Sentences with phrase «previous studies investigating»

Although the results from previous studies investigating mindfulness - based programs for children with ASD, their parents, or both are promising, further research is required to investigate whether these preliminary effects can be supported and extended to larger samples, younger age groups, and long - term effectiveness.

Previous studies investigating the potentially protective effect of αT supplementation on aspirin - induced damage have produced varied results, which may be explained by the fact that αT consistently fails to attenuate aspirin - induced stomach injury in animals with adequate vitamin E intake, but provides protection to vitamin E (αT)- deficient animals.

First author Edel O'Sullivan, now a PhD candidate in Switzerland, said: «Previous studies investigating the origin of life have focused on synthesis in hydrothermal environments.

While previous studies investigating whether weight loss could reduce asthma risks showed little or no benefit, participants in those studies lost only modest amounts of weight.

Previous studies investigating patients at risk for hospital readmissions focus on medical services and have found chronic conditions as contributors.

Knowing what to look for Previous studies investigating heat wave prediction have looked for patterns in the tropics, but this research was interesting because the predictive factor is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs in the middle latitudes, Schubert said.

Three previous studies investigated the average effects of ride - hailing services on crashes, providing clues about the possible overall impact of the technology, which allows riders who've been drinking to summon a lift home from the palm of their hand.

Furthermore, findings from the current study provide a fresh contribution to the research in this field, in that previous studies investigated the relationship between maternal and child mentalization comparing indeed different components (e.g., mind - mindedness, emotional understanding, ToM, mental - state talk) of the multifaceted construct of mentalization in mothers and in children.

Not exact matches

For example, among three large studies investigating prostaglandins for induction of labor in women with a previous cesarean delivery, one found an increased risk of uterine rupture (89), another reported no increased rupture risk (5), and a third found no increased risk of rupture when prostaglandins were used alone (with no subsequent oxytocin)(6).

To investigate the question in the lab, Shim's team studied bridgmanite, an iron - containing mineral that previous work has shown is the dominant component in the mantle.

Many previous studies have focussed on the urban nesting grounds and the gulls» behaviour around landfill refuse sites, but this is one of the first large - scale studies to investigate the use of cities by gulls in traditional breeding colonies and their contribution to these «nuisance events».

In previous studies, the research team, headed by Pier Paolo Di Fiore and Salvatore Pece, investigated the role of a protein called Numb in maintaining stem cells in normal mammary gland development in mice.

Previous studies have used single vitamin D measurements to investigate effects on bone.

«We decided to investigate cardiovascular risks of this therapy in a large health care database since these previous studies were modest in size and only focused on men 65 and older,» said the study's senior author, Sander Greenland, a professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and a professor of statistics in the UCLA College of Letters and Science.

While previous investigations into the protein's effects have used either mice in which gene expression was knocked out or transgenic animals that expressed human gene variants throughout their lifetimes, the MGH - MIND - led study used a different approach to investigate the effects of introducing the variant forms of the protein into brains in which plaque formation had already begun.

«Previous studies have suggested that drinking coffee might be inversely associated with all - cause mortality but this has not been investigated in a Mediterranean country.»

To investigate this idea, Krogsboll's team pooled data from 14 previous studies involving nearly 183,000 people, comparing participants who were offered regular checkups with those who saw their doctors only when they had a complaint.

Professor Young says: «A number of previous studies have investigated the attenuation (height reduction) of ocean waves as they spread across individual coral reefs.

While previous studies have investigated earthquake early warning systems based on scientific - grade GPS data, most regions at risk for earthquakes don't have the infrastructure needed to monitor earthquakes at this level.

This is something we wanted to investigate further, because we know from previous studies that people are relatively poor at matching faces in various guises when the person is unfamiliar to them.

Previous studies into Friedreich's ataxia have investigated the direct effect of frataxin deficiency on mitochondrial enzymes that contain iron - sulphur clusters, but with a focus on nerve cell mitochondrial defects once symptoms had already been detected and the disease diagnosed.

Previous studies have shown a benefit in adding a second antiplatelet drug like ticagrelor, from a class called P2Y12 inhibitors, but they investigated the additional therapy for only a year, leaving unanswered the question of whether patients would benefit from continuing this treatment longer.

Previous studies have found that the part of the brain responsible for verbal memory is larger in musicians, and Jakobson and Chan agree that future studies should investigate whether music training boosts development of the region, thereby making musicians more handy with words.

No previous studies have investigated the direct effect of sugar consumption on the development of breast cancer using breast cancer animal models or examined specific mechanisms, she added.

This study reinforces previous research investigating the link between depression, heart disease, and increased risks of death.

The research team, following up on a previous genome - wide association study by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, investigated genetic variations in a protein called FBN - 1, which is essential for a strong arterial wall.

In a previous study by the same group 78, autologous culture - expanded MSC were infused to breast cancer patients to investigate whether MSC would enhance the engraftment of peripheral blood stem cells after myeloablative therapy.

It was Nathalie who first had the inspiration to investigate parvalbumin more closely, after a previous study she did looking at biomarkers for fish consumption.

Given these previous findings in relation to the BDNF pathway following J147 treatment, the effect of J147 on neurotrophic factors was investigated in this AD reversal study.

In previous studies, the authors investigated the bioavailability of GDPE and found that although it is metabolized in the gut, it does cross the blood brain barrier and can be detected in the brain.

However, no previous studies were able to comprehensively investigate the connection because sufficiently sensitive tests, or assays, were not available to measure ATP (the energy unit of the cell that is generated by mitochondria) in individual neurons.

The previous studies did not investigate the factors that contribute to personality.

In the previous decade, an increasing number of studies have applied fMRI to investigate brain response to acupuncture stimulation.

Keep in mind that most previous studies had never separated processed meat (such as hot dogs, bologna, lunch meats with chemical additives, etc) vs unprocessed meats (such as a healthy grass - fed steak, pasture - raised pork tenderloin, grass - fed burger, wild game meats, etc) in investigating the relationship between meat eating and heart disease.

«We have been investigating Montmorency tart cherries for several years because they're a unique fruit with a high concentration of anthocyanins,» said co-author Howatson, whose previous studies have demonstrated the ability of Montmorency tart cherry juice to reduce certain inflammation responses and oxidative stress after high - intensity exercise.

Because some of the previous studies reported beneficial effects of cereal consumption only in the context of EB, we gave subjects whole - grain cereal to eat (before 0800 in the EB period and between 1230 and 1300 in the OB period) so that we could investigate the effect of the time of eating the same breakfast food.

This is supported by a previous study printed in the Journal of Undergraduate Research investigating foam rolling across multiple weeks.

No previous studies have investigated the direct effect of sugar consumption on the development of breast cancer using breast cancer animal models or examined specific mechanisms, she added.

Using a logistic regression, the study investigated the dating preferences of the USA biracial demographic — a population which has been underrepresented in previous research.

EFFECT ON PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS The previous portions of our study investigated the impact of private competition on student achievement in the educational system as a whole.

This is something that has been addressed in many previous studies which have come to very different different conclusions than MW, and so the reasons why MW came to their conclusion is worth investigating.

But until then, I have to place it in a big bin of suspect studies «done by people out to prove something rather than investigate something,» as the evolutionary biologist Michael Eisen said in a late update to my previous post on this work.

The current study extends previous research by investigating whether and through what processes romantic relationships distinctively predict externalizing behavior problems during adolescence compared to emerging adulthood.

The personalised monitoring systems for care in mental health (PSYCHE) project investigated the health of bipolar patients using a wearable monitoring system to record physiological signals, such as HRV, respiration and activity, and a smartphone monitoring systems to determine participant mood and send data to clinicians.13 25 — 28 The project aimed to gain insight into the physiological and mood characteristics of patients with BD over longer periods in a naturalistic setting as opposed to the controlled environments of previous studies.

Consistent with the previous studies [18][39], Osborne and Reed [40] investigated the relationship between behavior problems and parenting stress in a sample of 137 parents with children with autistic disorder using the Gilliam Autism Rating Scale (GARS) and the Questionnaire on Resources and Stress (QRS - F).

Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate the indirect and direct exposure to 20 potentially traumatic events and its relation with PTSD in a Ugandan sample of senior 3rd year students and to perform cross-cultural comparisons with previous studies examining this age group.

Although this is the first prospective longitudinal study to investigate this mediational hypothesis in a systematic manner, our findings are consistent with previous findings indicating that disruption of interpersonal relationships is a predominant risk factor for suicide10, 13,49 and that interpersonal conflict or separation during adulthood partially mediated an association between neglectful overprotective parenting and subsequent suicide attempts.23 The present findings are also consistent with research indicating that stressful life events mediated the association between childhood adversities and suicidal behavior during adolescence or early adulthood, 8 that suicide is multidetermined, 2 and that youths who experience numerous adversities during childhood and adolescence are at a particularly elevated risk for suicide.18, 22,49

The study highlighted the relevance of these statistical tools to investigate variability among anthropometric data involving diverse population, which has not been widely used for analyzing previous anthropometric data.

Since low levels of self - efficacy were associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms in previous studies, the current study investigated the bidirectional and prospective associations between depressive symptoms and academic, social and emotional self - efficacy from early to mid adolescence in a cross-lagged path model.

The aim of this study was to investigate if experiential avoidance had moderate effects on SWB or interpersonal relationship, which was not examined in the previous studies.