Sentences with phrase «handful of studies»

Moreover, the other handful of studies that lasted for four years might only have done so because they were relatively successful, so that the less successful ones are omitted.
To draw policy opinions from a small, selective handful of those studies while ignoring the rest is policy malpractice, and it is dangerous to children.
A recent, comprehensive review of research on teacher leadership found only a small handful of studies in which researchers had actually inquired about effects of teacher leadership on students, and the results were generally not supportive.36
Evolutionary ecologist Nickolas Waser of the University of Arizona, Tucson, says that's a logical explanation, and he praises the work as one of a small handful of studies that measure reproductive returns on a plant's investment in pollen.
«Thirty years ago, there were just a couple handfuls of studies comparing organic agriculture with conventional.
Only a small handful of studies have reached similar conclusions, and they have primarily been published by scientists unconvinced manmade climate change poses major risks.
According to a handful of studies, consistently clocking over 40 hours a week just makes you unproductive (and very, very tired).
That's true at least among the younger crowd, according to a handful of studies out there.
A handful of studies have shown that when you're lonely, your brain remains alert for threats and you show more micro awakenings or sleep fragmentation.
A handful of studies found that half to two - thirds of consumers enrolled in a debt settlement plans cancelled within two years.
The handful of studies that Bottom discovered are severely limited because they only look at white men who lacked post-secondary education and who were of low - to middle - class socioeconomic status; that excludes a lot of men.
True, a handful of studies have claimed that the differences are negligible, but the studies were flawed in a lot of important ways.
Eimicke has written a handful of studies about the potential economic impacts of state - funded Syracuse area projects, some of which involve COR Development, a developer now under investigation by Bharara, according to published reports.
A handful of studies this year have emphasized the importance of getting your eight hours and getting them on a regular schedule.
The protein's role in cancer was an unexpected finding in Kniss's lab because only a handful of studies had described the connection before his group pursued this line of research.
In the handful of studies that have been conducted so far, scientists have found that calling up information from memory, as compared with simply restudying it, produces higher levels of activity in particular areas of the brain.
«There were only a handful of studies for each of the 19 instruments, and very few looked at anything that could give us insight into potential bias against racial or minority groups.»
A handful of studies also suggested that general health checks had no impact on reducing hospital admissions, disability, time off from work, or the anxieties of worried but healthy people.
Over the past decade, a handful of studies have hinted at a connection between male homosexuality and having older brothers.
This is one of only a handful of studies of plastics in lakes, and the first of its kind to be undertaken in Lake Geneva,» explains Dr. Turner.
Outside the laboratory, however, just a handful of studies have linked falling pH levels to damaged shells.
Just recently a handful of studies stirred the scientific community by showing that epigenetic marks indeed can be transmitted over generations, but exactly how, and what effects these genetic modifications have in the offspring is not yet understood.
A handful of studies have found that athletes training at high altitudes tend to lose weight.
Lots and lots of people — virtually the whole population — could be exposed to genetically engineered foods, and yet we have only a handful of studies in the peer - reviewed literature addressing their safety.
Thornhill can invoke a handful of studies in support of his claim, and we may discover more by examining whether improvements in public health lead to democracy taking root.
A handful of studies, including one published in the Clinical Psychology Review in 2010, have linked positive thinking to better health.
A handful of studies suggest that those people have better health, but it's too soon to know whether they will outlive their peers.
Rather than waiting decades to see the effect of a gradual rise in CO2, a handful of studies have immersed stands of trees in a continuous bath of extra CO2, several hundred parts per million above ambient levels of about 400 parts per million.
A handful of studies have examined the effects of virtual voices on driving performance, and many studies have examined how the interactions between people and embodied technologies (e.g., computer agents, avatars) influence people.
It turns out there are a handful of studies that have used various methods to find out where people believe their selves are located.
But a handful of studies have warned that warming climate may increase dangerous turbulence along major air routes, and head winds that could lengthen travel times.
While a handful of studies have tracked some, this is one of the first times technology has been used that provided more detail on the pandas» movements and how they interact with one another over time.
A handful of studies in the 1980s found that male rats produced less sperm in space, but sperm quality was not assessed.
A handful of studies have hinted that smell does play a role in bird behavior (ScienceNOW, 29 October 2004), but very little is known about the underlying biology.
«But in the last couple years there have been a handful of studies among humans reporting differences in milk composition between sons and daughters.
Just a handful of studies have looked over the course of a year, let alone years, such as this study, which followed patients for an average of 10 years after their coronary artery disease diagnosis to see if they were ever diagnosed with depression.
But federal officials haven't yet decided the fate of a handful of studies on influenza and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) that were put on hold in October 2014.
There has been a growth in meditation research around the globe in the past five years, including a handful of studies investigating the impact of meditation on adults living with mild cognitive impairment and family caregivers of adults with Alzheimer's disease.
There are just a handful of studies examining sparkling water specifically, so I spoke to a couple of mbg's experts to get their take.
There are now a handful of studies suggesting that eating fruits and vegetables is associated with one's mood and behavior.
A handful of studies exist showing an insulin response from just sweet taste in healthy people, and some studies show a lot of variation in obese subjects, as well.
One additional noteworthy aspect of this yoga study was that it was done in a rural area of Western Wisconsin; there have only been a handful of studies addressing yoga practice in rural demographics.
Since the year 2000, a handful of studies have been released suggesting that probiotics can be helpful in soothing, and sometimes, ridding children of eczema symptoms altogether.
If we wanted to jump on the BCAA bandwagon, we could cite a handful of studies that (apparently) demonstrate an impressive array of benefits including more muscle growth, endurance, and recovery.
I only see a handful of studies.
There's only a handful of studies available, but this meta - analysis from 2012 analysed the acne - demodex mite question in detail.
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