Sentences with phrase «more serious studies»

My Boy Scout days started me on a more serious study of environmental matters.

Having ready access to Halsburys enables a lawyer to have an overview, and some of the vocabulary, of almost any subject prior to meeting with a client, as well as the means of initiating a more serious study of the issues after the client has left.

Not exact matches

Like many post-recession pros, I rotate through freelance and contract gigs to earn dough, which made me give serious side - eye to a recent Glassdoor study finding that 89 % of 18 - to 34 - year - olds would prefer more perks to a pay raise.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

The study, in fact, does not address the issue of whether a dilbit spill, once it has happened, has more serious consequences than any other oil spill.

Mintz does cite one study showing that «serious social, emotional or psychological problems» are 2.5 times more frequent in the long term among children of divorced parents, but the citation is buried in a footnote.

The great interest of the study arises from the fact that, as the years went by, the researchers noticed that many of the children they had identified as «at high risk» (i.e., children subject to four or more serious disadvantages) were able to lead satisfying and socially productive lives as adults.

From these traditions, we have inherited not only the specific substantive emphases that distinguish each from the others but a legacy of common themes as well: (1) a theoretically grounded rationale for the importance of studying religion in any serious effort to understand the major dynamics of modern societies, (2) a view of religion that recognizes the significance of its cultural content and form, and (3) a perspective on religion that draws a strong connection between studies of religion and studies of culture more generally — specifically, studies of.

It's horrible that they were accused of something so serious that they didn't do, but that kind of «data» is purely apocryphal: all the evidence and studies points to women getting ignored and having their cases tossed far more than the reverse.

And then there are older women who are happily dating or in relationships — according to an AARP study, most divorced women in midlife do find someone new — 75 percent of women in their 50s reported enjoying serious, exclusive relationships after their divorces, often within two years, compared with 81 percent of men in their 50s (although more older men tend to marry again than older women).

A more recent 2010 ASMI study7 attempted to study the risk of serious injury from throwing curveballs before age 13.

If, however, a concussion or even more serious brain injury goes undetected and an athlete is allowed to continue playing, studies suggest that recovery from concussion, when the concussion is ultimately detected and diagnosed, is likely to take longer.

As most of the fathers studied exhibited relatively mild depressive symptoms, it is likely that greater effects would be found with more serious depression.

By: Ed BruskeA little sugar with that calcium?A landmark study on calcium and vitamin D nutrition recently published by the Institute of Medicine poses a serious challenge to a dairy industry campaign to sell chocolate milk to the nation's school children, finding that only girls aged 9 to... Read more

While more physical activity seems like it would be better for kids» health, the overall amount of time spent in physical activity was also higher in those athletes in the study who had serious injuries.

The study, published 13 June 2013, focused on two serious adverse events: postpartum hemorrhage and manual removal of the placenta, both of which are life - threatening, and also included admission to intensive care, eclampsia, and more than four packed cells in a blood transfusion.

High school athletes still suffer far more serious head injuries playing football and ice hockey than soccer, according to a study by RIO, which tracks concussion rates in high school sports.

Studies show that those babies who are not strapped on or those who do not travel in the car seat are more likely to go through serious injuries as compared to the others, even on low speed collisions.

A landmark study on calcium and vitamin D nutrition recently published by the Institute of Medicine poses a serious challenge to a dairy industry campaign to sell chocolate milk to the nation's school children, finding that only girls aged 9 to 18 might need more calcium and only by an amount contained in a half - serving of calcium - fortified cereal.

Studies have shown that a protein in human milk aids in brain development, and breast - fed babies are less likely to get gastrointestinal infections and diarrhea, respiratory and ear infections or more serious diseases such as pneumonia, and there is a lower risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Teething can cause mild health problems, but one recent study found that nurses and doctors tend to ascribe symptoms to teething even when they may be signs of more serious illness.

One study identified more serious injuries occurring when the child fell with a caretaker, 6,9 highlighting this as an important mechanism of injury for prevention efforts.

A more recent study of crib injuries that used data from the CPSC National Electronic Injury Surveillance System concluded that the potential benefits of preventing minor injury with bumper pad use were far outweighed by the risk of serious injury such as suffocation or strangulation.197 In addition, most bumper pads obscure infant and parent visibility, which might increase parental anxiety.195 There are other products that attach to crib sides or crib slats that claim to protect infants from injury.

The study of ideologies as serious forms of political thinking is a growth area within the discipline of politics as more and more research focuses on the «small print» of political thinking and on the comparative contexts in which it takes place.

While the delays highlighted in this study are relatively small, if they add onto delays in patients presenting to their GP with symptoms, or in a diagnostic appointment, they become more serious.

Joint first author of the study, microbiologist Dr Jo Fothergill said: «We have discovered that the nasopharynx acts as a silent reservoir for bacteria from which more serious infections in the lungs can develop.»

G. vaginalis also may be a contributor to more serious — and potentially deadly — kidney infections, the study suggests.

Expectant mothers need not be concerned that they are more prone to develop melanoma, or will have a worse prognosis if they do get this serious skin cancer, than women who are not pregnant, according to study results published online as an «article in press» on the Journal of the American College of Surgeons website ahead of print publication.

French researchers used clinical examinations and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies to determine whether retired professional rugby players experience more serious symptoms of cervical spine degeneration than people in the general population.

«This study suggests that methane emissions may be a serious problem in Utah, but we need more data to pinpoint exactly where emissions are coming from and to identify where the opportunities are to reduce them,» said Hamburg, calling this and other recent research on methane emissions «alarm bells ringing in our ears.»

However, in addition to studying compounds like cooking spices, they also study more serious ones, pollutants in particular.

The study, published in the journal Environment International, looked at more than 650,000 serious asthma attacks over a 15 year period.

These behaviors predict more serious adverse outcomes later in life, such as substance abuse, delinquency, and violence, explains study leader Anne Riley, PhD, professor in the Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health.

Then again, the Web is also making us sicker, or at least making us feel that way: A 2008 study by Microsoft Research showed that Internet searchers tend to focus on only the top few results, typically highlighting rarer, more serious diagnoses of common ailments such as headache (brain tumor!)

Nevertheless, the study casts serious doubt on the value of hatcheries for conservation, he says: «It's been going on for more than a century in the U.S., and just now has there been a push to find out if supplementation has been beneficial.»

Now, a new study led by infectious disease researcher Dr. Sachiko Seo, formerly of Fred Hutch and now a physician at the National Cancer Research Center East in Chiba, Japan, and Boeckh and published last month in the journal Haematologica has found that like more «serious» viruses, rhinovirus can cause pneumonia — and when it does, it can be deadly to those recovering from transplantation.

This is also the first study to date suggesting the disease is a milder form of the more common and serious disorder.»

«With more and more consumers recognizing the importance of protein for their overall health and well - being, the results of this study have particular relevance to a large segment of the population, from the serious sports and fitness enthusiast to the mainstream consumer.»

In the new study, the researchers found that the offspring of pregnant mice that consumed a high - fat diet developed liver fibrosis, a type of tissue scarring that is a sign that more serious disease will develop.

Studies of pregnant women have found that some who suffer serious infection are more likely to have a baby who grows up to develop schizophrenia.

The study has a more serious message too: it's easy to be fooled into believing a plausible - looking habitat analysis, even when the data is totally erroneous.

Tropical deforestation and climate change are expected to have serious negative effects on most tropical species, but few species have been studied for more than a few years, and they are usually studied in a single site.

More concerning, niacin was associated with an increased trend toward death from all causes as well as significant increases in serious side effects: liver problems, excess infections, excess bleeding, gout, loss of control of blood sugar for diabetics and the development of diabetes in people who didn't have it when the study began.

In a Journal of Internal Medicine study of more than 3 million Danish and Swedish adult women, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination was not linked with 44 serious chronic diseases.

So it is surprising that the serious study of grief is not much more than 30 years old.

Sepsis, a serious, life - threatening infection occurring more commonly in hospitalized patients, is one of the medical problems Etchebarne focuses on in his studies.

Of course, grueling hours also double a resident's chance of getting into a car crash and make them one third more likely to commit a serious error, studies had found.

«The fact that we found greater cost savings for cancer patients with more comorbidities than for those with fewer comorbidities raises the question of whether similar results would be observed in patients with other serious illnesses and multimorbidity,» said Professor Peter May of Trinity College Dublin and a former visiting research fellow in the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and co-author of the study.

Folk tales are more likely to connect the moon's cycles to human behavior than serious scientific studies are.

There were more serious adverse events with the study drug compared to placebo, with 4.7 % of pemetrexed patients experiencing grade 3 or 4 fatigue and 6.4 % suffering grade 3 or 4 anemia.