Sentences with phrase «second mechanism involves»

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On average, the first stage of labor is 26 minutes longer in women who use an epidural, and the second, pushing stage is 15 minutes longer.19 Loss of the final oxytocin peak probably also contributes to the doubled risk of an instrumental delivery — vacuum or forceps — for women who use an epidural, 20 although other mechanisms may be involved.

Researchers still have much to learn about the imprinting process and the genes involved, Zhang says, but the discovery of a second mechanism for silencing one copy of these genes underscores imprinting's importance.

The present neuropathological study reports the second case of meningoencephalitis following immunization with amyloid - beta peptide in AD, and has been directed toward exploring mechanisms underlying decreased tau pathology in relation with amyloid deposit regression, and possible molecular bases involved in the inflammatory response following immunization.

The second mechanism of the stretchshortening cycle (the mechanical model) involves the use of the elastic energy of the muscle - tendon complex.

This fact opens the possibility that, at least in part, colonic fermentation of indigestible carbohydrates could be a further mechanism involved in reduced glycemia during the second meal.

The second part of the study involved visits to six districts participating in The Wallace Foundation's Principal Pipeline Initiative - a multi-year undertaking designed to improve training and support mechanisms for principals and to test the effect on student achievement.

The impact of the solar cycle on precipitation in the model experiments arises from two different mechanisms, the first involving UV changes, the second total solar irradiance.