Sentences with phrase «interesting outcome of the study»

One interesting outcome of the study was to show that an animal's movement triggers more firing among nerves in the deeper layers than in those nearer the surface of the brain.

Not exact matches

Several reliable studies have shown that high levels of interest by a father in his child's schooling and education are associated with improved outcomes, including:

I'm disappointed in this study because of the «vested interest in the outcome» that you refer to.

I had not seen the picture of Brian Wansink in the milk ad before and have a hard time accepting studies funded by industries with a vested interest in the outcome.

Although the observational studies that underlie our models all adjusted for multiple confounders, including known risk factors for the disease outcomes of interest, risk factors for early breastfeeding cessation such as preterm birth, preeclampsia, and obesity are also risk factors for metabolic disease in later life.

Results from these studies suggest a differential effect depending on the outcome of interest.

low risk of bias (where it is clear that all of the study's pre-specified outcomes and all expected outcomes of interest to the review have been reported);

I, however, have the experience from my unrelated specialty that if a study is: full of mistakes that the authors themselves admit to; founded by a party that has vested interest in the outcome; being widely dismissed in scientific circles; is done by someone who hid a conflict of interest — then the study is not to be trusted.

high risk of bias (where not all the study's prespecified outcomes have been reported; one or more reported primary outcomes were not prespecified; outcomes of interest are reported incompletely and so can not be used; study fails to include results of a key outcome that would have been expected to have been reported);

low risk of bias (where it is clear that all of the study's prespecified outcomes and all expected outcomes of interest to the review have been reported);

A reform group studied votes taken by local governments across the state on whether to allow hydrofracking, and found numerous potential conflicts of interest that they say could have tainted the outcome of the votes.

The outcome of our study shows that not only is our program working here in Missouri, but replicating it throughout the country may increase interest in rural medicine and address rural physician workforce needs elsewhere.»

The study has sparked interest in what its authors call «cognitive epidemiology,» the study of associations between mental ability tests and health outcomes.

Ten - month - old infants looked longer at scenes in which the bigger object surrendered, indicating that they were surprised at this outcome (the amount of time infants spend studying a scene is a well - tested experimental metric for piqued interest).

«Substance abuse is the topic of high public interest, yet little attention is given to the experiences of college students with disabilities,» wrote the study authors Steven L. West et al. «Given that binge drinking is highly correlated with academic failure, drop - out, and an increased risk for various negative health conditions, such use by students with disabilities may place them at extreme risk for various negative outcomes.»

Dr. Grant and colleagues also performed a separate analysis of data from eight studies — including 838 patients — assessing nausea and vomiting as the main outcome of interest.

«In our study we weren't interested in whether patients had better outcomes in NSQIP vs. non-NSQIP hospitals,» says David Etzioni, M.D., chair of Colorectal Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and the study author.

The University of Florence team's 2011 statistical analysis of health outcomes for almost 1,700 male patients showed that those involved in stable extramarital relationships had about twice the cardiovascular disease as other patients in the study, particularly if the man reported that his wife was still sexually interested in him.

The Women's Health Initiative Study in 2003 examined the effect of HRT on healthy postmenopausal women with a particular interest in cardiovascular outcomes.

Leading the study, Professor Kavita Vedhara from the University's School of Medicine said: «Researchers have been interested in the role that cortisol may play in determining reproductive outcomes for some time now, not least because cortisol is typically elevated in relation to stress.

«The results of this study were of particular interest because more than half of the pregnant women with migraine experienced some type of adverse birth outcome, suggesting that these pregnancies should be considered high risk,» said study author Matthew S. Robbins, M.D., director of inpatient services at Montefiore Headache Center, chief of neurology at Jack D. Weiler Hospital of Montefiore, and associate professor of clinical neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

While cautioning that the quantity of evidence was less - than - optimal and that the studies were qualitatively limited by the methods used to measure sodium intake, the small number of patients with health outcomes of interest in some of the studies, and other methodological constraints, the committee concluded that:

Another study proved that mice became more addicted to sugar than cocaine, and chose it over cocaine as their drug of choice — a very interesting outcome!

If a study was funded by people with vested interested in the outcome — a supplement company, for instance — be wary of the findings.

Here I want to present the results of one of these studies, which focuses on a particularly interesting way that the teacher unions can attempt to influence election outcomes.

Furthermore, the trader must be able to analyze macroeconomics accounting principles, such as a central bank's level of reserves, current / capital account surpluses and deficits, as well as study the causes and outcomes of speculative attacks on currency, for example, the Bank of England, Mexican and Thai currency debacles make for interesting case studies.

Riley's interest in color is inspired mainly from her studies of Italian Futurism and French masters like Henri Matisse and Georges Seurat, whose pictorial outcomes perfectly suit her activity and interests.

Perhaps we could interest someone like George Monbiot in the outcome of such a study.

Now, with far more money riding on the foisting of the AGW fraud, just what the hell gives you to sit before your computer right now, Bill, and try to push the notion that «researchers involved in environmental studies don't usually have a direct monetary interest in the outcome,» hm?

In this framework, a research finding is less likely to be true when the studies conducted in a field are smaller; when effect sizes are smaller; when there is a greater number and lesser preselection of tested relationships; where there is greater flexibility in designs, definitions, outcomes, and analytical modes; when there is greater financial and other interest and prejudice; and when more teams are involved in a scientific field in chase of statistical significance.

Given that policy makers should be interested in a higher probability of achieving desired temperature outcomes, more studies should examine what a higher probability of the resulting temperatures from the INDCs are.

No social scientist would ever submit the results of a subjective rating study where he alone did all the ratings and had an ideological conflict of interest with respect to the outcome.

1) the studies conducted in a field are smaller; 2) when effect sizes are smaller; 3) when there is a greater number and lesser preselection of tested relationships; 4) where there is greater flexibility in designs, definitions, outcomes, and analytical modes; 5) when there is greater financial and other interest and prejudice; and 6) when more teams are involved in a scientific field in chase of statistical significance.»

The benefit of an independent survey, by someone without a vested interest in the outcome of the study, is that it should provide a fresh perspective on the issue being studied.

Addressing inequity in outcomes for children across health and education is an issue of timely and significant policy interest at a state and federal level.68, 69 If right@home is effective and demonstrates benefit, the study design enables replicability at scale, with significant implications for the development of early childhood policy and strategy throughout Australia and internationally.

Felitti and colleagues1 first described ACEs and defined it as exposure to psychological, physical or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction including substance abuse (problem drinking / alcoholic and / or street drugs), mental illness, a mother treated violently and criminal behaviour in the household.1 Along with the initial ACE study, other studies have characterised ACEs as neglect, parental separation, loss of family members or friends, long - term financial adversity and witness to violence.2 3 From the original cohort of 9508 American adults, more than half of respondents (52 %) experienced at least one adverse childhood event.1 Since the original cohort, ACE exposures have been investigated globally revealing comparable prevalence to the original cohort.4 5 More recently in 2014, a survey of 4000 American children found that 60.8 % of children had at least one form of direct experience of violence, crime or abuse.6 The ACE study precipitated interest in the health conditions of adults maltreated as children as it revealed links to chronic diseases such as obesity, autoimmune diseases, heart, lung and liver diseases, and cancer in adulthood.1 Since then, further evidence has revealed relationships between ACEs and physical and mental health outcomes, such as increased risk of substance abuse, suicide and premature mortality.4 7

The study found that alternative dispute resolution — mainly collaborative family law and family mediation — also results in outcomes that are regarded as more in line with the best interests of both parents and children, says Silbert, principal of Sharon B. Silbert Professional Corporation.

Results from these studies suggest a differential effect depending on the outcome of interest.

Fifty - seven self - identified happily - married, middle - class couples in the Midwestern U.S. participated in a study investigating how men and women may differentially benefit from providing versus receiving sensitive support.1 Researchers were interested in how (a) the sensitivity of support provided (i.e., its responsiveness and attentiveness to the spouses» actions and comments) and whether (b) the husband or wife provided or received the support might predict marital outcomes.

Of particular interest to this study are patterns of subsidy receipt, the role of federal support for adoption subsidies under Title IV - E, and the relationship between adoption subsidies and adoption outcomes, including the rate of adoptions among eligible children and the timeliness of adoptioOf particular interest to this study are patterns of subsidy receipt, the role of federal support for adoption subsidies under Title IV - E, and the relationship between adoption subsidies and adoption outcomes, including the rate of adoptions among eligible children and the timeliness of adoptioof subsidy receipt, the role of federal support for adoption subsidies under Title IV - E, and the relationship between adoption subsidies and adoption outcomes, including the rate of adoptions among eligible children and the timeliness of adoptioof federal support for adoption subsidies under Title IV - E, and the relationship between adoption subsidies and adoption outcomes, including the rate of adoptions among eligible children and the timeliness of adoptioof adoptions among eligible children and the timeliness of adoptioof adoption.

The impact study will investigate whether adding these new approaches to an existing program improves key outcomes of interest, including employment, father - child relationship quality, and program participation.

With this sample size, MIHOPE becomes one of the largest studies of home visiting ever conducted, and it will be able to reliably examine impacts of home visiting on key outcomes and for key subgroups of interest.

Data extraction Both quantitative and qualitative data were independently extracted by two reviewers using standardized data extraction tools from the JBI - MAStARI and the JBI - QARI, respectively, including qualitative and quantitative details about setting of interventions, phenomena of interest, participants, study methods and outcomes or findings.

Secondary outcomes of interest include pregnancy and birth outcomes for Aboriginal mothers and babies in the study cohort, including: numbers of pregnant Aboriginal women who had their first antenatal visit before 20 weeks gestation; number of pregnant Aboriginal women who were smoking during the second half of their pregnancy; numbers of Aboriginal infants who were born preterm (less than 37 weeks gestation), with a low birth weight (less than 2500 g), small for gestational age and large for gestational age.

Her research interests focus on studying the neural correlates of PTSD using neuroimaging (functional magnetic resonance imaging) and treatment outcome research examining various pharmacological and psychotherapeutic methods.

Strengths of this study include the use of a large population - based sample linked with longitudinal administrative health data, the use of a prospective design, the consideration of a variety of potential confounders including coinciding health behaviours, socio - demographic factors and self - esteem, the use of health care provider diagnoses for internalizing disorders which provides an objective and clinically meaningful assessment of internalizing disorders, and lastly, the fact that we monitored the outcome of interest for a period of 8 years, which is longer than in the few other studies.

In addition, in areas of particular interest to pediatric psychologists, such as regimen adherence behavior in youth with chronic conditions, numerous studies have recommended that parents maintain a high level of oversight of youth, in order to ensure optimal regimen adherence and good health outcomes (Silverstein et al., 2005).