Sentences with phrase «study populations for»

Many of these animals are fierce predators that sit atop the food web, but Laidre's team found that they are also important subsistence resources: Arctic people hunt nearly 80 % of the studied populations for food and other uses.

Of the 151 HgH individuals in the study population for whom clinical data was available, none of the 18 SNPs meeting the 5 % frequency threshold had significant association with ME / CFS vs. healthy status.

Weighted % of study population for analysis period, excluding missing values.

Not exact matches

After all, almost half of the American population visit Facebook for news and information, according to a Pew Research Center study.

The mosquitoes are being released into two neighborhoods in Fresno, California, as part of a field study for the Debug Project, an initiative that aims to decimate certain mosquito populations.

Some studies suggest that for specific populations, like people who have been diagnosed with heart disease or are obese, fitness trackers can motivate them to move more, at least for several months.

«While we are disappointed CheckMate - 026 did not meet its primary endpoint in this broad patient population, we remain committed to improving patient outcomes through our comprehensive development program, including the ongoing Phase III CheckMate - 227 study exploring the potential of the combination of Opdivo plus [our other cancer immunotherapy] Yervoy for PD - L1 positive patients, and Opdivo plus Yervoy, or Opdivo plus chemotherapy in PD - L1 negative patients,» he added.

One German study, for instance, showed that participants who had listened to music with prosocial lyrics (such as Bruno Mars's «Count on Me» or Aretha Franklin classic «Respect») were equally likely to help students with German and Turkish - sounding last names (there is a large population of Turks living in Germany).

For the United States, with its population of 320 million at the time of that study, the pure economic payoff was thus only $ 400 per person, while per capita GDP was close to $ 50,000.

Sources: US Census Bureau 2015 American Community Survey, Zillow * For this study we looked at the 100 biggest U.S. cities by population with available data

In the chart above, courtesy of a March report from theOxford Institute for Energy Studies, you can see that the number of vehicles driving on Indian roads doubled between 2007 and 2014, thanks not only to an exploding population but also the rise of India's «spending class,» as Gianni calls it.

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at the City University of New York estimates that Puerto Rico will lose up 470,335 residents by the end of 2019 — about 14 percent of the population.

«But if there's a 100 microgram per meter smoke day, we'd expect that to go to a 100 percent increase of inhaler refills for the population,» Katelyn O'Dell, who studies the health hazards of wildfire smoke at Colorado state university said.

Sources: Bankrate, US Census Bureau 2015 American Community Survey, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, government websites, SmartAsset * For this study we looked at all U.S. cities that have a population greater than 200,000 with available data.

Vancouver's steady population growth, in particular its unusually high percentage of foreign - born residents, is the basis of this confidence, said Mario Lefebvre, the director of the board's Centre for Municipal Studies, in an analysis released on Thursday.

The study measures 31 countries across the globe, accounting for 70 % of the world's female population and 76 % of the world's GDP.

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at the City University of New York estimates that Puerto Rico will lose up to 470,335 residents by the end of 2019 — about 14 percent of the population.

Lest common sense fail to convince readers that surgery is not a treatment for a mental disorder, a Swedish study published in 2011 found that over the long term, 324 people who had undergone sex - reassignment surgery demonstrated an alarmingly high suicide rate and experienced considerably higher numbers of severe psychiatric problems than were present in the general population.

One should bear in mind that studies of populations show that condom use for contraceptive purposes has a failure rate of 12 \ % [6]- where «failure» means conception, which can occur only once a month, whereas HIV can be transmitted any day of the year.

Studies by Protestant and Catholic scholars show that one reason for the evangelicals» success is the lack of sufficient Catholic priests to serve the burgeoning population.

With all due respect, if you'd read the actual study, you would see that this was not a whole genome sequence comparison; rather it was a comparison of mitochondrial 12S rDNA and 16S rDNA sequences for the purposes of confirming the species relationship between the Pod Mrcaru lizards (P. sicula), the source population from Pod Kopiste (also P. sicula), and the original indigenous population on Pod Mrcaru (P. mellisellensis).

The revolution in government presaged by an activist population policy would thus seem to be based less in politics per se than in «science,» for in the final analysis it is the field of learning known as «population studies» that provides population policy with its raison d'etre.

Johnson's opening discussion incorrectly states that «the most famous piece of evidence for Darwinism is a study of an English peppered - moth population...» He uses the peppered - moth example three times.

[23] «Research trapping» refers to the capture of animals for study or population surveys.

«This study represents a major milestone for the UC - II ® brand, and it validates our efforts to develop new paradigms for joint health products for the aging population, while also addressing the needs of an expanding group of younger, active, health - conscious consumers,» said Dr. James Lugo, Chief Scientific Officer of the Consumer Health & Nutrition Business Unit of Lonza.

Using data from clinical food challenge studies, the VSEP has identified reference doses for the common food allergens at which 95 - 99 % of the allergic population are unlikely react (1,2).

The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 predicted that sugar sweetened drink consumption contributes a relatively small amount to UK population morbidity (28000 disability adjusted life years) compared with low fruit and vegetable consumption (1130000 disability adjusted life years).59 Using revenue from a sugar sweetened drink tax to reduce the prices of fruit and vegetables is a potential mechanism for further improving population health.60

«While the previous decision by the FDA to ban BPA in products used by babies and small children is the step in the right direction, this new study again raises an important question: should FDA consider banning BPA for more than just this vulnerable population?

Abstinence from Kona, tobacco, and alcohol by many Adventists has afforded a near - unique opportunity for studies to be conducted within that population group on the health effects of Kona drinking, free from confounding factors.

The company designs its clinical trials to guarantee that its studies are structure / function compliant and follow strict guidelines issued by FTC, FDA, and EFSA for subject population and endpoint selection.

Simulation supplements field studies to determine no - till dryland corn population recommendations for semiarid western Nebraska.

More than half of the study population exceeded the WHO's cut - off for FS, especially children and adolescents.

«It is my desire and my purpose to further the education of the people of Texas and elsewhere in wildlife conservation, in the knowledge of the breeding and living habits of our wild creatures and in the relationship of wildlife to domesticated livestock on our ranches and farms; to afford students and others interested in wildlife betterment and propagation and in the raising of wildlife along with domesticated animals a place for research and an opportunity for the study thereof; and to develop scientifically methods of increasing the wildlife population of the state and nation for the benefit of future generations... who may not have the opportunity to know and appreciate our wildlife, as I have, unless methods of increasing and conserving our wildlife are scientifically developed.

In fact the authors point out that there are no studies of meditationamong children in a general school population that are designed well enough to meet the standards of the gatekeeping organizations — like CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning), the Department of Education, or the Society for Prevention Research — that would endorse program changes in schools.

So the bell curve was shifted away from the mean for that population so they re-did the growth charts by doing population studies in the United States including everybody and reissued those growth charts and those became CDC growth charts.

«Our study shows that young knees are more prone to re-injury than the adult population when compared to other research in this area - and is the first study to examine the incidence and risk factors for further ACL injury in a solely juvenile population over the long term,» said lead author Justin Roe of North Sydney Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Centre.

Although the kids in the Australian study were selected from the general population (as opposed to a psychiatric practice or sleep clinic), researchers discovered that about 10 % of children complaining of nighttime fears fit the criteria for an anxiety disorder.

The Nature Museum is raising juvenile snakes for eventual release into the wild, and studying the best techniques to help the snake population recover.

But this doesn't make sense for everything we do in health care, and we know the information we get from randomized controlled trials doesn't always translate well to real life because 1) the restrictions we put on eligibility for studies rarely allows the results to be generalized to the population as a whole and 2) Adherence to the intervention tends to be higher in a randomized controlled trial than in real life which makes the effect seem «better» than it is.

The strength of this study is its prospective population - based cohort design with a large number of subjects and the possibility to adjust for all major confounders.

However, this study only included kids at high - risk for celiac (based on genetic markers or a first - degree relative with the disease), so it might not apply to the general population.

We performed a population - based, retrospective cohort study of all births that occurred in Oregon during 2012 and 2013 using data from newly revised Oregon birth certificates that allowed for the disaggregation of hospital births into the categories of planned in - hospital births and planned out - of - hospital births that took place in the hospital after a woman's intrapartum transfer to the hospital.

In a large population - based study in the UK, women identified as having «marked concern» about body shape and weight on a questionnaire were significantly less likely to intend to breastfeed their infant up to four months after adjusting for a range of variables [34].

Previous attempts to evaluate the Baby Friendly Initiative within an observational study design have often been limited by small sample size or reliance upon ecological measures of confounding factors.16, 17 The advantage of the Millennium Cohort Study is the availability of individual - level social and demographic information, as well as the circumstances of pregnancy and delivery, allowing adjustment for factors that in other studies may be associated with both policy intervention and infant feeding practices, via area or individual population differestudy design have often been limited by small sample size or reliance upon ecological measures of confounding factors.16, 17 The advantage of the Millennium Cohort Study is the availability of individual - level social and demographic information, as well as the circumstances of pregnancy and delivery, allowing adjustment for factors that in other studies may be associated with both policy intervention and infant feeding practices, via area or individual population differeStudy is the availability of individual - level social and demographic information, as well as the circumstances of pregnancy and delivery, allowing adjustment for factors that in other studies may be associated with both policy intervention and infant feeding practices, via area or individual population differences.

Planned variation studies, in which program components, content, home visitor training, or dosage of services is varied, can identify core dimensions of implementation that are critical for achieving program impacts, as well as dimensions that could be adapted for different contexts and populations without threatening the program's effectiveness.

New studies should be large enough to include assessment and reporting of impacts by important subgroups to improve our understanding of what works for which populations.

These differences may explain the lower rate of SIDS in this population and this study identifies these issues as clear targets for SIDS risk reduction among White British families.

The FDA has not approved these drugs for children under a year old because no studies have found them effective in that population.

However, some recent studies support the hypothesis that an additional effect of postnatal exposure through breastfeeding is likely.20 We have observed in the infants of this population that those who breastfed increased their concentrations of organochlorine chemicals during the first weeks of life (N. Ribas - Fitó, submitted for publication).

To determine whether the presence and strength of the associations between individual risk factors and severe PPH vary among women undergoing prelabor CD or intrapartum CD, stratified analyses are needed according to CD subtype.To identify risk factors for severe PPH within 2 distinct CD populations, prelabor CD and intrapartum CD, we performed 2 case - control studies.