Sentences with phrase «explained by the association»

The protective effect of the latter was mostly explained by the association with green leafy vegetables.

As explained by the Association of American Publishers, the large January sales and huge February sales were a result of post-Xmas e-book buying:

Not exact matches

Any millennial who's ever undertaken the nail - biting chore of explaining technology to an elderly relative may soon sing the praises of a brand new tablet developed by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).

«The big boxes actually enlarge the size of the pie by drawing customers to a neighborhood,» explains Gary Donnelly, president of the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association.

The OSC, for example, told the Canadian Bar Association's magazine National that it will assess the «comply or explain» effectiveness by the end of 2017.

The North Carolina Secular Association's website explains that it chose the Pledge for its campaign because the phrase «one nation under God» was inserted into it in 1954, provoked by the Cold War.

«A beloved holiday tradition started by the White House Historical Association in 1981, the ornaments chronologically honor a different president or special White House event each year,» the hotel explains.

This is an abstract of an observational study that can establish only association but does not prove causality; this is confirmed by the authors themselves in the press release when they state ``... so we can not say that low kilojoule beverage cause these problems... there may be other factors about people who drink more diet drinks that could explain the connection.»

Paulsson explained that it was worrying to see the campaign's efforts sabotaged by some members of the farmers» association, who chose not to respect the majority decision and instead serve «the worst possible junk food» to students at the school.

Brendan Rodgers intends to «fight his corner» after being asked by the Football Association to explain his comments about the referee Lee Mason follow -LRB-...)

By the way, this idea that advice to eat less red meat is some sort of conspiracy relating to politics is rather laughable since, as Marion Nestle brilliantly explains in Food Politics, the national beef association threw a major hissy fit when Dietary Guidelines originally urged the public to simply «consume less red meat».

These master's level health - care professionals take a holistic approach to a client's physical well - being, explains the American Occupational Therapy Association, by also considering psychological, social and environmental factors that may affect functioning.

The pervasive associations found between breastfeeding and measures of cognitive ability and academic achievement were, in part, explained by the fact that the outcomes described in Table 1 were all significantly correlated.

There was no evidence to suggest that the associations between breastfeeding and academic achievement or cognitive ability could be explained further by the inclusion of such confounding factors into the models.

Gentle touches and soothing strokes can make a baby smile, explains Bartels, who is certified by the International Association of Infant Massage and periodically teaches massage techniques at Provena St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.

The amniotic sac helps protect the baby and aids in the development of muscles, limbs, lungs, and the digestive system, as explained in the aforementioned post by the American Pregnancy Association.

The American Pregnancy Association (APA) explains that health care providers are able to determine whether your baby is in a breech position by placing their hands on your abdomen to locate the baby's head, back, and buttocks.

By 34 weeks, some otherwise healthy babies can use a nipple for an entire feeding, speech - language pathologist Amy Thorpe explains on the Ohio Speech - Language - Hearing Association website.

The Parents Teachers Association (PTA), of the Tsito - Awudome Senior High School (AWUSCO), in the Volta Region, have explained that the decision to levy students despite the implementation of government's Free Senior High School Policy was a collective resolve by parents to support the school's efforts to enhance the academic performance of students.

The NMA President, whose letter was read by the Plateau State Chairman of the Association, Dr. Daniel Menshak at the Plateau State Assembly complex, explained that when implemented, the National Health Act is capable of turning around a better healthcare delivery to the citizenry.

He argues that prebendalism is the most appropriate conceptual notion for explaining Nigeria's politicians intense and persistent struggle to control and exploit the offices of the state and defines prebendalism in terms of «the historical association of the term «prebend» with the offices of certain feudal states which could be obtained through services rendered to a lord or monarch or through outright purchase by supplicants... the adjective «prebendal» will refer to patterns of political behaviour which rest on the justifying principle that such offices should be competed for and then utilised for the personal benefit of office holders as well as their reference or support group.

This change follows a recommendation in the Empire Center's February 2012 report, «Optimal Option,» which explained the structure and benefits of SUNY plans such as those offered by Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA - CREF).

Professor Ikoni explained that «By section 40 of the Constitution, every person shall be entitled to assemble freely and associate with other persons particular he may form or belong to any political party, trade Union or any other association for the protection of interests.

However, these associations are largely explained by poor motor skills.

Providing the key geo - logical concepts of context and sequence, without which the animals were so many cherries without a cake, the scheme is well explained by Peter Doyle and Eric Robinson's complementary (and, by Sod's law, near - simultaneous) article (Proceedings of the Geologists» Association, vol 104, pp 181 - 194) which gives much fuller references than the book's skimpy listing (see also vol 106, pp 71 - 78).

The fact that the association was evident over a 16 - year span and was not explained by several other potential factors gives Cundiff confidence in the results.

Soliman said the finding that atrial fibrillation was associated only with NSTEMI heart attacks suggests that factors contributing to partial blockage of the coronary arteries or increased oxygen demand, such as sudden increase in heart rate, are more likely to explain the association between a-fib and heart attack than those factors linked to total blockage caused by the migration of a blood clot to a coronary artery from the site of its formation.

Montagnese explained that endodontic training follows rules and regulations set by the Ohio State Dental Board, and the American Dental Association Guidelines for the Use of General Anesthesia and Sedation by Dentist Guidelines to meet the requirements necessary to qualify for certification to administer moderate sedation.

Foy said the association could possibly be explained by the stress and strain put on the heart by obesity.

«The discordant twin design minimizes a number of potentially confounding factors that may explain the association between childhood verbal ability and subsequent alcohol use by «controlling» for differences on variables [such as] socioeconomic differences or family factors that, if excluded, could cloud the interpretation of findings.»

Dr Nelson added: «We also examined whether the association we found between shorter height and higher risk of coronary heart disease could be explained by an effect of height on known risk factors for coronary heart disease like cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes etc..

As this gene has previously been associated with kidney cancer and obesity risk, the results suggest this association may be partially explained by exposure to meat - cooking mutagens.

Also, we would like to study what percentage of the association between respiratory tract infections and asthma can be explained by changes in lung function, and whether the associations change when we take early - life wheezing into account,» she will conclude.

The authors rightly acknowledge this, and point out that the association may be explained by confounding factors (other background factors which are linked to both antacid use and asthma risk) which have not been adequately controlled for in the studies included in their review.

In these analyses, Ser482 allele frequencies were very similar (36.9 % in Spanish vs. 37.5 % in UK Caucasians, P = 0.83), suggesting that confounding by genetic stratification is unlikely to explain the association between Gly482Ser genotype and endurance capacity.

Additional analyses favor the hypothesis that MEIS1 exhibits pleiotropy for insomnia and RLS and show that the observed association with insomnia complaints can not be explained only by the presence of an RLS subgroup within the cases.

Melanocortin - 1 receptor polymorphisms and risk of melanoma: is the association explained solely by pigmentation phenotype?

By analyzing genome sequence data from human populations, including 1269 individuals from sub-Saharan Africa, we identify a diverse array of large copy number variants affecting the host invasion receptor genes GYPA and GYPB We find that a nearby association with severe malaria is explained by a complex structural rearrangement involving the loss of GYPB and gain of two GYPB - A hybrid genes, which encode a serologically distinct blood group antigen known as DantBy analyzing genome sequence data from human populations, including 1269 individuals from sub-Saharan Africa, we identify a diverse array of large copy number variants affecting the host invasion receptor genes GYPA and GYPB We find that a nearby association with severe malaria is explained by a complex structural rearrangement involving the loss of GYPB and gain of two GYPB - A hybrid genes, which encode a serologically distinct blood group antigen known as Dantby a complex structural rearrangement involving the loss of GYPB and gain of two GYPB - A hybrid genes, which encode a serologically distinct blood group antigen known as Dantu.

Patterns of recombinational exchanges between serogroups could not be explained by serotype frequency alone, thus pointing to non-random associations between co-colonising serotypes.

February 19, 2015 New study helps explain links between sleep loss and diabetes Lack of sleep can elevate levels of free fatty acids in the blood, accompanied by temporary pre-diabetic conditions in healthy young men, according to new research published online February 19, 2015, in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.

Researchers have investigated the effects of refined sugars on cognitive function, and conclude that «Special care in food selection at meals should be exercised by those with type 2 diabetes since ingestion of rapidly absorbed, high — glycemic index carbohydrate foods further impairs medial temporal lobe function, with food - induced increases in oxidative stress and cytokine release likely explaining the association between food ingestion and reduction in cognitive function in those with type 2 diabetes (1).»

Consistent epidemiological evidence, particularly for depression, suggests an association between measures of diet quality and mental health, across multiple populations and age groups; these do not appear to be explained by other demographic, lifestyle factors or reverse causality.

A review article [3] that comprehensively investigated the association between selenium and type 2 diabetes concluded that this complicated relationship may be explained by the possible harm that occurs both below and above the physiological range for optimal activity of some or all selenoproteins.

Sweet potatoes» potassium content is also helpful for your heart, as it lowers blood pressure by maintaining fluid balance, as explained by the American Heart Association.

These associations with incident CMD could not be explained by socio - demo graphic factors, other diet - related factors, adiposity and other diseases although the association with recurrent depression was explained by other diet - related factors.

However, when we adjusted for overall diet quality as reflected by HEI and its individual components, the results did not change appreciably, suggesting that the association between added sugar intake and CVD mortality was not explained by overall diet quality.

Further, we were able to adjust our associations for a wide range of potential risk factors for type 2 diabetes and dietary factors, so the observed positive association between protein intake and type 2 diabetes is likely to be explained by proteins per se.

In the 1950s and»60s, Chelsea boots became popular in the UK — and their association with the King's Road (a street in Chelsea and Fulham in inner western London) set of Swinging London — worn by everyone from the Rolling Stones to Jean Shrimpton — is believed to explain how the name «Chelsea» became attached to the boot.

Written by an Ofsted inspector and published by the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years, Common Inspection Framework, British values and You explains how inspection procedures in childcare settings have changed with the introduction of Ofsted's Common Inspection Framework.

«By 1985, we had done massive recruitment all over the U.S., through 800 colleges and several professional associations,» he explained.