Sentences with phrase «increased during the study period»

«Our study also showed that the levels of both grass and birch pollen increased during the study period and that the length of the pollen season has increased.

Though the total amount of phosphorus entering the lake seems to be the best predictor of bloom size, that variable alone doesn't fully explain the observed size increase during the study period examined by the team, 2002 to 2013.

The overall number of underrepresented minority faculty increased during the study period (from 6,565 (6.8 percent) in 2000 to 9,009 (8.0 percent) in 2010) as did the percentage of newly hired faculty self - reporting underrepresented minority status (from 9.4 percent in 2000 to 12.1 percent in 2010) and newly promoted (6.3 percent to 7.9 percent).

In addition, the annual number of injured children increased during the study period.

Overall, these catches slightly increased during the study period as more people participated, the researchers found.

Although the finding that shelter intake declined in association with the inception of the voucher program, the presence of extraneous (confounding) factors associated both with time and shelter intake can not be ruled out, including migration into and out of the county (although the human population actually increased during the study period).

The study found that, on average, temperatures during winter and spring had increased during the study period and the amount of the snow - water equivalent (or the water in the snowpack) decreased by 25 percent.

Not exact matches

A 2011 report from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research found that between 1985 and 2009, IRRI varieties and breeding lines contributed, on average, 50 % of the annual yield increases in southern Vietnam and the use of new varieties increased Vietnamese rice farmers» income by US$ 127 per hectare (in 2009 values) per year during the study period.

Hospitals that transitioned from not having DHM to having DHM availability during the study period were examined to assess changes in rates of breast milk feeding at NICU discharge and NEC.The availability of DHM increased from 27 to 55 hospitals during the study period.

The prone or side sleep position can increase the risk of rebreathing expired gases, resulting in hypercapnia and hypoxia.54, — , 57 The prone position also increases the risk of overheating by decreasing the rate of heat loss and increasing body temperature compared with infants sleeping supine.58, 59 Recent evidence suggests that prone sleeping alters the autonomic control of the infant cardiovascular system during sleep, particularly at 2 to 3 months of age, 60 and can result in decreased cerebral oxygenation.61 The prone position places infants at high risk of SIDS (odds ratio [OR]: 2.3 — 13.1).62, — , 66 However, recent studies have demonstrated that the SIDS risks associated with side and prone position are similar in magnitude (OR: 2.0 and 2.6, respectively) 63 and that the population - attributable risk reported for side sleep position is higher than that for prone position.65, 67 Furthermore, the risk of SIDS is exceptionally high for infants who are placed on their side and found on their stomach (OR: 8.7).63 The side sleep position is inherently unstable, and the probability of an infant rolling to the prone position from the side sleep position is significantly greater than rolling prone from the back.65, 68 Infants who are unaccustomed to the prone position and are placed prone for sleep are also at greater risk than those usually placed prone (adjusted OR: 8.7 — 45.4).63, 69,70 Therefore, it is critically important that every caregiver use the supine sleep position for every sleep period.

Two later studies not included in these meta - analyses reported equivalent or even larger protective associations.265, 266 The mechanism for this apparent strong protective effect is still unclear, but lowered arousal thresholds, favorable modification of autonomic control during sleep, and maintaining airway patency during sleep have been proposed.247, 267, — , 270 It is common for the pacifier to fall from the mouth soon after the infant falls asleep; even so, the protective effect persists throughout that sleep period.247, 271 Two studies have shown that pacifier use is most protective when used for all sleep periods.169, 266 However, these studies also showed increased risk of SIDS when the pacifier was usually used but not used the last time the infant was placed for sleep; the significance of these findings is yet unclear.

Mothers who overeat during the period when they are breastfeeding may have children who are at increased risk of becoming obese and going through early puberty, a new study of mice suggests.

During the study period, HEMS patient acuity increased though expected mortality did not.

Several epidemiological studies have suggested that exposure to antibiotics during the peripartum period (late pregnancy and the nursing period after birth) increases the risk for IBD in humans.

The risk for high frequency headache, or more than 10 days with headache per month, increased by 60 percent in middle - aged women with migraine during the perimenopause — the transitional period into menopause marked by irregular menstrual cycles — as compared to normally cycling women, says Martin, the study's lead author.

The early termination was due to slow enrollment, thought to be a consequence of the rapid spread and increased appeal of a new angioplasty technique called fractional flow reserve during the later part of the study enrollment period.

During the study period, the 2 - year age - adjusted incidence of injuries increased by 28 percent; the incidence of hospital admissions increased by 120 percent.

The study period also bracketed a time during which Obama argued forcefully for, and issued executive orders aimed at, increasing federal gun regulation.

The researchers also discovered increased use of these medications among boys, white children and those without private health insurance during the 16 - year study period, 1994 - 2009.

There was no significant increase in adverse events with any of the treatments over the control group, nor was there any difference in malaria incidence between groups during the one year period after the study treatment was stopped, suggesting that monthly administration of DP is a safe and effective treatment for reducing malaria among infants in regions with year - round transmission and high resistance to antifolates.

Another notable outcome: The occurrence of high vitamin D levels over 50 ng / mL increased during the 10 - year period of the study, from nine per 100,000 people at the start of the study up to 233 per 100,000 by the end.

They focussed on 2400 units that were sold more than once during this period, in order to study the increase in values.

At the same time, salt intake was unchanged for white people but increased for black and Hispanic people during the study period.

If studying the faces of offspring is mutually beneficial in the post-partum period, perhaps the increase in facial recognition during pregnancy is playing the dual role of protecting offspring from threats and preparing mothers for their unique bonding experience.

«Our study indicates that increases in gun violence in our schools can result from disappointment and despair during periods of increased unemployment, when getting an education does not necessarily lead to finding work.»

«Although the definition of underrepresented minority is evolving to reflect local and regional perspectives, findings from this study demonstrate that faculty who are underrepresented in medicine, relative to the general population, have seen little increase in absolute or percentage representation across all schools during this time period, while the prevalence of individuals of underrepresented minority status in the general population had increased to greater than 30 percent by 2010,» the authors write.

Physician contributions increased to $ 189 million from $ 20 million during the study period.

Maria Carrillo, vice president of medical and scientific relations at the Alzheimer's Association, an advocacy group, applauds NIH's giving the trial a green light: Targeting the APOE4 population will «increase the possibility that participants in the trial will become symptomatic during the period of the study so that the scientists can assess whether the drug intervention is having an impact on delaying or preventing Alzheimer's symptoms, without having to wait 10 or 15 years or more,» she says.

The study also reports that bullied children, who had several friends despite being bullied, had increased their use of TMC somewhat during the time period.

The retail prices of seven drugs more than quadrupled during the study period, with the vast majority of price increases occurring after 2011.

Mothers who overeat during the period when they are breastfeeding may have children who are at increased risk of becoming obese and going through early puberty, a new study of mice suggests.

By studying the relationship between CO2 levels and climate change during a warmer period in Earth's history, the scientists have been able to estimate how the climate will respond to increasing levels of carbon dioxide, a parameter known as «climate sensitivity».

Cardiovascular disease risk among all the participants (regardless of the number of natural teeth at the study's start) increased 16 percent among those losing two or more teeth during the study period, compared to those who didn't lose any teeth.

There wasn't a notable increase in cardiovascular disease risk among those who reported losing one tooth during the study period.

The study also found that the largest percentage increase in deaths would come not during the traditionally sweltering months of June through August, but rather in May and September — periods that are now generally pleasant, but which will probably increasingly become incorporated into the brutal dog days of summer.

A new study conducted by researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital investigated sports - and recreation - related eye injuries during a 23 - year period and found a slight decrease in eye injuries overall; however, the rate of eye injury associated with non-powder guns (including BB, pellet and paintball guns) increased by almost 170 %.

While the overall rate of sports - and recreation - related eye injury decreased slightly during the study period, the rate of injury associated with non-powder guns increased by nearly 170 %.

We also show a doubling (108.1 % increase) of global burnable area affected by long fire weather seasons (> 1.0 σ above the historical mean) and an increased global frequency of long fire weather seasons across 62.4 million km2 (53.4 %) during the second half of the study period.

A 2011 report from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research found that between 1985 and 2009, IRRI varieties and breeding lines contributed, on average, 50 % of the annual yield increases in southern Vietnam and the use of new varieties increased Vietnamese rice farmers» income by US$ 127 per hectare (in 2009 values) per year during the study period.

The team's model predicted that foliage would increase by some 5 to 10 percent given the 14 percent increase in atmospheric CO 2 concentration during the study period.

«These increases constitute a public health crisis that may have been overshadowed by increases in much less prevalent substance use (marijuana, opiates and heroin) during the same period,» the study authors wrote.

During the study period, the proportion of patients receiving bystander CPR increased from about 39 percent in 2010 to slightly more than 49 percent in 2013.

More than 71 percent of these patients had been prescribed a beta blocker, and the use of beta blockers for angioplasty patients increased during the eight - year study period, Parikh said.

A large study of 24,000 men and women aged 35 — 64 years published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) in 2012 found that those who used calcium supplements had a 139 % greater risk of heart attack during the 11 - year study period, while intake of calcium from food did not increase the risk.

It has not increased the risk of breast cancer during the time period of the study.»

A study for example compared elite to non-elite players during a 2 - year period and showed that an increase in levels of serum testosterone was related to increases in strength.

In a placebo controlled double - blind study of frail elderly patients, treatment with NAC doubled the increase in knee extensor strength during a 6 - week program of physical exercise and slowed the subsequent decline during a 6 - week follow - up period.

During the study period, they found that bone mineral density increased significantly.

An increasing number of animal studies have shown altered markers for health in subjects exposed to intermittent fasting, i.e. regularly and repeatedly abstaining from eating during 12 - 36 hours per period.

Static stretching done during warm ups can increase flexibility for a short period of time, but there are no studies that confirm that exercise performance is improved because of it.