Sentences with phrase «recent direct studies»

On the other side of the argument, there are specialists who are maintaining recent direct studies have been done that show once babies are born they have the innate ability to recognize their mothers» voices and may respond to familiar music that was played during the time they were in the womb.

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According to a recent study of 1,125 adults conducted by YouGov, «28 percent percent of Americans admitted (to) malicious online activity directed at somebody they didn't know.»

As I wrote back in August, recent studies conducted by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Information Technology and Information Foundation (ITIF) have demonstrated convincingly that blocking offshore pirate websites works in terms of changing consumer behaviour (i.e. directing consumers away from infringing content to sources of legitimate content) while at the same time not interfering with normal internet operations.

A recent Socialbakers study reported by Statista found a direct correlation between user engagement and hashtag use per Facebook post:

A recent study in a feminist periodical presents considerable evidence that reductionist stereotypes of Eddy that are still current, even among feminists, sprang to a surprising extent from resentment directed toward her as a woman making serious truth claims in a male - dominated society (Jean McDonald, «Mary Baker Eddy and the Nineteenth Century «Public» Woman: A Feminist Reappraisal, «Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion [Spring, 1986], pp. 89 - 112).

In a recent study, Tradition, Rationality, and Virtue: The Thought of Alasdair MacIntyre, Thomas D. D'Andrea provides a helpful overview that rightly directs attention to MacIntyre's engagement with psychoanalysis and the philosophy of social science.

The third and most recent major comprehensive study of Protestant theological schools, published in 1956 and 1957, was undertaken by the American Association of Theological Schools (now simply the Association of Theological Schools), funded by the Carnegie Foundation, and directed by H. Richard Niebuhr, Daniel Day Williams, and James M. Gustafson.

The lower levels of baseline sugar sweetened drink consumption in the UK compared with the US may in part explain why the effect on obesity that we estimate in the UK is much less than that estimated in the US.12 The differences with respect to other modelling studies may also be partly explained by their use of higher own price elasticity values for sugar sweetened drinks than we have calculated and used here.18 22 52 We can not make direct comparisons between the results of our study and the results of recent studies of the effect of reducing sugar sweetened drink consumption on body weight in children, 5 7 as the relation between energy balance and change in body mass index in children who are growing is different from that in adults.

Providing direct access to Frontier Park from Conan Doyle Drive and Book Road outweighs any concerns that the adjacent subdivision could be used as a shortcut for motorists, according to a recent traffic study released by Naperville Park District officials.

Ed's current and recent research projects include: the Scottish independence referendum and the British voter: an enhancement to the British Election Study Internet Panel; The Social Complexity of Immigration and Diversity; How different are direct mail and telephoning?

In addition, a recent study showed that a direct economic stimulus can act as a salve.

A recent study published in Scientific Reports, led by researchers of the University of Barcelona in collaboration with several other research institutions, shows that the direct effect of climate change in regulating fuel moisture (droughts leading to larger fires) is expected to be dominant, regarding the indirect effect of antecedent climate on fuel load and structure - that is, warmer / drier conditions that determine fuel availability.

In a recent study, researchers injected carbon nanotubes into kidney tumors in mice, and then directed a near - infrared laser at the tumors.

The expert committee that wrote the new report reviewed recent studies that in contrast examined how sodium consumption affects direct health outcomes like heart disease and death.

Food purists may have cause to celebrate thanks to a recent international study directed by the University of British Columbia.

In a Policy View published in The Lancet Neurology journal, a group of leading experts on the epidemiology of dementia state that the number of people with dementia — both new cases and total numbers with the disease — in some Western European countries is stabilising despite population aging, in direct contrast to the «dementia epidemic» reported in some recent studies.

Recent studies of built environment microbes have largely focused on direct human contact with surfaces, and demonstrated that people can leave behind bacterial signatures indicative of particular body parts and types of bodily contact (Flores et al., 2011; Flores et al., 2013; Meadow et al., 2014).

Highly turbocharged alcohol - fueled direct - injection spark - ignition (DISI) engines operated at a high compression ratio could be as or more efficient than diesel engines while also providing advantages of lower vehicle cost, lower emissions and higher power, according to a recent modeling study by Leslie Bromberg and Daniel Cohn at MIT.

Presentations will emphasize recent research at Green Bank in two areas: pulsar studies, that could lead in the near future to direct detection of gravitational radiation and hydrogen studies that reveal the structure and evolution of galaxies and their dark matter halos.

But recent research suggests that the sweet stuff may have a more direct impact: For every additional 150 calories of added sugar downed per person per day, the prevalence of diabetes rose by 1 percent, even after controlling for obesity, physical activity and calories from other foods, according to a large study looking at international data.

Specifically in relation to Parkinson's disease, a recent study published by researchers from Pennsylvania State University and Harvard revealed a direct relationship between higher cholesterol levels and slowing in the rate of decline in the 744 Parkinson's patients they followed.

Some recent studies have shown that whey protein has direct positive effects on performance and muscle mass.

A recent analysis study printed in the Journal of The American Medical Affiliation discovered a direct correlation between ingesting mushy drinks and obesity.

Recent studies have shown that while there are benefits to aerobics, (like weight loss), in the long term, statistics show a direct increase in heart disease.

In a recent study, 150 obese adults were directed to either consume a low - fat (< 30 % calories from fat) or a low - carbohydrate (< 40 grams per day) diet.

It's based on what he learned from a recent, three - month study he helped direct in conjunction with Boston's Benson - Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine.

Adhering to these traditional concepts the US Department of Agriculture has concluded that diets, which reduce calories, will result in effective weight loss independent of the macronutrient composition, which is considered less important, even irrelevant.14 In contrast with these views, the majority of ad - libitum studies demonstrate that subjects who follow a low - carbohydrate diet lose more weight during the first 3 — 6 months compared with those who follow balanced diets.15, 16, 17 One hypothesis is that the use of energy from proteins in VLCKD is an «expensive» process for the body and so can lead to a «waste of calories», and therefore increased weight loss compared with other «less - expensive» diets.13, 18, 19 The average human body requires 60 — 65 g of glucose per day, and during the first phase of a diet very low in carbohydrates this is partially (16 %) obtained from glycerol, with the major part derived via gluconeogenesis from proteins of either dietary or tissue origin.12 The energy cost of gluconeogenesis has been confirmed in several studies7 and it has been calculated at ∼ 400 — 600 Kcal / day (due to both endogenous and food source proteins.18 Despite this, there is no direct experimental evidence to support this intriguing hypothesis; on the contrary, a recent study reported that there were no changes in resting energy expenditure after a VLCKD.20 A simpler, perhaps more likely, explanation for improved weight loss is a possible appetite - suppressant action of ketosis.

Looking at direct comparisons, recent studies suggest that a high bar speed might transfer better to sprinting compared to similar exercises performed more slowly (Pareja - Blanco et al. 2014; Loturco et al. 2015a; Mora - Custodio et al. 2016), but older studies indicate that this is not always the case (Harris et al. 2008; Blazevich & Jenkins, 2002).

Arthur Penn was originally slated to direct The Train as a small - scale character study, but after the disappointing returns for Lancaster's recent personal favourites like The Leopard and The Sweet Smell of Success, the star had him replaced by previous collaborator John Frankenheimer, who he'd worked with successfully on political thriller Seven Days in May and prison drama Birdman of Alcatraz.

Created by the New York animators the Fleischer Brothers (Max, the eldest of the three, produced; Lou animated and later supervised the music; their little brother, Dave, directed), she was, as the animation historian Donald Crafton puts it in his recent study, «Shadow of a Mouse» (University of California Press), «one of the earliest cartoon characters to be a fully fleshed - out human being and the only classic» toon star generated as female (neither Minnie nor Daisy were leading ladies).»

Consider, for example, the recent skepticism directed toward Tennessee's Project STAR study, a randomized field trial on class size that failed to collect baseline test - score data.

A recent study in the American Journal of Public Health revealed a direct link between children's social and emotional skills and their success across a wide range of health, social, and economic measures.

Not only are there huge opportunities for environmental and financial benefits of energy efficient buildings, but recent studies, including the James Review on the procurement of education buildings, have demonstrated the direct link between the quality of school buildings and academic attainment.

From a literature review of approximately 160 recent studies, developmental psychologist Stephanie Jones and her research team at the Harvard Graduate School of Education find that EF is a set of mental processes that are used to carry out goal - directed behavior.

A rare recent study by Schultz, O'Brien, and Schultz (2016) has reflected on the body of literature that considered the purpose of humour in learning to inform a new pilot study on the direct effects of the use of humour by a teacher on student short - to mid-term learning outcomes.

Two recent studies show that direct instruction can actually limit young children's learning.

In these recent studies, children's learning outcomes are shown to be higher in a play - based program compared to children's learning outcomes in direct - instruction approaches.

The study is the first to use direct comparison models, using the most recent Forward and ACT exam scores in its evaluations.

In spite of all the talk of competition between brokerages, it seems that a recent study commissioned by TD Direct Investing suggests the pool of Canadian DIY investors will continue to expand.

A recent study at Purdue University found that all vaccinated dogs develop «auto - antibodies» (antibodies mis - directed at the dog's own tissues) against common mammalian proteins such as albumin, and even to DNA.

One recent study found that, while puppies attended more to a script read with DDS compared with adult - directed speech (ADS), adult dogs displayed no preference.

However, some recent studies suggest that certain environmental exposures and genetic predispositions can have a more direct effect on the thyroid gland.

According to a recent Global Business Travel Association study, direct booking habits continue to increase and yet many companies haven't employed the appropriate tools to pull this spend into their managed travel programs.

Highlights include recent acquisitions from projects directed by major women architect - designers — Eileen Gray furnishings for the house E-1027 (1929), and Charlotte Perriand's study bedroom from the Maison du Brésil (1959), for example.

Our studies did indicate that much of the heat entering the Barents Sea in recent years was advected in by the inflow of warm Atlantic Waters and although direct warming through air - sea heat exchanges no doubt occurred, it appeared not be the dominate process at the time of our studies.

black soot has also been found by a recent university of california study to be the direct cause of the albedo warming effect on the otherwise highly reflective and pristine white arctic ice & snow.

According to a recent study, in North Dakota, the petroleum industry supported more than 65,000 jobs in 2009 (up from 25,700 in 2005), and contributed more than $ 1 billion in direct and indirect local and state tax revenues.

Recent studies within the realm of quantum physics have shown that consciousness, thoughts, beliefs and emotions have a direct effect on our physical material reality.

One recent study calculated that over the 50 - year period ending in 2001, the direct monetary benefits conferred by the atmospheric CO

One recent study calculated that over the 50 - year period ending in 2001, the direct monetary benefits conferred by the atmospheric CO2 enrichment of the Industrial Revolution on global crop production amounted to a staggering $ 3.2 trillion.