Sentences with phrase «difference from the earlier study»

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He continued, «Studies performed in later pregnancy beyond the first trimester have shown a slight sex difference in the main level of this hormone, so that female pregnancies tend to have a slightly higher level of this hormone, and we speculated... that if the same sex difference in this hormone level exists in the early part of the pregnancy, and if this hormone is truly related to the occurrence of morning sickness, then we would perhaps expect an altered sex ratio among women suffering from severe nausea.»

Published early online in CANCER, a peer - reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study also revealed significant racial differences in the risk of dying from cervical cancer.

Carol Ward at the University of Missouri in Columbia points out that there are too many differences between chimps and early hominins to draw firm conclusions about early human behaviour from chimp studies.

The differences between the results from this new UC Berkeley research and the earlier working paper may be due to when and how stores were sampled in the two studies, Falbe said.

The new data «complete the half of the picture that's been missing» from earlier studies of mitochondrial DNA differences along the southern Atlantic coast of the United States, says Brian Bowen of the University of Florida.

And the results of the P - curves suggested that about 95 percent of the recent studies and those from a decade earlier had a large enough effect size, or the size of the difference in the effect being studied.

Starting from a similar baseline, the researchers found no noticeable differences in mortality between early and late adopters for conditions targeted by the program or for conditions not targeted by the program over the study period.

IN THE BEGINNING Early embryos (a four - cell embryo shown) from mice and humans look the same on the outside, but gene activity studies show some big differences under the hood.

Building on earlier studies, the researchers collected feathers and blood samples from trapped birds and found no discernible difference in lead levels before and after the ban.

It is not the first study to conclude that natural selection is operating on humans today; the difference is that much of the earlier work has drawn that conclusion from geographic differences in gene frequencies, rather than from direct measurements of reproductive success.

NASA has released early results from its unprecedented Twin Study, which probes the genetic differences between astronaut Scott Kelly and his identical twin Mark.

Earlier researchers have suggested Neanderthal fossil remains indicate differences from region to region and this study, conducted by researchers from CNRS in France, working with the mitochondrial DNA of 12 Neanderthals, ``... confirms the presence of three separate sub-groups and suggests the existence of a fourth group in western Asia.

To build upon the encouraging early discoveries, Helmsley renewed and expanded its Crohn's funding for the Institute in 2013 to begin new work with three major aims: 1) continue studies of individual genes to determine how genetic differences between Crohn's patients and healthy individuals contribute to the disease; 2) evaluate promising small molecules in disease - relevant studies and prioritize insights from genetics to help develop novel therapeutics; and 3) begin basic experimentation in animal models with Crohn's disease to provide the data necessary to begin testing new therapies in humans.

«It is clear from these findings and the MET project's earlier study of classroom observation instruments that classroom observations are not discerning large absolute differences in practice,» the authors wrote.

First, we know from earlier studies that student attainment levels - high school graduation or enrollment in post-secondary education - may be higher among voucher users even when test score differences between them and their public school counterparts are nonexistent.

In the group of dogs born in 2001, there was no statistical difference in the intensity of heart murmurs between females and males, but in the group of dogs born 2003, and for all dogs, male dogs with heart murmurs had murmurs of greater intensity than females with heart murmurs: this result was in agreement with findings from earlier studies [10].

The observed differences between their study and our assessment can further result from variations in the base data employed: Jongman et al. [73] used a finer resolution SRTM grid at 3 arc sec resolution but coarser resolution population density data at 5 arc min resolution and, as mentioned earlier, an older version of the UN's demographic data.

Yet, students need to become aware of the transactional / problem solving / preventive8 approach to lawyering and its differences from a dispute resolution approach early in their law study.

At Southwestern, we have also developed a variety of initiatives.21 One is a vehicle for me as dean to teach first - year students at the beginning and end of their six - credit legal writing course entitled LAWS (Legal Research, Analysis, Writing, and Skills).22 At the beginning, I present data from the After the J.D. study, which is a longitudinal study following close to 5,000 lawyers admitted to the bar in the year 2000.23 The project is headquartered at the American Bar Foundation and involves the NALP Foundation among others.24 We have data from three years and seven years and will soon collect a third wave of data.25 I do a PowerPoint presentation that shows our students what difference it makes in early careers where one attends law school; what city or region one chooses to begin the career; what law school grades are received; gender, race and ethnicity effects; earnings in various settings; and the job satisfaction of people in different positions.

McCrae's and Costa's early landmark findings from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging showed that individual differences in personality traits are stable over time and predictive of important life outcomes such as health and coping, leading to a strong resurgence of the entire field of personality psychology in the 1980s and the establishment of the five - factor model as the dominant paradigm for personality.

Her developmental studies have traced temperament from infancy into adulthood, linking early manifestations of individual differences to the familiar traits of adults.

This result was different from the findings reported in earlier studies that women are more likely to develop PTSD symptoms.6 17 19 This finding might be attributed to gender differences in responses to different traumatic events and in social networks.60 61 This phenomenon also might be attributable to the fact that the injuries sustained by the men after experiencing physical violence were more severe than those of the women.

A decomposition methodology examined the contribution from different sources in explaining the SES gradient in early cognitive outcomes.34 Similar to the methodology used in the UK Millennium Cohort Study, we focus on the quintile 1 — quintile 5 (Q1 — Q5) and quintile 1 — quintile 3 (Q1 — Q3) gaps and calculate the percentile points and the percentage of the raw gaps explained by each candidate explanatory factor and each domain of factors.2 This was done by taking the product of the mean gap in each explanatory factor (mean difference between Q1 — Q5 and Q1 — Q3) by the β coefficients from linear regression models that predict reading and math ability from SES and all candidate explanatory factors.

To examine cross-cultural differences in behavior upon witnessing peer victimization and the reasons behind the behavior, this study evaluated the responses of early adolescents from both the United States and Taiwan.

Abstract: To examine cross-cultural differences in behavior upon witnessing peer victimization and the reasons behind the behavior, this study evaluated the responses of early adolescents from both the United States and Taiwan.

The objectives of the present study were (a) to investigate whether clique isolation from age 11 to 13 years is a social risk factor for subsequent depressive symptoms in early adolescence; (b) to test the potential role of loneliness and perceived social acceptance as cognitive and emotional constructs underlying the link between clique isolation and depressive symptoms; and (c) to explore possible sex differences in the association between clique isolation and depressive symptoms.

This study examined gender differences in cross-gender violence perpetration and victimization (ranging from mild, e.g., push, to severe, e.g., assault with a knife or gun) and attitudes toward dating conflict, among an urban sample of 601 early adolescents (78 % African - American).

With longitudinal data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (n = 1,298), first - difference models reveal that family structure transitions are associated with changes in the type and quantity of early care as well as the number of care arrangements used, especially during the latter part of infEarly Child Care and Youth Development (n = 1,298), first - difference models reveal that family structure transitions are associated with changes in the type and quantity of early care as well as the number of care arrangements used, especially during the latter part of infearly care as well as the number of care arrangements used, especially during the latter part of infancy.