Sentences with phrase «of multiple environmental factors»

«Our view is that strandings are likely caused by a complex combination of multiple environmental factors, so we want to include the widest possible range of possible parameters in the follow - up study.»

Not exact matches

Post-partum depression poses substantial adverse consequences for mothers and their infants via multiple direct biological (i.e., medication exposure, maternal genetic factors) and environmental (i.e., life with a depressed mother) mechanisms.8, 9 From the earliest newborn period, infants are very sensitive to the emotional states of their mothers and other caregivers.10, 11 Maternal mood and behaviour appear to compromise infant social, emotional and cognitive functioning.11 - 15 As children grow, the impact of maternal mental illness appears as cognitive compromise, insecure attachment and behavioural difficulties during the preschool and school periods.6,16 - 19

What has become clear from their research is that there is no single genetic pathway to controlling HIV; there likely are multiple routes, each with their own combination of genetic and environmental factors.

Multiple research projects have shown that about half of the variation in people's body mass index can be attributed to genetic factors, while the rest is due to environmental factors, including diet and exercise.

Dysevolution is what Lieberman calls «the deleterious feedback loop that occurs over multiple generations when we don't treat the causes of a mismatch disease but instead pass on whatever environmental factors cause the disease, keeping the disease prevalent and sometimes making it worse.»

Although prior twin studies had hinted that nonheritable factors contribute to some autoimmune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis, the recent analysis was one of the first to quantify genetic and environmental effects on the general immune system.

And even if such a demand existed, there was no evidence that genetic counseling could help patients with psychiatric disorders, which — like most of the more common diseases — are caused by a complex interplay of multiple genes and variants as well as environmental factors.

Hereditary predisposition to cancer is sometimes due to a single high - risk genetic change, like a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes for breast cancer, but most of the time, the disease is the result of multiple gene variants that add up, environmental risk factors, and a big element of chance.

One difficulty in studying the genetics of common mental illnesses is that they are generally caused by environmental factors in combination with multiple gene variants, any one of which usually could not by itself cause disease.

«Yes, there is a set of diseases that occur more frequently in blacks, but they're complex diseases, involving multiple environmental factors and multiple genes too.

«Crohn's disease is a complex disorder with multiple genes and environmental factors involved, which disproportionally affects individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry,» explained lead researcher Inga Peter, Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.

There are likely multiple factors contributing to these deaths: other toxins in this species of mushroom, the genetics of the victims, contaminated food and other environmental factors.

But he agrees that the field needs to examine how multiple environmental factors interact and what that means for the future of phytoplankton.

Multiple risk factors have been associated with the development of gastric intestinal metaplasia interplay, including Helicobacter pylori infection and associated genomics, host genetic factors, environmental milieu, rheumatologic disorders, diet, and intestinal microbiota.

Phenotypic complexity: integrated responses of life history characters to multiple environmental factors.

GENIC has completed (or has ongoing) a series of studies to examine the interaction between environmental risk factors and susceptibility genes for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, melanoma, and multiple myeloma, as well as breast, ovarian, and prostate cancers.

Common complex diseases are caused by multiple genetic and environmental factors, many of which remain unknown.

Common complex disorders, such as coronary artery disease, develop as a result of multiple genetic and environmental factors.

It is believed that T1D results from complex interactions between multiple genes, environmental factors and the immune system, and the autoimmune aspects may begin many years before the clinical manifestation of T1D.

This more dynamic approach allowed the researchers to evaluate the simultaneous effects of multiple factors — environmental, individual, genetic and structural — on network dynamics.

Odds ratios (OR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) were estimated with consideration of multiple established reproductive and environmental risk factors for breast cancer.

They reflect an overall impact of multiple causative factors similar to those of other developing countries where rice is not a major staple.8 Various deficiencies including zinc, vitamin C and D, folate, riboflavin, selenium and calcium occur in the context of poverty, environmental degradation, lack of public health systems and sanitation, lack of proper education and social disparity.

The diagnosis of delayed reaction may be difficult because when the child returns home, multiple environmental factors (infections, dietary factors, emotional, casual contacts, sports - related physical activity) may impinge diagnostic interpretation.

Organizations such as The Environmental Working Group and Institute for Responsible Technology are leading the way with research that shows the serious health impacts on the body from the impact of genetically modified (GM) foods There are now multiple animal studies that link GMO's with damage to the GUT, with immune disregulation, inflammation, and an increase in allergies or factors that trigger autoimmune disease.

There are multiple environmental factors such as caloric intake, level of exercise, and weather that can affect the severity of clinical signs and phenotypic expression (radiographic changes).

While it is true that canine hip dysplasia can be genetic in origin, it should be noted that multiple environmental factors can play a role in the expression of this particular trait.

«Many other important impacts of climate change are difficult to quantify for a given change in global average temperature, in part because temperature is not the only driver of change for some impacts; multiple environmental and other human factors come into play.»

(B) Changes in NPP in recent decades that resulted from multiple environmental factors including climate, leaf area index (LAI), fraction of photosynthetically active radiation (fPAR), and CO2, and the relative contribution rate (%) of each factor during the study period.

The success of new cities depends on multiple factors - geographical, economic, political, social, and now technological and environmental - that planners must consider.

«Whereas if it relies on multiple environmental conditions — like sunlight intensity, wind speed, precipitation — all of these factors could create a more stable power source with a higher power output.»

Associations between each of the baseline residential - environmental factors and five year survival were examined by multiple logistic regression analysis.

In addition, a host of environmental factors, such as chaotic living conditions, may interfere with the developing attachment relationship, particularly when intervening with families from high - risk populations who face multiple personal and environmental challenges.

Longitudinal research assessing multiple domains of risk factor (personal, relational, environmental) across the lifespan of partners and their relationships is both needed and strongly encouraged.

However, in natural experiments, multiple environmental factors tend to change simultaneously (e.g. mortality, morbidity, resource scarcity and distribution of kin), making it difficult to isolate causal relationships, or describe the underlying psychological mechanisms.

Additionally, investigating interactions of multiple genes and environmental factors may provide further insight into the underlying neurobiological mechanisms.

Considering the complexity of mental illnesses etiology, which involves multiple interacting genetic, environmental and biological factors; large effect sizes are unlikely to be detected; therefore the magnitude of the associations described in this community - based study are noteworthy and possibly indicative of clinical relevance.

Within these trajectories, certain subgroups of children are more at risk due to exposure to multiple, cumulative, and prolonged environmental or genetic risk factors, such as poor attachment, maternal depression, and poverty.