Sentences with phrase «study focused on»

The study focused on a class of nanoparticles called quantum dots.

St. Louis County had previously said that it would be collaborating with the ATSDR on a health study focused on a limited number of cancers known to be associated with exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation.

A recent study focused on the design of novel non-peptide CXCR4 antagonists based on the SAR and conformational studies of cyclic pentapeptides (Figure 8)[84].

Glaxo would later halt one study focused on a resveratrol variant that led to complications.

Because the first night sleeping away from home might prove uncomfortable or novel, the study focused on the participants» second night of sleep.

The study focused on 20 cancer drugs that are infused — administered intravenously or injected — by doctors» offices or hospitals.

The new study focused on a class of artificial SAPNs designed by Professor Peter Burkhard, a structural biophysicist at the University of Connecticut.

Regularly checking oil and gas facilities for leaky equipment is the most effective way to identify both big pollution sources — which our study focused on — but also smaller sources that together make up a significant share of industry emissions.

And although the study focused on this particular star — known as WD 1425 +540 — the fact that its planetary system shares characteristics with our solar system strongly suggests that other planetary systems would also.The researchers observed WD 1425 +540 with the Keck Telescope in 2008 and 2014, and with the Hubble Space Telescope in 2014.

To capture the early spatial patterns of a newly emergent virus in swine populations prior to extensive geographical mixing, this study focused on an H1 influenza virus that was introduced twice from humans into swine around 2003.

The new study focused on low - and middle - income countries, where little research into the IPV - tobacco link has been done.

This study focused on ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) such as diabetes, alcoholism, asthma and dementia, where the provision of better care outside hospital, by GPs and other healthcare professionals, can potentially reduce the need for admission.

Buzsáki's team found conventional protocols lack sufficient current to directly influence brain circuits, but their study focused on what happened immediately following stimulating pulses.

The current study focused on the genetic pathways that cause a rare genetic disease called Li - Fraumeni Syndrome or LFS, which comes with high risk for many cancers in affected families.

While the study focused on the T - cells around a lymphoma tumor, this research is pertinent to all types of cancer.

This study focused on phages.

The study focused on a small subset of nuclear receptors, a large family of proteins that regulate gene expression in response to signals from various binding partners, including steroids and fats.

The Senseable City researchers also teamed with Strogatz, who is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell, on the earlier study focused on New York.

The Salk study focused on a star - shaped «stellate» cell in the liver that serves as a beacon for damage.

The study focused on «459 papers that had a full professor and one other member of the same department as co-authors.»

This particular study focused on the interface between the sliding plates, which serves as a record of slip and slip processes.

That study focused on seabirds, but now my co-authors and I have found that plastic trash has a similar effect on anchovies — a critical part of ocean food chains.

The study focused on pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA), a lethal form of cancer known to come with an influx of immune cells into tumors.

While the study focused on the world of higher education, Benenson explained that the notion of differences between how men and women cooperate was first planted during her work studying children.

A new study focused on describing genetic variations within a primary tumor, differences between the primary and a metastatic branch of that tumor, and additional diversity found in tumor DNA in the blood stream could help physicians make better treatment choices for patients with gastric and esophageal adenocarcinoma.

The study focused on squamous cell head and neck cancers, a scourge among those who use tobacco and alcohol.

The study focused on a flu vaccine designed to protect against an unusual strain that originated in pigs and caused a pandemic in 2009.

Although this study focused on flowering plants, Bailey said the approach will likely work well across other major plant groups (e.g., ferns, gymnosperms).

The study focused on Gracilaria vermiculophylla, a nonnative Japanese seaweed affecting lagoons and estuaries throughout coastlines of the North Atlantic.

The study focused on women carrying fetuses diagnosed with myelomeningocele, the most common and most severe form of spina bifida, in which the spinal cord bulges outside the spinal column.

While this study focused on testosterone, Newcomb hopes to expand further studies to explore the effects of more sex hormones on asthma.

The study focused on Latrodectus Hesperus, a species of black widow native to western North America including parts of Canada.Theseblack widows are not generally cannibalistic but males are much smaller than females, meaning if a female is hungry her drive to feed will be greater than her drive to reproduce.

The study focused on an area in New York State underlain by the Marcellus Shale formation, which had been fracked until a ban went into effect in the state in the summer of 2015.

The researchers studied 760 men and women with a body mass index of greater than 25 from the Osteoarthritis Initiative, a nationwide research study focused on the prevention and treatment of knee osteoarthritis.

«This study focused on the development of the neocortex, but we aim to analyze multiple brain regions and developmental stages to achieve a more comprehensive atlas of cell types in the developing human brain,» Kriegstein said.

The study focused on the impact of the two most popular NFL PLAY 60 programs: Fuel Up to PLAY 60 coordinated by the National Dairy Council; and NFL PLAY 60 Challenge developed with the American Heart Association.

Prof Bentzen from Dalhousie University said: «Although this study focused on MHC genes in vertebrates, the evolutionary dynamics described in it likely apply to other gene families, for example resistance genes and those which prevent self - fertilization in plants (self - incompatibility loci) that are caught up in their own evolutionary races.»

While prior studies of decision - making have focused on group effects, or the ways everyone's brains are similar, the new study focused on individual differences.

The study focused on waves under the South China Sea and was conducted by 42 researchers from 25 institutions in five countries.

Lead author Dr. Stefan Gravenstein, a professor at both the Warren Alpert Medical School and the School of Public Health at Brown University, said that while a prior study showed that older individuals could respond better to the high - dose vaccine, that study focused on relatively healthy older adults.

Although this particular study focused on spinless particles, we can assume that the spectrum of other types of particles would behave in the same way,» says Fedor Popov.

The study focused on two questions.

The study focused on improving episodic memory, which is the most common type of memory loss in people with Alzheimer's disease, stroke and head injury.

Even though the study focused on Indonesia, there are equivalent problems in many other parts of the world.

«Our study focused on better understanding the strengths and weaknesses of online versus face - to - face sobriety support.»

Their study focused on changes occurring at the school level, a focus which had been overlooked by earlier studies on college transitions and student well - being, Andersson said.

The study focused on search trends and hospitalization data related to coronary heart disease, the most common type of heart disease and the leading cause of death in the U.S. Caused by the buildup of plaque in the arteries that supply blood to the heart, coronary heart disease can lead to chronic chest pain, heart attacks and other heart problems.

One study focused on speeches made by Francois Mitterrand at different stages in his career.

The study focused on the evolution of bony fishes during the Permian - Triassic mass extinction 252 million years ago.

Since the two - dose 40/40 formulation gave no added benefit, the current study focused on data for the two - dose 20/20 formulation in girls aged 9 - 14 years and the standard three - dose 20/20 schedule in women aged 15 - 19 years.