Sentences with phrase «previous literature studies»

This observation helps reconcile the seemingly contradictory observations of the NOx effect on isoprene SOA volatility reported in previous literature studies.

Not exact matches

One method used that he considered very effective was the study of the religious response to a good not our own in previous ages, not only through the study of philosophy and theology, but art, literature, hymnody.

«However, we believe our study findings, in combination with the previous literature and our clinical experience, are sufficient to support catheter ablation as first - line treatment for AFL,» Marcus said.

The study was carried out by the Vision Loss Expert Group, led by Professor Rupert Bourne of Anglia Ruskin University, and shows the prevalence and causes of vision loss in high income countries worldwide as well as other European nations in 2015, based on a systematic review of medical literature over the previous 25 years.

As a novice to arctic research, I spent hours absorbing literature on previous studies so that I'd be ready to design impromptu experiments and compose educated data interpretations without the convenience of a library.

Because there is a known clinical connection between eye melanoma and skin cancer, in this study researchers sought to determine whether there were commonly shared genetic factors between both diseases, as the inherited genetic risk of skin melanoma has been more extensively explored in previous medical literature.

Other research studies have reported a decline in social networks in people with Alzheimer's disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and previous literature has shown psychological well - being in older age to be associated with reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's dementia.

«Previous literature has shown little or no benefit from calorie labeling, however that research did not look at long - term exposure, and in those studies most consumers did not notice the calorie labels.

In this vein, Parker's study joins a growing body of literature (including some of his own previous work) that modifies the most streamlined models in which people smooth out consumption in anticipation of drops or increases in income — and instead accounts for the bumps and jolts in spending that the data reveals.

The researchers didn't study this in their paper, but study author Laura Germine of Massachusetts General Hospital says that based on previous literature on this subject, they have some theories.

As discussed in my previous installment, some of the dogmatism within the paleo realm does not hold up to scientific scrutiny, and the scientific literature on anti-nutrients is deficient in high - quality human studies.

With respect to previous literature, our results are generally consistent with Donn and Sherman's (2002) findings that the (younger) undergraduate students in their sample were less likely than the (older) graduate students who participated in their study to report having used the Internet to meet potential partners.

She attended Stanford University studying English Literature but her plans for college were put to the side when she accepted two starring roles that were a departure from her previous roles.

But because of variations in method, sample, and context from study to study, the previous body of literature has not provided a decisive answer regarding which strategy, at scale, has the biggest impact per dollar.

One change this year is that GCSE English literature and history syllabuses required teenagers to study the full curriculum - some previous syllabuses had allowed for a narrower range of content to be studied.

While previous studies have examined the impact of grant financing on students» postsecondary decisions, the existing literature on the impact of need - based financing in the context of developing countries is limited.

Literature review with the critique of the previous or relevant studies, experiments, and case studies.

For example, Saunders quotes William Gray's off - the - cuff criticism of a study by Naomi Oreskes that demonstrated the existence of an overwhelming consensus in the peer - reviewed scientific literature on the reality of anthropogenic climate change (see our previous discussion of that study).

While this study is undoubtedly an important contribution to the literature, introducing a potentially useful methodology for refining estimates of past tropical cyclone activity in all the major basins, it is hardly the last word (see e.g. the discussion thread in our previous article on the paper).

Judith, in your previous thread, I asked what you thought the climate literature would look five years out if you had autocratic control of all NSF and UN grants, but with the proviso that you only granted academics who studied global cooling.

Literature reviews of previous studies serve a purpose as do the plethora of separate studies by acousticians, sleep experts and physicians, many of which draw the conclusion there is a strong prima facie case that low - frequency noise generated by wind turbines causes chronic sleep deprivation in some people which then degenerates to adverse health impacts.

The results of this study indicate that parental encouragement to be physically active can predict adolescents» physical activity habits, supporting previous evidence from the cross-sectional literature [8 — 12], including the review of correlates of physical activity among adolescents conducted by Sallis, et al. [8], and providing additional evidence to support Dowda, et al.'s recent findings that these may be lasting, long - term effects [13].

This finding is consistent with the 50 % response threshold routinely used in the depression literature including the STAR * D adult study.31 There were no significant changes in children's functioning at 3 months, but this lag is consistent with previous literature suggesting that a reduction in psychiatric symptoms often precedes improvement in functioning.38, 39

This study extends previous literature by examining possible generation differences or transmission of positive and negative relationship quality among three generations of family members.

Furthermore, this research adds to existing literature by assessing perceptions of both parents and incorporating a measure of relationship satisfaction thereby addressing an aspect of attachment research which previous studies have neglected to explore in detail.

This study expands on the previous literature and shows that, among older couples, concordance in drinking status alone is associated with marital quality especially among wives.

Furthermore, consistent with previous literature (Fergusson and Boden 2008; Georgiades and Boyle 2007), this study highlights the relationship of life dissatisfaction and problem behaviour, with lower levels of life satisfaction encouraging adolescents to engage in problem behaviour, and vice versa.

Although previous research on younger couples revealed that discordant heavy drinking (rather than only drinking status) is associated with lower marital satisfaction and divorce (Leonard et al., 2014; Mudar et al., 2001), the present study contributes to the literature by showing that concordance on drinking status (i.e., drinker vs. no drinker) appears to be more important for negative marital relationship quality among older couples than frequency or quantity of consumption.

Our results support findings from previous studies indicating that PPD in mothers adversely affects their children's development in several domains, and adds to the existing literature in that these adverse child outcomes remain when controlling for the risk factors associated with PPD.

The mean adherence to fidelity strategies was.73, which was higher than two previous review studies employing this framework in the health literature.

In discussing previous literature we specify whether studies focused on nonclinical samples with high levels of social anxiety symptoms or clinical samples with the diagnosis of social phobia.