Sentences with phrase «trend towards»

Comparing vertical pulling variations, McGill et al. (2014) reported a trend towards superior rectus abdominis muscle activity in the chin up compared to the pull up.

Similarly, Barnett et al. (1995) reported a trend towards greater bench press strength with wider hand spacing during the bench press performed at different bench angles.

In a study comparing omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans profiled in my Bowel Movement Frequency video, researchers found a «very clear trend towards an increasing number of bowel movements with a more rigorous degree of vegetarianism.»

While it appears that the 2.3 g / kg protein intervention in Mettler et al. [29] was superior for maintaining LBM compared to 1.6 g / kg in Walberg et al. [32] a recent study by Pasiakos et al. [40] found a trend towards the opposite.

However, there was a trend towards a better systolic blood pressure, blood cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol.

And finally, another study published last year (and this one available full - text), found a trend towards lower inflammation in men eating purple potatoes than white, concluding «Pigmented potato consumption reduced inflammation and DNA damage in healthy adult males.

Now, there's one more reason to join the trend towards a healthy life.»

(source) The trend towards BPA free plastics has grown since then.

They report that the medial gastrocnemius muscle activity was no different between the squat, split squat and rear foot elevated split squat (278, 281, 380 mV), albeit a trend towards greater gastrocnemius muscle activity during the rear foot elevated split squat.

A pilot study showing good tolerance, short - term improvement of pain and stiffness, and a trend towards long - term beneficial effects.

However, eTRF changed the 24 - hour patterns in the respiratory quotient (RQ; p = 0.0002), indicating higher fat oxidation for several hours at night, in parallel with a trend towards increased protein oxidation (81.5 ± 4.2 vs. 68.5 ± 4.2 g / day; p = 0.07).

If I see a TSH above 2.0 or a trend towards higher values in someone who is testing repeatedly, I get worried — and prefer to see TSH at 0.5 - 2.0.

Obviously we'll need some more details of what, exactly, the exercise program consisted of — but it seems to jive with the general trend towards active recovery rather than immobilization.

There was a trend towards a group by time interaction (p = 0.07) which favored an increase in the leg press 1RM in the KD group.

Can the trend towards confinement feeding be cited as a cause for the upsurge in these diseases?

Last week's articles in Salon Magazine and Fast Company revived the term «orthorexia,» and declared the growing trend towards gluten - free, dairy - free, virtue - based, clean food to be «obsessive.»

Dr. Lipton says the research is part of a trend towards trying to pick up Alzheimer's long before symptoms become severe.

In addition, it is often the case that the cardio section is used more than the weights and so if you also consider attendees of group exercise classes into this conundrum, the trend towards cardio exercise is even more obvious.

Unpasteurized cheeses are relatively easy to get your hands on, but there is a big trend towards kefir, a fermented milk - based drink that is bursting with beneficial bacteria.

Waist - to - hip ratios decreased and there was also a trend towards weight loss.

However, combined measuring stations around the world suggest there has been a global trend towards more frequent and intense hot extremes since the 1950s, as well as more heavy precipitation events.

But most do still simulate a trend towards drier conditions.

Subsequently, the underlying trend towards increasing brain size in Homo is most strongly correlated with both decreases in lake presence and high levels of dust deposition in the Mediterranean ODP967 record (Table 3), indicating drier conditions in East Africa [43].

The following graph from McHenry (1994), plotting brainsizes against time, shows a general trend towards increased brainsize over time for the hominids:

One of the biggest problems to rear its head in recent years has been the trend towards certain trial results going unpublished.

Hence over the Plio - Pleistocene, East African climate is best characterised as a long - term trend towards increasing aridity punctuated by periods of precession - forced high rainfall leading to the periodic appearance of deep freshwater lakes.

Finally, (18) F - labelled fluorodeoxyglucose was similarly reduced in all Alzheimer's disease variants in the dorsal and left ventral default mode network, whereas significant differences were found in the right ventral default mode, right executive - control (both lower in early - onset Alzheimer's disease and posterior cortical atrophy than logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia) and higher - order visual network (lower in posterior cortical atrophy than in early - onset Alzheimer's disease and logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia), with a trend towards lower (18) F - labelled fluorodeoxyglucose also found in the left language network in logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia.

Dr. Funke explores the changing genomic testing workflow and the trend towards genome wide testing, as well as current debates about using panels or exome testing.

These thresholds provide strong evidence that guidelines should be changed and that the trend towards replacing most valves with biologic prostheses should be tempered.

He also cautions that the 2005 numbers are still preliminary, however there is a clear trend towards increasing potential for Arctic ozone loss, which is realised or not depending on the vagaries of each individual winter.

Due to predicted population increases and a general trend towards urbanization, land that provided enough rice to feed 27 people in 2010 will need to support 43 by 2050.

Molecular studies at PsychoGenics and other organizations have demonstrated that the excision of the neomycin resistance cassette results in a modest but significant increase in mutant HTT mRNA levels, and a trend towards an increase in soluble mHTT protein and extranuclear inclusions.

Globally, estimates of the potential destructiveness of hurricanes show a significant upward trend since the mid-1970s, with a trend towards longer lifetimes and greater storm intensity, and such trends are strongly correlated with tropical SST.

Indeed, Hoerling and Kumar, in their ’03 Science article «The Perfect Ocean for Drought», make a fairly compelling argument that this trend is associated with a trend towards enhanced drought in regions such as the desert southwest of the U.S., a pattern we typically associate with «La Nina».

Patients treated with processed autologous adipose - derived regenerative cells (ADRCs) injected into the heart muscle demonstrated symptomatic improvement and a trend towards lower rates of heart failure hospitalizations and angina, despite no improvement in left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) or ventricular volumes.

«There is a big trend towards odour receptors being found elsewhere in the body doing other jobs,» says Joel Mainland of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia.

In fact, there was a significant trend towards having a higher percentage of normally shaped sperm among men who consumed the most fruit and vegetables with low pesticide residues — a relative increase of 37 % from 5.7 % to 7.8 %.

The evaluation shows no obvious trend towards a drier or wetter climate across three - quarters of the land are.

The committee wrote that conducting the initial SBT with pressure augmentation was more likely to be successful, produced a higher rate of extubation success and was associated with a trend towards lower ICU mortality.

«The general trend towards energy efficiency, a low - carbon economy and resource efficiency are bets that are so clear to me.»

David Allen Green suggests that there is an increasing trend towards complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners threatening libel action...

In addition, the trend towards recording and collecting personal health data is booming.

Its use is now growing fast, following methodological and computational developments, and there is a trend towards probabilistic rather than deterministic perspectives.

The council believes this trend towards an increasing interest in research means that «there should therefore be a sufficient number of persons with a clinical background to do clinical research in the future,» but notes that organisational and structural changes nonetheless need to be made to ensure that the interest is followed up.

This extensively drug - resistant (XDR) tuberculosis heralds a disturbing trend towards infections that are virtually untreatable.

Expectant mothers may want to consider adopting today's trend towards stress management, in light of new research from the University of Ottawa pointing to its ability to lower the risk of problematic behaviour in their offspring.

Zalzal also recognised a growing trend towards boutique brands and «felt there was room for more» in Canada.

Neither study showed a significant improvement in long - term survival, though GOG 213 reported a strong trend towards improved overall survival.

Thus, «[if], as seems to be the case, those on permanent contracts are more satisfied... and are more productive..., the traditional and increasing trend towards less secure contracts needs to be examined as it is of benefit neither to science nor to society,» the report says.

But the trend towards employing postdocs for positions traditionally given to single degree holders was not as strong as expected considering the large number of postdocs looking for jobs, says Paul Leonard of the CIA.