Sentences with phrase «function over a period of months»

Chronic canine kidney disease is usually a progressive condition, involving the loss of adequate function over a period of months to years.

Chronic feline kidney disease is usually a progressive disorder, involving the loss of adequate function over a period of months to years.

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QRIO, a robot programmed with a slew of social functions, was placed in U.C. San Diego's Early Childhood Education Center 45 times over the five - month observation period.

Over a period of nine months, the team monitored cell function and growth by measuring levels of liver - specific proteins and genes.

What's more, the researchers also reported that over a six - month period, participants in the aerobic exercise group improved in tests that measure executive function — a set of thinking processes that include working memory, reasoning, and problem solving — while the stretching group showed no change.

A 2002 study led by Barry Rovner, MD, a professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, found that patients with AMD whose depressive symptoms worsened over a six - month period were more likely to also experience a decline in vision function.

Weight loss is a function of energy balance over a prolonged period of time — weeks, months, and even years.

A measure of positive family functioning also improved by close to 10 % over a 6 month period of Relief Nursery involvement and continued to show significant gains with longer program participation.