Sentences with phrase «several studies examining»

We used poverty (the number of students receiving free or reduced - price lunches) and type of school (elementary and secondary) as control variables for all of our analyses because several studies examining community involvement specifically found them to be significant influences on parental involvement in schools.

While several studies examining the effects of alcohol intake have been undertaken in rodents, the relative quantity of alcohol administered in these investigations is several fold higher than in the current human study [18], [21], [28]--[30].

She and colleagues have conducted several studies examining the long - term implications of a child's early relationship with the parents.

The article in Relevant magazine, entitled «(Almost) Everyone's Doing It,» cited several studies examining the sexual activity of single Christians.

Several studies examine deficiencies in administrators» ability to conduct quality evaluations (see Brandt, Mathers, Oliva, Brown - Sims, & Hess, 2007; Danielson & McGreal, 2000; Little, Goe, & Bell, 2009).

Several studies examine the relationship between short - term warming and armed conflict (Burke et al., 2009; Buhaug 2010; Koubi et al., 2012; Theisen et al., 2012; O'Loughlin et al., 2012).

Several studies examined associations between coparenting and child reactive or difficult temperament.

For example, several studies examined the rela - tionship between mothers» ACEs and their parenting practices.

Not exact matches

Several studies published in recent months examined the financial impact of a sleep - deprived workforce.

A study conducted by the Department of Finance examining fiscal rules in several jurisdictions concluded that fiscal rules (i.e., BBL) were largely ineffective if there wasn't the political will, and unnecessary if there was.

We develop an analytical framework for examining these agency problems and apply it to study several key types of investment managers.

Wheeler cites the research done by Auburn Seminary's Center for the Study of Theological Education in intensively examining theological faculties in several seminaries, with particular emphasis on whether such schools will be able to recruit enough qualified faculty to replace the many who are currently retiring.

Several studies have been conducted examining pediatricians» attitudes toward breastfeeding advocacy, and most conclude that pediatricians aren't pushing breastfeeding as much as the AAP official policy suggests they should.

One study in Germany several years ago examined specific ways in which fathers and mothers cultivate close attachments with their children during the early years, and which of those early parental practices lead to deeper, long - term attachments during later stages of childhood.

Ole Olsen, a researcher from the University of Copenhagen, recently examined several studies of planned homebirth backed up by a modern hospital system compared with planned hospital birth.

Her work has been funded by several NIH agencies and her current study, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars Program, examines the interaction between genome - wide association and social environmental factors related to blood pressure among African American hypertensive parents and early risks for high blood pressure among their untreated children.

In two studies, mothers reported more negative emotional behaviour in their preschool - aged children who formerly had colic, although there were no differences in all other reported behaviour problems when compared to infants who did not have colic.20, 21 Finally, several studies have also examined mental development in infants with colic and likewise have demonstrated no effect of colic.15, 16,20,22 In one study, although differences on the Bayley MDI were revealed at six months, both groups were within the normal range, and no differences were found at 12 months of age.23

Several of these syntheses included measures of self - efficacy beliefs, where the investigators examined the extent to which the relationship between helpgiving practices and the study outcomes were mediated by belief appraisals.22, 5

The use of oxytocin for augmentation of contractions, separate from induction of labor, during TOLAC has been examined in several studies.

However, FiveThiryEight.com examined several studies which found that around 40 % of complaints against police officers resulted in legal action, and of those complaints that did result in legal action, 33 % resulted in a conviction and 12 % in an incarceration.

Cuomo's health commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker says as he examined numerous completed and still on going studies on fracking's effects on drinking water, air quality and other health issues, several «red flags» were raised, and he says he has «identified significant health risks in the current data» that have not been answered by conclusive long term studies with «large population pools».

«A large, recently published study examined the performance of a multitarget stool test that identifies several DNA abnormalities associated with colorectal cancer or precancerous adenomas.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and several major food producers have agreed to fund a further two years» study into using MRI to examine beef, lamb, chicken, turkey, fish and shellfish.

While several studies have examined phthalates such as DBP, DEHP and AGD in humans, none has included DiNP.

«By reviewing studies that collectively examined vitamin D levels in 17,332 cancer patients, our analysis demonstrated that vitamin D levels are linked to better outcomes in several types of cancer,» said one of the study's authors, Hui Wang, MD, PhD, Professor of the Institute for Nutritional Sciences at the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, China.

The study assessed ambulance - dispatch patterns in New York state, over a period of several years, to examine how otherwise similar groups of patients fare when given varying levels of treatment; different hospitals tend to provide different levels of treatment, and thus expenses, in emergency care.

In several other studies, including a number that examined flooding in the Clear Creek watershed, Blessing, Brody, Sebastian and SSPEED colleagues have shown that other approaches, like distributed hydrologic modeling and probabilistic flood plain mapping, can be far more predictive of flood damages and flood risk.

«Several studies have examined the ingredients found in this widely available product, separately.

Several studies have examined those differences in recent years in different types of physicians.

The purpose of this study was to examine whether sleep difficulties and hours of sleep prospectively predicted several serious substance - related problems that included binge drinking, driving under the influence of alcohol, and risky sexual behavior.»

Thomas Lovejoy has spent decades studying ecology and biodiversity, including several years examining the fragmentation of the rainforest in Manaus in the Brazilian Amazon, where he recently returned (above).

He examines several well - studied receptors — the bacterial aspartate receptor (Tar), human epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and human brain - derived neurotrophin receptor (BDNFR)-- and comes to a conclusion that they all have similar chemical structures with or without their corresponding ligands.

For the study, researchers examined how common several chronic conditions were in 23,382 people with MS at the time of their diagnosis and 116,638 people of the same age and sex without the disease.

«Upon hearing the bird vocalize, Mark was stunned that its call sounded nothing like Neotropical Dryocopus, and immediately knew we needed to examine its taxonomic status in the context of our recent Celeus study given that the Helmeted Woodpecker calls were most similar to several other Celeus species.

Several studies have examined the association between hormone concentrations and cognition, but results have been inconsistent.

The study, led by Ralph J. Cicerone and Kelly R. Redeker of the University of California, Irvine, examines the emissions of hydrocarbons in California rice paddies over several seasons.

Mao's study examined mitochondria - associated gene expression in the mouse eye tissue and found significant changes in several genes involved in oxidative stress response.

Several research teams will examine the samples using different analytical methods in order to get an overall picture,» says Tobias Sjöblom, associate professor of tumor biology at Uppsala University and director of the study.

The study examined the faeces of 78 hunting dogs over several months in an area without wolves and in one that had been recolonised.

The dearth of studies examining structure - function relationships and their development in ASD leaves several open questions that will need to be addressed by future multimodal imaging approaches.

Several studies have examined Oct4 genetic [6], [28] and protein [33] networks.

For these studies to be strengthened, several more cell lines of each type need to be examined and equivalent knockdown needs to be demonstrated by both quantitative protein and mRNA analysis.

Several previous studies have been examined that were researching the correlation between partial sleep deprivation and calorie consumption.

Several studies have tried to examine caffeine's relation to diabetes.

Lucky for us, there are several studies that have examined this and gave conclusive results.

The participants — who listed their social contacts when they enrolled in the study in 1971, and at several points thereafter — are part of the Framingham Heart Study, a large longitudinal study that has examined heart disease risk factors in that Massachusetts town since study in 1971, and at several points thereafter — are part of the Framingham Heart Study, a large longitudinal study that has examined heart disease risk factors in that Massachusetts town since Study, a large longitudinal study that has examined heart disease risk factors in that Massachusetts town since study that has examined heart disease risk factors in that Massachusetts town since 1948.

In total, the study examined 19 environmental factors, including dew point, cloud cover, rainfall, wind chill, wind speed, barometric pressure, temperature, lunar day, and several measures of air quality.

To determine a real benefit for inflammation it's optimal to get several different studies to examine both different circumstances and defences against different inflammatory - chemicals; the IFN gamma which the injection of cantaloupe melon extract could defend against is a single pro-inflammatory chemical among an immune system arsenal of many.

Several studies have also examined the effects of anti-inflammatory drugs on intestinal inflammation and metabolic conditions.

«However, several large prospective studies examining green tea consumption in humans have demonstrated lower mortality.»