Sentences with phrase «several studies investigated»

Peter reviews several studies investigating the difference made by grade configuration on the performance of students in this age group.

Rockman et al has conducted several studies investigating the implementation and impact of ReadWorks «curriculum and teacher training materials, which are designed to improve teacher effectiveness and student achievement in reading comprehension.

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Several studies have investigated whether an «anabolic window» exists immediately post-workout period with respect to protein synthesis (ie, muscle building).

In a 2010 review article, University of Maryland psychologists Allan Wigfield and Jenna Cambria noted that several studies have found a positive correlation between valuing a subject in school and a student's willingness to investigate a question independently.

In a study published in Forensic Science International: Genetics, a team of graduate students and faculty from the Department of Forensic Science investigated several methods to recover and analyze DNA from improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, to help thwart terrorist efforts.

«The crane fly link was made as part of several longer - term studies — funded by The Natural Environment Research Council and Defra — investigating blanket bog ecosystems across several UK upland sites, including the Yorkshire Dales, Peak District and North York Moors.Dr Heinemeyer, who is currently leading a # 1m Defra - funded SEI project to further study the impacts of climate change and management on blanket bogs, said it wasn't only rare birds that were at risk from climate change.

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.

The study is one of several in the region investigating the impact of land use on biodiversity, and the recovery process in damaged rainforest.

For example, he says, several high - profile studies have used banded penguins to investigate the impact of climate change on the birds.

Currently, there isn't enough research on this topic to be able to confidently say that being physically active reduces the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, so we are planning to pool data from several studies to investigate this topic further.

Page - Ladson «had always been on my hit list of sites to investigate,» says Michael Waters, an archaeologist at Texas A&M University, College Station, who has excavated several potentially pre-Clovis sites and is a co-author of the new study.

«However, the fact that there are now several mother and child cohort studies linking organic food consumption to positive health impacts shows why it is important to further investigate the impact of the way we produce our food on human health.

Several studies have investigated the genomic response of the brain to hypoxic preconditioning.

A recent study from Cronin and Grealy (Neuroscience, 2017) investigates several existing drugs, like Isradipine (used for high blood pressure), Minocycline (antibiotic), and Rasagiline (normally used in conjuction with PD drug Levodopa).

About a decade ago, Emory researchers stumbled upon fluciclovine's utility with prostate cancer, while investigating its activity in a patient who appeared to have renal cancer, according to radiologist David Schuster, who has led several clinical studies testing fluciclovine.

Studying the epigenetic setting of germ cells allows investigating several crucial aspects of mammalian biology such as transposon control, genomic imprinting and early lineage commitment.

In 2014, researchers from several institutes investigated that risk by analyzing genetic data mainly from a Swedish epidemiological sample, also pulling data from a separate Swedish family study, the Autism Genome Project, and another set of genetic information around autism, the Simons Simplex Collection.

However, following the flourishing of large - scale genomics, several studies have investigated CNVs across the whole chromosome.

The purpose of this study was to systematically investigate currently available commercial electronic activity monitors to (1) characterize their behavior change techniques, (2) determine the extent to which they include techniques associated with successful outcomes, and (3) compare implementation of several critical techniques to theory - based and evidence - based recommendations.

Although several studies have investigated the potential for regular aerobic exercise to independently improve body composition and CVD and metabolic risk factors, few properly controlled studies have investigated the effect of n − 3 FA supplementation on these risk factors, particularly body composition.

Several studies have investigated the health effects of the paleo diet.

Several pieces of evidence demonstrate the efficacy of hypnosis: «the addition of hypnosis substantially enhanced treatment outcome» according to the Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology in which six studies on weight loss were investigated.

Several studies have investigated the muscle fiber type of Olympic weightlifters and compared it with other athletes (Tesch et al. 1984; Tesch & Karlsson, 1985; Fry et al. 2003).

Several studies have been done with phosphatidylcholine to investigate its effects on brain health with successful outcomes.

A study back in ’87 investigated the effects of curcumin on the mutagenicity — the DNA - mutating ability — of several toxins.

A colleague informed him of a startling trend: liver cancer was plaguing affluent Filipinos at a much higher rate than their less - wealthy counterparts — a phenomenon that, despite a slew of other lifestyle differences, Campbell believed was linked to their higher intake of animal protein.1 Bolstering his suspicions, Campbell also learned of a recent study from India showing that a high protein intake spurred liver cancer in rats, while a low protein intake seemed to prevent it.2 Intrigued by this gem of little - known research, Campbell decided to investigate the role of nutrition in cancer growth himself — an endeavor that ended up lasting several decades and producing over one hundred publications (none of which pertained to Fight Club).3

«We have been investigating Montmorency tart cherries for several years because they're a unique fruit with a high concentration of anthocyanins,» said co-author Howatson, whose previous studies have demonstrated the ability of Montmorency tart cherry juice to reduce certain inflammation responses and oxidative stress after high - intensity exercise.

However, at least several studies have collectively investigated the effect of different types of compound and isolation exercises that vary in loading modality or body position.

Several studies have investigated the physiological cross-sectional area of the erector spinae.

Several studies have investigated the effect of relative load on rectus abdominis muscle activity.

Several studies have investigated the effect of relative load on muscle activity in the erector spinae.

However, several studies have investigated the behavior of hip extensor moments in response to step length.

However, several studies have investigated the behavior of hip extensor moments in response to load.

Several recent longitudinal studies have investigated mathematical development in the transition from preschool to the early years of primary school.

This 31 - page packet includes: literacy connections and ideas for creating tangrams as well as discussion prompts to use as students are creating a tangram; Ideas for investigating shapes and discussion prompts to use as students are investigating shapes; Ideas for using tangrams to study fractions and discussion prompts to use as students are working with fractions and tangrams; art activity suggestions and resources; and several extensions with resources.

Several studies have investigated prospective teachers» perceptions of and attitudes towards cultural diversity and traditionally marginalized groups.

A: Both authors were engaged in the MIST study, where we partnered with several large urban districts between 2007 and 2015 to investigate what it takes to improve the quality of mathematics teaching and student learning on a large scale.

Wide Scope, Questionable Quality: Three Reports from the Study on School Violence and Prevention (2000) investigates the extent of problem behavior in schools nationally and several aspects of delinquency prevention efforts in schools, such as the types and quality of prevention efforts, how schools plan and use information about prevention options to improve their own efforts and school management, and sources of funding for school prevention activities.

Several studies have used ELS data to investigate teacher expectation effects.

My paper in the American Journal of Education, The Stability of Observational and Student Survey Measures of Teaching Effectiveness, uses data from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Measures of Effective Teaching study to investigate this issue, looking at the year - to - year stability of several well known and widely - used observational and student survey measures (the Framework for Teaching, the Classroom Assessment Scoring System, the Protocol for Language Arts Teaching Observations, the Mathematical Quality of Instruction instrument, and the Tripod student survey).

Dr. Powers completed a clinical drug safety trial for the use of Advantage Multi for Cats (Bayer) in domestic ferrets, and has conducted several other research studies while at Carolina Veterinary Specialists, including an investigation into the metabolism of the anticonvulsant drug phenobarbital in African grey parrots and ongoing studies investigating a newly characterized intestinal parasite of cockatiels, Spironucleus meleagridis.

The intent of the study was to investigate the effects of neutering on the risks of several diseases in a single breed of dog, distinguishing between males and females, and between dogs that had been neutered or spayed early (before one year), late (after one year), or not at all.

The bright red patch, or «hot spot,» over the Four Corners persisted throughout the study period, but the readings were so extreme scientists still waited several more years before investigating the region in detail.

Several experimental studies have investigated the influence of prior exposure on the ability of corals to withstand heat stress.

The effect of climate change on tropospheric chemistry has been investigated in several studies.

CAVT is used in several Synapse analyses to identify and investigate coal units at risk for retirement, including two studies led by Mr. Knight for the Energy Foundation: Displacing Coal: An Analysis of Natural Gas Potential in the 2012 Electric System Dispatch (August 2013), and Forecasting Coal Unit Competitiveness: Coal Retirement Assessment Using Synapse's Coal Asset Valuation Tool (October 2013).

There have been several studies in recent years investigating what impact another grand solar minimum would have on global surface temperatures, since solar research suggests it's possible we could be due for another extended solar minimum.

There are several reasons why families experience fluctuations in income, such as changes in parental work affiliation or education levels, and structural changes in the family like divorce or reconstitution.5 Due to lack of historic information about such events, factors causally associated with different trajectories were not explicitly investigated in the current study.

Several researchers have hypothesised that men's experiences of partner violence are qualitatively different from those of women, 12, 31 although few qualitative studies exist that would have investigated this in depth.

Using confirmation theory, this study investigated how romantic couples» (N = 100) accepting and challenging communication was associated with several weight management (WM) outcomes (i.e., partners» general effectiveness in motivating each other to enact healthy behaviors, productivity of WM conversations, and diet and exercise behaviors).