Sentences with phrase «supported the study design»
KD, SBA & AE participated in data collection, supported the study design and critically reviewed the manuscript.
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In a new study from architecture firm Gensler, there is evidence that supports that workplace performance is directly linked to the level of innovative office design.
I could easily commend the syllabus, lecturers and course leaders, the flexible study modes (I opted for three years part - time), the range of optional modules, the extraordinarily helpful librarian and IT staff, the well - designed virtual learning environment, opportunities to dialogue with staff and fellow students, pastoral support — and much more.
We thank all practitioners who provided data and supported the study, and those who helped in the study design and implementation.
The site also goes on to state that even though breast stimulation releases oxytocin, the aforementioned studies that were conducted (as well as others, mainly in the 1970s and 1980s) to support the idea of breast stimulation as a viable way to induce labor were poorly designed.
We thank John C. Pezzullo, PhD, and Dawn Misra, PhD, for their statistical support and thoughtful review of this manuscript, and Yvonne Bronner, SCD, for her contribution to the study design.
None of the studies were designed to offer tailored support or education to women who give birth to more than one baby.
There is a need for well - designed, adequately powered studies of interventions designed for women with twins or higher order multiples to find out what types of education and support are effective in helping these mothers to breastfeed their babies.
«SMA Study Days are designed to provide educational support to HCPs working in infant and maternity care.
We excluded a further 13 trials as the intervention was not designed to support continued breastfeeding; these studies examined more general interventions in the postnatal period (Ball 2011; Barlow 2006; Barnet 2002; Black 2001; Gagnon 1997; MacArthur 2002; Peterson 2002; Pollard 2011; Ratner 1999; Rush 1991; Serrano 2010; Thomson 2009; Wiggins 2005); a further trial by Baqui 2008 focused on breastfeeding initiation only, rather than on postnatal support to encourage continuation.
In his remark, the Acting Director General of TEI, Dr. Saád Umar Idris said, «as pioneer DG, TEI, some of his laudable achievements include commissioning of TEI Curriculum Design and Facilitators» notes, Implementation of the Electoral Training Study Cycle (ETSC) for the benefit of the Commission's staff across the country, development of TEI Core values, establishment of the TEI Knowledge Sharing Forum, Employee of the Month, securing support from Development Partners and much more».
Supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, the unit was designed in collaboration with curriculum developers at the nonprofit Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS).
She worked with these participants in developing research questions, designing field studies, presenting the results as co-authors on a poster presentation at a national conference and writing grants supporting the project.
Now there are well - designed studies that support the effectiveness of onabotulinumtoxinA to reduce how often migraine headaches occur.
«Our results indicate that this simple intervention could be an effective and scalable approach to use the design of electronic health records to increase the rate of flu vaccinations, which are estimated to prevent millions of flu cases and tens of thousands of related hospitalizations every year,» said study lead author Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA, MS, an assistant professor of Medicine and Health Care Management in Penn's Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School, a staff physician at the Crescenz VA Medical Center, and director of the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit, whose work is supported by the Penn Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics.
The need arose from the Supporting Teachers and Children in Schools study, led by Professor Ford, which is analysing whether a course designed to improve teachers» classroom management skills is effective.
The determination of each efficacy level was also based on the rigor and quantity of published studies on the drug class: to be in Level A, for example, a class of drugs must have been supported by at least two «Class I» studies — well - designed, double - blind, randomized, placebo - controlled clinical trials.
In a study of 74 Android mobile apps designed to promote adolescent online safety, the researchers said that 89 percent of security features on the apps are focused on parental control, while about 11 percent supported teen self - regulation.
Assistant robots are designed to help people with everyday tasks, such as dispense dispensing medications, whereas companion robots are designed to support people emotionally, serving as friends or pets, according to the researchers, who report their findings in the current issue of the International Journal of Human - Computer Studies.
«We need more well - designed and larger - scale studies to support our theory.
The study evaluated the delivery of Letting the Future In, an NSPCC - designed programme that sees social work professionals deliver therapeutic support to children aged four to 17 who have experienced sexual abuse.
The study's design is similar to that of the SUPPORT trial.
Instead, it announced that it would help organize the 28 August hearing and issued a letter emphasizing that it «does not and has never questioned whether the design of the SUPPORT study was ethical.»
«While the study's cross-sectional design limit the conclusions we can draw, our results support the hypothesis that environmental exposure to endocrine - disrupting chemicals such as phthalates could be contributing to the trend of declining testosterone and related disorders,» Meeker said.
Their study, which was supported by three grants from the National Institutes of Health, illuminates an important biological fingerprint of PTSD that could help improve the accuracy of PTSD diagnoses, and points the way to medications designed specifically to treat trauma.
«It is important to note that our study was not specifically designed to evaluate an evolutionary trade - off,» he observes, «but our findings support the hypothesis that evolution of our advanced cognitive abilities may have come at a cost — a predisposition to schizophrenia.»
SRNL has unique experience and expertise in thermochemical hydrogen production flowsheet development, modeling, and simulation using commercial off - the - shelf (COTS) software to support conceptual designs, scenario studies, capital and operating cost estimates, comparison of alternative designs, and techno - economic analyses.
U.B. designed the study, together with M.M., and U.B. performed most of the analyses with support from all authors.
However, the quantitative response to freshwater inputs varies widely among models (Stouffer et al., 2006), which led the CMIP and Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) panels to design and support a set of coordinated experiments to study this issue (http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/~kd/CMIP.html and http://www.pmip2.cnrs-gif.fr/pmip2/design/experiments/waterhosing.shtml).
July 7, 2016 UChicago to support NIH million - person precision medicine study The University of Chicago is one of three Illinois academic institutions that will work together to help launch President Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) Cohort Program to enroll 1 million or more participants in a national research effort designed to find better ways to prevent and treat disease based on lifestyle, environment and genetics.
Her broad knowledge and comprehensive experiences in nutrition research and experimental protocols provides her with strong credentials to support researchers on their study design and diet formulation.
Her extensive knowledge and skills in nutritional sciences provides her with strong credentials to support researchers with their study design and diet formulation.
Alliance DCL will market the technologies and anticipates offering project - specific services, from feedstock characterization, pilot plant evaluation, feasibility studies and engineering design through plant start - up and ongoing technical support.
The conduct of NCI - supported trials involves a complex system of designing, reviewing and initiating studies.
With an over $ 70 million commitment over multiple years from the NIH and the Wellcome Trust, H3Africa is designed to create and support a pan-continental network of labs that will be equipped to apply leading - edge research to the study of the genetic and environmental basis of disease susceptibility and drug responses in Africans.
Considering its potential, a study was undertaken to develop a product design model based on synesthetic evaluations of tactile, audio, scent and taste stimuli, and supported by neuroscience techniques and implicit and explicit evaluations.
The authors caution, however, that because of the study's design, it can not support the conclusion that e-cigarettes are not useful smoking cessation aids and stress the need for further investigation of that question.
The positive safety profile to date, the evidence supporting engraftment of the cells post-implantation, and the improvements we are seeing in upper extremity motor function highlight the promising findings coming from this Phase 1 / 2a clinical trial, which will guide us as we work to design future studies.
The Pre-College Program supports early childhood through high school education and students in STEM studies through teacher training, regional science bowls, science fairs, leadership development, mentorship, scholarships, internships and other programming designed to support students and their families.
Role of the Sponsors: The role of the funding organizations was solely to provide funding for support of the project for peer review; these organizations had no role in the design or conduct of the study; the collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of the data; or the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
The LEAP study, designed and conducted by the ITN with additional support from FARE and led by Professor Gideon Lack at Kings College London, is the first randomized trial to prevent food allergy in a large cohort of high - risk infants.
The Clinical Pharmacology Resource supports investigators in the design, analysis, and interpretation of clinical pharmacology objectives in preclinical and clinical studies, including chemoprevention and epidemiological studies.
Supports discovery in mouse research studies by providing experiment design / implementation input, protocol writing guidance, and hands - on assistance to JAX - GM research personnel.
The funder provided support in the form of salaries for authors GJP and TL, but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
«The design of the study was not ideal, and the conclusion that all fitness interventions do not alter rates of decline in people with dementia is not supported,» said Dr. Jeremy Koppel.
Our comprehensive partnership approach offers a wide range of innovative nutritional products and services to our clients including: scientific research, clinical studies, proprietary ingredients, customer - specific nutritional product formulation, product testing and evaluation, marketing management and support, packaging and delivery system design, regulatory review and international product registration assistance.
For when you are working on creative projects, hanging out or studying, this sleek and zero - fuss design will give you endless support while sitting pretty.
The money will give pupils a range of cultural opportunities including training at the Royal Ballet School in London, film - making classes at the BFI Film Academy and free opportunities to study art and design at their local college or university; and visits to museums and galleries, using quality resources to support their classroom teaching.
«The intervention is a rigorously - designed study that will lead to evidence - based decision making in support of North Carolina public school children.»
Earlier this year, the National Research Council, under the direction of the National Academy of Sciences, called for universities, researchers, and school districts to partner in designing and producing studies that will serve both to enhance and increase the knowledge base on education as well as to bolster and support school districts.