Sentences with phrase «determined number of researchers»

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The capacities that develop in the earliest years may be harder to measure on tests of kindergarten readiness than abilities like number and letter recognition, but they are precisely the skills, closely related to executive functions, that researchers have recently determined to be so valuable in kindergarten and beyond: the ability to focus on a single activity for an extended period, the ability to understand and follow directions, the ability to cope with disappointment and frustration, the ability to interact capably with other students.

After determining the proper dosage of tamoxifen — an early trial resulted in a number of mouse deaths due to overactivation of Mecp2 — researchers settled on a four - week regimen of ramping up the gene's function.

The researchers identified a number of factors that determine the length of time a young gene remains in a population.

The researchers now are studying some of the master genes to determine whether modifying them also causes changes in large numbers of other genes.

The researchers used data from 1983 to 1985, the three years immediately preceding the PSA screening test, to determine the rate of metastatic prostate cancer cases without screening and used the rate to extrapolate the number of cases in 2008, the latest year for which data are available.

Next, the researchers estimated the cost of prescription and over-the-counter medications, time off work, visits to doctor offices and emergency departments and hospitalizations associated with the number of mild, moderate and severe cases of illness they determined were caused by recreation on natural bodies of water.

Researchers have found that just five strains are overwhelmingly the culprits in more than 3000 samples of resistant S. aureus collected from patients around the world; the small number suggests that relatively few strains can easily develop resistance to antibiotics, allowing scientists to focus on these few and determine what makes them so virulent.

The researchers used an experimental technique — «droplet digital polymerase chain reaction» — to determine the number of copies of the genes that appear in these series.

Through their analysis, the researchers determined the genetic alterations found in both the primary tumors and the metastases frequently were a type of genetic abnormality called a copy number alteration, which is when sections of DNA are repeated (i.e. duplicated).

The researchers expect that the device may also be used in future to determine the degree of inflammation, which they hope to be able to show after a number of improvements have been made that are currently in the pipeline.

The researchers determined that there was an inverse relationship between the number of people watching a baseball game, based on Neilsen television ratings, and how busy the ER was.

Researchers have struggled to understand what determines the distribution of microbial species across space and time — the effort is severely hindered by the sheer number of microbial species and the complexity of their communities.

One step further along, the researchers also determined the molecular architecture of the final double - ring structure left behind after the ORC leaves the system, offering a number of key biological insights.

The researchers discovered that the Activin pathway controls the ability of cocaine to induce this change in the neurons and determined that the Activin receptor may control this response to cocaine by regulating the expression of a number of genes.

In this study, researchers assessed the outcomes of 280 prostate cancer (Cap) patients, and reviewed the DNA «fingerprints» of each patient's tumor (using the patient's initial diagnostic core biopsy) to determine if gene copy number alterations (CNAs), or breaks in CFSs, were related to a less positive response to treatment.

Researchers determined the whales» current population numbers by comparing photographic shots of humpbacks in their North Pacific feeding grounds (around the Pacific Rim from California to Kamchatka) to images taken of the whales in their southern, tropical breeding areas — some as far as 3000 miles away.

The researchers are monitoring the usage of the desks to determine the number of movement changes during the day.

Using it with the 3D analysis algorithms allowed the researchers to determine the number, size and orientation of metallic flakes within the paint samples.

The researchers were able to determine the minimum number of auxiliary neurons required to guarantee a particular convergence speed and the maximum convergence speed possible given a particular number of auxiliary neurons.

Information about the number of people at risk from flooding can be used to determine how large the social and economic impact of these events will be, said Marta Marcos, a researcher at the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies in Spain, who was not involved in the new study.

In a study led by the University of Leeds and published today in the journal Nature, researchers detail a way of altering the quantum interactions of matter in order to «fiddle the numbers» in a mathematical equation that determines whether elements are magnetic, called the Stoner Criterion.

The researchers determined that, despite the substantial reduction in fish - mediated nutrients, fishing didn't substantially reduce the number of fish species present.

Researchers from UCL and Swansea have been investigating the results of autopsies from a small number of retired professional footballers with dementia in an effort to determine whether their brains showed distinct damage compared to other typical dementia patients.

With the new data, the researchers were able to see a greater number of these faults and estimate the shortening across broad sections of Mercury's surface, and determine the decrease in the planet's radius.

Researchers have determined that a gene present in mouse cells limits the number of times that a cell can divide.

A Penn State College of Medicine researcher has received a three - year, $ 1.7 million grant to help determine if the number of unintended pregnancies can be reduced through reproductive life planning.

The researchers are now working on scaling up the number of electrodes so they can record from multiple neurons at a time, potentially allowing them to determine how different parts of the brain are connected.

To determine whether the Zika virus caused this, a number of independent teams of researchers — including two in Brazil and one at the University of California, San Diego — created brain organoids from healthy human cells and infected some of them with the Zika virus.

But before the ITER tokamak is built, researchers need to determine an efficient way of fitting all of these tools into a limited number of shielded ports that will protect the delicate diagnostic hardware and other parts of the machine from neutron flux and intense heat.

After adjusting for variables which could impact the outcomes, such as age, sex, intensity of depression, and other conditions in addition to use of other medicines, the researchers determined that SSRIs and medications in the group of other medications for depression were linked to a greater risk of a number of adverse outcomes in contrast to TCAs.

At the same time, the researchers determined the concentration of a number of inflammatory factors in the blood of the study participants.

The researchers found that «1) ingestion of a large number of calories at one time (binge eating) impacts metabolic parameters even when total calories and macronutrients are appropriate for weight; 2) the timing of energy intake is an independent determinant of the diurnal rhythm of leptin secretion, indicating a relatively acute affect of energy balance on leptin dynamics; 3) the mechanism of exaggerated insulin secretion after a binge meal remains to be determined, but may be related to the altered diurnal pattern of leptin secretion; and 4) as most binge eating episodes in the population are associated with the ingestion of excess calories, it is hypothesized that binge eating behavior is associated with even greater metabolic dysfunction than that described herein.»

In a new study, researchers find that seniority - based layoff policies — the norm in public schools — lead to higher numbers of teacher layoffs than would be necessary if administrators were allowed to make effectiveness the determining factor in issuing layoff notices, rather than length of service.

University of Washington researchers use state test scores, rates of free and reduced lunch, and the number of AP classes that students enroll in to determine the general level of school achievement for comparison.

Tough gathers scientific results and personal observations from a number of estimable sources among researchers and practitioners, all supporting the idea that what really determines success is character and perseverance rather than raw intelligence and book learning.

By comparing the number of students in 12th grade with the number of students in 9th grade, researchers determined the «promoting power» of schools as a way to study high school compensation rates.

To determine the population impact of trap and remove (culling) efforts on two open population sites in Tasmania, researchers used wildlife cameras and cat counts to track the number of cats at each site.

I got money to research this, and gave it to Jim Cullor, a good researcher; I asked him to do a study to determine the numbers and kinds of bacteria that could be cultured from kibble.

The Texas researchers noted, «It can not be stated definitively that the total number of cats on campus has decreased because the study was not designed to determine this.»

Ultimately, researchers determined carnivores don't necessarily have more neurons than their prey and that brain size does not correlate with the number of neurons.

In the study, researchers were trying to determine the relationship between brain size and the number of neurons a species has, and to confirm the hypothesis that carnivores have more neurons than the herbivores that they prey upon.

Researchers who looked at both NASA satellite images and sophisticated imaging that looks at currents and light in the ocean to determine phytoplankton numbers, have determined that since 1998, some of the food - chain building blocks and carbon storers have declined.

By counting the number of scales left behind at various levels of the sediment cores, the researchers determined how much sunlight reached the bottom of the pond in a given year, allowing them to estimate the pond's water depth, clarity and chemistry over time.

Researchers can study large numbers of documents by implementing well - constructed codes, careful protocols, and multiple coders or automated coding tools.93 Researchers determine the relevant «unit of analysis» 94 depending on the research question.

Cyber security researchers have determined that the country's Lazarus Group has been behind a number of bank and crypto exchange hacks in recent months.

Most measures had no evidence that they had undergone any sort of psychometric evaluation although a small number of researchers had attempted to evaluate some measurement properties but used dubious methods or the property being assessed fell below suitable quality thresholds as determined by Terwee et al. 12 In addition, some authors referenced that their measure had established psychometric properties but then modified the scale or used it with a completely different population without re-examining the properties in the revised scale.

The researchers compared their tally of fraudulent postings with the number of ads flagged as «suspicious» by Craigslist, finding that the site caught only 47 percent of those determined to be fake.