Sentences with phrase «significant differences in population»

The USGBC compiles the rankings using «per - capita figures as a measure of the human element of green building, allowing for a fair comparison of the level of green building taking place among states with significant differences in population and, accordingly, number of overall buildings.»

Not exact matches

To understand how significant this difference could be, consider these numbers: There are approximately 22 million noncitizens in the United States — which amounts to 7 percent of the population.

«We found small but meaningful differences in developmental outcomes between late preterm infants and full term groups, which if applied to larger populations, may have potentially significant long term public health implications,» says lead author Prachi Shah, M.D., a developmental and behavioral pediatrician at U-M's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.

The analysis of the results obtained allowed to highlight a statistically significant difference between the two populations concerning only the expectation of milk production (p < 0.000), breastfeeding in the delivery room (p = 0.033), and the time within which the baby should be breastfed after delivery (p < 0.001).

WHEREAS, women make up 50 % of the population in Santa Clara County but face significant economic disparities, with an average pay difference that is larger than the national wage gap of $.72 for a man's dollar, with women holding advanced degrees earning roughly $ 40,000 less than their male counterparts, and 11 % of the County's female population living in poverty and approximately 33 % of the homeless population being women and girls, and

The next step, of course, is to compare depressed populations — those with MS and those without — to look for any significant differences in how depression progresses in each case.

But, Hakonarson says, the work is exciting for two reasons: 65 % of kids in the study had that variant, compared with just under 60 % in the control group — a difference that, across a population, is significant, he says.

Spectrographic analysis revealed significant differences in song structure across the three major populations — Northern, Western Mountain, and Western Lowland — as well as within them.

The researchers found no statistically significant difference between rates of asthma (including childhood - onset asthma), atopic dermatitis, or IgE levels in people with or without any of the four genetic changes associated with lower levels of 25 - hydroxyvitamin D. However, the results do not exclude an association between the outcomes and levels of 1,25 - dihydroxyvitamin D, the active form of the vitamin, and more work will be needed to determine if the results hold true in non-European populations and in people with vitamin D deficiency.

The authors write that one explanation for lack of statistically significant differences between the treatment groups in all - type cancer incidence is that the study group had higher baseline vitamin D (serum 25 - hydroxyvitamin D) levels compared with the U.S. population.

They found significant differences in the microbe populations in each group.

The significant difference in outcome achieved by transplantation of hGDAsBMP versus hGDAsCNTF demonstrates clearly that not all astrocytes are equivalent in respect to their therapeutic value, and this appears to be the first study demonstrating functional differences between different human astrocyte populations with respect to repairing the adult central nervous system.

No significant differences were seen between the normoxic and hypoxic anoikis - resistant populations collected from MCF7 cells and a single significant gene change (PIP) was seen in T47D (Table 1) suggesting that the CSC - enriched population remains virtually unchanged following hypoxic culture and the increase in MFC, HFC, and tumor initiating cells is, therefore, due to expansion of the population, perhaps by increased symmetric self - renewal of the CSC or de-differentiation of early progenitor cells, rather than simply the acquisition of anoikis resistance in non-CSC.

No significant differences in genetic diversity were observed among populations by microsatellite markers with HE ranging from 0.597 to 0.612 and low, but significant, genetic differentiation among populations (FST = 0.019, P = 0.001).

Interestingly, when we looked at the splenocytes in these mice and compared them to controls, we were not able to detect a significant difference in the numbers of Tregs, suggesting that in the transplant model, Tregs may be within the graft - infiltrating population where they could regulate infiltrating host T cells.

In all of the following snapshot comparisons, I consider the group - to - group differences (i.e. margins or gaps) as significant if we can be 90 percent confident of the difference — based either on statistical t - tests for comparing means or statistical z - tests for comparing population proportions.

• Differences with the private sector: Higher - education faculty members tend to be older, more educated, and have higher incomes than the working population as a whole, and the structural pension plan design differences in the higher - education sector also make a significant contribution to the better retirement outcomes expected Differences with the private sector: Higher - education faculty members tend to be older, more educated, and have higher incomes than the working population as a whole, and the structural pension plan design differences in the higher - education sector also make a significant contribution to the better retirement outcomes expected differences in the higher - education sector also make a significant contribution to the better retirement outcomes expected by faculty.

This is significant because there are very clear differences in these two populations (and these same differences can be found in dogs in high - income countries too).

Genetic comparisons of ENP and WNP gray whales have found significant differences in both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA supporting their management as distinct population stocks.

A one - size - fits - all approach isn't practical because of the significant differences in local geology and surface conditions — population, building conditions, infrastructure, critical facilities and seismic monitoring capabilities.

(in a statistical test) the hypothesis that there is no significant difference between specified populations, any observed difference being due to sampling or experimental error.

And again, the higher the thermometer climbs, the greater the possible disparities in the adaptive capacity of regions: ``... local warming of about 4 [degrees Celsius] and higher above pre-industrial levels is projected to result in differences between crop production and its population - driven demand becoming increasingly large in many regions (high confidence), thus posing very significant risks and challenges to food security.

The broader challenge I believe the most significant practical challenge for the family bar in the next decade is the diversity of our population and cultural differences in Canada.

Research Dissertation Dissertation: «16PF Questionnaire Trait Based Personality Profiles of Adult Male Felons in the Arizona State Prison System» examines whether or not significant personality differences between males confined in correctional facilities compared to males found in the general population exist.

No significant differences were found in regards anxiety symptoms across study conditions, suggesting that a different approach may be more effective for reducing anxiety in school based populations.

The proportion of these children who were in poor general health (9 %) was above the proportion in the whole population, but the difference was not statistically significant.

When comparing referred children with general population children (n = 230), there were no significant differences in regression coefficients between the referred and general population group in the relation between fine - grained temperament traits in relation with internalizing problems.

When comparing referred children and general population children (n = 230), there was only a significant difference between the groups in the relation between impulsivity and externalizing problems (regression coefficient of the interaction term β = 0.29, p <.001).

The finding that curative interventions are more effective than preventive interventions may be explained by a lower prevalence of child maltreatment in at - risk families / the general population than in maltreating families, making it «more difficult» to find significant differences between intervention and control groups (because of lower statistical power) and consequently, to prove the effectiveness of an intervention.

The authors found no statistically significant differences in association measures between participants in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study and the total population, indicating that the generalizability of this study is not violated by selection bias.