Sentences with phrase «large effects produced»

In clinical studies large effects produced by sham acupuncture were observed [4]--[6].

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Some argue that the country at large has a tendency to pass laws that produce no substantial effect.

Canadian regulations only affect existing coal plants once they have been producing for approximately 50 years or plants undergoing major refurbishment: Their effect will not be felt on a large scale for decades.

Also there is evidence of molecular mechanisms in the cell membranes that can amplify small changes in the field to produce large changes in neural activity.13 On the other hand, earlier tests of Kohler's theory found that interference with electrical gradients over the cortex had no effect on behavioral measures (see note 11 for reference to these studies).

In other parts of the world, he explains, farms use a lot of mechanization and industrialization to produce large quantities of abalone, but this has an adverse effect on their flavor.

«The excitement of the «Whole Foods effect» can quickly turn to fear as [companies] face producing and distributing their recipes at larger volumes while maintaining quality and consistency,» the Times article, published in April, read.

Chocolate contains a substance that mimics caffeine and can produce a similar effect in large quantities.

Most trials of prenatal home visiting have produced disappointing effects on pregnancy outcomes such as birth weight and gestational age, 9,16,17 although one program of prenatal and infancy home visiting by nurses has reduced prenatal tobacco use in two trials18, 19 and has reduced pregnancy - induced hypertension in a large sample of African - Americans.20

In a trial that included separate treatment groups of nurse and paraprofessional home visitors, the nurses produced effects that were twice as large as those of the paraprofessionals.18

But in terms of the Conservative electoral coalition, Brexit has produced a less ambiguous effect: the party has absorbed a large portion of the former UKIP vote, as voters on the authoritarian side of the political spectrum have migrated, or returned, to a Conservative Party that now promises concrete, credible action to regain control of the borders.

The earbud covers also come in small, medium, and large sizes to produce an effective noise canceling effect.

DPP4 is an enzyme that, to a large extent, is produced by the liver and inhibits the effects of important intestinal hormones that are involved in blood glucose metabolism.

(The fact that this hasn't had catastrophic effects on Earth, if it happens at all, is one reason that researchers at the CERN particle physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland, are so confident that scare stories about black holes being produced by their Large Hadron Collider are baseless.)

Especially informative are the long - term studies on the effects of early childhood interventions, which indicate that an appropriate schooling of children as young as 3 years old produces remarkably large benefits for society, even in cases where the children do not perform significantly better academically.

These effects were present in the LHC's previous run, but the higher energies, plus efforts to produce more frequent collisions by bunching particles in the beam closer together, make them a larger problem than before.

Other possible culprits, such as migrating flows in Earth's core, couldn't produce such a large effect.

A number of studies have used quantum dots to produce the similar effects but because the dots are much larger and not uniform in size, due to the nature of their synthesis, the results have not been reproducible — not every device made with quantum dots behaved the same way.

Scientists at USC have definitively demonstrated that large sets of variations in the genetic code that do not individually appear to have much effect can collectively produce significant changes in an organism's physical characteristics.

Would one pack passing through an area occasionally, but not denning there, have the same effect as two very large packs that had produced multiple litters of pups in one year?

«We discovered that this new treatment produced larger changes in the brain and that the interval between pulses also had an effect.

These regions can be clumped into larger areas of the genome called quantitative trait loci, which are known to contain genes that produce a specific physical effect, such as shaggy hair.

And how can such a tiny amount of change produce such large effects?

Tolerance occurs when the rat «adapts» to THC so that larger doses are required to produce the same pain - relieving effects initially seen with the first dose.

«The transchromosomal cows allow us to rapidly produce large quantities of polyclonal antibodies that are, in effect, natural cocktails targeting specific threat agents like Andes virus and Sin Nombre virus.»

As SEP events may produce very large enhancements in the ion production rate in the Venusian upper and middle atmosphere, investigations of space weather effects at Venus are relevant to future missions to the planet, particularly those carrying low - frequency radar instruments (Nordheim et al. 2015).

A LARGE body of literature has shown that genetically modified (GM) plants that produce proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) to protect themselves from insect pests have little to no effect on a wide range of non-target insects.

The net effect of human - generated aerosols is more complicated and regionally variable — for example, in contrast to the local warming effect of the Asian Brown Cloud, global shipping produces large amounts of cooling reflective sulphate aerosols: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/08/990820022710.htm

In the first trial (Neurology 2007; 68:51 — 55), 12 weeks of phenylbutyrate treatment produced no beneficial effects, although the small number and relatively large age range of the patients may have hidden a modest effect.

In Chicago, for example, the city's effect on initiating storms could be muted by winds produced by Lake Michigan, which plays a large role in its localized weather.

As bacteria in the large intestine ferment the remaining ones, they 1) produce an osmotic effect, sucking in water and 2) churn out methane, carbon dioxide and other by - products as metabolites.

It should not be expected that a large number of individuals using testosterone increasing methods, will experience side effects, but it is a reality, that almost all methods can produce possible side effects.

People can build up a tolerance to the effects of caffeine requiring larger doses to produce the same desired effect.

The reality, though, is small meals result in a smaller, shorter metabolic spikes, and larger meals produce larger, longer lasting effects.

The reason for that is the extremely large psychological effect produced by the suicide attack (moral supremacy over the opponent, inducing fear in large numbers of people).

While sewists can use this phenomenon in a pleasing way to produce visual interest, most often we avoid it by continuing the pattern of stripes, plaids, or large prints across visible seams in as unbroken a manner as possible, aiming for a balanced, harmonious effect.

Almost two full decades before the explosion of effects - and gore - driven horror created in large part by the emergence of a viable VHS genre market, Lewis and his producing partner crafted careers out of servicing the more prurient interests of theater owners, who were eager to book cheap fare that could fill seats between Hollywood studio engagements.

In effect, two lands of films are being produced these days in the United States: the products churned out by the large production companies, which are most often repetitive although there are exceptions, and the films that certain independent directors manage to make.

MDRC, which has considerable experience in running trials in community colleges, says the programs in Ohio and New York are producing some of the largest effects they have seen in postsecondary education.

For example, a quasi-experimental study by the Educational Testing Service found that teachers with a high level of engagement in a large - scale mentoring program (California Formative Assessment and Support System for Teachers) improved both teaching practices and student achievement, producing an effect size equivalent to half a year's growth (Thompson, Goe, Paek, and Ponte, 2004).

Moreover, the best available evidence shows that KIPP produces large impacts on students in their first year at a KIPP school — before late - entering students could possibly have any effect.

The experiment provided no direct empirical evidence that small classes in kindergarten followed by large classes in succeeding grades would produce sustained effects.

4) Finally, assume that the conditions that produced the very large effect can be perfectly replicated throughout the state of Washington.

[32] Large - scale subsidies for K — 12 education have the potential to produce similar effects.

Comparing Noble high schools only to other charter schools and adjusting for other differences in students» background produces an estimated Noble effect of 13 percentage points on college enrollment — a large, significant difference.

«In some cases, these charter schools have quite large effects, such that attending one for three years produce test - score gains that are equivalent to the size of the U.S. black - white achievement gap,» said Sarah Cohodes, an assistant professor of education and public policy at Columbia University in a publication from Princeton University and the Brookings Institute.

Alternatively, charter schools might produce larger effects on attainment than on test scores because they are endowing students with skills, knowledge, work habits, motivation, and values that are important for long - term success but are not fully captured by test scores.

Educational interventions that can produce an effect this large in one year are often regarded as quite successful.

Out of government Scheuer has continued to be one of the most original and thoughtful interpreters of bin Laden and al - Qaeda, and in this volume he has distilled his decade and half of thinking about them to great effect, synthesizing a large body of literature to produce a portrait of bin Laden that is authoritative.»

Qaeda, and in this volume he has distilled his decade and half of thinking about them to great effect, synthesizing a large body of literature to produce a portrait of bin Laden that is authoritative.»

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