«We observed that the virus in all vaccinated animals initially replicated
less than in the control group,» Ulrike Sauermann, first author of the study, summarized the results.
Immunization with the 3 dose levels was followed by a dramatic rise in anti-AMA1 antibodies, significantly
higher than in the control group after a single immunization.
An Australian study of infant massage and father - baby bonding, found that at 12 weeks old, babies who were massaged by their fathers greeted their Dads with more eye contact, smiling, vocalising and
touch than those in the control group.
The study found that teachers who participated in a mindfulness - based professional development program «were more emotionally supportive and demonstrated greater sensitivity to
students than those in the control group.»
«The children in the group who did a task in a way that made them laugh learned the target actions more
than those in the control group who were not laughing during the learning period,» she reports.
The main limitation of the study is that 16 of 108 women were lost to follow - up at 12 weeks, and loss to follow - up was higher in the intervention
arm than in the control group (10 and 6, respectively), although, in a cross-tabulation of number of mothers in each study arm by follow - up period, there was no statistically significant difference in loss to follow - up between the 2 groups (P =.98).
That pilot found that the men who participated were 2 to 3 times more likely to get tested for
HIV than those in the control group, who participated in online groups without peer role models.
Babies exposed to their mothers» voices had significantly thicker auditory
cortices than those in the control group, the researchers report online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
In the study, MBSR participants reported significantly greater improvement in the ability to pay attention, and also made fewer mistakes on difficult cognitive
tasks than those in the control group, which received patient education materials and supportive counseling.
In the men under the influence of oxytocin, the amygdala, as the fear center in the brain, was overall far less
active than in the control group, whereas fear - inhibiting regions were more stimulated.
The trial also found that while the emotional well - being of both groups increased as patients progressed through treatment, the evaluation scores in the yoga group rose more
rapidly than in the control group.
Antibody levels peaked 4 weeks after the third immunization on study day 90 with 100-fold or greater rise relative to baseline, and remained significantly higher
than in the control group throughout the 12 months of the study.
Another study looked at the dietary intake of Vitamin K in patients with early Alzheimers and found that those diagnosed with Alzheimers had considerably less Vitamin
K than those in the control group.
Seventy - five percent of the 480 students participating in the eight - year, $ 41 million study are showing fewer behavior problems in class and on the
playground than those in a control group, said Kenneth A. Dodge, a professor of psychology and psychiatry at Vanderbilt.
The program also resulted in FAFSA applications being filed significantly
earlier than those in the control group: over one month earlier for high school students and almost three months earlier for independent students.
The key aims of the first phase were to determine whether participants with moderate - to - severe depression in the intervention group showed at least a five - point reduction from the baseline depression scores after 6 months of intervention and whether this reduction was significantly
better than in the control group.
SRI researchers studying the program's first iteration in 22 high - poverty, rural districts in 10 states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee) found that C3WP students demonstrated greater proficiency in reasoning and in using evidence in their
writing than those in control group districts.
Students in the intervention group made greater
progress than those in the control group, which the developers claim is equivalent to making a gain in attainment equivalent to about two years» normal progress in one year.