Sentences with phrase «samples used in this study»

All maple syrup samples used in the study were purchased at local markets in Montreal, then frozen until the beginning of each experiment, which involved a series of steps to produce the phenolic - rich extract.

Vaccine developers are trying to improve vaccines for transplant recipients and other people with a weak immune system, and the samples used in this study came from a clinical trial of different versions of a flu vaccine in patients on immune - suppressive drugs.

However, the samples used in this study have been proven to be of very good quality.

Skin samples used in this study were taken from four people aged between 55 and 73 who were undergoing routine surgery to remove excess eyelid skin that was obscuring vision.

The 80,000 samples used in this study represent all of the genotyped datasets for schizophrenia that the consortium has amassed to date.

The relative location of the samples used in this study to the clinal variation across the rabbit hybrid zone is highlighted in blue for both ends of the transect.

(b) The ancient samples used in this study were excavated at three archaeological sites in East England: Hinxton, Oakington and Linton.

These results are comparable with the results of various studies done at national level which show that the majority population has mainly negative attitudes towards Roma (Rus, 2008), validating therefore the sample used in this study.

Can you explain why you think that the sampling used in this study is representative for the question of estimating the impact of increasing UHI on a global - warming measure?

Details of the sample used in this study are described elsewhere.32 The study is based on 2 cohorts of mothers of children who attended a Head Start program, for a combined total of 5820 mothers.

Sensitivity and specificity were weighted to adjust for the stratified sampling used in the study.

Hence, the community sample used in this study may not have been a good comparison group for the PPD sample with respect to externalizing problems.

First, the Hispanic sample used in this study is not representative of the larger U.S. Hispanic population.

Not exact matches

Referring to a recent diabetes study that focused on Indians (and used different methodology), he says, «The percentages in the Silicon Valley sample seem much higher.

Our study shows which areas have the cheapest and most expensive rates using quotes for a sample property (a rental property with roughly 1,000 square feet of living space and $ 100,000 in liability coverage).

In this webcast, the performance of the HTG EdgeSeq miRNA Whole Transcriptome Assay (WTA) is evaluated using the samples and methods from the miRQC study.

(Washington, D.C.: Committee on Education and the Workforce, February, 13, 2002), http://archives.republicans.edlabor.house.gov/archive/hearings/107th/eer/enronthree21302/kruse.htm Another study comparing a matched sample of ESOP versus non-ESOP firms in with similar industries and workforce sizes among closely held companies, again, using population data on all available US DOL data followed the ESOP firms before and after their adoption of the ESOP from 1988 to 1998 along with the matched firms and found that 20 % of the ESOP firms had a defined benefit plan before adopting their ESOP, and 10 years later, after adopting their ESOP, they had defined benefit plans five times more than non-ESOP firms), 33.3 % of ESOP firms had a 401 (k) plan before adopting their ESOP with 52.4 % 10 years later (five times more than non-ESOP firms), and 35.7 % of ESOP firms had a deferred profit - sharing plan before adopting their ESOP with 51.2 % 10 years later (five times more than non-ESOP firms).

Potential subjects were accepted into the study if they had none of the following conditions: severe or symptomatic cardiac disease or hypertension; history of bleeding disorders; chronic history of gastric, intestinal, liver, pancreatic, or renal disease; any portion of the stomach or the intestine removed (other than an appendectomy); history of intestinal obstruction, malabsorption, or use of antacid drugs; cancer (active or use of medications for a history of cancer treatment within the past 5 y); history of chronic alcoholism; a convulsive disorder; or abnormal results in screening blood or urine samples.

Behind The Dine ™ study was fielded in December 2016 in partnership with Technomic Inc., using a random sample of 1,500 U.S. diners.

Maybe you should link these so called studies in your posts... I'm willing to be they have small sample sizes, use highly abnormal cases, or have agendas.

Calculation to determine the necessary number of resident participants used estimations of knowledge from previous studies of pediatric residents, which suggested a baseline knowledge about breastfeeding of 60 percentage points.8, 9,15 To detect an improvement in knowledge score of 20 percentage points with an estimated standard deviation of 20 points, a 2 - tailed α error of 0.05 and a power of 0.80, sample size was calculated at a minimum of 16 resident participants.

Second, comparisons in milk waste data were studied using an unequal sample size, unequal variance t - test and the degrees of freedom for the test were calculated using the Welch - Satterthwait equation [21].

The study notes that there are limitations to the sample of students used in the study — with all of them attending privileged, high - performing schools — but they said they felt it was worthwhile to investigate the stresses of homework on this population of students.

One 2013 study found significant microbial contamination in breast milks samples purchased online, concluding that mothers should avoid use of donated or sold breastmilk and suggesting further use of lactation services as the solution to increasing breastfeeding rates.

It should be noted that the category of «Foods for specific dietary uses» only represents 2 % (0.01 % — 0.03 %) of all foods sampled in this study.

We estimated differences in resource use and costs with the independent samples t test procedure and differences in effects with odds ratios and weighted incidence rates from the cohort study.

In addition, two studies using stratified random sampling found that a high - quality home visiting program positively impacted school readiness through better parenting practices, increased reading to children at home, and a greater likelihood of enrollment in preschool programIn addition, two studies using stratified random sampling found that a high - quality home visiting program positively impacted school readiness through better parenting practices, increased reading to children at home, and a greater likelihood of enrollment in preschool programin preschool programs.

With respect to potential sources of bias in the study sample, the initial cohort through which these women were identified is a self - selected population and may not be representative of all women who use fluoxetine during pregnancy.

The sampling method used in this study is probabilistic.

Studies using diverse samples and methodologies have persuasively demonstrated that there are no systematic differences between gay or lesbian and non-gay or lesbian parents in emotional health, parenting skills, and attitudes toward parenting (Stacey & Biblarz, 2001).

Researchers supporting co-parenting identified a number of fundamental methodological flaws of recent studies that challenge co-parenting of infants and young children: the failure to interview both parents, small and non-representative samples and use of unreliable and invalid measures, and the fact that even these studies have actually found no significant differences in child outcomes in single versus co-parenting families.

One study found that bedroom heating, compared with no bedroom heating, increases SIDS risk (OR: 4.5), 235 and another study has also demonstrated a decreased risk of SIDS in a well - ventilated bedroom (windows and doors open)(OR: 0.4).296 In 1 study, the use of a fan seemed to reduce the risk of SIDS (adjusted OR: 0.28 [95 % CI: 0.10 — 0.77]-RRB-.297 However, because of the possibility of recall bias, the small sample size of controls using fans (n = 36), a lack of detail about the location and types of fans used, and the weak link to a mechanism, this study's results should be interpreted with cautioin a well - ventilated bedroom (windows and doors open)(OR: 0.4).296 In 1 study, the use of a fan seemed to reduce the risk of SIDS (adjusted OR: 0.28 [95 % CI: 0.10 — 0.77]-RRB-.297 However, because of the possibility of recall bias, the small sample size of controls using fans (n = 36), a lack of detail about the location and types of fans used, and the weak link to a mechanism, this study's results should be interpreted with cautioIn 1 study, the use of a fan seemed to reduce the risk of SIDS (adjusted OR: 0.28 [95 % CI: 0.10 — 0.77]-RRB-.297 However, because of the possibility of recall bias, the small sample size of controls using fans (n = 36), a lack of detail about the location and types of fans used, and the weak link to a mechanism, this study's results should be interpreted with caution.

A new peer - reviewed study discredits findings of controversial research claiming that higher concentrations of dissolved methane in domestic water wells can be associated with proximity to nearby gas - producing wells in northeastern Pennsylvania — and it does so using a much larger sampling size and pre-drill baselines.

These better implemented studies showed that marijuana use did not have a significant effect on later harder drug use (in fact, I've always been shocked how little a correlation there was, since there is still a sampling bias here that should find a mild correlation to harder drug use, I'm really shocked there wasn't really found to be any correlation).

The authors note that while the sample size of the meta - analyses was large (123,132 to 260,861 participants in different studies), they used only GWAS summary statistics and can not estimate all genetic variance factors; some studies also used different methodologies.

X-ray diffraction has been used for decades to discover the structures of materials, biomolecules and other samples and to observe how those structures change, but it's only recently been used to study plasticity in shock - compressed materials, Wehrenberg said.

Following an expected soft landing in the northern polar region, Phoenix will study the planet's ice cap and use a robotic arm to dig into the Martian subsurface, collecting ice and soil samples.

In a study published in the May 29, 2014, edition of Molecular Ecology Resources, Duke researchers Peter Larsen, Ryan Campbell and Anne Yoder used high - throughput sequencing on sifaka blood samples to generate sequence data for more than 150,000 different sifaka antibodies — protective molecules that latch on to bacteria, viruses and other foreign invaders in the body and fight them off before they cause infectioIn a study published in the May 29, 2014, edition of Molecular Ecology Resources, Duke researchers Peter Larsen, Ryan Campbell and Anne Yoder used high - throughput sequencing on sifaka blood samples to generate sequence data for more than 150,000 different sifaka antibodies — protective molecules that latch on to bacteria, viruses and other foreign invaders in the body and fight them off before they cause infectioin the May 29, 2014, edition of Molecular Ecology Resources, Duke researchers Peter Larsen, Ryan Campbell and Anne Yoder used high - throughput sequencing on sifaka blood samples to generate sequence data for more than 150,000 different sifaka antibodies — protective molecules that latch on to bacteria, viruses and other foreign invaders in the body and fight them off before they cause infectioin the body and fight them off before they cause infection.

«Previous studies have demonstrated an association between stress and skin symptoms, but those studies relied on small patient samples, did not use standardized tools, are anecdotal in nature, or focused their analyses on a single skin disease,» says Gil Yosopovitch, MD, Chair of the Department of Dermatology at LKSOM, Director of the Temple Itch Center, and corresponding author of the study.

«The study showed that 2.9 % of baseline nonsmokers in this U.S. regional sample of young adults reported ever using e-cigarettes at follow - up, suggesting an interest in e-cigarettes among nonsmoking young adults,» explains Dr. Choi.

To more accurately reflect the mechanisms driving oligodendrogliomas, the researchers used RNA sequencing to study directly, on a single - cell level, gene expression in samples from six early - stage human tumors.

«We hope that our work will provide the basis for a larger study of patient samples that may ultimately identify biomarkers that can be used as surrogate markers to determine the benefit of therapeutic interventions in diagnosed but asymptomatic HD patients to prevent or delay disease onset.»

Senior author Madhav Dhodapkar, M.D., the Arthur H. and Isabel Bunker Professor of Medicine and Immunobiology, and chief of Hematology, said the study, using tissue and blood samples from humans and mice, shows that chronic stimulation of the immune system by lipids made in the context of inflammation underlies the origins of at least a third of all myeloma cases.

«I was carrying out sampling for my Masters Degree studies, but I had no idea that new dung beetles could be found in a forest that is disturbed by human activities, such as livestock grazing and land - use change,» recalls Moctezuma.

The new study, led by Johannes Krause, a geneticist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, used next - generation sequencing methods to read stretches of any DNA present in a sample and fish out those that resembled human DNA.

For the study, researchers used a sample of 1,502 individuals in 884 families in the United Kingdom.

For the new study, the researchers used an extremely precise laser - based method to measure oxygen isotopes in a range of Earth rocks, meteorites and three lunar samples gathered by the Apollo astronauts.

She wondered whether the sampling used in brain imaging studies might affect the results scientists were seeing.

To be sure, the study used a small sample size and has not yet proved causation, but «if we can train people to sense their interoceptive states,» Tsakiris says, «it might make a change in their body image.

In this latest study, she and her group used cryo - EM, in which protein samples are flash - frozen at liquid nitrogen temperatures to preserve their natural structure, to determine microtubule structures in different nucleotide states with and without EBIn this latest study, she and her group used cryo - EM, in which protein samples are flash - frozen at liquid nitrogen temperatures to preserve their natural structure, to determine microtubule structures in different nucleotide states with and without EBin which protein samples are flash - frozen at liquid nitrogen temperatures to preserve their natural structure, to determine microtubule structures in different nucleotide states with and without EBin different nucleotide states with and without EB3.