Sentences with phrase «persistence of»

The persistence of these gender differences across rank is consistent with research showing that girls do more housework than boys even at a very young age.

Asked about the persistence of the Los Alamos lab's problems, former NNSA director Miller smiled and said her colleagues at the nuclear oversight agency sometimes told the following joke: If Washington sent all three of America's nuclear weapons labs an order to study how to «jump,» they would all respond differently.

«We found that the misbelief about the MMR vaccine's association with autism was more influential on the decision of whether to get vaccinated for Zika than even perceptions of Zika itself, which is worrisome, especially in light of the persistence of that misinformation.»

«Involving the GP practices in the Salford Lung Study allowed the team to create an unsupervised environment for the patients, enabling important factors in usual clinical care — such as adherence, frequency of dosing and persistence of good inhaler technique — to rightly influence the trial outcomes.

«Moving from a polluted neighbourhood to a clean area and vice versa would allow us to explore the persistence of the effect related to perinatal exposure and to evaluate the impact of exposure to increased air pollution concentration later in life,» says Heinrich.

«This study provides us with robust evidence about the extent and persistence of postpartum dyspareunia and associations with mode of delivery and perineal trauma.

The infinite variety and persistence of junk content makes it the equivalent of an electronic microbial population that reproduces at an exponential rate.

This raises significant concerns about the future persistence of this population.

«While you might expect reduced storm activity to be something good, it turns out that this reduction leads to a greater persistence of weather systems in the Northern hemisphere mid-latitudes.

«The physicochemical characteristics of the pheromone formulation are important factors in improving the persistence of its effect,» he said.

A previous letter with nearly identical language was sent by 18 of the 31 organizations in 2009 (pdf), and some scientists are skeptical that this new document will budge the stubborn persistence of climate denial among congressional representatives.

Co-author Crespi says that a number of theories have been floating around regarding the persistence of schizophrenia's genetic underpinnings.

They suggest that the adverse effects of Western diet on the liver may be explained in part by the persistence of pro-inflammatory Proteobacteria as well as the reduction of anti-inflammatory Firmicutes in the gut.

The animals appear to be healthy and fertile, but the persistence of mutations over three generations means that radiation fundamentally altered the genome.

But so far, «in the majority of patients, we see persistence of an improvement in light sensitivity,» she says.

The persistence of these cells can cause chronic inflammation and damage the brain.

The illegal ivory trade threatens the persistence of stable wild elephant populations.

One thing Sacek's model doesn't do a good job of predicting, he admits, is the size, shape, and persistence of the large area of wetlands that formed in what is now the central Amazon Basin between 10.5 million and 16 million years ago.

Scientists routinely observe atmospheric waves around the world, but the persistence of these waves made them unusual, and scientists didn't know what was causing them.

The formula that undercuts the persistence of misinformation seems to be in the audience.»

It's the nagging persistence of a mechanistic view of humanity that troubles Church officials.

The establishment and persistence of low - grade inflammation in HIV - positive individuals on ART are not well understood.

The researchers coded and analyzed the results of the experiments across the different studies and measured the effect of presenting misinformation, the effect of debunking, and the persistence of misinformation.

One reason for the persistence of this pyramid of production is that for the past half - century, much of the world's media culture has been defined by a single medium — television — and television is defined by downloading.

Persistence of cognitive impairment after resolution of overt hepatic encephalopathy.

An influx of pollution from Asia in the western United States and more frequent heat waves in the eastern U.S. are responsible for the persistence of smog in these regions over the past quarter century despite laws curtailing the emission of smog - forming chemicals from tailpipes and factories.

They found a greater persistence of potentially problematic eating attitudes in women from less affluent families.

The persistence of such islands is a phenomenon that has been observed in a variety of organisms.

The experts, who include Professor Mark Baldwin from the University of Exeter, argue that the predictability and persistence of stratospheric events could help scientists enhance both short term, and seasonal, forecast skills.

Macrophages may live longer in humans than in mice, and the persistence of those cells might be responsible for preserving tattoos in human skin, he says.

How these niche processes can serve as both impediments or opportunities for the establishment and persistence of microbiome treatments in the field.

Of course, the persistence of the low road in a world where predators are largely nonexistent may no longer be adaptive, but that's the trade - off of human culture.

The persistence of these stem cells is the reason the cancer comes back in patients despite being in remission following treatment.

Since changes in the soil nitrogen cycle are driven by microbes, could bacteria associated with invasive species not only be responsible for the observed changes in soil nutrient concentrations, but also for enabling the continued growth and persistence of the invader species?

Exactly how much the Arctic contributed to the severity or persistence of the pattern is still hard to pin down, but it's becoming very difficult to believe they are unrelated.»

The researchers also found that larval behavior enhances the persistence of these network connections, when compared to passive transport by the ocean currents.

Others who had meditation experiences that felt positive during retreats reported that the persistence of these experiences interfered with their ability to function or work when they left the retreat and returned to normal life.

Says Hákon Jónsson, PhD - student at the Centre for GeoGenetics, co-leading author of the study: «The recent near extinction of the Przewalski's horse population resulted in the persistence of deleterious mutations in the population, following the same mechanism that once led to the accumulation of deleterious mutations in the genomes of domesticated horses.

Before, they attributed the persistence of the large carbon stocks in upland soils to other stabilization mechanisms.

Needham and the team say there was no significant change in prevalence of depressive symptoms during the first 12 months after discharge, indicating persistence of symptoms during this time period.

«Further research is needed to assess persistence of antibody responses and effects on clinical outcomes.»

The resulting subdued immune response may be responsible for the persistence of live virus in the eye.

«The persistence of abuse when organisations publicise such policies may in fact reinforce any feelings that employees may have that the organisation is to blame for their psychological state, as mistreatment from managers indicates that policies to prevent abuse are not working.»

«The persistence of activated SAMHD1 long after essential activators have fallen off allows it to continue to break down nucleotides, even after their levels are too low to activate the enzyme,» says Stivers.

SKIN COLOR AND WEALTH REMAIN PERVASIVE FAULT LINES IN U.S. society, as best proved by the persistence of economically and racially segregated communities.

«We wanted to determine how the composition of the cover crop mixture affects the rate of nitrogen release and the persistence of the mulch,» Poffenbarger explains.

The persistence of this kind of genetically rooted male stupidity is an evolutionary puzzle, since natural selection seems to have weeded out this mutant form of IGF2R from just about every other species.

In the 1980s and 1990s, 42 percent of all deaths of Florida panthers were caused by cars, and a recent study concluded that road mortality is so high that it may threaten the persistence of some turtle populations in the northeastern United States.

For her part, Weatherhead said her next step will be examining how climate change affects the persistence of weather patterns around the world.

This suggests that atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations of 400 ppm may be sufficient to greatly reduce the spatial extent and seasonal persistence of Arctic sea ice.