Sentences with phrase «moderate evidence of»

For this competition, Validation grants will provide up to $ 12 million to fund projects with moderate evidence of effectiveness.

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Leaving aside the fact that a relatively anemic 15 % of Canadians are physically active enough to satisfy even modest government recommendations — Health Canada suggests 150 minutes per week of moderate - to - vigorous physical activity — the evidence is mounting that you can not offset the deleterious effects of sitting simply by exercising more.

The company says it is considering sending dashboard phone mounts to drivers accused of texting while driving, and installed passenger - facing mirrors in the backseats of operators in Seattle based on evidence it causes riders to «self - moderate» their behavior.

Overall, however, the bulk of the evidence continues to suggest tepid economic growth with moderate but persistent inflation pressures, and the Market Climate for precious metals remains favorable on our measures.

Wages growth has remained moderate in recent quarters, and thus far provides little evidence of any increased pressures despite the stronger labour market conditions over the past year.

By enshrining zero percent inflation as the ideal, both of them reflect an exaggerated fear of even moderate inflation that is not supported by the preponderance of evidence.

Shi'ites and Sunnis, Arabs and Persians, extremists and moderates, militants and pacifists, unemployed youth and disenchanted women all give evidence to a dissatisfaction with the unfulfilled promise of Islam.

Strong evidence from observational studies has shown that moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease.

Results of the analyses continue to confirm that all forms of extra support analyzed together showed a decrease in cessation of «any breastfeeding», which includes partial and exclusive breastfeeding (average risk ratio (RR) for stopping any breastfeeding before six months 0.91, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.88 to 0.95; moderate - quality evidence, 51 studies) and for stopping breastfeeding before four to six weeks (average RR 0.87, 95 % CI 0.80 to 0.95; moderate - quality evidence, 33 studies).

All forms of extra support together also showed a decrease in cessation of exclusive breastfeeding at six months (average RR 0.88, 95 % CI 0.85 to 0.92; moderate - quality evidence, 46 studies) and at four to six weeks (average RR 0.79, 95 % CI 0.71 to 0.89; moderate quality, 32 studies).

Breastfeeding was associated with a 1.7 - point reduction in standardised pain scores (SMD -1.7, 95 % CI -2.2 to -1.3); we considered this evidence to be of moderate quality as data were primarily from infants younger than 6 months of age.

The quality of the evidence was moderate for crying time and pain scores.

It also increases spontaneous vaginal births (high - certainty evidence) and probably reduces caesarean births and increases the number of women with an intact perineum (moderate - certainty evidence).

Conversely, many researchers have observed a greater risk of overweight in children and adolescents who had not been breastfed compared with those who had16, 17 or who were breastfed a shorter rather than longer duration.18 — 25 On the basis of a review of 11 studies, Dewey26 concluded that «the evidence to date suggests that breastfeeding reduces the risk of child overweight to a moderate extent.»

There is «moderate quality» evidence that treatment reduces the chance of hypertension (NNT 18.1) and pre-eclampsia (NNT 21).

Fourth, higher quality maternal interactions have been shown to improve brain development at 5, 10 and 24 months.34 Fifth, there is growing evidence to suggest that the beneficial effects of exclusive breastfeeding may be moderated by the infant's genome, 35,36 and the metabolism of the fatty acids in maternal breast milk.37 For example, Krol et al. 36 showed that infants exclusively breastfed for a longer duration (above the 50th percentile) showed a heightened sensitivity and interest in a happy visual stimulus (eyes) than infants exclusively breastfed for a shorter duration (below the 50th percentile).

You've established that you believe anyone defending the lack of evidence of any harm done by light to moderate drinking in pregnancy clearly must have a problem with alcohol.

The defenestration of Tory moderates such as George Young, Sayeeda Warsi and Clarke with Tory hardliners such as Grayling, Patterson and Theresa Villiers was evidence of this.

Perhaps most exciting of all is strong evidence, now repeated in several studies, that moderate regular use of cannabis in middle age can delay and even prevent the onset of Alzheimer's.

Massey and Malliotakis come from different wings of the Republican Party, with Massey a moderate billing himself as a «non-political» technocrat open to «ideas from across the political spectrum,» in the Michael Bloomberg mold; while Malliotakis — as evidenced by her support from the Conservative Party — is further to the right, though she has also claimed to not easily fit into any ideological orthodoxy.

All the evidence is that the so - called Moderates have not the remotest intention of addressing inequality or promoting democratic socialist policies, and that is why they will continue to alienate traditional Labour voters.

It is also an evidence of our state as a people, a people whose sense of reason is moderated by political colours and tribal stereotyping, with limited commitment to our nation.

The panel determined that «no evidence of even moderate scientific quality» links anything — from herbal or nutritional supplements to prescription medications to social, economic or environmental conditions — with the slightest decrease in the risk of developing Alzheimer's.

Our study found no evidence of benefit for nervous system or cognitive function from 12 months of supplementation among older people with moderate vitamin B12 deficiency.

There's moderate evidence that these laws can reduce the number of firearm homicides and suicides and limited evidence that background checks reduce violent crime and homicides in general.

They found moderate quality evidence that at around 12 months, both routes had successfully cured symptoms in 80 % of women.

The researchers evaluated the quality of the evidence for the short - term effects as moderate; the long - term effects are uncertain, as few trials measured this.

The team ranked the strength of the evidence of a given policy's effectiveness as limited (at least one study showed an effect, which wasn't contradicted by other studies), moderate (two or more studies showed the same effect, no contradictory studies) or supported (three or more studies with at least two independent datasets found an effect with no contradictory studies).

Previous studies have found evidence that IL - 27 has a moderating effect on the Th2 response, and in general, keeps T - cells — the «battle tanks» of the immune system — from causing too much damage.

The research team investigated the association between weight loss and the progression of cartilage changes on MRI over a 48 - month period in 640 overweight and obese patients (minimum body mass index [BMI] 25 kg / m2) who had risk factors for osteoarthritis or MRI evidence of mild to moderate osteoarthritis.

The results — pre-teens with MPS had thicker arterial linings than other kids their age — helped Wang secure funding for additional studies, which revealed evidence of moderate to severe heart valve disease in kids with MPS.

At the moment we only have low to moderate quality evidence for the effects of yoga before six months as a type of exercise for helping people with chronic lower back pain.

Each recommendation received two grades, one for strength (strong, weak or insufficient), and another for the quality of evidence (high, moderate or low) that supported the specific recommendation.

Kahan and other social scientists previously have shown that information based on scientific evidence can actually intensify — rather than moderate — political polarization on contentious topics such as gun control, climate change, fracking, or the safety of certain vaccines.

This finding provides the first evidence that even a relatively short period of moderate substance use might reduce reward region responsivity to a general reinforcer.

There is moderate evidence to support conclusions that background checks reduce firearm suicides and firearm homicides, and that laws prohibiting the purchase or possession of guns by individuals with some forms of mental illness reduce violent crime, according to the analysis.

Her team — Clinton Key and Shenyang Guo, PhD, of the University of North Carolina; Yeong Hun Yeo, PhD, of Jeonbuk National University in the Republic of Korea; and Krista Holub of the CSD — found evidence that low - and moderate - income homeowners experience greater short - run increases in net worth, assets and non-housing net worth than renters do.

Evidence suggesting that mild to moderate consumption of wine protects against cardiovascular disease has been accumulating since the early 1990s.

But the proportion of babies who survived without evidence of moderate or severe neurological impairment improved from 16 percent to 20 percent.

First Class I evidence for efficacy of modified Story Memory Technique in moderate to severe traumatic brain injury

The treatment protocol, the modified Story Memory Technique © (mSMT), was found to improve memory in adults with moderate to severe TBI, providing the first Class I evidence for the efficacy of this intervention in the TBI population.

«This extends the Class 1 evidence for efficacy of the mSMT to people with moderate to severe TBI.

An A grade indicates there is strong evidence in favor of that treatment, and B is moderate.

There's «moderate» evidence that exercise doesn't prolong labor, boost the risk of premature birth or of complications in the infant at birth.

The study was «well - done,» Karlamangla says, and despite the built - in limitations in the research, it reinforces the evidence for the health benefits of moderate drinking.

There's «high» and «moderate» evidence, respectively, that exercise during pregnancy reduces the risk of excess weight in babies at birth, and doesn't boost the risk of labor complications such as the need for induced labor or episiotomy (a surgical cut of vaginal tissue to aid delivery).

Based on the evidence provided by these studies, researchers from McMaster University in Ontario divided dietary interventions (or nutrients) into three categories: strong, moderate, or weak causal relationships between consumption and decreased — or increased — risk of developing heart disease.

Despite this and other medical evidence, most guidelines still recommend keyhole surgery for people with meniscus tears, sudden onset of symptoms like pain or swelling, or mild to moderate difficulties with knee movement.

Moderate heart healers • Seafood and marine omega - 3 fatty acids • Whole grains • Fruit • Fiber • Diet rich in folate, beta - carotene, and vitamins E and C • Alcohol Insufficient evidence of either helping or hurting • Vitamin E and C supplements • Total fat • Saturated fat • Polyunsaturated fat • Meat • Eggs • Milk

Because of these limitations, Wieland and her co-authors determined that the evidence of yoga's benefits for back pain was only of «low - to moderate - certainty.»