Sentences with phrase «follows a study group»

The composition of the diet in both regimens followed the Study Group on Diabetes and Nutrition of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes guidelines [15] with the same caloric restriction: a restriction of 2,092 kJ / day (500 kcal / day) based on the measurement of each individual's resting energy expenditure (REE) by indirect calorimetry (metabolic monitor VMAX; SensorMedics, Anaheim, CA, USA)[16].

NBC's «Community» follows a study group of seven community college students whose lives tend to spiral out of control.

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Using longitudinal data from the nine - decade - long Terman life - cycle study, which has followed the lives and career outcomes of a group of gifted children since 1922, researchers Timothy A. Judge of Notre Dame and John D. Kammeyer - Mueller of the University of Florida analyzed the characteristics of the most ambitious among them.

Austin and his team selected a nationwide group of 100 bankruptcy filers meant to represent a cross-section of the U.S. population, studied their paperwork, then followed up with a survey asking filers, basically, «Why?»

For the study, the researchers split socially anxious volunteers into three groups — one was asked to perform random acts of kindness, one was told to follow the usual course of exposure therapy and force themselves to participate in more social situations, and another was a control group who did nothing special.

One recent (if small study) that followed a diverse group 183 teens who attended public high school for a decade, starting in middle school, found that «by the age of 22, these «cool kids» are rated as less socially competent than their peers.

Last year, a paper in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise summarized a study that followed a group of more than 17,000 Canadians over 12 years.

For the study, biologists followed a group of wild chimpanzees for two years, charting their social ties and periodically testing their urine for chemicals that indicate stress.

The participants then followed one of three protocols — the first control group did nothing in particular, the second exercised for 35 minutes 40 minutes after studying, while the third group exercised for the same amount of time four hours later.

The Working Group was formed in 2014 following the release of a study by NASAA's Broker - Dealer Section uncovering a wide disparity in how broker - dealers disclose the fees they charge customers.

Announced at the first meeting of a cryptocurrency exchange study group established by the FSA in early March, the data release marks the latest effort by the financial watchdog in bringing greater transparency to the industry following a recent hack of one of the domestic exchange Coincheck.

Getting the Most Out of Spiritual Gifts This section introduces the topic, explains the structure followed in each study and offers tips for those approaching the study on their own as well as those participating in a group.

In one two - year follow - up study of 178 alcoholics, it was found that 24 percent of those who had received conditioned reflex therapy plus group therapy had improved; 26 percent of those who had had individual therapy plus group therapy had improved;

Such studies should be carried out for the smallest conceivable units (one family or clan, a local group at a given period of time, the occasional following of one cult leader, etc.).

I have asked the following six questions to various Bible study groups and discipleship classes over the years.

How It Worked: The Story of Clarence H. Snyder and the Early Days of Alcoholics Anonymous in Cleveland, Ohio (NY: AA Big Book Study Group, 1997), pp. 58, 68 - 71; and, from several sources, the evidence about «surrender» strongly indicates it involved the following:

The article recounts how an ambitious team of research psychologists undertook to study the entire group of children born in 1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, beginning with prenatal histories taken from the mothers and following up on each child's development at ages one, two, ten, eighteen, and again at thirty - one or thirty - two.

Charles C. Hewitt summarizes his findings, in «A Personality Study of Alcohol Addiction,» as follows: «Alcohol addiction, in the group studied in this survey, seems to be associated, with but few exceptions, with deep personality disorders.

Dietrich Ritschl suggests that the minister take part with a select group of laymen in the study of the scripture passage from which the sermon will be preached the following Sunday.

Third, the minister can arrange for him to get acquainted with an experienced and accepting AA member who may serve as a bridge to feeling at home in an AA group [In a study of factors which produce «readiness» for affiliation with AA, Harrison M. Trice discovered that alcoholics with the following characteristics tend to relate effectively to AA: Before contact with AA, they often shared troubles with others, had lost drinking friends, had heard positive things about AA, had no relative or friend who had quit through willpower.

A follow - up study of 510 of these, in 1956, revealed that approximately 10 percent of the group, now in their early thirties, had become alcoholics.

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Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

The results from this study shows that the group that was eating according to a low carb diet had a bigger weight loss, they had better cholesterol levels and also more people in this group actually managed to follow their diet.

The study divided sufferers of type 2 diabetes into two groups, with one group following an intervention diet consisting of several high - fibre foods, such as wholegrains and Chinese medicinal foods that are high in fibre and prebiotics.

• A study that followed a large group of U.S. children over 10 years, found that although mothers» depression was related to escalating child behavior problems, this was not the case among children who said their fathers were highly involved in their lives (Chang et al, 2007).

Following the study of the original group of skulls, I reviewed an additional twenty prehistoric skulls, some dated at 70,000 years old and stored in the Anthropology Department at the University of Kansas.

Dr. Bernardo Lessa Horta, of the Federal University of Pelotas in Brazil, and lead author of the study followed the group of over 3,500 infants for over thirty years.

The strengths of our study include a well characterized group of more than 3700 infants, with varying demographic characteristics drawn from 2 discrete geographic regions, and longitudinal follow - up for 6 months, including reports of infant sleep position at 1, 3, and 6 months.

The increased socioeconomic inequalities in breastfeeding observed in the intervention group supports the argument that population intervention strategies could inadvertently exacerbate, rather than mitigate, socioeconomic inequalities, particularly when the intervention aims to change individual behaviours rather than targeting «upstream» structural changes.25 Our results are also compatible with an observational study from Brazil reporting that breastfeeding rates increased first among the socioeconomically better - off, followed by increases among the poor, over a 20 - year period of active breastfeeding promotion campaigns in Brazil.26

One randomized controlled trial comparing home - visited families with control participants who received other community services found a statistically significant difference in mean depressive symptoms at two years post-enrollment, but this contrast was nonsignificant at three years post - enrollment.15 A second study of Early Head Start found no differences in depressive symptoms between intervention and control group participants post-intervention, although a difference was detected at a longer - term follow - up prior to children's enrollment in kindergarten.10 Other randomized controlled trial studies have not found effects of home visitation on maternal depressive symptoms.12, 16,17

Then they had to go out again in the evening - a Bible study at six o'clock with the visiting team from the USA, followed by the Lighthouse group for International students, where Daniel helps and Tim plays guitar to lead the singing.

In order to study all aspects related to the topic, we used a reference questionnaire prepared by nutrition and breastfeeding experts, which had been tested, modified and validated two months before our research team1 started the study (following a pilot study conducted on 20 women to determine whether the questions were clear and understandable), and then administered in a standardized fashion to women in both groups (intervention group and control group).

For instance, the study of Mattar et al. revealed a marginal increase in EB at six months after delivery among the group which received a prenatal educational intervention highlighting the benefits as well as the management of breastfeeding issues as the main content of the educational material (booklet), video, coaching session and counselling, compared to the group receiving only the booklet and the video, and the one recipient of only routine prenatal care, concluding that that educational material alone in the prenatal period is not enough and that specific prenatal education that addresses breastfeeding following a single meeting through counselling can significantly improve

In this study, at 3 - month follow - up, women were more likely to have urinary, but not fecal, incontinence if they had been randomized to the planned vaginal delivery group.

Firstly, we filled out the questionnaire designed for mothers who had delivered at the maternity, subject of the study, following a face - to - face interview with participants from both groups at the delivery place.

But in this study, the researchers followed a group of 624 men aged 21.5 to 26 - years - old in the Philippines.

Based on the main focus of the intervention, included studies were grouped into 1 of the following 6 categories: PC, professional support, breastfeeding team (PC combined with professional support), breastfeeding - specific clinic appointments, group prenatal counseling, and enhanced breastfeeding programs (program add - ons).

Dr. Rachel Klein, PhD, professor of psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine, and a group of colleagues did a 2 - year controlled study of more than 100 school - aged kids back in the late 1970s, and then followed up with them repeatedly over 33 years.

Breastfeeding terms and definitions used in this study are modifications of those recommended by The Interagency Group for Action on Breastfeeding.21 Breastfeeding duration is defined by the following categories 1) full and 2) overall.

A previous study showed that in the Campania region, the prevalence of full breastfeeding at 6 months was 7 %.12 Assuming a 20 % loss to follow - up, we calculated that we would require ∼ 240 mother and father pairs to detect a statistically significant increase of 15 % (1 − α = 95 %, 1 − β = 80 %) in the rate of full breastfeeding at 6 months.13 To avoid communication between study groups, which would be likely if people who were admitted to the same hospital unit were exposed to different messages at the same time, we did not randomize the participants as it usually is done, 14 but we allocated the 2 study groups into 2 consecutive blocks of time, after having randomly paired the 2 study groups with the 2 blocks of time.

In other words, the group most likely to be negatively affected by controlled crying was not in the follow - up study.

⇓ In total, 367 (82 %) completed six months of follow - up, with a similar number lost to follow - up in the three study groups.

In another study conducted by Dr Field, premature babies who were massaged gained 47 percent more weight and were discharged from hospital six days earlier than babies in a control group, with follow up studies showing lasting effects on growth and development.

A study by the Pew Charitable Trusts» Kids» Safe and Healthful Foods Project, also expected to be released Monday, said that 91 percent of school food officials the group surveyed said they face challenges in putting the standards in place, including problems with food costs and availability, training employees to follow the new guidelines, and a lack of the proper equipment to cook healthier meals.

A total of 876 women were followed up in the 3 study groups: Intervention 1 (285 women), Intervention 2 (294 women) and Control (297 women).

Women in the control group were not told about the study until the 6 months follow - up interview.

Loss to follow - up in control group was 18 % and 8.4 % in intervention group; authors stated baseline characteristics of women who were lost to follow - up in each measurement were similar to women who remained in the study.

A more recent review of 200 studies suggests that a process is emerging in which higher income groups and industrialized countries set the trend, and are then followed gradually by the urban lower income, rural groups and less industrialized countries.

Without such understandings of the principles held by the protagonists, individuals, associations, parties, movements, and groups, along with the nature of the injustices they would not reconcile themselves to, the articulated desire to change a wretched present «for the happiness of all»: without reading their words, following their actions, we end up studying everything but republicanism and its revolutionary tradition.