Sentences with phrase «previous studies of the life»

Based on previous studies of the life - history, physical and ecological aspects of fecundity, Dr Pincheira - Donoso's work also concludes that the theory should distinguish between fertility during an animal's lifetime and during one particular breeding season, rather than grouping all time periods together.

Not exact matches

As Gallup notes, previous research has tied well - being scores to health outcomes including life expectancy and a lower risk of obesity, while some studies suggest that taking time off positively impacts the brain and heart.

In terms of possible physiological triggers, life - endangering events such as falling and a sudden drop of oxygen to the brain are thought to be potential causes - something which would correlate with a previous study which found that 1 in 5 people who'd suffered a heart attack and were resuscitated had reported a near - death experience.

The book is complex, for it is nearly three books in one: (a) a study of the three successive concepts of God Whitehead espoused in Process and Reality, vet even the last is ultimately incomplete, prompting the possibility of further developments beyond the text; (b) a survey of previous attempts to show that in one way or another that it is possible to prehend the divine life; (c) my own approach, which recognizes that God as consequent is imprehensible.

We know some of what happened during his first eight days of life, and we've seen this in previous studies.

Previous studies indicated that cognitive functioning of the baby was affected, even later in life.

Previous studies have shown that a high fat maternal diet during gestation and lactation has a long - term impact on the infant's gut microbiome (the community of bacteria living inside the human gut.)

Although most studies of parental depression have focused on mothers, the impact of depression in fathers has received increasing attention.2, 3 Using data from the 2002 National Comorbidity Replication Survey, the Institute of Medicine report also estimated that 4.3 % of men with a child under 18 years old had a major depressive disorder within the previous 12 months.1 In addition, a recent meta - analysis4 suggested that the prevalence of paternal depression within the first year of a child's life was 10.4 %.

No association between vaginal delivery and interference with daily life was observed after 6 weeks, which supports a previous study.22 Additionally, the prevalence of moderate or severe UI in the vaginal delivery group was higher than that in the cesarean delivery group at 3 — 5 days, perhaps because pelvic floor muscle strength is significantly reduced at 3 — 8 days after vaginal delivery, but this is not the case after cesarean delivery.6

A previous study showing that a compulsory living wage would result in 160,000 job losses overestimated the threat of job losses and failed to take into account the economic stimulus that higher pay would give the economy, according to Reed.

Using data from previous field studies, the team estimates that the minerals and other nutrients released by giant Antarctic icebergs (those longer than 18 kilometers) trigger as much as 20 % of the CO2 absorption by life in the southern seas.

This date is 20 million years younger than suggestions from previous studies which used molecular data from living mammals and assumed a near - constant rate of evolution.

The main problem is that it is extremely difficult to measure electrical activity deep inside the brain of a living person, and differences between the brains of living people and those of the animals and cadavers that previous studies have used are significant.

Cutting the amount of short - lived, climate - warming emissions such as soot and methane in our skies won't limit global warming as much as previous studies have suggested, a new analysis shows.

«Previous studies of the impacts of drought on flowers and bees have looked at individual species, often in the laboratory, but we used an experiment with rain shelters to examine the effects on real communities of plant species living in chalk grassland,» said Dr Ellen Fry from the University of Manchester, who set up the experiment.

Indeed, he notes, it's improbable that all of the previous genetic studies of red deer, including those living throughout Europe today, wouldn't have picked up any of the haplotypes he and his team identified in their new research.

The study, which appears in Biology Letters, builds on previous research published by the same team in the journal Science more than ten years ago, which found that for every son she had, a woman's life would be shortened by an average of 34 weeks.

Previous studies have shown that greater cognitive flexibility relates to better reading abilities as a child, resilience as an adult, and quality of life in the advanced years.

Previous studies of birds show that here, too, non-breeding adults often help breeders to raise their young in species living in dry unpredictable environments.

«Previous studies have shown that smoking takes 10 years off of your life.

What was especially «exciting» about this finding, he says, is that these variations were near a neural highway that previous studies have shown helps regulate life span in worms and flies, and that stopping chemical signals from this brain pathway extends the life span of mice.

In a previous study, the researchers found that all of these factors shorten the lives of heterosexually active males by an average of 25 percent.

«We now are able to undertake studies on model bacterial membranes under conditions which much more closely resemble those found of live bacteria than has previous been possible,» said Dr Luke Clifton from ISIS.

While previous studies have shown that children living in immigrant families are more likely to be uninsured, less is known about what percentage of uninsured children who are immigrants or have immigrant parents.

«Previous studies conducted in our laboratory have demonstrated that both pre - and postharvest application of lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE) can retard aging and improve shelf life of various fruits,» Palta and Ahmed said.

Several previous studies have revealed that leisure time is important for older people, and that it has a positive influence on their quality of life, happiness and sense of peace.

«It's very clear that ICU survivors have physical, cognitive and psychological problems that greatly impair their reintegration into society, return to work and being able to take on previous roles in life,» says senior study author Dale Needham, M.D., professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Previous studies have shown that participation in low - impact physical activity can improve pain, function, mood and quality of life without worsening arthritis symptoms or disease severity.

Previous studies have found that middle - aged adults whose diet consists of a high proportion of fruits and vegetables are less likely to have a heart attack or stroke, but the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption during young adulthood and heart disease later in life was less clear.

The fact that the findings aligned so closely with those of previous, smaller studies in other populations was surprising even to the scientists, given the subjects» unique genetic background and living environments.

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.

Previous studies — held in Ghana, The Gambia, Burkina Faso, and coastal Kenya — had shown that bed nets could save the lives of children, malaria's main victims.

The segmentation theory of events, on which the published study is based, argues that the brain acts on the grounds of constant predictions based on previous experience; When these predictions fail, for example because there is an unexpected change of context, the brain interprets this moment as a boundary event, which delimits the neural coding of the lived experiences.

The current study differs from previous investigations in that — instead of relying only on participants» answers to survey questions about their use of stimulants and other drugs, alcohol consumption and other factors including quality of life — it relied on structured interviews that have been validated for the diagnosis of neuropsychiatric disorders, including substance - use disorders.

Previous studies led by the University have shown that more than 700 species of marine life have been found to have encountered plastic debris, with clear evidence that ingestion and entanglement causes direct harm to many individuals.

A study published online in January in Quality of Life Research found that about half of tinnitus sufferers also have mental disorders, confirming the findings of previous research.

«Previous studies have indicated that a mother's weight at conception is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in the children later in life.

Researchers studying the difference in tool use between our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, found that immature bonobos have low rates of object manipulation, in keeping with previous work showing bonobos use few tools and none in foraging.

Previous studies suggested that mother and infant microbiomes become more similar over the first year of life.

Examination of modern biofilms showed copious quantities of bacteria living in the films, however, SEM images only show a smooth undulating profile of the biofilm surface consistent with previous studies [21].

This is another method of reducing cancer incidence and also extending life span by 30 % or so, but this time seemingly through manipulation of the insulin signalling system in a more subtle way than previous growth hormone knockout studies.

Previous studies of this type relied on microscopic examination of tissue samples from sacrificed animals, but this new approach allows researchers to watch the life or death of cells in real time.

Having a previous cesarean delivery significantly increased the risk of reoperation and complications among women undergoing a hysterectomy later in life, according to a study published by JAMA Surgery.

The study builds upon previous knowledge of the important role oxytocin plays in the reproductive life of mammals.

Previous studies have found unusually high rates of mental - function problems in former NFL players (especially those with a history of concussions), while a large body of research has linked being overweight or obese to a higher risk of dementia later in life.

The study adds to previous research showing that the quality of people's early home environments can have «far - reaching effects on wellbeing, life achievement, and relationship functioning throughout the lifespan,» says Waldinger.

While previous studies had speculated that much of the effect of leucine was due to its downstream metabolite HMB, this study is the first to actually demonstrate this effect in living cells.

Previous studies have shown that obese people tend to have less diversity of bacteria living it the gut.

Unfortunately, these findings match up with previous studies looking into the dating lives of college women.

According to a previous study from MillionaireMatch.com, the majority of millionaires have no preference in elite online dating for marriage, and what they wanted is to find someone who can enjoy great time with them and enrich their family life.