Sentences with phrase «pilot study using»

Bernino, J. and Rourke, J. (2003) Obesity prevention in pre-school Native - American Children: A pilot study using home visiting.

A pilot study using the Worker Role Interview was conducted with an aim to gain insight into what barriers prevented clients from entering the work force.

In this blog post, Susan Simpson, Sally Skewes, Rachel Samson, and Michiel van Vreeswijk describe a pilot study using short - term group schema therapy in a case series of eight patients with different personality disorders.

Co-author of the Bisgrove Phase I clinical trial published in fall 2009: A Pilot Study Using Molecular Profiling of Patients» Tumors to Find Potential Targets and Select Treatments for their Refractory Cancers.

Results from a new pilot study using miniaturized air samplers to look at steel dust exposure may help them breathe easier.

A pilot study using the ketogenic diet helped non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients lose weight and drastically improve liver health markers.

A second grant funds a pilot study using diffuser tensor imaging to identify whether damage to the brain's white matter correlates with cognitive decline in individuals with MS. Dr. Genova's aim is to develop more effective strategies for maintaining cognition and quality of life.

Druitt believes a pilot study using real data will demonstrate the validity of their model within the next 12 months.

The researchers conducted a pilot study using their comprehensive approach to assess the pollination performance of various bee species on economically important highbush blueberry crops in North Carolina.

Pilot studies using a variety of strategies suggested that this goal could be best achieved by stimulating primary organ cell cultures with TNF - α (10 ng / ml) and targeting cells expressing the endothelial cell adhesion molecules E-selectin and VCAM - 1 through a FACS - driven strategy.

Pilot studies using it in combination with piperine found that after 30 days serum estradiol levels were reduced and free testosterone levels were increased which suggests that absorption was improved with the addition of piperine, however large doses were still required.

Our pilot study used text messaging to collect self - monitoring data on diet and physical activity behaviors, but we did not gather data on body weight or include any type of coaching support.

Fort Sumner Municipal Schools students who took part in a Zune media player pilot study used the technology to study during long bus and car rides and to access study materials including video, audio, and Microsoft PowerPoint slides in their rural part of New Mexico.

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In a six - month pilot study, these associates took all of their calls using Cogito's real - time conversation - analysis tool.

In a pilot study, researchers will compare the skills, safety records, and performance of two groups of new drivers: those using virtual reality and those trained by traditional means.

G. S. Thompson, «The Effect of the Use of Mass Media to Establish a Local Church: A Study of the Pilot Church Project of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Tallahassee, Florida,» Ph.D. dissertation, Florida State University.

George S. Thompson, «The Effect of the Use of Mass Media to Establish a Local Church: A Study of the Pilot Church Project of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Tallahassee, Florida» Ph.D. dissertation, Florida State University, 1975, pp. 141 - 44.

A pilot study was conducted using 30 volunteers and the results proved that Active Manuka Honey might have a therapeutic role in treating gum disease and periodontal disease.

She has been working with Duke University to study the use of participatory methodologies to address climate change adaptation and has recently piloted a farmer - based workshop that reflects those learnings.

King D, Clark T, Gissanec C. Use of a rapid visual screening tool for the assessment of concussion in amateur rugby league: A pilot study

In order to study all aspects related to the topic, we used a reference questionnaire prepared by nutrition and breastfeeding experts, which had been tested, modified and validated two months before our research team1 started the study (following a pilot study conducted on 20 women to determine whether the questions were clear and understandable), and then administered in a standardized fashion to women in both groups (intervention group and control group).

In this pilot study, we used simulation as a methodology with 2 aims as follows: first, to explore the use of simulation incorporating a standardized pregnant patient as an investigative methodology and, second, to determine similarities and differences in content and style of prenatal counseling between American and Dutch neonatologists.We compared counseling practice between 11 American and 11 Dutch neonatologists, using a simulation - based investigative methodology.

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

County to Conduct Paint Stabilization Pilot Study «Method of Cost - Effective Interim Lead Hazard Control Sought» The Oneida County Health Department's Lead Primary Prevention Program (LPP), through its New York State Department of Health grant, will conduct a pilot project designed to study the impact of using new paints containing primer as a method of stabilizing deteriorating lead paint surfaces in Utica's pre-1978 houses, County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. announced tPilot Study «Method of Cost - Effective Interim Lead Hazard Control Sought» The Oneida County Health Department's Lead Primary Prevention Program (LPP), through its New York State Department of Health grant, will conduct a pilot project designed to study the impact of using new paints containing primer as a method of stabilizing deteriorating lead paint surfaces in Utica's pre-1978 houses, County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. announced tStudy «Method of Cost - Effective Interim Lead Hazard Control Sought» The Oneida County Health Department's Lead Primary Prevention Program (LPP), through its New York State Department of Health grant, will conduct a pilot project designed to study the impact of using new paints containing primer as a method of stabilizing deteriorating lead paint surfaces in Utica's pre-1978 houses, County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. announced tpilot project designed to study the impact of using new paints containing primer as a method of stabilizing deteriorating lead paint surfaces in Utica's pre-1978 houses, County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. announced tstudy the impact of using new paints containing primer as a method of stabilizing deteriorating lead paint surfaces in Utica's pre-1978 houses, County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. announced today.

A pilot study led by researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center has revealed that it is possible to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to «see» the inflammation in the pancreas that leads to type 1 diabetes.

The researchers view this study as a pilot, and plan to do additional research using online courses as a «natural laboratory.»

Invisible tattoos could replace the permanent dark ink tattoos used to ensure that breast cancer patients having radiotherapy are treated in exactly the same spot during each session, according to results from a pilot study to be presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference.

The experimental pilot study evaluated the use of magnet - directed nanoparticles containing the local anesthetic drug ropivacaine (MNP / Ropiv) to produce anesthesia of the limbs.

Building on the newly - published pilot study, the team will conduct experiments using a windtunnel which measures the behaviour of mosquitoes towards odours and electrodes which track the response of individual odour - detecting cells from within the antenna of the mosquito in specially - designed secure laboratories at the School to measure the responses of malaria - infected Anopheles gambiae s.s. females to human odours.

«Our pilot study shows that using game - based learning is an effective, cost - efficient way to teach refugee children important skills — and importantly, this structured environment provided distressed refugee children an outlet to imagine a better future for themselves,» said Sinem Vatanartiran, president of BAU International University and a Project Hope investigator.

A company called iWalk is doing further pilot studies and fine - tuning the system for commercialization, making it smaller, lighter, quieter, and easier to use.

The FBI's Jerome Pender told the Senate in July that the searchable photo database used in the pilot studies only includes mugshots of known criminals.

To study how this can be done in practice, the commission proposes using a tool called Preparatory Action, essentially a pilot program funding collaborative defense research projects that paves the way for a fully - fledged military R&D component in future E.U. programs.

A pilot study finds that using smartphone reminders to prompt people to get moving may help reduce sedentary behavior.

«Previous pilot studies researching the use of DBS in Alzheimer's have indicated the potential to slow cognitive decline in some patients, and have even shown metabolic changes in the brain that may slow the progression of the disease.»

Originally, Silverman and Baumann planned to use only male rats in their pilot studies because the cost of including both sexes would be substantial; housing and feeding a single adult rat runs to more than a dollar a day.

In a new study published in Human Factors, researchers studied how the prolonged use of cockpit automation negatively impacts pilots» ability to remember how to perform these key tasks.

Proactive monitoring and dose adjustment of infliximab, a medication commonly used to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), could improve a patient's chances of having a long - term successful response to therapy, a pilot observational study at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center concludes.

The pilot study also demonstrated that the use of BrightHearts did not impede the administration of medical procedures and in some cases was perceived to facilitate the procedure.

In addition, for this study, they created an autistic behavior section, using the following criteria: 1) whether reliability and validity data were available in typically developing individuals and / or in those with neurodevelopmental disorders; 2) whether the measure had been piloted in FXS clinical trials; and 3) whether the measure addressed an important aspect of the FXS symptom.

The Pilot Bioproduction Facility headed by Dr. Kenneth H. Eckels, produced small batches of vaccine candidates that were used for the preclinical studies and is currently manufacturing a vaccine lot for use in initial human clinical studies.

Results of a pilot study funded by the Wellcome Trust, which used the software are published in the journal Neuroimage Clinical.

Our new study is a pilot but it suggests that ultimately doctors might be able to use our pattern recognition software, alongside existing methods, in order to make more accurate assessments about who is most at risk and treat them accordingly.

Caron - Beaudoin and Verner have applied for funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to conduct a major study of 100 pregnant women, using the same research methodology as in their pilot study.

Researchers from Sanford Health and Chronix Biomedical today announced that results from a pilot study demonstrating the utility of a new cancer panel to detect previously undetected viral and cancer mutations are to be reported in a poster presentation titled «Detection of novel HPV mutations and chromosomal number imbalance (CNI) in oropharyngeal and laryngeal cancer using next - generation sequencing (NGS)» at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting (ASCO 2014) being held from May 30 through June 3, 2014 in Chicago.

[George W. Holden, Paul A. Williamson and Grant W. O. Holland, Eavesdropping on the family: A pilot investigation of corporal punishment in the home] Previous studies using parental self - reports have estimated that parents spank about 18 times per year.

The pilot study in the Netherlands using a paper version of the game involved 95 students with an average age of 16, randomly divided into treatment and control.

The study, «The Potential for Glycemic Control Monitoring and Screening for Diabetes at Dental Visits Using Oral Blood,» builds upon an earlier pilot study in which the feasibility and acceptability to patients and dental providers of using oral blood to screen for diabetes during a routine dental exam was demonstrUsing Oral Blood,» builds upon an earlier pilot study in which the feasibility and acceptability to patients and dental providers of using oral blood to screen for diabetes during a routine dental exam was demonstrusing oral blood to screen for diabetes during a routine dental exam was demonstrated.

The results of this pilot study indicated that using this marker in bile can correctly identify pancreas cancer with high sensitivity, detecting pancreas cancer accurately in 93 percent of cases.

The research, «A Pilot Study: Association between Antidepressant Use and Implant Failure,» was funded by the Student Research Program through the SDM Dean's Vision Fund.