Sentences with phrase «relatively simple studies»

Because real estate is so cyclical (compared to the Stock Market, for example), relatively simple Studies can be used to accurately track local markets.

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Even something as isolated and simple as effect of minimal wage magnitude on low - income employment is inconclusively debated among economists, and this is actually something relatively simple and easy to study, comparatively.

It's a relatively simple — or conceptually simple — way to treat autism that seems to be effective,» says Todd Scheuer, co-author of the study and a research professor of pharmacology at the University of Washington.

But those studies separated out the effects of natural variability using relatively simple statistical techniques, and many researchers questioned the assumptions that went into them.

«Many studies show the integrative function of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in relatively simple cognitive tasks, and we believe that this relatively basic process forms the foundation for far more complex forms of behavior and decision - making, such as norm enforcement,» said lead author Joshua Buckholtz, now an assistant professor of psychology at Harvard.

«Larvae have relatively simple brains compared to vertebrates, which make them good candidates for study,» said corresponding author Matthieu Louis, an assistant professor in UCSB's Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology.

But this new report, and other accumulating studies, suggest that it might be an important, and relatively simple step — compared with eating well and exercising — in the battle against the bulge, and for a healthy life in general.

«This paper implements a simplified version of invisibility using well - designed but relatively simple materials,» says Steven Cummer, an electrical engineer at Duke University, who was not involved in the study.

Samantha de Silva, the lead author of the study said: «There are many blind patients in our clinics and the ability to give them some sight back with a relatively simple genetic procedure is very exciting.

In a recent study now on line, Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers describe the relatively simple technique of fundus photography in human and rabbit eyes using a smartphone, an inexpensive app for the smartphone, and instruments that are readily available in an ophthalmic practice.

«This study is a beautiful example of how relatively simple bioinspired robots can address [questions] that are difficult or impossible to test in living organisms,» says Brandon Jackson, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Montana, Missoula.

«This is an impressively comprehensive study,» he says, and the authors have «applied the same relatively simple and elegant method to so many primate species.»

But a new study of fruit flies adds to the growing suspicion that invertebrates are capable of something quite similar, suggesting that even relatively simple immune systems can act in ways immunologists never thought possible.

Rao's team next tested how these variant forms of NHE9 would affect a relatively simple organism often used in genetic studies: yeast.

«Dendrogramma has a relatively simple shape and so any similarities with the external shape of Ediacaran taxa could well be coincidental,» says Guy Narbonne at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, who studies Ediacaran fossils.

«This impressive work demonstrates a new mechanism for how a relatively simple genetic network can respond to external cues and create the most optimal environment for viral replication,» said Gurol Suel, PhD, an associate professor of molecular biology at UCSD who was not involved in the study.

The phylogenetic position of the cephalochordate amphioxus, together with its relatively simple and evolutionarily conserved morphology and genome structure, has led to its use as a model for studies of animal evolution, with a special focus on the origin of deuterostomes, chordates, and vertebrates.

Incomplete penetrance, genetic heterogeneity, pleiotropy, and gene - environment interactions are just some of the factors that make even studies of relatively simple genetic diseases challenging.

Repeat proteins are ideal choices for development of such systems as they: (i) possess a relatively simple relationship between sequence, structure and function; (ii) are modular and non-globular in structure; (iii) act as diverse scaffolds for the mediation of a diverse range of protein — protein interactions; and (iv) have been extensively studied and successfully engineered and designed.

On the other hand, it is also possible that a cognitive function such as numerical discrimination, which is apparently complex, may actually be based on relatively simple neural circuits, as suggested by a recent neural network study [71].

The guinea - pig CRDS case study accurately reproduced the AMS results using relatively simple hardware, and zero day - to - day adjustments to the CRDS optical system.

«This study has a relatively simple message: those with advanced prostate cancer should consider genetic testing both to help their own treatment and also so family members can take preventive action,» says Dr. Kenneth Offit, chief of clinical genetics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and a co-author of the study.

These brain functions comprise our working memory capacity, and interestingly, we can improve that capacity with the use of some well - studied, relatively simple exercises.

Through this personal experience as well as my studies, research, and experience in working with clients, I've learned the tremendous power of nutrition and internal health on the health and external appearance of the skin — the skin is a mirror that reflects internal imbalances, imbalances that can be set right with relatively simple dietary adjustments.

• Collaboration: Students have opportunities to work together, whether through relatively simple activities, such as partner reading or peer editing, or more complex endeavors, such as holding a study group on a topic of interest or jointly developing a presentation or paper.

From this pool of data, it should be relatively simple to construct case studies (with real names removed) that highlight information pertinent to the discussion and relevant to the scenario.

A key piece of research was a (relatively) simple analysis which focused on financial stability & market valuation — this study also offered a useful peer comparison with Argo Group Ltd. (ARGO: LN)(& see this recent post).

Although feeding a dog would seem to be a relatively simple matter, the science of canine nutrition is still a field of intense study and research.

Pimarily, I have done atmospheric models (relatively simple models for the outer planets and also some efforts using MODTRAN for atmospheric modeling in context of environmental studies).

A breakthrough study conducted by PNNL and researchers from the University of Washington and Oregon Health & Science University shows how using a relatively simple method for engineering nanoparticle heavy - metal sorbents may lead to an advanced method for eliminating toxic heavy metals from aquatic systems and drinking water.

As well as this simple estimate from heat balance implying a best estimate for ECS of approximately 1.6 °C, and the reworking of the Gregory 02 results suggesting a slightly lower figure, two good quality recent observationally - constrained studies using relatively simple hemispheric - resolving models also point to climate sensitivity being about 1.6 °C:

In our «rotating radiative convective equilibrium» simulations, a realistic model is simplified by removing land surfaces and spherical geometry, and by assuming that the underlying ocean temperatures are spatially uniform, providing a relatively simple system in which to study the formation and mature structure of hurricanes.

As ecological systems go it's very well studied, and contains the interesting wrinkles, non-linearities and feedbacks so typical of ecological systems, even relatively simple ones like this.

Hence the need for more emphasis on breaking the code into parts and evaluating against reference solutions or relatively simple observational case studies.

Initial studies of HRV used relatively simple linear algorithms to quantify variability and autonomic function, either in the time domain or the frequency domain.7 Later studies suggested that interactions between the autonomic nervous system and the regulation of the cardiovascular system may be non-linear, with more complex non-linear algorithms potentially providing better metrics to quantify these interactions.