Sentences with phrase «limited little studies»

In addition, there is no indication that arbitrary author - designed scales created by doctoral students in the course of their minor and highly limited little studies would have any transportable measurement validity.

Not exact matches

«The limited research on the effects of foreign military policies indicates little or no impact on unit cohesion, operational effectiveness, or readiness,» the study said.

Lucky for you omelet lovers, the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee recently set the record straight when they dropped their longstanding recommendation to limit dietary cholesterol due to countless studies confirming that this variety has little effect on blood cholesterol levels — that means there's no reason to shun the yolk.

But it was a very unsatisfying attempt — to have weighty theological questions determined by delegates who came together for a few days with little prior study of the issues, who were sometimes inclined to suppose that such questions admitted of «yes» or «no» answers, and who passed judgment after rather limited opportunity for discussion and debate.

An emerging body of literature in adults has begun to establish clear associations between gut microbiome composition and a wide range of health outcomes.1 - 6 In contrast, comparatively little is known about the gut microbiome in infants and children, the exposures that shape it, and its lifelong health effects.7 Although limited in their size and scope, a number of studies have established associations between intestinal microbiome profiles in infants, delivery mode, and / or breast milk exposure.8 - 15 These factors both have long - term health consequences.

An initial high - resolution study shows that off Peru the ocean layer called «oxygen minimum» where life is limited is sensitive to the intensity of the seasonal current from the equator that brings water containing little oxygen to the coastal ecosystem.

Nevertheless, as Tobias says, it is still ``... a field beset with relatively few facts but many theories... The story of early hominid brains has to be read from carefully dated, well identified, fossilised calvariae, or from endocranial casts formed within them... Such materials confine the Hercule Poirot, who would read «the little grey cells» of fossil hominids, to statements about the size, shape and surface impressions... of ancient brains...» The other major limiting factor at the moment is the lack of suitable fossil skulls for such studies.

«Our study shows that adult little auks usually go to their limit, to their caring maximum, in order to give their offspring enough to eat,» says Palme.

Before this study — the largest of its kind — conducted by a team led by Professor Dirk Inzé, scientists had little insight into the genes and genetic processes that drive some plants to limit their growth under drought conditions while others grow normally.

The British Journal of Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry defines picky eating, or Selective Eating Disorder, as: ``... the little studied phenomenon of eating a highly limited range of foods, associated with an unwillingness to try new foods.

Also discussed in that post is other sources such as the Scientific American article, It's Time to End the War on Salt, The zealous drive by politicians to limit our salt intake has little basis in science which summarized the research of eleven studies and showed that sodium does not dramatically alter blood pressure.

Regarding carbohydrate source, a diet with a low versus high glycemic index can be used to reduce HbA1c moderately (by ∼ 0.5 %).13 Case series and pilot studies reveal more substantial improvements in HbA1c and other benefits (less hypoglycemia and reduced glycemic variability) with a very low — carbohydrate diet (VLCD).14 — 21 Although varying to some degree among studies, a VLCD is typically defined as ≤ 20 to 50 g per day of carbohydrates or ≤ 5 % to 10 % carbohydrates as a proportion of calories.22 — 24 In T1DM, small sample sizes and methodological issues limit the significance of VLCD benefits, and little is known about prevalence, practice, and sustainability.

Bilingual Education: The federal government should stop focusing on bilingual education programs to help students with limited English proficiency, because there is little evidence that those programs work, a series of draft studies written for the U.S. Department of Education concludes.

Most students around the world study in classrooms where experiential access is very limited, and they study in large classes giving them little interaction with a teacher, so supplementing the class with a relevant experiential environment must offer value.

Little information is published on breed - specific variations in puppy growth patterns, and most studies provide only limited data on single breeds, for example, 8 — 34 - mo - old and 6 — 20 - wk - old Labrador Retrievers (7,9) and 0 — 12 - wk - old German Shepherds (8).

It looked like a little study with a very limited palette.

The assumption was that the limiting factor was the formation of nanosized clusters, but the folks who study CCNs know that there are more than enough nanosized little things in the air from dust, etc, that a few more don't matter.

The study did not factor in proposed EPA regulations to limit carbon emissions, and Davis said the regulations would likely have little impact on lifetime power plant emissions in the study.

In the trees studied here at the drought limit, it seems that there was little risk of complete exhaustion of NSC, and whole - tree C starvation seems unlikely.

The Washington LLLT program came about after our Supreme Court commissioned a Civil Legal Needs Study in 2003, which concluded that there was limited access to justice for those with little or no financial means.

[2] The Court then commissioned the Civil Legal Needs Study in 2003, which concluded that there was limited access to justice for those with little or no financial means.

However, due to the limited time span of most longitudinal studies, little is known about the duration in which adolescents with low self - esteem remain vulnerable to develop depressive symptoms.