Sentences with phrase «few such studies»

At first blush, the most rigorous methodology, randomized field trials (RFT), appears not to fare well, since few such studies made the list.

Few such studies exist, and indeed this approach is impractical for studying entire sectors of charter schools within a state, not all of which are consistently oversubscribed.

Unfortunately, there are few such studies, and those that exist have led to conflicting results.

There are a few such studies worldwide, and a recently concluded one — the only one to take place in North America — was stunning and persuasive.

In one of the few such studies, scientists examined how dead leaves, roots, and other plant litter decay over a decade.

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He has co-authored published studies with titles such as «On wealth and the diversity of friendships: High social class people around the world have fewer international friends,» and «The Role of Positive Self - Evaluation on Cross-Cultural Differences in Well - Being.»

In studying the past few devastating quakes, such as the 2011 9.0 that hit Japan twice...

But it was a very unsatisfying attempt — to have weighty theological questions determined by delegates who came together for a few days with little prior study of the issues, who were sometimes inclined to suppose that such questions admitted of «yes» or «no» answers, and who passed judgment after rather limited opportunity for discussion and debate.

• In anticipation of a directed study on suicide in the Bible, a young mother whose teen - aged son had killed himself a few years before spoke of her eagerness for such a course to her pastor.

There is knowledge to be gained by such studies, of course, but it hardly makes for the sort of case embryo - research advocates were advancing just a few years ago — with its miracle cures and treatments for the untreatable.

A 1985 study reported that according to the Federal Reserve Board only two percent of all U.S. families Own «20 percent of all residential property, 30 percent of all liquid assets, 33 percent of all business property, 39 percent of all bonds, 20 percent of all stocks, and 71 percent of all tax - free financial holdings».3 It can be argued that the ownership of such vast portions of our capital by so few threatens our democratic system.

Although billions of dollars are being expended annually on family planning services in less - developed countries, and such programs have been promoted by various governments at the national level for four decades, there are only a few studies that have attempted to measure the demographic and health impact of family planning against a «control group» — a similar area which lacks the service.

See these few, out of many, examples of such literature they read: Samuel M. Shoemaker, Confident Faith (NY: Fleming H. Revell, 1932), p. 46; Philip Marshall Brown, The Venture of Belief (NY: Fleming H. Revell, 1935), p. 49; Stephen Foot, Life Began Yesterday (NY: Harper & Brothers, 1935), p. 87; Olive M. Jones, Inspired Children (NY: Harper & Brothers, 1933), p. 50; Norma Smith Holm, The Runner «s Bible, p. 21; James Moore Hickson, Heal the Sick (London: Methuen & Co., 1925), p. 266; Oswald Chambers, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount (Great Britain: Oswald Chambers Publications, 1995), p. 1 02; many issues of The Upper Room; and the many highly studied titles of Glenn Clark, E. Stanley Jones, and Harry Emerson Fosdick.

The few follow - up studies available on the effectiveness of premarital counseling, such as one by Theron Neese of Columbia Seminary, seem to indicate that the practice is more effective in dealing with the insecurities and doubts of the pastor than with those of the bride and groom.

Regular sleep; regular meals, few indeed yet adequate; the rhythm of the services in church, study, the meals in common, sleep in common — such rhythm was a great restorer.

With huge margins achieved by Australia's fairly concentrated meat processing heavyweights such as Teys and JBS as well as smaller players in the last few years, there has been concern that cattle producers were being ripped off, sparking a parliamentary inquiry and a market study by the competition regulator.

There's been a wave of «healthful» plant - based cookbooks over the past few years from the cardiologists and biochemists at The China Study, Forks Over Knives, Plant Pure Nation and such.

A few studies tell us that more energy sustaining sources of breakfast, such as oatmeal, or protein intake such as eggs, may be the best bet, but not all children have time in the morning, and not all children go for those energy - sustaining foods.

The reviewers found few studies evaluating the effectiveness in the ACL rehabilitation process of so - called «open chain» exercises (those which tend to isolate a single muscle group and a single joint, such as leg curls and leg extensions, with or without added weight) versus «closed chain» exercises (those which work multiple joints and multiple muscle groups at once, such as, for example, a squat involves the knee, hip and ankle joints, and multiple muscles groups, e.g. quads, hamstrings, hip flexors, calves and glutes, with body weight alone or with added weight).

Very few research studies have investigated the effects of specific foods on fertility, but the broader food groups — such as fruits, vegetables, dairy, and whole grains — have been studied.

But over the past few years, Allison says, several large studies such as this one and this one «have found that babies at high risk for becoming allergic to peanuts are less likely to develop the allergy if they are regularly fed peanut - containing foods in the first year of life.»

The Leslie and Romano study found that nonhospital birth results in far fewer interventions, such as cesarean sections, use of intravenous fluids, and use of medical pain control.

Compared to studies examining the effects of behavioral sleep programs such as extinction - based techniques in infants over 6 months of age, fewer studies have looked at such strategies in infants under 6 months of age.

«A lot of the protective effects we see in pregnancy [such as fewer relapses, which is also associated with exclusive breastfeeding] do seem to be hormonal — one theory suggests this may be mediated by changing levels of estriol during pregnancy and postpartum,» noted Lucassen, who was not involved in the study.

A recent study comparing women's choices of pain relief in midwife - led and consultant - led units in Ireland showed that when women were offered other options such as hydrotherapy and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, fewer women chose epidural analgesia [9].

One big reason schools have few healthy choices such as whole - grain bread and fresh fruit and vegetables is that they cost more, said Benjamin Senauer, a professor of applied economics at the University of Minnesota who studies nutrition issues.

In one of the few studies to examine the impact of early lunch on students, Pennsylvania State University researchers found in a 2003 survey that many early diners chose a la carte items, such as cookies and chips, rather than a hot meal.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)- High school kids in California, a state that limits the junk food sold in vending machines, eat fewer calories in school than kids in states without such regulations, according to a new study.

The few very good recent studies have addressed the relationship between infant / child sleep and such topics as attachment, child independence, maternal postpartum depression / anxiety, and health problems such as childhood diabetes, obesity, depression, and ADHD.

Your teen can also get a customized study plan by entering in a few details such as what test they are taking and when they will take the test.

Being a political scientist doesn't make one a good leader / persuader (evidence: very few of them become leaders naturally); and although knowledge of the subject matter can help one be better at it, that's why a politician has advisers / staff who ARE experts at such studies.

Yale University was one of the few places using x-ray crystallography to study the structure and function of such biological macromolecules.

However, few studies have been done of the all - important quality of the particle beam that can be obtained from such a «micro accelerator».

A new study by researchers at Dartmouth has found that adolescents living in medical marijuana states with a plethora of dispensaries are more likely to have tried new methods of cannabis use, such as edibles and vaping, at a younger age than those living in states with fewer dispensaries.

Such «evaporation» produces fewer antiprotons than electron cooling alone, so it is still not clear whether it is the best way to produce antihydrogen for study.

Although tDCS has been used for years to treat patients suffering from conditions such as stroke, depression and bipolar disorder, there are few studies supporting a direct link between tDCS and improved plasticity — making Grassi's work unique.

Last year, researchers at Cardiff University in Wales uncovered one source of this squeamishness: Although studies of healthy sexuality are few and far between, there are more than 5,000 published studieslinking autism to inappropriate behavior such as stalking, public fondling or sexual obsessions.

The few studies that have incorporated other training modalities, such as physical fitness training or noninvasive brain stimulation, have been small in sample size, short in time or narrow in scope, he said.

But a new study shows how just a few such monsters should emerge from a swirling protoplanetary disk of gas and dust.

And a few studies have found that women expend more energy in producing breast milk for boys — although the results of such studies have been mixed.

A new study suggests that newborns associate the concept of «few» with «left» and «many» with «right,» supporting the idea that such bias might be innate.

Called the Canakinumab Anti-inflammatory Thrombosis Outcomes Study (CANTOS) and funded by the drug giant Novartis, the trial also found fewer cases of lung cancer in those on the treatment, rekindling basic research findings hinting that the same inflammatory pathway may initiate or spur the growth of such tumors.

Because the subjects in these closely watched studies are at such a high risk, researchers should know within the next few years if the experimental drugs will halt or delay the onset of the disease.

Then again, the Web is also making us sicker, or at least making us feel that way: A 2008 study by Microsoft Research showed that Internet searchers tend to focus on only the top few results, typically highlighting rarer, more serious diagnoses of common ailments such as headache (brain tumor!)

Petawatt lasers are used for study of basic science, generating such high - energy quantum beams as neutrons and ions, but only a few facilities in the world have Petawatt laser.

«Studying the formation and evolution of jets in metals and, more generally, how materials at extreme conditions respond using X-ray phase contrast imaging is relevant to such things as meteorite impacts, the performance of explosives and detonators, understanding crack nucleation and propagation in materials, and the development of new materials with tailored properties whose applications include automotive and airplane components, lighter and more impact - resistant armor, and debris shields in space, to name a few.»

A curious detail also shown by the study is a reduction in atmospheric pollution from lead during the last few decades, which, as Lozano concludes, «suggests that the global measures taken to reduce lead emissions, such as the use of lead - free gasoline, have helped to reduce the levels of this metal in the atmosphere.»

And despite requirements that the companies post all trials for serious or life - threatening diseases on a government website (clinicaltrials.gov), a 2003 study of industry - sponsored U.S. cancer trials found that fewer than half of such trials appeared there.

Nevertheless, as Tobias says, it is still ``... a field beset with relatively few facts but many theories... The story of early hominid brains has to be read from carefully dated, well identified, fossilised calvariae, or from endocranial casts formed within them... Such materials confine the Hercule Poirot, who would read «the little grey cells» of fossil hominids, to statements about the size, shape and surface impressions... of ancient brains...» The other major limiting factor at the moment is the lack of suitable fossil skulls for such studSuch materials confine the Hercule Poirot, who would read «the little grey cells» of fossil hominids, to statements about the size, shape and surface impressions... of ancient brains...» The other major limiting factor at the moment is the lack of suitable fossil skulls for such studsuch studies.

He cautions, however, that more research is needed over a wider range of management and climatic conditions, particularly since studies of fertilizers» impacts on soil structural properties, such as aggregate stability, are currently few.