Sentences with phrase «several studies identified»

Several studies identify factors associated with effective inquiry teams.

Not exact matches

It is possible to identify several types or clusters of variables that may, in various ways, be relevant generally to the study of change in religion and ideology.

She has identified several areas now characterized by division where things might be pulled together around the study of the congregation.

Similar studies have appeared on the Apocryphal and the Pseudepigraphal books as well, and the wisdom trends were identified in several of these booksxxi.

The strengths of the study include the ability to compare outcomes by the woman's planned place of birth at the start of care in labour, the high participation of midwifery units and trusts in England, the large sample size and statistical power to detect clinically important differences in adverse perinatal outcomes, the minimisation of selection bias through achievement of a high response rate and absence of self selection bias due to non-consent, the ability to compare groups that were similar in terms of identified clinical risk (according to current clinical guidelines) and to further increase the comparability of the groups by conducting an additional analysis restricted to women with no complicating conditions identified at the start of care in labour, and the ability to control for several important potential confounders.

Although state and local jurisdictions have distinct requirements, this study identified several common themes:

Epidemiological studies have identified several risk factors for the onset and continuity of behavioural problems.

Similarly, Gates says, several studies have shown that transgender people who transition or identify as transgender later in life are more likely to have had children than those who do so at younger ages, which «suggests that many transgender parents likely had their children before they identified as transgender or transitioned.»

Notably absent, even from the original eight industry sectors, is renewable energy and green jobs, which a study commissioned several years ago by Buffalo Niagara Enterprise identified as a prime economic development opportunity.

Borough President Scott Stringer conducted several surveys following the installation of bike lanes throughout the city; I would propose a similar study about the bike share program to identify responses of users and potential improvements to the program.

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».

The team employed proteomics, the large - scale study of proteins, to identify four on - the - market drugs that successfully quelled symptoms triggered by several of the overabundant proteins.

With regard to poor throwing technique, we identified a list of 24 variables that constitute «proper» pitching technique, based on previous studies of several hundred elite professional and college players conducted at ASMI.

For several years, Robert Schwarcz, PhD, a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM), who in 1988 was the first to identify the presence of KYNA in the brain, has studied the role of KYNA in schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric diseases.

Despite this, the extensive breadth of the new study allowed the researchers to identify several genetic markers underlying the fruit size increases, which is great news for breeders who might want to further increase the apple's girth.

«Our study identified miR - 182 as a glioblastoma tumor suppressor that reduces the expression of several oncogenes that promote cancer development,» said senior author of the study Alexander Stegh, an assistant professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee department of neurology and of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Several studies have used cell - surface markers — proteins found on the outer membranes of tumor cells — to identify glioblastoma stem cells; but the specific markers used have been controversial and can not reflect molecular processes going on within tumor cells.

Led by Jenna Goesling, PhD, of the University of Michigan, the study identifies several «red flags» for persistent opioid use — particularly previous use of high - dose opioids.

Although there are few physical characteristics that mark a species as day - flying or night - flying, the study identified several trends.

«We have identified the molecular mechanisms by which the Tat protein made by HIV interacts with the host cell to activate or repress several hundred human genes,» said Dr. Iván D'Orso, Assistant Professor of Microbiology at UT Southwestern and senior author of the study.

While several studies in the intervening years have investigated whether particular genes were responsible for modifying HD onset, this is the first to employ genome - wide association (GWA) analysis, which scans an individual's whole genome to identify chromosomal regions containing variants that are associated with the disease traits that are being studied.

Studies of DNA from living Africans, and from the 2,000 - year - old African boy, so far indicate that at least several branches of Homo — some not yet identified by fossils — existed in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago, says paleoanthropologist John Hawks of the University of Wisconsin — Madison, a member of the H. naledi team who refrains from classifying Jebel Irhoud individuals as H. sapiens.

«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.

Lately, researchers have begun studying interactions between such factors, and now one team has identified several links.

Several studies have identified people who repeatedly expose themselves to HIV but remain uninfected, suggesting that something is stopping the virus.

«Over the last decade, geneticists have identified hundreds of genetic risk factors for several human diseases, but the functional consequences of those factors on relevant cells are largely unknown,» said Towfique Raj, PhD, BWH Department of Neurology and a postdoctoral scholar at the Broad Institute, lead study author.

Several studies have sought to identify the source of the problems encountered by individuals with dyslexia when they read.

The study, sponsored by several U.S. science agencies, aims to identify «the questions that in five or ten years» time we will kick ourselves for not asking now,» the NRC expert panel writes.

As an example, the current study identified and provided insight into the function of several genes, not previously known to be involved in the taste system, related to cell motility.

Case's study is one of several that have identified neural differences in trans people.

In the new study, scientists built upon previous discoveries that a safe, non-reproducing vaccine strain of T. gondii could cure mice of several types of solid tumors, and identified which parasite proteins and which immunological pathways are required to break immune tolerance.

Recent studies from the VIC and other centers have identified several unsuspected roles for B lymphocytes, including the secretion of powerful anti-inflammatory molecules.

«Since researchers can often identify several object - selective neurons within a single patient, multiple novel pairings of objects can be studied,» author Dr. Andrey Vyshedskiy explains.

Professor Li and the team have been working on active faults and landslides in Southwest China for over ten years and have identified several active landslides in the area south to Maoxian County but this is the first time they have studied the Maoxian region.

They then conducted biochemical analyses to identify neuroligin - 3, confirm that the protein could stimulate tumor growth in cultured samples of several kinds of human high - grade gliomas and study which signals the protein uses within glioma cells to promote their growth.

«This has been an intriguing study for several reasons; it has uncovered many new species of this group of wasps; their biology is particularly fascinating given they parasitise the eggs of spiders, and their horn like structure makes them very easy to identify,» comments Professor Andy Austin.

«Compared with several other strains that have been studied, the strain that is least sensitive to the most endocrine - disrupting chemicals has been identified, and the EPA is planning to use it in the screening assays,» says Spearow, now a staff toxicologist for the California EPA; he emphasizes that this is his personal opinion, based on previous work conducted at Davis.

The study identified several other potential colitis genes, he added, and this particular one's effect on the barrier cells» energy requirements suggests a new category of mutations with the potential to cause IBD.

Corresponding author, Dr Seth Weinberg says «Our analysis identified several genetic associations with facial features not previously described in earlier genome - wide studies.

«We are taking several experimental approaches to identify the Mtb genes and proteins that are involved in this process,» said Dr. Vidhya Nair, study lead author and a postdoctoral researcher in Internal Medicine.

«Not only did the study reveal several genes linked to pre-term birth, it also identified a simple, low - cost solution — selenium supplements for expectant mothers — that, if confirmed, could save thousands of lives.

Several studies have identified a link between asthma and female infertility, but the impact of asthma treatments on fertility has been unclear,» Dr Grzeskowiak says.

The researchers compiled urban development, flood hazard and census data and overlaid it on a map of the U.S.. Although their analysis shows that Americans in general have become more aware of the risk of floods over the 10 - year study period, the researchers identified several U.S. hot spots where urban development has grown in coastal flood zones including New York City and Miami.

More than seventy species of macroalgae inhabiting the deep reefs were identified during the study, and several more new species have not yet been assigned formal scientific names.

Regardless of the exact transmission pattern, the study authors say China is facing a substantial dengue threat, with potential invasion into broader areas of the country, as sporadic cases have been identified in several provinces in recent years.

Previous studies have identified several proteins that are normally found in a complex with myostatin in the blood [22], [23].

The study also identified several new lipid metabolites whose high concentrations were associated with improved insulin resistance and reduced risk of diabetes.

The study identified new ways that several brain areas communicate.

Scientists tested the sensitivity of several diagnostic technologies using samples drawn from participants in MHRP and Thai Red Cross's RV254 acute infection study, in which individuals in the acute HIV infection stage are identified and immediately begin ART, some within days of HIV exposure.

They identified several genes whose absence conferred HIV resistance, some of which had been predicted by previous studies and others that had never been directly tied to HIV infection before.