Sentences with phrase «identified in population studies»

Importantly, unlike many connections seen in classic loss - of - function studies, the gene - gene and gene - phenotype links identified in population studies were robust and translated well across populations and species.

Not exact matches

In truth, the most recent study one can find shows that while about the same percentage identify as Christian (80 %) in prison as in the population at large, a much smaller percentage in prison identify as atheist (0.2 % of the prison populationIn truth, the most recent study one can find shows that while about the same percentage identify as Christian (80 %) in prison as in the population at large, a much smaller percentage in prison identify as atheist (0.2 % of the prison populationin prison as in the population at large, a much smaller percentage in prison identify as atheist (0.2 % of the prison populationin the population at large, a much smaller percentage in prison identify as atheist (0.2 % of the prison populationin prison identify as atheist (0.2 % of the prison population).

Actually, the most recent study I can find shows that while about the same percentage identify as Christian (80 %) in prison as in the population at large, a much smaller percentage in prison identify as atheist (0.2 % of the prison population).

In a large population - based study in the UK, women identified as having «marked concern» about body shape and weight on a questionnaire were significantly less likely to intend to breastfeed their infant up to four months after adjusting for a range of variables [34In a large population - based study in the UK, women identified as having «marked concern» about body shape and weight on a questionnaire were significantly less likely to intend to breastfeed their infant up to four months after adjusting for a range of variables [34in the UK, women identified as having «marked concern» about body shape and weight on a questionnaire were significantly less likely to intend to breastfeed their infant up to four months after adjusting for a range of variables [34].

This multi-country, population — based cohort study in eleven sites in South Asia and Sub - Saharan Africa identified 278,154 pregnancies and followed them through pregnancy, birth and postnatal period to determine the burden, timing and causes of maternal deaths, stillbirths and neonatal deaths.

Planned variation studies, in which program components, content, home visitor training, or dosage of services is varied, can identify core dimensions of implementation that are critical for achieving program impacts, as well as dimensions that could be adapted for different contexts and populations without threatening the program's effectiveness.

With respect to potential sources of bias in the study sample, the initial cohort through which these women were identified is a self - selected population and may not be representative of all women who use fluoxetine during pregnancy.

These differences may explain the lower rate of SIDS in this population and this study identifies these issues as clear targets for SIDS risk reduction among White British families.

Individual and group care models warrant additional study with a goal of demonstrating differences in outcomes and identifying populations that benefit most from specific care models.

In a larger community - based study, cluster samples were identified from 70 per cent of the total population.

Cuomo's health commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker says as he examined numerous completed and still on going studies on fracking's effects on drinking water, air quality and other health issues, several «red flags» were raised, and he says he has «identified significant health risks in the current data» that have not been answered by conclusive long term studies with «large population pools».

In the first population - based study of the disorder's prevalence, the researchers identified 35 cases from 1976 to 2010 reported in Minnesota's Olmsted CountIn the first population - based study of the disorder's prevalence, the researchers identified 35 cases from 1976 to 2010 reported in Minnesota's Olmsted Countin Minnesota's Olmsted County.

To that end, AAAS, in coordination with an advisory council, will identify and coordinate ethicists and a multi-disciplinary team of highly qualified scientists who have experience conducting prevalence studies in vulnerable and marginalized populations.

Meta - analyses of genome - wide association studies conducted in these ethnically - diverse populations identified a total of 878 genetic variants belonging to 18 loci associated with asthma risk.

Studies to identify the type of bacteria present in treatment plants, as well as methods to determine the bacterial population have been initiated.

The study, «Spectrophotometric analysis at the single - cell level: elucidating dispersity within melanic immortalized cell populations,» was supported in part by the Mizzou Advantage program, an initiative that fosters interdisciplinary collaboration among faculty, staff, students and external partners to solve real - world problems in four areas of strength identified at the University of Missouri, including Food for the Future, One Health / One Medicine, Sustainable Energy and Media of the Future.

Additional studies in larger cohorts will be needed to validate these findings, and more biomarkers will be needed to get the completely accurate set needed to screen the general population with the long term goal of identifying precursor lesions before they become malignant.

Another interesting phenomenon from the study is that the youth gang population identified in the study didn't match the demographic profile from police.

The study was conducted at Parkland, the public health system for Dallas County, the ninth largest county by population and one of the most ethnically diverse counties in the U.S.. From Parkland's system of 10 neighborhood - based pediatric clinics, researchers identified four clinics with the largest volume of patients aged 11 to 18.

The five populations identified in the study are: Okinawa and the Philippines; a second West Pacific population with unknown breeding grounds; Hawaii, Mexico and Central America.

«Clarification based on rigorous research studies will permit researchers to identify the conditions under which depression can influence substance abuse treatment retention and outcomes, which in turn will help to specify when depression needs to be directly addressed with this population of young people,» explained the researchers.

The first comprehensive genetic study of humpback whale populations in the North Pacific Ocean has identified five distinct populations — at the same time a proposal to designate North Pacific humpbacks as a single «distinct population segment» is being considered under the Endangered Species Act.

«A study covering a large number of subjects, like the one in 2015, makes it possible to identify the relevant genes across the entire population; but their variations have only a limited impact on individuals.

The researchers analyzed data collected between 2002 and 2011 from patients in the Rochester Epidemiology Project, a National Institutes of Health - funded medical records pool that makes Olmsted County, Minn., the home of Mayo Clinic, one of the few places worldwide where scientists can study virtually an entire geographic population to identify health trends.

Their studies identified thousands of genes showing population differences in transcriptional response to infection.

«It is imperative, therefore, to identify the unique ways Black adolescents express depressive symptoms, and calibrate existing assessment tools to improve their psychometric property for this population,» the researchers write in the study.

«Due to the complexity of threats we have identified in this study, conservation efforts in Michigan should prioritize both protecting the highly suitable mussel habitats that are left, and identifying any additional populations in under - sampled areas of the state,» said Wesley Daniel, a former research associate in Infante's Aquatic Landscape Ecology Lab, and now Cherokee Nation Technologies contractor for U.S. Geological Survey in Gainesville, FL..

The study, published this week in Science, is the first to simultaneously identify, date and characterise genetic mixing between populations.

Earlier studies in other populations in the Netherlands led by Dr. Lumey examined the long - term impact of famine exposure and identified early gestation as the most critically sensitive period.

This is the first study to link fruit and vegetable consumption with all - cause, cancer and heart disease deaths in a nationally - representative population, the first to quantify health benefits per - portion, and the first to identify the types of fruit and vegetable with the most benefit.

A team of Smithsonian biologists led by Brandt Ryder worked closely with Ben Vernasco, a doctoral candidate in biology at Virginia Tech, on a study that aimed to identify characteristics that promote healthy wood thrush populations on U.S. Department of Defense land.

Published in Nature Communications, the study analysed a population of over 6,000 people with varied ancestry across Latin America to identify new genes associated with hair color, greying, density and shape, i.e. straight or curly.

A recently published multinational study attempted to gauge the population trends of Arctic marine mammals and changes in their habitat, identify missing scientific information, and provide recommendations for the conservation of Arctic marine mammals over the next decades.

Heterogeneity in a bacterial population that arises through a mechanism of biased partitioning of drug efflux pumps, as we identified in our study, could be a stepping - stone on the path of bacterial populations towards antibiotic resistance.»

But there's one more wrinkle to the story: Another recent study identified a second type of contagious cancer in a southern population of devils.

In the 1990s, after two genes for familial breast cancer were identified, Dunston secured a NIH fellowship to study the alleles of breast cancer genes in the African American populatioIn the 1990s, after two genes for familial breast cancer were identified, Dunston secured a NIH fellowship to study the alleles of breast cancer genes in the African American populatioin the African American population.

The study used rigorous statistical methods to identify changes in fish populations attributable to the MPA and not due to other pre-existing factors, such as preferentially locating MPAs where threats are low.

«This study is tremendously important given the aging of the population and our need to identify novel and effective interventions to reduce age - related cognitive and functional declines in older adults.»

For a study forthcoming in The Condor: Ornithological Applications, authors David Nelson of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Todd Katzner of the U.S. Geological Survey (formerly West Virginia University), and colleagues traced individual eagles» movements through isotopes in their feathers to identify their breeding areas and to assess the population's migratory connectivity.

Scherer and his colleagues, who included population geneticist Matthew Hurles of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, England, followed up with a higher - resolution CNV study in 2006, which analyzed DNA from 270 individuals and identified an average of 47 copy number variations per person.

Neither the selective pressure nor the evolutionary response could have been identified with the methods used by the majority of studies that examine how wild populations respond to environmental changes, which predominantly concentrate on changes in the phenotype.

A new study in Nature Genetics identifies a specific population of pluripotent embryonic stem cells that can reprogram to totipotent - like cells in culture.

A linkage study identifies only broad regions containing dozens or even hundreds of genes, whereas GWA studies often allow the association of a specific gene with a certain trait in the population.

In the new study, researchers first looked at long - term butterfly monitoring data from 129 sites in the southern United Kingdom and identified six drought - sensitive species that experienced widespread population collapses after 199In the new study, researchers first looked at long - term butterfly monitoring data from 129 sites in the southern United Kingdom and identified six drought - sensitive species that experienced widespread population collapses after 199in the southern United Kingdom and identified six drought - sensitive species that experienced widespread population collapses after 1995.

Previous studies have identified higher rates of cancer among patients with IBD than the general population, but these studies have lacked the population size or follow - up to assess trends in lifetime risks in childhood onset IBD.

This deficit in African ancestry genomic data was identified during an 18 - month long study conducted under the auspices of the larger Consortium on Asthma among African - Ancestry Populations in the Americas (CAAPA).

«This study was a success in that they identified a dose of atrasentan that provided a favorable risk / benefit ratio in the patient population studied, therefore providing a dose that will be used in future studies,» they wrote.

The study, reported online 3 February in Nature Genetics, is the latest in a series of recent reports to identify genes that are still evolving or have evolved recently in different human populations (ScienceNOW, 10 December 2007).

«Snake fungal disease identified in wild British snakes for first time: Study finds emerging fungal pathogen amongst European snake populations.»

«Importantly, we have identified psychiatric risks that may develop for extremely low birth weight survivors as they become adults, and this understanding will help us better predict, detect and treat mental disorders in this population,» said Dr. Ryan Van Lieshout, lead author of the study and a professor of psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences for the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster.