Sentences with phrase «similar analyses comparing»

To follow up, Cheifetz and his colleagues will conduct a similar analysis comparing outcomes for reactive versus proactive monitoring of another drug used in the treatment of IBD, adalimumab.

Not exact matches

An analysis of a company's debts, assets, and investments can provide a solid picture of its credit worthiness, particularly when the data are compared to a composite of companies of similar size in similar industries.

Growth rates are calculated using a same - unit analysis similar to Case - Shiller's approach, comparing only units that are available across both time periods in order to provide an accurate picture of rent growth in cities across the country.

In doing so, we use a same - unit analysis similar to Case - Shiller's approach, comparing only units that are available across both time periods to provide an accurate picture of rent growth in cities across the country.

In calculating that growth rate, we use a same - unit analysis similar to Case - Shiller's approach, comparing only units that are available across both time periods to provide an accurate picture of rent growth in cities across the country.

Haha, we share the same obsession (regarding penalties) I did a similar analysis between Giroud and Lazzacette a while back, comparing their last seasons in french top flight.

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.

An UpToDate review on «Planned home birth» (Declercq and Stotland, 2015) stated that «Large cohort studies using intent - to - treat analysis of midwife - attended, planned, out - of - hospital birth of low - risk women in developed countries have reported reduced rates of cesarean birth, perineal lacerations, and medical interventions, and similar rates of maternal and early perinatal morbidity and mortality compared to planned hospital birth.

The strength of the association between early breastfeeding experience and postpartum depression was similar in magnitude when comparing the complete case with the multiple imputation analyses.

He applied his data analysis and social media acumen to help double turnout county wide compared to similar elections in 2015.

Fresh from his work using morphometric analyses to compare Alpine butterfly species, Hessler realized that a similar approach might allow him to compare a portolan chart with modern maps — and maybe even shed some light on the mystery of how they were made.

In the analyses, recordings of beat - to - beat variability of the DS mouse heart rate were compared to similar recordings from control animals that do not have the syndrome.

Conversely, a separate analysis found that women who developed gestational diabetes were more likely to report postpartum depression six weeks after giving birth, compared to a similar group of women who did not develop gestational diabetes.

Diamond acknowledges that many other factors are involved in the long history of this island but that the comparative method, he writes, consists of comparing — preferably quantitatively and aided by statistical analyses — different systems that are similar in many respects but that differ with respect to the factors whose influence one wishes to study.

«Once we'd dealt with the tiny size of the bone samples, the highly degraded state of the DNA, and the lack of any similar genomes to compare to, the analysis was a piece of cake,» said Natural History Museum scientist Dr. Selina Brace.

«We used shape analysis and CT [computer tomography] scanning to compare the shape and structure of the New Caledonian crow's bill with some of its crow relatives and a woodpecker species with a similar foraging niche,» said lead author Hunt.

This can include identifying microscopic amounts of blood, saliva or semen on evidence; carrying out a DNA analysis on any samples found and comparing the resulting profile against the UK's DNA Database; or using microscopy to see if two fibres have similar characteristics.

Further analysis revealed that the mice in Tg / Tg group, which developed severe hyperglycemia, lost > 75 % of their β cells compared with WT mice of the same strain and similar age.

In their analysis they also in effect compare the amplitudes of two series which have been band - pass filtered in a similar way, and do not provide convincing evidence that they really are related — there are wiggles of similar frequencies, as expected when they have been band - pass filetered, but they do not exhibit a convincing one - to - one correspondence (in neither phase or amplitude), and the authors do not discuss the level of statistical significance.

Despite strategies used in study design and propensity matching analysis, there are inherent limitations to this observational analysis related to confounding, similar to most studies in healthcare that compare non-surgical technologies with surgery.

Despite strategies used in study design and propensity matching analysis, there are inherent limitations to this observational analysis related to confounding, similar to most studies in healthcare of non-surgical technologies compared with surgery.

In general, we detect genetic substructure throughout the country, which reflects stronger regional genetic differences in Finland compared to, for example, the UK, which in a similar analysis was dominated by a single unstructured population.

In external validation analyses, a genetic score consisting of variants with naturally occurring discordance between levels of LDL - C and apoB was associated with a similar risk of CHD per unit change in apoB level (OR, 0.782 [95 % CI, 0.720 - 0.845] vs 0.793 [95 % CI, 0.774 - 0.812]; P =.79 for difference), but a significantly attenuated risk of CHD per unit change in LDL - C level (OR, 0.916 [95 % CI, 0.890 - 0.943] vs 0.831 [95 % CI, 0.816 - 0.847]; P <.001) compared with a genetic score associated with concordant changes in levels of LDL - C and apoB.

CT values for cyclophilin were somewhat more variable in cells isolated by flow cytometry and frozen prior to analysis, compared to freshly isolated and unmanipulated cells, but the gradients in patterns of gene expression were similar for cells isolated by the two techniques (Figure 3a — d).

Bottom Line: In addition to combining the results of all studies, this meta - analysis also compared studies of similar intensity to minimize risk of bias.

«This retrospective analysis of patients from a private clinic adhering to a high - fat, low carbohydrate, adequate protein diet [the Rosedale diet] demonstrated reductions in critical metabolic mediators including insulin, leptin, glucose, triglycerides, and free T3... Patients in this study demonstrated a similar directional impact on the measured parameters when compared to studies using more established models of longevity such as caloric restriction.»

When we stratified our analysis by smoking status (current versus never or former), associations were similar for nonsmokers compared to current smokers (S10 Table).

For this analysis, we looked at a subset of 311 eharmony members who have also used the Stop, Breathe & Think program, and compared them to a group of 311 members who did not used Stop, Breathe & Think but were of a similar age, gender, location and had signed up for eharmony during the same time period.

In addition to the themes of its well - rounded story, it feels tailor - made to challenge the critical habit of comparing games that share similar traits just to make critical analysis easier.

For this reason, our analysis takes into account the number of years teachers have held their jobs by comparing only teachers with similar levels of experience.

«There are always caveats with this type of analysis, but the results suggest that students participating in the Silver CREST Awards achieve about half a grade higher on their best science GCSE result on average compared with a statistically - similar control group.

All of the results reported below are based on analyses that control for student grade level, gender, and minority status, and compare students only within each matched grouping, while taking into account the fact that students within a given group are likely to be similar in ways that we are unable to observe.

We focus our analysis on charter middle schools, because we are able to compare charter and traditional public school students who had similar entering test scores and demographic characteristics and even attended the same elementary school.

To complete her analysis, Cascio compared the academic outcomes of preschoolers who qualified for federal free - or reduced - price lunch programs, a standard measure of poverty, in states that offered universal preschool to similar preschoolers in states that offered only targeted preschool.

The first was a quantitative analysis of student academic outcomes, comparing results for schools that received federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) funding to similar schools in the same districts that did not.

Without conducting similar analyses on the other measures, we can't compare alternatives and choose the best options.

In response to the article authored by Dr. Vladimir Kogan of Ohio State University, «Value Added vs. Similar Students» Measures: Comparing Two Methods for Holding Ohio Schools Accountable,» the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) has identified significant misrepresentations and analysis errors by Dr. Kogan.

Choosing the Right Growth Measure Methods should compare similar schools and teachers Education Next analysis by Mark Ehlert, research associate professor of economics at the University of Missouri, Michael Podgursky, assistant professor of economics, Eric Parsons, research assistant professor of economics, and Cory Koedel, professor of economics

This kind of analysis is similar to what is being demanded to assess teacher effectiveness at the city, state, and federal levels: comparing test scores on two different dates to see change over time.

The second study extends this earlier analysis by comparing 1999 and 2011 cohorts from grades K through 3, and remarkably similar gender gap patterns were observed in three areas.

Further analysis reflects that Sac High students continue to out - perform their peers across the state when compared to similar groups of high school students.

The analysis compares results of the three closest similar schools to each of the mainstream free schools opened so far.

The Bridge to Completion research centers on the analysis of multiple data sets, including comparing similar schools and other large, urban districts as well as national data, and interviewing 50 - plus professionals representing the school district, community - based organizations, higher education and nationally recognized college access.

In this revised analysis, the aim is to compare teachers who work with similar students in similar schools.

These sensitivity checks, and the possible stratification of teachers into sub-groups serving similar students, complicate value - added analysis and may not be congruent with policymakers» wish to compare all teachers in a district.

If value - added scores are sensitive to these factors, we can revise the analysis to ensure that the classrooms being compared are similar on measures of student background and school composition, thus reducing the risk of bias.

Which DeKalb Schools Are Beating The Odds December 22, 2017 — Beating the Odds is a statistical analysis that compares a school's actual performance on the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) with the performance of schools with similar characteristics across the state.

If analyses showed that the old and new assessments were similar, then it would be possible to compare the 2009 results directly to those from previous years.

The analysis compared the ratio of these crash types for autobrake vehicles and similar vehicles without autobrake.

A similar analysis over the five - year period through July 2016 reveals that the fund cumulatively returned 18.8 % compared to 28 % for its reference ETF portfolio that had a slightly lower volatility.