Sentences with phrase «past studies suggests»

A reanalysis of data from past studies suggests that low absolute humidity — not low relative humidity, the factor many scientists have studied — helps the virus survive and the flu spread.

Past studies suggest burning wood fuel is responsible for approximately 2 % of global CO2 emissions.

Past studies suggest that this inflammation involves the digestive system — the small intestine in particular — but the mechanism isn't well understood.

Other surprising news: Celiac was found in men and women equally — regardless of ethnicity — even though past studies suggested it was more common in women.

Past studies suggest the North American monsoon will weaken in the future.

Past studies suggested cultural diversity regarding the prevalence of an IUD, e.g., between Asian and European countries.

Not exact matches

I've seen studies that suggest the percentage of Americans who report chronic feelings of loneliness has risen over the past few decades.

Indeed, a recent study suggests the number of retail gas stations has been slowly dropping over the past two decades, with a «continued lack of profitability» as the driving force behind the decline.

For the five years ended this past August 31, the Group of Fifteen experienced on average negative returns of 8.89 % per year, vs. a negative 2.71 % for the S&P 500.4 The group of ten value funds I had studied in the «Searching for Rational Investors» article had been suggested by Bob Goldfarb of the Sequoia Fund.5 Over those same five years, the Goldfarb Ten enjoyed positive average annual returns of 9.83 %.

A new study that looks at climate change over the past 11,300 years — a record length of time for any study — suggests that the current trend of global warming is unprecedented.

I'm not saying it's not possible for sexuality to shift (studies suggest that women's sexuality may be a bit more fluid, for example, and as we've discussed in the past, sexuality exists on something of a continuum).

Besides the 2013 University of Washington study, a number of other recent studies have found education ineffective in improving self - reporting by athletes, adding to a growing body of evidence challenging the conventional wisdom that inadequate athlete concussion knowledge is the principal barrier to increased reporting, and suggesting that one of the best ways to combat underreporting by athletes of concussion symptoms may be to shift the focus of educational efforts towards helping coaches facilitate concussion reporting, the theory being that athletes will be more likely to report concussion symptoms if they no longer think that they will be punished by the coach for reporting, such as by losing playing time or their starting position, perceived by their teammates as letting them down, or viewed by their coach as «weak,» all of which have been documented in numerous studies over the past decade as reasons athletes are reluctant to report concussion symptoms.

Past research has suggested that babies who are breastfed are less likely to grow up to be obese children, but those studies compared mothers who chose whether or not to breastfeed, so they and their children could have been different in other important ways, researchers said.

Despite research in the past suggesting swaddling could reduce the risk of SIDS, this study concluded that there is risk to babies who are swaddled on their front or side.

Although the quantity and quality of these interactions are unclear in FFCWS data, these findings are consistent with a 2009 national study (unpublished) reporting that 76 % of US fathers living in households with children age 0 to 2 years of age reported attending a well child visit within the past year.36 As suggested in Bright Futures, 37 well - child visits may be an opportunity to screen fathers for depression and refer them for treatment.

One high - profile recent study suggested that each genetic component entered Europe by way of a separate migration and that they only came together in most Europeans in the past 5000 years.

Unfortunately, the results of this study suggest that some yellow warbler populations that are most genetically vulnerable to climate change have already been declining over the past half - century, says Bay.

«Our study suggests that physicians should pay close attention when a pregnant woman presents with a severe headache, especially if she has elevated blood pressure or lack of past headache history.

But in the past year or so studies have been published suggesting that human cannibalism was once much...

«Studies in the past have suggested that the Sahara Desert was marching southward,» noted Niall, but the study refutes this notion.

But recent studies on primates and preschool children suggest that the development of mendacity is more subtle than this and may have its roots deep in our evolutionary past.

Recent modelling by researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, as well as studies of past climate, suggest that the planet will soon have warmed enough to melt Greenland's ice sheet entirely — if it hasn't already become warm enough.

Studies of sea level and temperatures over the past million years suggest that each 1 °C rise in the global mean temperature eventually leads to a 20 - metre rise in sea level.

But dozens of studies over the past decade challenge that view, suggesting instead that our thoughts are inextricably linked to physical experience.

Laboratory studies suggest that explosive development of ice crystals can occur in these conditions, at temperatures between -4 and -8 degrees Celsius, and this «rime - splintering» mechanism is often invoked to explain past observations of the rapid development of large numbers of ice crystals in cumuli.

Studies published over the past two decades suggest that blocking this protein can promote clotting, which could curb bleeding in people with haemophilia.

The scientists found no long - term trend of darkening at the top, and they suspect that the Terra MODIS satellite sensor that has detected darkening in the past may actually be degrading, as previous studies have suggested.

Past studies have suggested depression and other neuropsychiatric symptoms may be predictors of AD's progression during its «preclinical» phase, during which time brain deposits of fibrillar amyloid and pathological tau accumulate in a patient's brain.

Additionally, this study challenges past research suggesting that the foreskin is the most sensitive and, in turn, most sexually relevant, part of the adult penis.

Recent studies in North America, the U.K. and Europe suggest that dementia risk among seniors in some high - income countries has dropped steadily over the past 25 years.

A new study recently accepted in Geophysical Research Letters suggests that not only was Venus habitable in the distant past, it could have remained habitable for billions of years.

In contrast to what researchers believed in the past, their study showed that rhinovirus is linked to pneumonia and death even without any other co-existing infections, strongly suggesting that the so - called mild virus can be dangerous all on its own.

While past studies have indicated a potential benefit, most recently in hormone receptor - positive breast cancers, one new study from Penn Medicine suggests otherwise.

Now it seems like both the high and low levels could lead to depression: Yirmiya and his colleagues have done studies in mice for the past 20 years suggesting that a specific level of cytokines is needed to ward off symptoms of depression.

«Opting for weight - loss surgery at lower BMIs may be best for patients» health: As more Americans turn to bariatric surgery for weight loss, study suggests they may not want to wait until their BMI is well past 40.»

The three studies and unpublished estimates by other groups suggest that during the quake, the descending ocean plate and the overlying plate carrying Japan slipped past each other by as much as 50 to 60 meters.

Studies in Canada as well as the Netherlands, Sweden and elsewhere in Europe also suggest that dementia risk has declined in the past few decades.

Past studies have suggested that sexual dysfunction in women is more closely related to psychosocial factors such as depression and marital status than to any physical cause.

Update: as suggested by the academy in its 2006 report, Michael Mann and his colleagues have reconstructed northern hemisphere temperatures for the past 2000 years using a broader set of proxies than was available for the original study and updated measurements from the recent past.

That suggests thin films of water have formed at the location in the past, so studying the chemical composition can reveal much more about the martian past.

Within so - called epigenetic research, several studies have suggested that human precursor cells have a memory of past environmental exposures.

Past studies have looked at repetition to create short - term memories, but these findings suggest that using the word's meaning will help «transfer» memories from the short - term to the long - term, says Dr. Meltzer.

«We initially thought there would be interbreeding, but past studies by Benkman and his group suggested that the smaller billed, nomadic visitors, didn't seem to interbreed with the South Hills birds.

(An Energy Information Administration study published this past June suggests the plan would shrink coal's overall share of the electrical grid from 33 % in 2015 to 21 % in 2030; even without the plan, coal's share would still shrink to 30 %.)

Badgers: In a divisive issue that has drawn in some of the country's leading scientists over the past decade, the Conservatives come down in favor of selective killing of badgers to thwart the spread of bovine tuberculosis despite some studies suggesting that such culls will not be effective.

Past studies have suggested that the spots targeted by both kinds of stimulation — located in the left hemisphere — are likely to process «approach» emotions such as happiness, curiosity, and anger, which drive people to reach out and engage with the world.

We're able to do so, a new study suggests, because our brain keeps tabs on reality by constantly questioning its own past expectations and beliefs.

As recently as this past May 17, Time magazine reported that despite numerous studies finding no connection between cell phones and cancer, «a growing band of scientists are skeptical, suggesting that the evidence that does exist is enough to raise a warning for consumers — before mass harm is done.»

This path to radicalisation is in line with what many studies on terrorist behaviour in the past decade have suggested, and is a long way from the often peddled idea of indoctrination.

While the study suggests past surges in temperature have boosted conflicts, it doesn't necessarily follow that steady warming due to climate change over the coming decades will have the same effect.