Sentences with phrase «conduct sensitivity studies»

«We showed that the model accurately represents what we measured in cities, so now we can use it to conduct sensitivity studies, where only a single variable — the percentage of the city covered by impervious versus pervious materials — changes,» he said.

This is not the typical way of conducting a sensitivity study since the reanalysis models are multivariate spectral models (not grid point / lat / lon) and the radius of influence of data is not limited to individual grid cells.

Not exact matches

As of March 2013, no large scale studies of concussed athletes to assess the SCAT2's sensitivity and specificity to concussion have been conducted.

When the SCAT2 was issued, superseding the original SCAT published in 2005, the authors recommended continued reliance on the SAC until prospective studies could be conducted to assess the SCAT2's sensitivity (how good the test is in identifying athletes with concussion; for example, a test which is very sensitive will have few false negatives, rarely missing those later found to have concussion) and specificity (a test with high specificity will have few false positives, rarely mis - classifying people without concussion as having concussion).

For one study that was conducted in China (Wu 2014), data were not presented in the paper or available in the WHO Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child Feeding and so were therefore excluded from the sensitivity analysis.

It would also be interesting to repeat the study on younger participants and conduct sensitivity analyses as well as measurements of other health parameters, such as blood pressure.»

While the study conducts a sensitivity analysis that includes one scenario with higher levels of production subsidies, the fact that the model's outputs seem to barely register a tripling of production subsidies raises some questions, especially in light of the findings of the other recent U.S. study led by the Stockholm Environment Institute and EarthTrack described above.

One study reported that a 2 - hour HIIT routine conducted each day over a 2 - week period provided improvements in insulin sensitivity among several overweight women and men.

The study was conducted with 37 people who believed they had non-celiac gluten sensitivity and found that most of them had no reaction to pure gluten when they didn't know they were eating it.

Clinical Outcomes of a Diagnostic and Treatment Protocol in Allergy / sensitivity Patients Alternative Medicine Review 2001 (Apr); 6 (2): 188 — 202 ~ FULL TEXT This level II outcome study was conducted to examine the efficacy and toxicity of a diagnostic and treatment protocol using electrodermal screening (EDS) in allergy / sensitivity patients.

In this study, we conduct sensitivity experiments to isolate the role of sea ice thickness on the atmospheric circulation.

In addition, little knowledge is available on the effect of parenting support programmes delivered to immigrant parents.24 The few studies available have mostly shown little or no improvement in the mental health of immigrant parents25 26 or even poorer outcomes for immigrant families27 and families with low socioeconomic status.28 Scarcity of studies in this area may simply because few immigrant parents participate in such programmes.24 Several studies have reported difficulties in recruiting and retaining immigrant parents in parenting support programmes.29 30 Factors such as belonging to an ethnic minority, low socioeconomic status, practical aspects or experienced alienation and discrimination all contribute to low participation.28 31 Other studies have demonstrated that low participation and a high dropout rate of immigrant parents are associated with a lack of cultural sensitivity in the intervention, poor information about the parenting programme and lack of trust towards professionals.24 A qualitative study conducted with Somali - born parents in Sweden showed that Somali parents experienced many societal challenges in the new country and in their parenting behaviours.

Across the 13 studies, sensitivity (the proportion of individuals with later antisocial behaviour or conduct disorder who had externalising behaviour earlier) ranged from 28 % to 100 % (15 estimates) with almost two thirds of the estimates ≤ 50 %.

A sensitivity analysis was conducted in which the one study that did not apply the Mental Developmental Index was removed, 47 and the analysis found that the effect size decreased (d = 0.03) but remained insignificant (95 % CI − 0.12 to 0.21).

When indication of high heterogeneity (I2 > 75 %) was found, sensitivity analyses were conducted, removing one study at a time in order to identify a potential source of heterogeneity.

According to a meta - analysis of 75 studies conducted on caregiver - infant attachment with more than 4,500 caregiver - child dyads, behavior - based, reciprocal, and mutually reinforcing interactions that promoted caregiver sensitivity and responsiveness were most likely to change caregiver behavior and influence attachment patterns (Dunst & Kassow, 2008).

Results from a longitudinal study conducted in Israel have indicated that infants» experiences with very low - quality centre care was associated with increased rates of insecure infant — mother attachment, 12 regardless of the sensitivity of the mothers» caregiving.

If there is insufficient information to control for clustering, we will enter outcome data into RevMan using individuals as the units of analysis, and then conduct a sensitivity analysis excluding such studies (Sensitivity analysis), to assess the potential biasing effects of inadequately controlled clustered trials (Dosensitivity analysis excluding such studies (Sensitivity analysis), to assess the potential biasing effects of inadequately controlled clustered trials (DoSensitivity analysis), to assess the potential biasing effects of inadequately controlled clustered trials (Donner 2001).

The addition of 12 new studies to this review enabled the conduct of meta - analyses of a range of physical (for example, weight, length, head circumference, mid-thigh or leg circumference, salivary cortisol, sleep duration, mean increase in 24 - hour sleep, crying or fussing time, bilirubin), mental (for example, parental stress, infant attachment, parent - infant interaction etc) and developmental (for example, temperament; physical and mental development) outcomes, of which very few achieved statistical significance, or statistical significance was lost at follow - up or following sensitivity analyses.

Sensitivity analyses showed that all of the significant results for both physical and mental / developmental outcomes were lost once studies that were conducted in the East or that were categorised as being at high risk of bias, had been excluded, and at follow - up.

The number of studies and differences in outcomes necessitated that we make a number of post-hoc decisions to investigate clinical heterogeneity following meta - analyses by conducting sensitivity analyses based on risk of bias and study geographical location (East versus West).

For the analysis of early influences on the representation of close relationships, data on child attachment and exploratory strategies, maternal and paternal sensitivity and support were aggregated for the periods of infancy (birth to age three), childhood (five to 10) and adolescence (16 to 18).19 In addition, we conducted various studies in other cultures, 20 adding to the long tradition of cross-cultural research on attachment.21

In a meta - analysis of 70 published studies (including 9,957 children and parents, and a core set of 51 randomized controlled trials with 6,282 mothers and children), Bakermans - Kranenburg, van IJzendoorn & Juffer8 demonstrated that the most effective attachment - based interventions to improve parent sensitivity (d = 0.33, p <.001) and promote secure infant - caregiver attachment (d = 0.20, p <.001) included the following characteristics: (1) a clear and exclusive focus on behavioural training for parent sensitivity rather than a focus on sensitivity plus support, or a focus on sensitivity plus support plus internal representations (e.g. individual therapy); (2) the use of video feedback; (3) fewer than five sessions (fewer than five sessions were as effective as five to 16 sessions, and 16 sessions or more were least effective); (4) a later start, i.e. after the infant is six months or older (rather than during pregnancy or before age six months); and (5) conducted by non-professionals.

Bakermans - Kranenburg et al. (2003) conducted a meta - analysis of 80 studies to test the effectiveness of various types of interventions for enhancing maternal sensitivity.