Sentences with phrase «participants in such studies»

Because participants in such studies are not «blinded» — they know if they are getting treatment or not — they are likely to be influenced by the placebo effect and other forms of expectancy bias.

Not exact matches

One German study, for instance, showed that participants who had listened to music with prosocial lyrics (such as Bruno Mars's «Count on Me» or Aretha Franklin classic «Respect») were equally likely to help students with German and Turkish - sounding last names (there is a large population of Turks living in Germany).

Study participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups: those who were allowed to drink diet beverages, such as diet soft drinks, teas and flavoured waters, or those who were in a control group that drank water only.

All the food for the study participants was provided and the diets were controlled for gluten, FODMAPs, and food chemical components known to elicit responses in food sensitive people (such as salicylates, amines and glutamates).

It's no surprise such money - driven competitions have surged in popularity, given that multiple highly credible studies have underscored the value of employing financial incentives and peer support to positively influence weight loss. HealthyWage.com's own diet - for - dollars program allows participants to make a wager upfront ranging anywhere from $ 20 a month to as much as $ 500.

While research on fidelity in home visiting programs is fairly sparse, studies have documented some components, such as dosage and duration of services, home visit content, and participant - provider relationships.

The study examined the self - reported measures of childhood socio - economic status, attachment orientations (such as fear of abandonment or difficulty in forming relationships), stress and adult health of 213 participants from 2005 to 2011.

In this study, Vogel and colleagues compared sun exposure and protection behaviors in long - term melanoma survivors with those who had never had the disease, asking participants about the amount of time they had spent outdoors in the summer, and about sun protection methods such as wearing sunscreen, staying in the shade, wearing hats, and intentionally tanninIn this study, Vogel and colleagues compared sun exposure and protection behaviors in long - term melanoma survivors with those who had never had the disease, asking participants about the amount of time they had spent outdoors in the summer, and about sun protection methods such as wearing sunscreen, staying in the shade, wearing hats, and intentionally tanninin long - term melanoma survivors with those who had never had the disease, asking participants about the amount of time they had spent outdoors in the summer, and about sun protection methods such as wearing sunscreen, staying in the shade, wearing hats, and intentionally tanninin the summer, and about sun protection methods such as wearing sunscreen, staying in the shade, wearing hats, and intentionally tanninin the shade, wearing hats, and intentionally tanning.

In a series of three studies, Hadar and colleague Sanjay Sood of the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles told several hundred adult participants that they would be choosing a product, such as coffee, wine, or a video game.

A participant was identified as gay or bisexual in the study if she identified herself as such and if she reported being attracted to people of the same sex.

To investigate this, the authors conducted a study involving participants of Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron Modified Re-lease Controlled Evaluation (ADVANCE) trial (published in The Lancet in 2007 and the New England Journal of Medicine in 2008), with its cohort described by the authors as being generally representative of people with diabetes in developed countries such as Australia, New Zealand, China and nations of Europe, and also including China, a developing country.

Such was the case for Corinth Catanus, whose husband, Godfrey, a former California youth minister, was a participant in the study after being in a coma for three months.

In some cases, such as in the selection of participants for studies on suicide, the bias in the original studies may have underestimated the association between access to firearms and suicide, because both study and comparison groups were recruited from health care settings where they may have been seeking treatment for suicidal planninIn some cases, such as in the selection of participants for studies on suicide, the bias in the original studies may have underestimated the association between access to firearms and suicide, because both study and comparison groups were recruited from health care settings where they may have been seeking treatment for suicidal planninin the selection of participants for studies on suicide, the bias in the original studies may have underestimated the association between access to firearms and suicide, because both study and comparison groups were recruited from health care settings where they may have been seeking treatment for suicidal planninin the original studies may have underestimated the association between access to firearms and suicide, because both study and comparison groups were recruited from health care settings where they may have been seeking treatment for suicidal planning.

She's a participant in the New England Centenarian Study, a long - term research project at the Boston Medical Center that studies why people like her enjoy such exceptional longevity.

Political events are not typically characterized as traumatic, but many of the concerns expressed by the affected participants in this study are similar to hallmarks of trauma, such as fear and helplessness, she said.

In Segovia's study, participants watched their virtual characters perform immoral actions, such as punching other avatars.

Programs such as AAAS's «On - call» Scientists, which connected the geologist to the Guinea study and the economist with the New Orleans project, can have an immediate impact on communities in need, the participants agreed.

Other variables included the history of fractures in participants, and the use of supplements such as current or past use of calcium and / or vitamin D. Blood test results for vitamin D levels from 1,204 out of the 1,279 participants were also factored into the study.

In 20 percent of the study participants, the researchers observed problems such as heel and toe web scaling or toenail changes consistent with possible fungal infections.

In conjunction with Dr. Cullum, other researchers from the O'Donnell Brain Institute are involved in studies that may help reveal the roles of brain injury in other conditions, such as depression, and enable scientists to assess the incidence of neurodegenerative conditions as study participants agIn conjunction with Dr. Cullum, other researchers from the O'Donnell Brain Institute are involved in studies that may help reveal the roles of brain injury in other conditions, such as depression, and enable scientists to assess the incidence of neurodegenerative conditions as study participants agin studies that may help reveal the roles of brain injury in other conditions, such as depression, and enable scientists to assess the incidence of neurodegenerative conditions as study participants agin other conditions, such as depression, and enable scientists to assess the incidence of neurodegenerative conditions as study participants age.

Using the Canadian Work, Stress, and Health Study (CANWSH), a national sample of Canadian workers, the researchers measured proficiency, or mastery, by asking study participants how much they agree or disagree with statements such as: «You have little control over the things that happen to you» and «You often feel helpless in dealing with problems of life.&rStudy (CANWSH), a national sample of Canadian workers, the researchers measured proficiency, or mastery, by asking study participants how much they agree or disagree with statements such as: «You have little control over the things that happen to you» and «You often feel helpless in dealing with problems of life.&rstudy participants how much they agree or disagree with statements such as: «You have little control over the things that happen to you» and «You often feel helpless in dealing with problems of life.»

But some of us are prone to set goals that conflict with one another, such as the study participant who hoped both «to appear more intelligent than I am» and «to always present myself in an honest light» or another participant who wanted both «to keep my relationships on a 50 — 50 basis» and «to dominate, control, and manipulate people and situations.»

Their data came from participants in the National Institutes of Health Women's Health Initiative, a major study to address common health problems, such as osteoporosis and cancer, in postmenopausal women.

«We had major doubts about whether the study participants who were members of very mobile and partially stigmatised high - risk groups would be willing to participate in such a complex study.»

All study participants either had an acute coronary syndrome such as a heart attack or unstable angina 30 days to one year before enrolling; had cerebrovascular atherosclerotic disease, in which the arteries that supply blood to the brain become constricted; had peripheral vascular disease, a group of disorders affecting blood vessels outside of the heart and brain; or had both diabetes and coronary artery disease.

Because long - term AZT treatment is known to cut transmission rates in the United States and Europe, Wolfe argued, it is unethical to withhold such treatment from study participants in the developing world.

Rather than excluding all study subjects who do not fit a DSM diagnosis, such as major depression, for example, the new approach might include a range of participants with different diagnoses who all demonstrate anhedonia, the impaired ability to experience pleasure, and might look for underlying brain abnormalities that they share in common.

In a study led by Bianca Acevedo, now a research scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, participants who had been married for an average of 21.4 years and still reported feeling passionate love for each other showed similar activity in dopamine - rich areas, such as the VTA, as those in the early throes of lovIn a study led by Bianca Acevedo, now a research scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, participants who had been married for an average of 21.4 years and still reported feeling passionate love for each other showed similar activity in dopamine - rich areas, such as the VTA, as those in the early throes of lovin dopamine - rich areas, such as the VTA, as those in the early throes of lovin the early throes of love.

At the end of the study, the participants in the intervention group displayed significant improvements in their overall cognitive performance as well as in specific domains, such as cognitive speed, visual learning, and memory.

However, the vast majority of study participants also associated global warming with risks wholly contrary to scientific evidence, such as an increase in the incidence of skin cancer.

In another recent study, Santa Barbara researchers measured creative cognition by asking participants to generate unusual uses for a common object (such as a brick).

Trials such as the Anti-Amyloid in Asymptomatic Alzheimer's Study, or A4 Study, are now focusing on enrolling cognitively normal participants who have biomarkers suggestive of «preclinical AD,» in order to delay the onset of cognitive impairments.

Methods: We used whole - exome sequencing to detect the presence of CHIP in peripheral - blood cells and associated such presence with coronary heart disease using samples from four case - control studies that together enrolled 4726 participants with coronary heart disease and 3529 controls.

Letters, interviews and other source material that he and his colleagues studied in their work with the book reveal that the participants in Operation Freshman thought being part of such a mission was exciting, but that didn't mean they were any less in fear for their lives.

At the start of the study, 43 percent of the participants reported that they had no regular exercise; 36 percent engaged in regular light exercise, such as walking, golf, dancing or bowling; and 21 percent engaged in regular moderate to intense exercise, such as tennis, hiking, biking, swimming, racquetball or jogging.

In a recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers examined participants» brains in an MRI scan during a craving and found that paying attention to a goal, such as getting in shape, activates the prefrontal cortex — a part of the brain that can inhibit the reward regioIn a recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers examined participants» brains in an MRI scan during a craving and found that paying attention to a goal, such as getting in shape, activates the prefrontal cortex — a part of the brain that can inhibit the reward regioin the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers examined participants» brains in an MRI scan during a craving and found that paying attention to a goal, such as getting in shape, activates the prefrontal cortex — a part of the brain that can inhibit the reward regioin an MRI scan during a craving and found that paying attention to a goal, such as getting in shape, activates the prefrontal cortex — a part of the brain that can inhibit the reward regioin shape, activates the prefrontal cortex — a part of the brain that can inhibit the reward region.

Of 264 study participants surveyed in 2013 and 2014, more than 8 in 10 reported at least one negative Facebook experience, such as bullying, meanness, misunderstandings or unwanted contacts.

In 2008, a study of 1,455 participants showed that higher urine levels of BPA were linked with higher cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and abnormal liver enzymes even when factors such as smoking and age were taken into account.

These results are further confused by the broad variations in study type, where L - arginine is often provided to study participants in combination with other supplements, such as antioxidants or other amino acids.

Observational studies have a high risk of bias owing to problems such as self - selection of interventions (people who believe in the benefits of meditation or who have prior experience with meditation are more likely to enroll in a meditation program and report that they benefited from one) and use of outcome measures that can be easily biased by participants» beliefs in the benefits of meditation.

When researchers looked at how much fiber 35,972 participants in the UK Women's Cohort Study ate, they found a diet rich in fiber from whole grains, such as whole wheat, and fruit offered significant protection against breast cancer for pre-menopausal women.

When researchers looked at how much fiber 35,972 participants in the UK Women's Cohort Study ate, they found a diet rich in fiber from whole grains, such as brown rice, and fruit offered significant protection against breast cancer for pre-menopausal women.

The routine followed by participants in Levine's study included two to three days of moderate - intensity exercise, one high - intensity session such as four - by - four interval training, a weekly strength - training session, and a weekly longer session of various types of aerobic exercise.

In later reviews of this study, some experts pointed out that the participants would have to have enormous energy expenditure to reach such weight loss results.

When researchers looked at how much fiber 35,972 participants in the UK Women's Cohort Study ate, they found a diet rich in fiber from whole grains, such as buckwheat, and fruit offered significant protection against breast cancer for pre-menopausal women.

In one study, participants who consumed catechins such as the ones found in green tea, saw decreases in body fat mass, body mass index and body weight, as compared to the control grouIn one study, participants who consumed catechins such as the ones found in green tea, saw decreases in body fat mass, body mass index and body weight, as compared to the control grouin green tea, saw decreases in body fat mass, body mass index and body weight, as compared to the control grouin body fat mass, body mass index and body weight, as compared to the control group.

The study, entitled «Food4Me ``, investigated 1,500 participants in seven European countries who were randomly given personalized dietary advice based on their genetic data, or instead told to follow standard dietary prescriptions such as eating lots of fruits and vegetables (don't you just love how those two are always «lumped together»), lean meats (I run like the plague when I see a lean meat because I've never once been dressing an animal I've hunted and found meat void of fat) and whole grains (which can spike your blood sugar higher than a Snicker's Bar).

After eight weeks, the study members who received massages reported a significantly greater improvement in menopausal symptoms (such as hot flashes) compared to the 27 study participants who weren't massaged.

When researchers looked at how much fiber 35,972 participants in the UK Women's Cohort Study ate, they found a diet rich in fiber from whole grains, such as barley, and fruit offered significant protection against breast cancer for pre-menopausal women.

When researchers looked at how much fiber 35,972 participants in the UK Women's Cohort Study ate, they found a diet rich in fiber from whole grains, such as rye, and fruit offered significant protection against breast cancer for pre-menopausal women.