Sentences with phrase «used by this cohort»

Vickers Smith and other researchers authored a paper recently published in Psychology of Addictive Behaviors that explores recreational gabapentin use by a cohort of study participants in Appalachian Kentucky.

While employment barriers or factors that hinder achieving employment goals for veterans with spinal cord injury have been well documented, research has yet to explore the strategies used by this cohort to succeed in the workplace.

Not exact matches

Zuckerberg and his cohort have taken to employing tactics normally used by high - profile celebrities and movie stars, such as «purchasing houses through trusts or corporate entities so that the owners» names are not on public deeds,» in an effort to keep their identities secret while they construct megamansions throughout the Bay Area and Palo Alto in California.

We calculated these transition probabilities using data from the longitudinal National Health and Nutrition Evaluation Survey, which assessed a cohort of women in 1987 and the same women again in 1992.25 Several limitations of these data affect our model: 1) because this national survey lacks data on women before age 35 years, women in our model could not develop hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, or MI before age 35 years; 2) because longitudinal survey data were only available for a 5 - year interval, we assumed that transition probabilities were stable within the 5 - year intervals and converted these probabilities from 5 - year to 1 - year intervals; 3) because the survey data were too few to provide stable estimates by year of age, we used transition probabilities for women in three age groups: aged 50 years and younger, 51 — 65 years, and 65 years and older.

The «political social media user» cohort represented by these 22 % of internet users voted for Republican congressional candidates over Democratic candidates by a 45 % -41 % margin, and Republicans» enthusiasm for using social media matched that of Democrats.

Nana Addo usual of him and his cohorts, downplayed all the achievements of the President in the Western Region telling the President rhetorically that he did not see the projects the Chiefs themselves thank the President for.His apostles in their state of Akuffolic hallucination, also started posting pictures of supporters of PDP (Nigeria) on social media platform in an attempt to create fake impression that the President was snubbed by the people of Agona Nkwanta.The irony is that Nana used the newly constructed (Asphalted) road from Agona Nkwanta to Elubo, he saw the modern bridges being constructed on the road so why the mischief.

Using the payslips, critical study and comparative analysis clearly shows that teachers with their monthly income (net salaries) can now afford to buy or own appreciably much more than they could 7 yrs ago on the same pay level or rank CONTRARY to what we are mischievously made to believe currently by the NPP and their media cohorts as well as others who get opportunity to share their opinions on both the print and electronic media.

CDI's platform is especially helpful in constructing panels for biomarker discovery, because researchers can begin by using patient samples or banked samples to compare immune profiles of cohorts that show particular symptoms (or no symptoms in the case of control samples).

By 3 - month follow - up, nearly one - fourth of the cohort reported moderate or severe pain and use of medications for LBP.

Their cohort study analyzed HIV testing data collected by the San Diego County Department of Public Health and the San Diego Primary Infection Cohort between 1996 and 2012, and used genetic analysis to identify local chains of transmicohort study analyzed HIV testing data collected by the San Diego County Department of Public Health and the San Diego Primary Infection Cohort between 1996 and 2012, and used genetic analysis to identify local chains of transmiCohort between 1996 and 2012, and used genetic analysis to identify local chains of transmission.

Zimmerman and his research cohorts compared unstandardized, unstructured interviews to standardized, structured interviews used by clinicians across the country.

The cohort used in the study was compiled with data that would reflect a true - to - life 10,000 person population among urban, non-monogomous men who have sex with men, who were defined by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) as «high - risk.»

Using the corrected values for STEM in Table 8, we see that the college premium for STEM majors has increased by about 27 % from the first cohort to the last — a significantly larger increase than the 14 % reported above in the growth of total lifetime earnings.

Nechuta and colleagues used data from the Shanghai Women's Health Study, a large, population - based prospective cohort study of about 75,000 women ages 40 to 70, from Shanghai, China, led by Wei Zheng, MD, PhD, at the Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center.

In our JTM paper, work that was primarily supported by the Chronic Fatigue Initiative, we sequenced the mitochondrial DNA from a cohort of ME / CFS patients and healthy individuals, using DNA extracted from white blood cells stored in the biobank developed by the Chronic Fatigue Initiative.

The difficulty in measuring such a small increment in chromosome 21 DNA concentration has recently been overcome with the use of massively parallel genomic sequencing.20 This technique can identify and quantify millions of DNA fragments in biological samples in a span of days.23 Three cohort studies have shown the feasibility of using the technique to identify fetuses with trisomy 21 by analysis of maternal plasma DNA.24 25 26 The sample numbers studied were small because, typically, only a few samples could be analysed in each sequencing run.

Following cohort recruitment, creation of the bio-bank and population of the database, the pathogen discovery and pathogenesis study led by the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University seeks to uncover novel viruses implicated in the disease by using techniques that allow up to 20 pathogens to be searched simultaneously.

This study will use a 3 + 3 design for dose escalation (Part 1), followed by an expansion cohort (Part 2) at the recommended phase 2 dose level.

Cohort - matched control XT derived from feeding on clean mice were used and are indicated by m1, m2 and m3.).

• RV217 (ECHO): HIV - 1 Prevalence, Incidence, Cohort Retention, and Host Genetics and Viral Diversity in High Risk Cohorts in East Africa • Infectious Disease Surveillance (HIV, TB and Malaria) and Cohort Development Among Urban and Rural Communities • Karolinska Institute vaccine study in Tanzania testing a prime - boost HIV vaccine regimen using unadjuvanted DNA vaccines followed by a Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA), which was developed by MHRP and NIAID.

The study by Lombardi et al. used samples from the Whittemore Peterson Institute National Tissue Repository reported to contain specimens from well - characterized cohorts of CFS [11].

By using this new characterization, we examined whether dietary GI and intakes of fiber and carbohydrate - containing food groups were associated with the 13 - y inflammatory disease mortality in an older Australian cohort.

(8)(43) Rather, the 2008 French Cohort Study by Fournier showed that in women using hormone replacement combination drugs, increased breast cancer was associated with synthetic progestin use, while women using bioidentical progesterone had no increased breast cancer (compared to non-hormone users).

The study cohort of 63 individuals far exceeded the 10 individuals used by typical glycemic index methodology, as did the six feeding challenges and five - hour blood glucose measuring window.

Methods: We used existing data collected by a prospective, closed - panel cohort study of aging and oral health in adult men.

The analyses were first conducted in each cohort separately, and because no appreciable difference was detected by cohort (eTable 1 in the Supplement), we then conducted the pooled analysis using the sex - stratified Cox proportional hazards regression model in the combined data set.

While some lawyers argue that certain shapes and phrases fall under public domain, given the specific combination of shapes, colors and phrases used by these independent designers and the sheer number of allegations, it seems as though Bassen and her cohort could make a compelling case.

By segmenting its users into cohorts using Interana's platform, Tinder's marketers were able to...

In a new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, there are two central findings that illustrate how important the internet has become for those seeking romance in 21st Century America: First, among the relatively small and active cohort of 10 million internet users who say they are currently single and looking for romantic partners, 74 % say they have used the internet in one way or another to further their romantic interests.

Source: Graduation rates are calculated by states using the Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) method, as reported by the U.S. Department of Education.

The statistics presented here will also differ from the «cohort default rates» analyzed by Looney & Yannelis (2015) and used by the Department of Education for accountability purposes, which track borrowers for three years once they enter repayment.

Also by 2035, the state wants 90 percent of students to graduate, using the four - year adjusted cohort rate.

In 2010, Hibel, Farkas, and Morgan used the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study — Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS - K) 1998 and its follow - up waves to come closer to the ideal scenario described by Donovan and Cross.

This is accomplished by using only that portion of the achievement of a gender or racial group that can not be explained by a linear time trend and the overall gender and racial composition of the group's cohort.

However, even after adjusting the data to account for similar factors, we were still not able to eliminate the achievement gaps among later cohorts in the data set used by Phillips.

The FY 2011 application was released in the fall of 2011 and will be used by some states to award a third cohort of SIG schools, while others will use the funds to make continuation awards to previously funded SIG schools.

There are three leading explanations: 1) the sample of children included in the data set used by Phillips, the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (CNLSY), especially in the early years, may be nonrepresentative; 2) better information on students» background characteristics is available in the Early Childhood survey; and 3) blacks born into recent cohorts have made real gains relative to blacks born a decade earlier.

These figures plot middle school reduced - form estimates (using ever offer) by cohort and grade.

Become part of the first cohort of schools and districts using the evaluation process to drive student outcomes by signing up to learn more about the pilot program below.

We study ability peer effects in English secondary schools using data on four cohorts of pupils taking age14 national tests and measuring peers» ability by prior achievements at age - 11.

For the same institution types in states outside of this data set, the authors first determined total enrollment using the U.S. Department of Education's 2014 release of its Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, or IPEDS, by combining two figures for U.S. residents, in order to be consistent with the CCA's data: «full - time first - time degree / certificate seeking students» and «part - time first - time degree / certificate seeking students» for the fall 2013 cohort.

Using new national data on all the choices made by all the parents in England for the cohort entering secondary school in 2015 - 2016, our analysis explores the number and type of choices parents make and the likelihood that their children will be admitted to their first - choice school.

That is why I am particularly interested in the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's (CZI) rollout of the Summit Learning platform, the tool used by Summit Public Schools, a charter management organization with schools in California and Washington, to a cohort of traditional schools and districts.

«We've been impressed by how quickly leaders from the first cohort have been able to use strategies from the Fellowship to make changes that are already having a positive impact on students.»

Nor should inspectors ask for the «expected progress» of cohorts, which was an accountability measure used by the Department for Education until 2015, but no longer to be used, said Harford.

This report is the first to analyze 2014 graduation data using new criteria established by ESSA, which defines a low - graduation - rate high school as one that enrolls 100 or more students and has an Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) of 67 percent or below.

Using new population - level data that follows cohorts of children born in the state of Florida between 1994 and 2002, this paper examines the short and long - term effects of prenatal exposure to environmental toxicants on children living within two miles of a Superfund site, toxic waste sites identified by the Environmental Protection Agency as being particularly severe.

The students informally supported each other by sitting in on other pairs» practice sessions and establishing a Facebook site for the cohort, which was used to seek advice for functionality problems and feedback on proposed application contexts.

The waiver granted these schools an extended timeline by which both cohorts were allowed to use the 2011 - 12 school year to develop evaluation systems and the 2012 - 13 year to pilot.

Using a chapter on mind - sets from the book The Skillful Team Leader: A Resource for Overcoming Hurdles to Professional Learning for Student Achievement by Elisa B. MacDonald (Corwin, 2013), the cohort designed professional development to foster staff's self - reflection about mind - sets and the effect they can have on adults and students.