Sentences with phrase «similar effect estimates»

When all the studies were considered, we found similar effect estimates in studies with more than 60 percent follow - up and in those with less than 30 percent follow - up, suggesting that the association between breastfeeding and blood pressure did not systematically vary between studies according to follow - up rates.

Not exact matches

This assertion had three components: (1) The commenter estimated the cost over 60 days to be $ 250 million based on the on - going cost from the final 2016 RIA of $ 1.5 billion per year, (2) that cost savings over a 10 - year period were not provided to allow comparison to the negative effects on investors that would occur over the ten year period, (3) that industry cost savings were not projected out over 10 years using returns on capital in a similar manner to investors» lost earnings.

A surge in Australia's terms of trade has mitigated the effect of these developments on the trade deficit, which is estimated to have been around 3 1/4 per cent of GDP in the December quarter 2004, wider than at mid year but broadly similar to the outturns of the past year and a half (Graph 32).

Of note, our point estimate for premature death exceeds the annual number of U.S. deaths from cervical cancer (3,909), asthma (3,361), or influenza (3,055).45 If a randomized control trial were to demonstrate similar effects to those reported in the observational literature, the «number needed to treat» with optimal breastfeeding to prevent a case of maternal hypertension would be 35, to prevent a maternal MI would be 135, and to prevent a case of breast cancer would be 385.

In future updates, we will use fixed - effect meta - analysis for combining data where it is reasonable to assume that studies are estimating the same underlying treatment effect: i.e. where trials are examining the same intervention, and the trials» populations and methods are judged sufficiently similar.

Effect estimates approximating the crude association between breastfeeding pain and the odds of postpartum depression 2 weeks after delivery were similar to the adjusted estimates.

The researchers found that on windy nights it wasn't possible to measure the cooling effects of the green spaces beyond their boundaries as there was too much turbulent mixing of the air; but on calm warm nights they estimate that a network of green spaces of around 3 - 5 hectares each situated 100 - 150 m apart would provide comprehensive cooling for a city with a climate and characteristics similar to London.

It also estimates the probability that random effects might cause a false positive match - a concept similar to match probabilities for DNA evidence.

Harris estimates that about 20 studies suggest aspirin and similar drugs may have a preventive effect on breast cancer.

Gillessen's group took similar steps to identify potential sources of error, refining their coordinate system and examining the effects of image distortion and light - source confusion on the estimates.

In their «Editorial comment to the «NIA - AA Research Framework: Towards a Biological Definition of Alzheimer's Disease,»» Nina Silverberg, Ph.D., Cerise Elliott, Ph.D., Laurie Ryan, Ph.D., Eliezer Masliah, M.D., and Richard Hodes, M.D., of NIA point out that the Framework — in addition to improving early detection and the development of new therapies — could potentially «allow more precise estimates of how many people are at risk [for or living with] Alzheimer's disease, how best to monitor response to therapies, and how to distinguish the effects of Alzheimer's disease from other similar pathologies.»

Estimated effects were similar for the concurrent blood lead concentration and the average blood lead concentration in infancy and smaller, but still significant, for peak lead concentrations (Table 3).

The size of this estimated effect is similar to the effect of a larger black population, about 2 percent greater enrollment in charter schools accompanying a one - standard - deviation increase in the fraction of college - educated adults in the state.

Estimates of teacher effects on achievement gains are similar in magnitude to those of previous econometric studies, but the authors found larger effects on mathematics achievement than on reading achievement, and in low socioeconomic status (SES) schools than in high SES schools.

The peer effect estimates generated by the two strategies are reasonably similar.

In addition, Table 6 shows that using potential years as an instrument yields charter and pilot effect estimates remarkably similar to those reported in Table 4.

However, recent studies using randomized admission lotteries at charter schools and the random assignment of teachers has suggested that simple, low - cost methods, when they control for students» prior achievement and characteristics, can yield estimates of teacher and school effects that are similar to what one observes with a randomized field trial.

This investigation produces estimates remarkably similar to the lottery - based estimates of charter effects when carried out in the sample of charter schools that have lotteries, lending credence to the observational analysis.

Deutsch (2012) also found that the estimated effect of winning an admission lottery in Chicago was similar to that predicted by non-experimental methods.

The largest - scale study of the SIG program, using a sample of 190 SIG schools from 60 districts in 22 states assessed the effects of the reforms using a plausible technique for distinguishing cause, but in practice, the estimates from this study were too imprecise to distinguish whether the SIG schools nationally had a similar effect to the ones in California or had no effect at all.

Likewise, research can reveal more about whether TPPs with multiple programs graduate teachers of similar effectiveness, but it can not speak to how, or whether, estimated effects of graduates from different programs within a single TPP should be aggregated to provide a summative measures of TPP performance.

Although estimates for different sub-groups of KPS graduates are more imprecise, Promise effects appear to be similar for KPS graduates from low - income families compared to KPS graduates from middle - income families.

Obviously in a very small company or private sale this becomes much harder / impossible as it can't be floated in any meaningful way, but versions of this wisdom of crowd type effect can be done by approaching a few outside parties and asking them what they would pay / how they would value it (similar to asking a few estate agents for valuations of a house before a private sale) to at least get some benchmark estimates of what similar private players might pay.

When you take the effect of points into account, Citi's online mortgage estimates present slightly higher rates and fees than similar products at other lenders.

I've estimated the effect on the surface trends computed since the 80s, and the increase in false negatives is larger than the rate of false positives for a similar period.

From multiple similar studies, trends could be assessed objectively and a better estimate of the magnitude of the effect (and uncertainty thereof) could be judged.

Or, if the effects was OVER estimated 1) 86 % off the effects are still in play 2) the experienced results are negligible 3) and additional CO2 at similar rates is insignificant

A similar range results from estimating the effect including forcing from aerosols and non-CO2 greenhouse gases (GHGs).

This is a very similar result to Huber and Knutti (2011), who estimated that approximately 100 % of the observed surface warming since the 1950s has been caused by human effects.

If the change to the EU referendum question was estimated to be worth 4 % then it should also be possible to quantify the estimated effect of the Vote Leave NHS funding pledge in a similar way.

In general, the patterns of association with achieving MVPA recommendations were similar to what was found for MVPA as a continuous measure, including point estimates suggesting weaker or inverse effects in girls but no evidence of gender interaction (Table 3).

A Hedge g effect size estimate was used in the power analysis because it includes a correction for sample size and is therefore more appropriate to use with small samples.26 The interpretation of g is similar to the interpretation of the Cohen d: 0.80 or greater is considered large, 0.50 to 0.79 is considered medium, and 0.20 to 0.49 is considered small.27 A minimum effect size of g = 1.0 was expected based on prior uncontrolled studies of CBCT and the broader psychotherapy research for PTSD.28 An effect size of g = 1.0 represents an approximately 25 - point improvement in total CAPS scores.