Sentences with phrase «subjective reports of»

Medical professionals must rely on the subjective reports of plaintiffs in assessing their condition.

The fact that her injury was largely based on subjective reports of pain, did not lead to a finding against her as she was a believable witness and the medical evidence was largely supportive of her position.

Electroencephalography data, recorded for three - minute periods before, during, and after the aromatherapy sessions, showed that frontal beta 2 power, associated with drowsiness, increased after sessions in both groups, while frontal alpha power, associated with relaxation and drowsiness, increased significantly after the lavender sessions, but decreased after the rosemary sessions, which provided some physiologic support for the subjective reports of reduced anxiety in both groups and the reported increased alertness in the rosemary group.

Ginger: Some claim it has an anti-inflammatory effect and there are some anecdotal, subjective reports of improvement in asthma, but it has not been shown to improve pulmonary function.

«Understanding the magnitude of this bias is essential in accurately interpreting survey results that include subjective reports of feelings and symptoms,» says Patrick Shrout, a professor in New York University's Department of Psychology and a co-author of the paper, which appears in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Now better techniques for measuring sleep states have shown that their sleep is fundamentally different from normal, which probably explains their subjective reports of being unable to switch off (see «Awake asleep: Insomniac brains that can't switch off «-RRB-.

He asserted that the subjective reports of those who spent time in the Institute's sensitivity and encounter groups were consistently glowing.

Second languages used extensively in an immersion context are subjectively experienced as emotional and elicit autonomic responding consistent with the subjective report of emotional arousal.

The biologic effects of grounding the human body during sleep as measured by cortisol levels and subjective reporting of sleep, pain, and stress.

This was a 12 week double blind placebo controlled, randomized, parallel trial to study the effect of Maca treatment on subjective report of sexual desire.

On the other hand, plaintiffs who exaggerate their injuries or seek to manipulate the process by avoiding appointments and engaging in subjective reporting of their injuries will frequently be punished with lower damage awards.

I agree with the Arbitrator that the underlying basis for Dr. Ford's opinion that Mr. F needed no «further formal medical rehabilitation» was «his view that there are no objective determinants for [Mr. F's] subjective report of pain.»

Subjective report of family functioning was assessed using the McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD) with socio - economic information obtained from a self - report Health and Lifestyle Questionnaire.

Not exact matches

For Cigna's report, survey respondents were evaluated on their loneliness using the UCLA Loneliness Scale, a 20 - item questionnaire that was developed to assess subjective feelings of loneliness and social isolation.

While it can be used to report subjective experience («I felt sublime in church today») it has no place in extrapolating this subjective experience to external assertions about the structure of the universe («I felt sublime in church today, THEREFORE there exists a supernatural agent who acted upon me in a such a way as to make me feel sublime»).

Certainly my view of you is subjective and limited, but if we get a bunch of peoples» reports, history of your jobs and much more information, we come closer to knowing you much better.

It is rather magic to combine subjective reports with an insight of what is actually happening in the brain.»

«Although some of the data used to compile the rankings is subjective in its reporting, the report highlights the fact that community health is the responsibility of the entire public health system comprised of individuals, schools, non-profits, faith - based organizations, and public safety, as well as health care providers,» Gilmore said.

A neuropsychoanalytic approach, combining subjective reports and objective measurements, could be used to explore a big mystery in current neurobiology: the purpose of the recently discovered «default mode network.»

And he began to pair his patients» subjective reports with their objective diagnoses, launching the scientific practice of neuropsychoanalysis.

Participants also reported lower levels of subjective sleepiness and improvement in well - being at both follow - ups.

He found that about 50 percent of a person's self - reported happiness level, known as subjective well - being, can be predicted by his or her genetic makeup.

In a report last August a research team at the University of Michigan measured placebo - related brain chemistry for the first time, moving the effect beyond the realm of subjective observation.

Research suggesting that political conservatives are happier than political liberals has relied exclusively on self - report measures of subjective well - being.

The research team, led by professor Kazuyo Tsuzuki, had the subjects sleep in two bedrooms set to the same temperature using ACs set at different airflow velocities, then made a comparison of the depth of sleep and body temperature control using electroencephalogram (EEG) measurements as well as subjective reporting by the subjects.

The neurons we report in this article fire exactly to this, to the subjective perception by the subjects, not to the features of the faces they were seeing.»

We found that recalling personal unethical acts led participants to report increased subjective body weight as compared to recalling ethical acts, unethical acts of others or no recall.

The report also delves into existing literature that traces how subjective judgments by latent fingerprint examiners can influence their findings, particularly when they are exposed in advance of their analysis to information about an underlying criminal investigation or shown an existing fingerprint of a suspect.

The I - PSS17 is a standardized, patient self - reported measure of the subjective problems that the patient experiences with urinating, with scores ranging from 0 to 35 and higher scores indicating more severe symptoms.

«Furthermore, the psychedelic nature of ibogaine tends to induce a dream - like state in which many report autobiographical subjective experiences, like watching their life as a movie from the vantage point of an observer,» Malcolm continued.

Current methods of assessing performance - based tasks are impractical, outdated or subjective (self report), and fail to include use of everyday technology.

These are largely based on reports of subjective emotional experiences and the temporal relationships between different reported states, and suggest that these states can be represented as locations in two - or three - dimensional space (figure 1).

A 2015 Cochrane review of current research on cryotherapy also came to a similar conclusion: «There is insufficient evidence to determine whether whole - body cryotherapy (WBC) reduces self - reported muscle soreness or improves subjective recovery after exercise compared with passive rest or no WBC... Further high - quality, well - reported research in this area is required and must provide detailed reporting of adverse events.»

Such self reporting of «energy» is a subjective impression that can be accounted for by mere placebo effect and by expectation wish fulfillment, and by enjoyment of the diet.

The percent of time during which their esophageal pH was very low (highly acidic) was cut in half, and they reported significant improvements in their symptoms via a standard GERD questionnaire that assesses subjective feelings of heartburn, pressure or discomfort inside the chest, a sour taste in the mouth, frequent gurgling in the stomach, nausea, a feeling of pressure or a burning sensation in the throat, belching, flatulence, and more (21).

Regardless of the degree or range of motion an individual may achieve, subjective positivity reported with foam rolling give evidence to support implementing foam rolling to achieve increases in hip extension range of motion before physical activity.

Yes, film criticism is subjective, and in the interest of good journalism, I must report that many critics I respect are entertained by this movie, and I even believe that Perry will have a successful directing career.

By comparing individuals» subjective interpretations and feelings (through interviews) with large scale data (in reports) and laws (outlined by human rights and Thai national laws), the research utilizes the triangulation approach to come up with a study that attempts to respect both the micro (individual) and macro (context) and therefore paint the human faces of displaced persons affected by factors beyond their control (conflict in Myanmar and Thai politics and law).

When compared with such crude indicators, the combination of student achievement gains on state tests, student surveys, and classroom observations identified teachers with better outcomes on every measure we tested: state tests and supplemental tests as well as more subjective measures, such as student - reported effort and enjoyment in class.

Grades on a report card are only subjective promises of potential, while the portfolio shows the actual work, which is proof of achievement and hopefully an example of mastery.

Also, report cards consist of grades which have a subjective component.

However, as the Washington Post has reported, some of the District's charter school networks have discipline policies that allow out - of - school suspensions for relatively minor and / or subjective reasons.

The value of the SWR Investing Tool is that it breaks through the fog and confusion of subjective investing advice and reports the hard and cold facts — your SWR methodology reports what the historical data says, nothing more and nothing less.

EBSA was at least open to the first two (though not commenting directly, since they are currently in the process of recrafting those regulations), though it resisted the last as being a «very complicated and subjective undertaking which could affect a plan sponsor's decision to offer any target date fund option (s),» according to EBSA's response to the GAO report.

The June, July, and August SIO reports received a total of 106 contributions for pan-Arctic extent predictions (based on multiple methods: statistical, dynamical models, estimates based on trends, and subjective information) along with contributions for Alaska regional extent predictions, descriptive regional contributions, and pan-Antarctic extent predictions — a new SIO feature for 2017.

The assignment of probability - likelihood - certainty is not statistically based on data, rather it is subjective opinion — of one or several IPCC leads — who in fact totally control of report content -LRB-... although government final reviewers also have final call / edit of the IPCC report).

Indeed, there are examples in IPCC reports of willingness to acknowledge the importance of expert (subjective) judgment, if on a limited basis (e.g., see discussions of climate sensitivity, detection and attribution and climate and weather extremes in WGI report, assessment of response strategies in the WGII report of AR4; see also Knutti and Hegerl (2008) for futher details on the role of expert judgement in estimating climate sensitivity).

Thus the chosen ranges — while being somewhat subjective — represent to the first approximation typical scattering of simulations with different AOGCMs (e.g. SAR and TAR IPCC reports)(Houghton et al. 1996; 2001) and encompass observational data of key present day climate characteristics.

And the report discusses the subjective value of nature in terms of the «amenity» seemingly provided by green space.

One problem with the IPCC report is that it is widely based on subjective judgments and models that are based on a lot of assumptions.