Sentences with phrase «observing large populations»

0.8 grams per kilogram is the recommended daily value established by the FDA, generated by observing large populations over time.

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Loma Linda was the only ZIP code in the nation where mail was dropped off on Sunday instead of Saturday so that the large Seventh - day Adventist population could observe the Saturday Sabbath.

Some of those commenting on the article observe that it is impossible to know how representative the 15 % who answered the survey are of the population at large.

What has been called the modern synthesis of the two fields emerged in the 1940s with the idea that the sorts of genetic differences you could observe in populations, right out your window, when compounded and extrapolated over vast periods of time, could account for the large - scale changes we see in the fossil record.

They observed that after allergic sensitization, some mouse strains generated large populations of MMC9 cells while other strains did not.

The Hubble and TAOS surveys, along with their predecessors, indicate that some mechanism seems to curb the population of KBOs that have diameters of about a kilometer to tens of kilometers, relative to what one would expect from extrapolating downward from the observed population of large KBOs.

These models were then used to assess observed changes in nest counts and to project future nesting trends in the Northwest Atlantic loggerhead sea turtle population, the largest in the world.

Neanderthals were adapted to the cold, as shown by their large braincases, short but robust builds, and large noses â $» traits selected by nature in cold climates, as observed in modern sub-arctic populations.

Dr. Henry noted that while ATHENA observed a small patient population, the results are promising and consistent with what was seen with PRECISE and should provide the foundation for a large phase 3 trial.

Using a newly assembled sample population called the Simons Simplex Collection which included about 1000 families, consisting of both birth parents and in most cases two children, one with ASD and the other unaffected, Wigler and colleagues saw the earlier - observed effect, only «this time on a much larger scale.»

We observed that East African populations exhibit a much larger degree of genetic diversity than other global groups, which further supports the Out - of - Africa theory (that postulates that modern humans originated in East Africa and migrated out of the continent to populate the world)» says Dr. Koehler.

«The galaxy we have observed, EGS8p7, which is unusually luminous, may be powered by a population of unusually hot stars, and it may have special properties that enabled it to create a large bubble of ionized hydrogen much earlier than is possible for more typical galaxies at these times,» Sirio Belli, a Caltech graduate student who worked on the project, said, in the statement.

Using statistical techniques to assess the distribution of populations of a rangeomorph called Fractofusus, Dr Mitchell and co-authors observed that larger «grandparent» rangeomorphs were randomly distributed in their environment, and were surrounded by distinct patterns of smaller «parents» and «children.»

They looked for such hurricanes in three different places: Tampa, because of its large population; Cairns, Australia, because it is in a cyclone - prone area and in the Southern Hemisphere; and the Persian Gulf, where no hurricane has ever been observed.

At 13 weeks, two distinct CD68 - positive cell populations were observed, one type was small and non-pigmented (Fig. 8C) and the other consisted of large highly pigmented cells (Fig. 8 D).

In the HIGH and MID populations, we observed more large (containing > 200 cell) colonies that were predominantly GCTM - 2 positive (Figure 4b — c).

It was also observed that in the 1960s the prevalence of coronary heart disease among the nomadic pastoralists in Xinjiang in northern China who consumed large quantities of animal fat from grass - fed, free - ranging animals was more than seven times higher than that of other populations both within Xinjiang and throughout China which consumed significantly less animal fat.33 These observations support the suggestion that cardiovascular disease was common among the Mongols of the 13th century who subsisted almost exclusively on a diet based on grass - fed, free - ranging animals.»

While not an official holiday in Belize, large sections of the local population observe January 18 as a day to honor and celebrate the heritage of one of the 20th century's most influential civic leaders.

San Simeon, California Winter is a great time to observe one of California's largest resident populations of elephant seals.

Potential impacts of climate change on the transmission of Lyme disease include: 1) changes in the geographic distribution of the disease due to the increase in favorable habitat for ticks to survive off their hosts; 85 2) a lengthened transmission season due to earlier onset of higher temperatures in the spring and later onset of cold and frost; 3) higher tick densities leading to greater risk in areas where the disease is currently observed, due to milder winters and potentially larger rodent host populations; and 4) changes in human behaviors, including increased time outdoors, which may increase the risk of exposure to infected ticks.

One of the problems with the EPA's Endangerment TSD is the nearly complete disregard of observed trends in a wide array of measures which by and large show that despite decades of increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions the U.S. population does not seem to have been adversely affected by any vulnerabilities, risks, and impacts that may have arisen (to the extent that any at all have actually occurred as the result of any human - induced climate changes).

Fishery scientists have concluded, «at least in the short term, the lengthening of the ice - free season presently observed in Arctic seas could result in improved recruitment and larger populations of Arctic cod.»

In its letter, the MHA further observed, «More than 18 crores people have been covered under the PMJJBY and PMSBY, but a large part of the population still remains uninsured.»

We repeated the analysis in the subgroup of healthy volunteers (N = 145) to exclude that the observed G × E interactions were due to the inclusion of psychiatric patients in our sample and were not generalizable to the population at large.

Some of these findings have been replicated across dozens of samples in very large international studies, in representative samples of entire national populations, and in large scale meta - analyses, such as the robust sex differences reliably - observed in studies of extramarital sexual behavior and permissive attitudes toward casual sex (Lippa, 2009; Petersen & Hyde, 2010).