One limitation of the present study is the unfavourable internal consistency of the 20 - item MHKQ scale (Cronbach's α = 0.61), which is in
keeping with previous studies showing weak to acceptable internal consistency.10, 11, 29 However, this may be due to the fact that for knowledge scales measuring various factors of a construct, knowing the correct answer of one item does not necessarily lead to the right recognition of another item, thus a very high internal consistency may not be expected.
In
keeping with previous studies comparing much smaller portions of the chimp and human genomes, the new comparison shows incredible similarity between the genomes.
Not exact matches
While the
study found that overall risk was low — in
keeping with previous research that has found ARV use in pregnancy to be generally safe — the researchers did find that one ARV drug, atazanavir, was associated
with increased risk of birth defects and they said it should be
studied further.
Researchers
studying the difference in tool use between our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, found that immature bonobos have low rates of object manipulation, in
keeping with previous work showing bonobos use few tools and none in foraging.
Keep in mind that most
previous studies had never separated processed meat (such as hot dogs, bologna, lunch meats
with chemical additives, etc) vs unprocessed meats (such as a healthy grass - fed steak, pasture - raised pork tenderloin, grass - fed burger, wild game meats, etc) in investigating the relationship between meat eating and heart disease.
Now one way to
study this is to take the average temperature of each millenium of the record: doing so shows the most recent millenium was the coolest and the one just
previous next so; this is in
keeping with orbital forcing theory.
This is consistent
with previous studies reporting good general knowledge but lack of awareness about specific risks for an unborn child and specific benefits of quitting.11, 25 Attitudes regarding smoking and the health of the woman's baby, however, contradicted the apparent level of knowledge — significantly more smokers than non-smokers believed that «if you are exposed to a lot of smoke from other people you might as well
keep smoking yourself».
Our results are in
keeping with three out of four
previous studies that have investigated CU traits in adolescents
with CD.