the soil from organic sources, and here Papanicolaou et al. contribute new results that account for the uneven slope of the ground, focusing on land that is constantly disturbed by human activities.

But Muller's study made waves in the media because he had been a prominent climate - change skeptic, partly funded by a foundation linked to global - warming deniers, and his research focused on skeptics» objections to previous studies of warming.

Previous studies on the modification of precipitation trends by quantile mapping have focused on mean quantities, with less attention paid to extremes.

This study differs from previous treatments of abrupt changes by focusing on abrupt climate changes and also abrupt climate impacts that have the potential to severely affect the physical climate system, natural systems, or human systems, often affecting multiple interconnected areas of concern.

Advances in prevention in public health2 provide a model for prevention of adolescent health - risk behaviors by focusing on risk and protective factors predictive of these behaviors.3, 4 Research on the predictors of school failure, delinquency, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, and violence indicates that many of the same factors predict these different outcomes.5, 6 Recent research has shown that bonding to school and family protects against a broad range of health - risk behaviors in adoles cence.6 Yet, prevention studies typically have focused narrowly on a specific outcome, such as preventing substance abuse, and on attitudes and social influences that predict that outcome.7, 8 Previous studies on prevention have not sought to address the shared risk and protective factors for diverse health - risk behaviors that are the main threats to adolescent health.

A previous study also reported that healthcare workers in an emergency department were victims of direct workplace violence because they reported re-experiencing the violent event, followed by hyper - arousal and avoidance.28 Laposa and Alden reported that re-experiencing an incident of physical violence was significantly and negatively associated with emergency department workers» ability to accomplish their work.28 It is possible that the prevalence of symptoms of hyper - arousal and avoidance was not higher due to the distinctive characteristics of the healthcare workers» jobs and the hospital's culture, which required them to be able to shift their focus quickly and constantly.

Comparisons of our prevalence rates with those from previous studies are hampered by the fact that there exist few Nordic, population - based studies focusing on men's self - reported exposure to IPV.

Previous applications of the FDP were child - focused with family drawings done by the target child separated from the family; however, in the present study the drawing task was modified in two ways: (1) families were instructed that everyone was allowed to contribute to the drawing, and (2) the family needed to discuss and agree on which colour and one - word descriptor would be used to describe each family member.

Several previous studies have addressed psychological need satisfaction in children and adolescents by focusing on specific settings, such as the school and the family environment.

In this study, we extend previous work, that has used the ALSPAC sample, to examine parental alcohol use in the antenatal period e.g., [6,7,21 — 23] by focusing on the association between parental alcohol use during childhood and longitudinal trajectories of youth mental health problems.

Finally, it should be noted that although most previous research on victimization has had a specific focus on peer victimization, this study makes no distinction between victimization by peers and others.

Moreover, in contrast to a previous report on the present sample (Asscher et al. 2008) which focused on short - term effects (by comparing pre - and posttest scores), in the present study we extend prior research by examining program effects on long term growth in maternal sense of competence, maternal parenting behavior, and child problem behavior over a period of 12 months.

In 2005, mortgage lenders spent $ 3.6 billion on technology, an increase of 8 % over the previous year, according to a study by Mortech, a Guilford, Conn. - based research firm that focuses on the mortgage industry's use of technology.