Sentences with phrase «studies aimed at»

Houston - based J Turner Research conducts studies aimed at supporting marketing efforts in the apartment industry.

The results are discussed with respect to targeting maternal depression in future intervention studies aimed at improving early child problem behavior.

These findings provide some preliminary evidence for the design and evaluation of future intervention studies aimed at the peer group level for the amelioration of peer problems in children with attention problems.

This study is a follow - up of two randomized intervention studies aimed at improving adjustment and reducing delinquency during adolescence.

Studies aimed at improving adherence to follow - up care19 20 using skills development, family therapy and staff training approaches, have shown modest results overall.

In sum, Study 1 and 2 were mainly exploratory studies aimed at understanding the young people's beliefs about changes in romantic relationships, as well as to construct a detailed assessment of such beliefs.

Existing systematic reviews of the effects of parenting interventions offered to families with young children have shown mixed results.14 24 — 29 In a review of 78 studies aimed at families with children aged 0 — 5 years, Piquero et al 14 found an average effect size (g) of 0.37 for decreased antisocial behaviour and delinquency for intervention children.

WCRP - JSC / CAS WGNE promotes co-ordinated numerical experimentation for validating model results, observed atmospheric properties, exploring the natural and forced variability and predictability of the atmosphere, (e.g. the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project, AMIP), as well as studies aimed at refining numerical techniques, and the formulation of atmospheric physics processes.

Empirical studies aimed at trying to make sense of this phenomenon have concluded that the reason the public remains divided on «scientific consensus» isn't that they haven't been exposed to evidence on the matter but rather that when they are exposed to evidence of what experts believe they selectively credit or discredit it in patterns that reflect and reinforce their perception that scientific consensus is consistent with the position that predominates in their cultural or ideological group.

Students will work together in teams and individually to conduct research using case studies aimed at building a theory of change, testing assumptions, identifying uncertainties and developing policy pathways that build resilience and / or are risk - based.

Last year, the cologne was used as the attractant in camera studies aimed at determining the population density of jaguars in the Maya Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala.

At the Student Loan Report, we create many financial minded studies aimed at providing students with knowledge that we could not find when we were enrolling in school.

We propose a series of five experimental studies aimed at answering these questions, addressing two issues: (1) the cognitive prerequisites for generous behavior, and (2) the cognitive and educational benefits of behaving generously.

Subsequent intervention studies aimed at Indonesian school children and breast - feeding women in Vietnam found that the conversion factor for carotenes in vegetables was 26 and 28 respectively, and 12 when the carotenes were consumed in fruit.

Subsequent intervention studies aimed at Indonesian school children and breastfeeding women in Vietnam found that the conversion factor for carotenes to vitamin A in vegetables was 26 and 28 respectively, and 12 when the carotenes were consumed in fruit.

Ja says the fruit - fly research «provides a starting point for future studies aimed at uncovering the exact genes and circuits that enable meal size, protein, and salt to drive sleep.»

The researchers included research studies aimed at both preventing a cold before its onset and treating after the cold initiated.

A number of recent studies aimed at restoring Ube3A activity in the AS mouse demonstrate that it may be possible to improve learning and memory in adult AS patients [87], [88].

After the spacecraft was lost in August 1993, MSSS participated in NASA - sponsored studies aimed at recovering from the loss and was selected to build the flight spare MOC for NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS).

Studies aimed at modeling of deformation, strength and fracture processes in nanomaterials and nanostructured objects were performed.

CSGB scientists conduct studies aimed at understanding complex genetic diseases and developing new statistical methods and software to analyze data sets emanating from large - scale genetic association and linkage studies.

In addition to youth prevention, our team is conducting several studies aimed at improving the effectiveness of adult smoking cessation programs.

This work establishes a useful molecular tool for scientific discovery of bifidobacteria and identifies targets for further studies aimed at characterizing essential functions not previously examined in bifidobacteria.

The results provide a valuable resource for future studies aimed at a mechanistic understanding of the function of O - GlcNAc on specific proteins during T cell activation.

WCRP - JSC / CAS WGNE promotes co-ordinated numerical experimentation for validating model results, observed atmospheric properties, exploring the natural and forced variability and predictability of the atmosphere, (e.g. the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project, AMIP), as well as studies aimed at refining numerical techniques, and the formulation of atmospheric physics processes.

My least favorite parts are the continued «bureaucratization» of Universities, and competing for research funds as the NIH reduces support, particularly for single investigator - initiated studies aimed at understanding pathophysiology in human beings.

The Cancer Research Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding laboratory and clinical studies aimed at harnessing the cancer - fighting power of the immune system, has been the leader in cancer immunotherapy for 60 years.

Behavioral observations are corroborated by particle image velocimetry studies aimed at investigating the flow structure behind the robotic fish.

In 2009 Dr. Drevets became the first President and Scientific Director of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research in Tulsa, OK, a private research institute founded and supported by The William K. Warren Foundation, to lead a multidisciplinary team in studies aimed at investigating interrelationships between neuroimaging, genetic and other biomarkers, illness course, and treatment outcome in psychiatric disorders.

These findings are forming the basis for new laboratory studies aimed at identifying the chemical pathways they can implement in models.

In this paper, we describe the improved genome sequence assembly of the P. cynomolgi M strain and compare it the genomes of five other Plasmodium species (P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. knowlesi, P. coatneyi, P. simiovale) that infect humans or monkeys, to uncover similarities and differences that may inform future studies aimed at harnessing P. cynomolgi as a model for P. vivax human malaria.

More than 1,500 patients and family members are now participating in genetic studies aimed at improving treatment through a better understanding of genetics.

She has been a lead investigator in CAPRISA's clinical studies aimed at optimizing treatment strategies for TB - HIV co-infected patients.

«Because survival is lowest during the non-breeding season, identifying coastal Peru as a potentially important wintering location was significant, as it will help us target studies aimed at identifying potential causes of adult mortality in this region,» says Bracey.

«These findings will lead to future studies aimed at modulating or fine tuning the dynamic balance between YAP / TAZ and Gαs, and this may lead to new therapeutic strategies,» said Q. Richard Lu, PhD, co-lead investigator and scientific director of the Brain Tumor Center at Cincinnati Children's.

«We really have all the pieces we need to move forward in the development of effective therapeutics,» says Paul Aisen, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Diego, and director of the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study — a 21 - year - old programme of government - funded clinical studies aimed at developing Alzheimer's treatments.

Bettcher said the new findings could possibly serve as the focus of more in - depth studies aimed at developing a blood test to detect inflammation biomarkers years before symptoms of Alzheimer's appear.

He concluded that additional studies aimed at testing the impact of communication initiatives on behavioral change are needed.

Several researchers at the meeting presented computer modeling studies aimed at helping resource managers in the arid West, where population growth and climate change are putting increasing pressure on the region's water supply.

The Internal Revenue Service, for example, now can only participate in studies aimed at improving the tax code.

Twenty years after getting diagnosed, Willenberg is still healthy and has participated in several long - term studies aimed at decoding why her body has been able to prevail over AIDS.

Future studies aimed at whether this is a productive versus a faulty adaptive fuel shift could lead to new therapeutic avenues for heart failure.

The Sancar lab plans to follow up with studies aimed at solving two lingering mysteries about excision repair in plants.

Jenkins and her team plan to build upon these results with preclinical and clinical studies aimed at understanding the injury mechanisms underlying hypoxic ischemia and how they differ in males and females.

The 8 - year - old Office of Research Integrity (ORI), a small unit within the Department of Health and Human Services, hopes to support studies aimed at gauging the frequency of misconduct and how to raise ethical standards.

«The findings pave the way for future studies aimed at harnessing the potential of these cells for brain repair.»

The past few years have seen a flurry of studies aimed at figuring out what TREM2 does.

That group is coordinating a number of studies aimed at better quantifying emissions from natural gas, although it was not involved in this one.

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Dr. Wesley Burks, chief of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at Duke Medical Center, is part of a potentially groundbreaking study aimed at finding out whether children with peanut allergies can be desensitized to peanuts and eventually cured of the allergy altogether.