Sentences with phrase «conducted in a large sample»

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The strengths of the study include the ability to compare outcomes by the woman's planned place of birth at the start of care in labour, the high participation of midwifery units and trusts in England, the large sample size and statistical power to detect clinically important differences in adverse perinatal outcomes, the minimisation of selection bias through achievement of a high response rate and absence of self selection bias due to non-consent, the ability to compare groups that were similar in terms of identified clinical risk (according to current clinical guidelines) and to further increase the comparability of the groups by conducting an additional analysis restricted to women with no complicating conditions identified at the start of care in labour, and the ability to control for several important potential confounders.

At a sample size of 8000, it is one of the largest polls conducted on Europe in Britain this year.

The study was supported by, and conducted in collaboration with Synairgen, a University of Southampton spin - out company, and formed part of U-BIOPRED, a large - scale European project using information and samples from adults and children to learn more about different types of asthma.

«In the future, it will be important to conduct research with larger samples in order to determine whether oxytocin specifically affects sensitivity to infant signals because that is one of the key aspects of parenting,» says Professor Kaija Puura from the University of Tampere and Tampere University HospitaIn the future, it will be important to conduct research with larger samples in order to determine whether oxytocin specifically affects sensitivity to infant signals because that is one of the key aspects of parenting,» says Professor Kaija Puura from the University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospitain order to determine whether oxytocin specifically affects sensitivity to infant signals because that is one of the key aspects of parenting,» says Professor Kaija Puura from the University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital.

The authors caution that their study was conducted in a country with strong social welfare supports and that while the sample overall was large, the number of children with many symptoms of ADHD was relatively small.

Finally, some researchers worry that even though these registries are supposed to reduce the number of animals in biomedical research, their labs may end up using more animals because they feel they need larger sample sizes to conduct more robust research as part of these registries.

In the largest sample size of any methane study performed to date, researchers used infrared technology to conduct an aerial survey of over 8,000 well pads in seven geologic basins to characterize the prevalence of «super emitters»In the largest sample size of any methane study performed to date, researchers used infrared technology to conduct an aerial survey of over 8,000 well pads in seven geologic basins to characterize the prevalence of «super emitters»in seven geologic basins to characterize the prevalence of «super emitters».

«The reason we did this survey is because in 2008, a large survey of the Great Plains was conducted and Texas had 60 - 70 percent of the samples testing positive for wheat streak and 30 percent positive for triticum,» Rush said.

Associa o Alberto Santos Dumont para Apoio Pesquisa (AASDAP) and S rio - Liban s Hospital Field and laboratory work, including initial screening of the volunteers, execution of a nutritional, food habit and health survey, taste psychophysics testing, and collection of body fluid samples is conducted by AASDAP in a 2,000 sq. ft. state - of - the art neuroscience laboratory located in the S rio - Liban s Hospital, the largest private hospital in Brazil.

Methodology This eHarmony study was conducted online within the United States by Harris Interactive in July and August 2009 among 7,994 respondents aged 20 - 54 who were married between January 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009, as well as a larger sample of 136,203 newlywed and non-newlywed respondents aged 20 to 54.

In the 1980s, the distinguished sociologist James Coleman conducted carefully controlled, large - sample research that demonstrated the ineffectiveness of progressive methods in raising general academic achievement and in closing the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged studentIn the 1980s, the distinguished sociologist James Coleman conducted carefully controlled, large - sample research that demonstrated the ineffectiveness of progressive methods in raising general academic achievement and in closing the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged studentin raising general academic achievement and in closing the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged studentin closing the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students.

To examine whether private school - educated adults and public school - educated adults differ in their attitudes toward Jews, we conducted a large survey of a nationally representative sample of more than 1,500 adults in the United States.

Findings are based on interviews with state education officials in all states and surveys of nationally - representative samples of districts, principals, and teachers conducted in 2004 - 05 and 2006 - 07, as well as surveys of parents in eight large urban school districts in those same years.

The largest component of the NFCS, the State - by - State Survey, is conducted across a large, diverse sample in order to provide a comprehensive analysis of the financial capability of the national population as a whole.

Studies showing correlative links between Toxoplasma gondii infection and potential increases in schizophrenia, suicide attempts and poor impulse control have often been conducted on small clinical or convenience samples, rather than large populations.

These are a few of the reasons that mock trials are crucial in setting the stage for voir dire and why it makes good sense to use a sample size large enough to enjoy this benefit when conducting mock trials.

According to the website, it conducted a «large - scale research project», sampling 47,000 people, which provided a profile including things like «key national and local political issues, levels of trust in key politicians, voting behaviours / intentions, and preferred information channels».

Analyses were conducted using public - use data available from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a prospective birth cohort study that follows up a nationally representative sample of children from 20 large cities in the United States.

Second, conducting a large - scale survey with such a large sample does not allow for individual in - depth interviews.

To date, the immediate and lasting positive effects of quality care on language, cognitive development, and school achievement have been confirmed by converging findings from large, reasonably representative longitudinal studies and smaller, randomized trials with long - term follow - ups.1, 2,9 - 13 Contributors to this knowledge base include meta - analytic reviews of interventions and large longitudinal studies conducted in several countries.1, 2,14,15 Comprehensive meta - analyses now establish that effects of early care decline, but do not disappear, and when initial effects are large, long - term effects remain substantial.1, 2 Null findings in cognitive and social domains in a few studies may reasonably be attributed to the limitations inherent to their designs, samples, and measures.

In a large sample of clinically - referred children in practice settings who had depression, anxiety or conduct disorders, a modular approach that allowed clinicians to apply treatment procedures flexibly and in different sequences — including individual CBT for depression or anxiety or parent training for conduct disorders — was associated with steeper trajectories of symptom improvement than standardised CBT or usual care.10 In the case of bipolar disorder, implementing individual, family or multifamily treatment protocols flexibly may lead to greater engagement of parents and children and lower treatment costIn a large sample of clinically - referred children in practice settings who had depression, anxiety or conduct disorders, a modular approach that allowed clinicians to apply treatment procedures flexibly and in different sequences — including individual CBT for depression or anxiety or parent training for conduct disorders — was associated with steeper trajectories of symptom improvement than standardised CBT or usual care.10 In the case of bipolar disorder, implementing individual, family or multifamily treatment protocols flexibly may lead to greater engagement of parents and children and lower treatment costin practice settings who had depression, anxiety or conduct disorders, a modular approach that allowed clinicians to apply treatment procedures flexibly and in different sequences — including individual CBT for depression or anxiety or parent training for conduct disorders — was associated with steeper trajectories of symptom improvement than standardised CBT or usual care.10 In the case of bipolar disorder, implementing individual, family or multifamily treatment protocols flexibly may lead to greater engagement of parents and children and lower treatment costin different sequences — including individual CBT for depression or anxiety or parent training for conduct disorders — was associated with steeper trajectories of symptom improvement than standardised CBT or usual care.10 In the case of bipolar disorder, implementing individual, family or multifamily treatment protocols flexibly may lead to greater engagement of parents and children and lower treatment costIn the case of bipolar disorder, implementing individual, family or multifamily treatment protocols flexibly may lead to greater engagement of parents and children and lower treatment costs.

Still other studies have used large databases to carry out naturalistic studies of possible associations between antidepressant use and suicidality.50 — 53 In the only 1 of these studies that focused exclusively on youth, Valuck et al50 conducted a propensity - adjusted retrospective cohort study to examine links between antidepressant treatment and suicide attempts in depressed adolescents (aged 12 — 18) by using a community sample of managed care enrolleeIn the only 1 of these studies that focused exclusively on youth, Valuck et al50 conducted a propensity - adjusted retrospective cohort study to examine links between antidepressant treatment and suicide attempts in depressed adolescents (aged 12 — 18) by using a community sample of managed care enrolleein depressed adolescents (aged 12 — 18) by using a community sample of managed care enrollees.

We capitalized on the large combined sample size, and on the extensive variability in family and child characteristics in these trials, to test whether five often hypothesized moderators actually impact the effects of Incredible Years on children's conduct problems.

A cross-sectional study was conducted on a large population - based sample in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government in China.

C.M.G. conceptualized the study as a part of her postdoctoral work, conducted the literature review, coded autonomy support in 30 % of the sample for reliability testing, performed all statistical analyses, wrote and revised the manuscript; B.H. helped conceptualize the study as a part of her Master's work, coded autonomy support in the entire sample, and participated in the writing, editing and revising of the manuscript; D.M.S. participated in the conceptualization of the present study, helped with the writing in both the original and revised versions of the paper in her role as supervisor, supervised the data collection and conceptualized, designed and implemented the larger study of which the present study is only a part (the Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project); L.A.S. supervised the data collection and conceptualized, designed and implemented the larger study of which the present study is only a part.

Stallings et al. (2005) have conducted a genome search, using linkage methods, to determine if there is a chromosomal region associated with indices of conduct disorder symptoms and antisocial substance dependence in a large community - based sample of 4,493 adolescents and young adults.

It was conducted with, a large normative Asian sample in a longitudinal manner, and included EEG activity and functional connectivity in relation to pre - and post-natal maternal depressive symptoms.