Sentences with phrase «find moderate levels»

An evaluation of the intervention found moderate levels of increased awareness, use of promotional materials and an increase in vaccination.

Not exact matches

While silence may be golden, it has been shown to impair innovative ideas; the same study found that moderate noise was more effective than a quieter level of background sound — a whispering 50 decibels — for abetting creative thinking.

However, other studies have found no difference in risk associated with moderate versus high levels of protein intake, and even when differences have been found, they have not turned out to be statistically significant.

A Consumer Reports investigation found low to moderate levels of lead, arsenic, and mercury in many well - known protein powders.

Some of these studies involved large representative samples from the United States; 2 some studies controlled for potential confounders, such as parental stress3 and socioeconomic status; 4 and some studies examined the potential of parental reasoning to moderate the association between physical punishment and child aggression.5 Virtually without exception, these studies found that physical punishment was associated with higher levels of aggression against parents, siblings, peers and spouses.

And the association highlighted a survey of its members which found that 88 per cent said shooting gives them moderate to high - intensity exercise and 71 per cent said their levels of physical activity would suffer without shooting.

They add: «The greatest reduction in risk of developing metabolic risk factor clustering observed for intermediate levels of physical activity and leisure time sitting was unexpected and suggests that moderate amounts of both moderate - to - vigorous physical activity and leisure time sitting may be sufficient to protect against developing metabolic risk factor clustering over time... The lack of protection for the most active adults may reflect a chance finding, or confounding by other factors such as wider use of prescription drugs by participants in less active groups.

For instance, such findings will play into decisions about the location, timing and technology of marine development — including cruise and cargo ship traffic, oil and gas rigs and offshore wind farms (which create high levels of noise during construction and moderate levels when operational).

The findings were not a total surprise, with future projections showing that even with moderate climate warming, air temperatures over the higher altitudes increase even more than at sea level, and that, on average, fewer winter storm systems will impact the state.

«We found that different shelter staffers who evaluated the same dogs at the same time had only a moderate level of agreement among themselves,» Levy said.

«We found that exercising for an hour on a bicycle at a moderate level produced the same amount of irisin as shivering for 10 - 15 minutes,» he said.

For an exemplary implementation of their method, the scientists applied it to the city of Copenhagen in Denmark: They found that a moderate mean sea level rise of 11 centimeters until mid-century would in the same period double economic losses in this city, given no action is taken.

Compared with the amount of BMAA found in the fruit bats of Guam, the levels of the toxin Brand found in Florida oysters and mussels were moderate.

In a 2003 study psychologists at Northumbria University in England found much higher testosterone levels in soccer players preparing to play against a team they considered an extreme rival than in those matched up with a moderate rival.

As expected, the researchers found that the group of participants who had high levels of anti-HA antibodies when enrolled in the trial experienced a significantly lower incidence of mild - to - moderate influenza disease and some reduction in its duration compared with participants with low HA antibody levels.

They found that infection of the narrowest airways of the lung by PIV3 alone caused moderate levels of inflammation, but after infection by PIV3 expressing RSV NS2, the epithelial cells lining the narrow airways were shed rapidly into the airway lumen.

The study also found that two hours of moderate - intensity exercise, which is supposed to lower insulin resistance and blood sugar levels, has no impact on these results.

The study found that about 30 percent of the children observed maintained relatively higher cortisol levels over the three years, 40 percent of the children maintained lower cortisol levels, and the remainder had moderate levels.

Dr. Kurt Beron, one of the study's authors and professor of economics, said the findings highlight the need for universities and colleges to ensure that students are counseled on the likelihood of competing on a professional level and to moderate their expectations.

The study found that critical care nurses show moderate levels of postcode stress and PTSD symptoms when asked to recall an unsuccessful resuscitation.

However, they also said they believe the study findings reinforce the «message that a moderate level of total physical activity is an important behavioral strategy» in both the treatment and prevention of heart failure.

«These new studies support previous findings that reducing sodium from very high intake levels to moderate levels improves health,» said committee chair Brian Strom, George S. Pepper Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.

For example, at 60 parts per billion ozone levels, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers a «moderate» level, the researchers found that enough chemical changes took place to thoroughly confuse bees and hinder their ability to identify the plumes of floral scents they needed to locate food.

After four years of the specialized teaching the researchers found that students with mild or moderate intellectual disability could independently read at the first - grade level, and some even higher.

The researchers found that nearly 24 percent of the 465 athletes reported a «clinically relevant» level of depressive symptoms, and 6 percent reported moderate to severe symptoms.

These findings further suggest reduced exposure to high levels of ozone in parts of North America and Europe, but increased exposure to moderate to high ozone levels at a small proportion of urban locations, although many sites in these two regions have non-significant trends.

Mootha and his team had hoped to find benefits for more moderate low - oxygen conditions, such as intermittent periods of hypoxia or slightly higher levels of oxygen.

On the basis of 326,000 polymorphisms, we found low to moderate overall levels of differentiation between subspecies, and fewer than 200 genomic regions dispersed throughout the genome showing high differentiation consistent with a signature of reduced gene flow.

The research builds on recent findings from the Jefferson Project at Lake George, showing that a common species of zooplankton, Daphnia pulex, can evolve tolerance to moderate levels of road salt in as little as two and a half months.

When the researchers factored in people's self - reported physical activity levels, they found that those well - being boosts — for both light - and moderate - intensity activity — were strongest for people who reported having the most sedentary lifestyles.

More modern research that makes these adjustments seems to find no correlation between coffee consumption (at least in moderate levels) and risk of heart disease, stroke or cancer.

A 1997 report in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that heart rate and energy expenditure levels while climbing on an indoor wall were similar to running at a moderate pace.

A Consumer Reports investigation found low to moderate levels of lead, arsenic, and mercury in many well - known protein powders.

However, the findings did suggest a «J - shaped tendency,» the authors wrote, in which low and moderate levels of physical activity were associated with a decrease in antibiotic use (compared to sedentary behavior), but vigorous activity was associated with an increase.

Niacin can be found in lots of energy drinks and if it's taken in moderate amounts it can help you improve your cholesterol levels, maintain the health of your skin, it can lower cardiovascular risk, it can cure headaches and even improve liver function.

Dutch researchers found that men who drank moderate amounts of alcohol daily for 3 weeks experienced a 7 % decrease in total testosterone levels.

Findings from Northumbria University show that under moderate stress, gum chewers had salivary cortisol levels that were 12 per cent lower than non-chewers, and also reported greater alertness.

People with mild to moderate hypertension might benefit from a yoga practice, as a study from University of Pennsylvania researchers found that it could help to lower their blood pressure levels.

I actually used to «squeeze as hard as possible» on many lifts when I performed them, but after playing around with this concept in the last year or so I've found that I get just as good if not better results by moderating the level of exertion and changing it depending on the movement I am doing and how much radiant tension I need on that day.

Cruciferous veggies in general do have a fair amount of FODMAPs but the Monash University researchers analyzing foods have found some to have moderate not High levels of FODMAPs so allow small amounts.

After finding peer - reviewed clinical research demonstrating that a high - fat, moderate protein, and low - carb ketogenic diet could help me reverse my prediabetes, I completely changed my nutrition plan and started tracking my blood sugar and ketone levels.

Contaminants such as lead, mercury, arsenic and cadmium have been found in low to moderate levels per serving.

The findings add to «a growing body of evidence from clinical trials that have found little cardiovascular benefit from moderate levels of dietary supplementation,» the researchers wrote in the journal article.

Many people find that a low to moderate level of ketosis can help regulate their appetite, make them more focused and give them more energy.

However, other studies have found no difference in risk associated with moderate versus high levels of protein intake, and even when differences have been found, they have not turned out to be statistically significant.

While the load was low and therefore only led to small - to - moderate levels of hamstrings EMG amplitude, the researchers did find that there was a time difference in the hamstrings EMG amplitude in that in the straight - leg lift the peak EMG amplitude occurred early in the lift but in the bent - leg lift the peak occurred later on.

In other words, their findings suggest schools can cut compensation by as much as a third without harm, though in their current essay they only talk about how «moderate» pay reductions would not push the average teacher below his or her market - compensation level.

Actually, Rofes found that 48 percent of the districts exhibited moderate or high levels of response to charter school competition.

Over the years, however, because all repetition has been stigmatized as «drill and kill,» it's become hard to find a new teacher who is comfortable with even the moderate level of repetition that constitutes Structured Practice.

For example, research has found moderate to high rates of depression among Head Start staff (HHS / ACF / OPRE, 2006) and 61 % of full - time early childhood staff earn roughly the equivalent of the poverty level income for a family of four (U.S. GAO, 2012).