Sentences with phrase «relatively short studies»

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The first book we planned to study was Francis Chan's Forgotten God, a relatively short title about the Holy Spirit, the one - third of the Trinity that Chan believes the Church has forgotten.

Recent studies have shown that garbanzo bean fiber can be metabolized by bacteria in the colon to produce relatively large amounts of short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), including acetic, propionic, and butyric acid.

Most studies suggest that the effect is only temporary and will normalize in a relatively short period of time.

Additionally, some long - term outcomes, such as cancer, can not be studied easily because of the relatively short - term follow - up contained in many databases.

Studying aging and its associated diseases has been challenging because existing vertebrate models (e.g., mice) are relatively long lived, while short - lived invertebrate species (e.g., yeast and worms) lack key features present in humans.

Cholesterol levels of the volunteers in the Cambridge study fell on average by 9.6 per cent — which the researchers say is «impressive given the relatively short duration of soy protein intake».

No astronaut has spent more than six months at a stretch on the ISS, so direct medical studies only cover relatively short - term effects.

The DNA analysis used in this study focused on mitochondrial DNA, which is easier to recover from fossils than the DNA in chromosomes, because each cell has thousands of copies of the relatively short mitochondrial DNA sequence.

«The follow - up period was relatively short — six weeks — and the study was not statistically powered to measure clinical outcomes,» said Tindle, who served as the lead study physician while working at the University of Pittsburgh through the summer of 2014.

In the study, long - term historical meteorological data were combined with relatively short measurements of air pollution particles in China in an innovative way to clarify interactions among the solar radiation, surface wind and air pollution.

A boat can «mow the lawn» over a large area in a relatively short period of time, while stationary recorders on the seafloor have great temporal coverage, but they record only within a certain range of the hydrophone,» said Selene Fregosi, a researcher at the Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies, Oregon State University and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Newport, Oregon.

Even after conducting these studies for a relatively short time as a way to prove the concept, the STAR team says they've seen a hint of the sign change, but more data are needed to be sure.

While the study does not prove that hydraulic fracturing actually causes these health problems, the authors say, the hospitalization increases observed over the relatively short time span of observation suggests that healthcare costs of hydraulic fracturing must be factored into the economic benefits of unconventional gas and oil drilling.

The study also demonstrated that a relatively short list of choices, say 10 hypothetical coin flips, can be used to reliably gauge randomness of human behavior.

Roundworms are a popular animal model for longevity studies because of their relatively short life span and ease of care.

Chairman Boehlert asked for a clear and concise report in a relatively short period of time, and the NRC agreed to undertake the study quickly.

But those were short - term studies that covered relatively small areas.

«They are all very experienced researchers who already have completed successful long - term field studies at the project sites so we should be able to accomplish a great deal in a relatively short period.»

One of the limitations to understanding exactly how and why Antarctic sea ice is changing is the relatively short length of satellite data records, says Dr Jonathan Day, co-author of the new study published in The Cryosphere.

These extended, cool and hence red stars are key targets for stellar evolution studies as well as galactic studies for several reasons: a) many stars go through a red - giant phase; b) red giants are intrinsically bright; c) large stellar internal structure changes as well as changes in surface chemical abundances take place over relatively short time; d) red - giant stars exhibit global intrinsic oscillations.

Genetic studies using samples along the distribution range of both subspecies and based on a few dozen nuclear markers have revealed loci of relatively high divergence (0.3 — 1.2 %) between subspecies embedded in a genome otherwise characterized by low levels of differentiation and high levels of bidirectional gene flow [21], [24]--[26], likely facilitated by high effective population sizes, high dispersal, and a relatively short generation time [21], [24]--[26].

In a new study out last month in the journal Nature, a team of scientists from Cambridge and Sweden point to evidence from thousands of scratches left by ancient icebergs on the ocean floor, indicating that Pine Island's glaciers shattered in a relatively short amount of time at the end of the last ice age.

«This is a fascinating example of how humans can, in a relatively short amount of time, adapt to a local environment,» says study coauthor Rasmus Nielsen of the University of California, Berkeley.

The healthy young adults who took part in the study experienced increased memory performance over a relatively short time period after the training sessions.

A study published by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition explored how this rapid change in our world over a relatively short period of time is the perfect storm for modern health problems.

Commenting on the results, Dr Steve Lamm, physician and nutritional medicine expert, said: «Building on previous research, this study suggests that Pycnogenol is a safe and natural option that may bring significant relief to those suffering from these conditions within a relatively short period of time.»

Relatively low in sugar and high in fiber, studies have linked regular consumption of blueberries to a reduced risk of cognitive decline as well as better short - term memory.

In my country, it's common practice among GP «s to advice the newly diagnosed with type two diabetes to loose 10 % of their body weight within a relatively short time since studies, and now practice shows, that the diabetes goes away in 90 % of cases.

However, these conclusions have been based on laboratory studies using exercise interventions of relatively short duration and are thus limited in their application to performance in the field.»

It is at present unknown whether an optimal balance between safety and efficacy can be achieved with the combination therapy of GH and IGF - I, since this combination has been evaluated in only a small number of patient populations and in studies of a relatively short duration.

Laboratory studies examining the short - term satiating effects of foods have shown that low - GI foods are relatively more satiating than are their high - GI counterparts (10).

Most studies are also relatively short and limited in what is being tested, making the results misleading.

Studies of contemporary hunter - gatherers show that gathered honey represented a relatively minor dietary component over the course of a year, despite high intakes in some groups during short periods of availability.

That study concluded that, in high - performing countries, improvements in the status of teaching were mainly policy driven; that there are common strategies and best practices for attracting strong candidates into teaching; and that the right policies can change the status of teaching in a country in a relatively short period of time.

Their summary of the sector's academic outcomes, which draws heavily on a series of studies by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University, is likewise relatively uncontroversial: there is a positive achievement effect for poor, nonwhite, urban students, but suburban and rural charters come up short, as do online charters, about which the authors duly report negative findings.

Intensive case studies were conducted on these schools, some of which made noteworthy student achievement gains in a relatively short (one - to two - year) time frame, while others improved at a slower, steadier pace over a longer period.

When studying the history of Weimar Germany, a Facing History classroom might consider including infographics as part of a silent conversation to note the time period's massive rate of inflation in a relatively short span of time, and how these economic forces impacted German politics of the day (check out an example of an infographic at ArmchairAdvocates.com).

A recent study by Watson Wyatt, a U.S. investment consulting firm, looked at a variety of shorter - term horizon target - date funds and discovered that the amount of their portfolios invested in the stock market ranged anywhere from a relatively conservative 32 % to a very risky 80 %.

I have a relatively short list of investors that I've extensively studied that have produced exceptional long term results.

Additionally, unlike the previous studies, the Portland intervention utilized a wide - range of outreach tools and did so over a relatively short amount of time.

Due to the inclusion of so many young dogs and the relatively short duration of the study, no overall difference in life expectancy for the two groups was noted (we'd expect 3 year old dogs to live for another couple of years).

In conclusion, this study supports the premise that cats can be effectively clicker trained to perform a variety of tasks in a relatively short period in a shelter environment.

We spent our Memorial Day Weekend studying yet another year's daunting event program and came up with a relatively short survey of events, exhibitions, and studios that should not be missed... or at least those that we'll not miss!

The authors of the latest study stop short of attributing the 2015/2016 floods to climate change, pointing out that identifying trends can be challenging because records are held over a relatively short timespan.

In this study, the forest systems investigated were relatively young, and the study was carried out over a short period of time relative to the lifespan of the trees it measured.

But even if so, they make clear that they are using a different process designed more for the purpose than the data you have picked up compiled for the volcano paper, and they allude to this directly: «So while these reconstructions have proved valuable for studying climate variability and the role of various forcing factors acting on relatively short timescales, such as volcanic eruptions [Briffa et al 1998a], they are of limited use for judging the warmth of 20th century warmth in a multicentury context.

Judith, I mean no disrespect when I say that you have been studying «where it all went wrong» for a relatively short time.

However, an assessment of transports at 48 ° N using five repeat World Ocean Circulation Experiment sections and air - sea heat and freshwater fluxes as input to an inverse box model yielded no significant trend in the meridional overturning at that latitude (Lumpkin et al., 2008), though the time period studied was relatively short (1993 - 2000).

And yet that was an isolated study using limited samples over a relatively short period.»

«The relatively short operation time of devices that emit blue light are significant impediments to exploiting the full potential of OLEDs» the team pointed out in the study.