Sentences with phrase «which in prior studies»

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In the study, which examined over 12,000 customers of 212 clothes stores over 12 months, moving up one point on a 7 - point identification scale increased spending by $ 124.39, even when other factors like satisfaction, income and prior spending were kept the same

The study simulated a negotiation in the context of resource allocation, in which one group of participants was given the opportunity to voice their opinions prior to the final decision, and the other group was not.

As to method, the older view was rooted in the traditional ecclesiastical theory of Mark's derivation from Matthew — which modern Synoptic study completely reverses — and it took for granted a conception of «Paulinism» which made the Apostle to the Gentiles responsible for everything in primitive Christianity which could not be squared with a crass, reactionary Christian Judaism; it completely ignored the development of a Gentile type — or types — of Christianity apart from and even prior to the work of Paul.

Departmental names won't matter much if the shift has already taken place from a scientific theology, based on the prior Catholic faith commitment of every student in the classroom (which obviously would require everyone enrolled in the course to be a committed Catholic), to a phenomenological, historical study of what others believe.

Not only was that assertion completely at odds with the uncertain state of the existing science, but it was contradicted by the study itself, in which Dr. McKee and her colleagues acknowledged that several other factors, besides prior participation in football, may influence CTE risk and disease severity, including factors other than cumulative hits to the head, and admitted that it was even «unclear» what roles concussions and repetitive subconcussive hits play in CTE risk, disease severity, and progression.

These babies are also vulnerable to the risk of infectious disease from bacterial and viral contamination of such milk, which was identified in a prior study by the same research team led by Nationwide Children's Hospital.

Evaluating prior studies on parent - child reading in children up to age 6, researchers in Hong Kong found positive effects for both sides in so - called psychosocial functioning, which includes mental well - being, emotions, behavior and relationships with others.

The latest RE curriculum framework for teaching prior to GCSE level was produced last year and recommends the study of non-religious worldviews like Humanism alongside religions — a simple codification of the developing place of non-religious beliefs in RE which has evolved over many decades.

«Our studies provide promising results in mice, which merit further investigation, such as adjusting the formulation, dose and delivery route of MAOA inhibitors, prior to ultimate clinical application.»

This new approach to studying magma flow revealed that prior to a volcanic eruption there was recirculation of the fluid in the dyke and instability in the flow, details which had previously not been documented before.

Studying these mechanisms provided the researchers with «a source of variation that we think is effectively random,» says Doyle, adding that it represents «hopefully a better apples - to - apples comparison» of patients than prior studies that did not try to control for differences in which kinds of patients visit which hospitals.

A prior study by this group, which was also conducted in concurrence with the Beijing Olympics, demonstrated that pollutions levels were linked to physiological changes that increase risk for cardiovascular disease, and that these same air pollution reductions resulted in improvements in several risk factors

The gender difference is consistent with prior studies in animals, which show greater stimulant drug effects in females compared to males.

The manufacturer did not submit any studies for pretreated patients in which the comparator therapies were notably adapted to the results of the prior treatment.

(Prior studies in the fruit fly of this protein, which is critical in regulating protein folding, had suggested that it may play a role in masking cryptic genetic variation.)

In this study, which was also led by postdoctoral research associate Ogun Adebali, PhD, the researchers focused largely on Mfd, a protein known from prior work by Sancar and Selby to have a special — and mechanistically unusual — role in excision repair in bacteriIn this study, which was also led by postdoctoral research associate Ogun Adebali, PhD, the researchers focused largely on Mfd, a protein known from prior work by Sancar and Selby to have a special — and mechanistically unusual — role in excision repair in bacteriin excision repair in bacteriin bacteria.

Asaf Vivante, M.D., of IDF Medical Corps, Tel - Hashomer, Israel, and colleagues conducted a study that included male military personnel in Israel, who had a baseline evaluation conducted prior to recruitment at age 17 years, during which the diagnosis of resolved childhood glomerular disease was determined.

The team developed a «chimeric autoantibody receptor,» or CAAR, that displays fragments of the autoantigen Dsg3 — the same fragments to which PV - causing antibodies and their B cells typically bind, as Payne's laboratory and others have shown in prior studies.

The study, published in Forest Ecology and Management, was done in a portion of the Metolius River watershed in the eastern Cascade Range of Oregon, which prior to a 2002 fire was mostly ponderosa pine with some Douglas - fir and other tree species.

The researchers from the study group were able to show that upregulation of the growth factor VEGF - B, which is related to VEGF - A, in the primary tumor in the bowel prior to treatment was associated with a poorer prognosis, whereas upregulation of VEGF - B in the liver metastases after treatment was associated with a better prognosis.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) used in the study showed activity in a part of the brain called the ventral striatum — which has been shown to guide goals based on prior experiences.

Our study, along with prior studies, supports the notion that «cognitive reserve» resulting from early - life and lifelong education and cognitive stimulation may be a potent strategy for the primary prevention of dementia in both high - and low - income countries around the world.21 However, it should be noted that the relationships among education, brain biology, and cognitive function are complex and likely multidirectional; for instance, a number of recent population - based studies have shown genetic links with level of educational attainment, 22,23 and with the risk for cognitive decline in later life.24 Higher levels of educational attainment are also associated with health behaviors (eg, physical activity, diet, and smoking), more cognitively - complex occupations, and better access to health care, all of which may play a role in decreasing lifetime dementia risk.

In this study, prior to giving intensive BEAM chemotherapy (which uses carmustine, etoposide, cytarabine, and melphalan), researchers collected stem cells from each patient's blood.

Our results build on prior research indicating that state same - sex marriage bans were associated with increased rates of psychiatric disorders19 and that health expenditures decreased following implementation of a same - sex marriage policy in Massachusetts.22 Our study contributes evidence on the association between same - sex marriage and mental health based on a robust analysis that controls for differences in state characteristics and for other state - level events that may affect suicide attempts, which are unlikely to systematically vary with the same geographic and temporal pattern as same - sex marriage implementation.

The study, which began in April 2015, administered axi - cel to 108 patients who had failed prior chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation.

Prior studies demonstrate that impaired DNA methylation resulting from a deficiency in S - adenosylmethionine (SAM, which is rapidly depleted following folate deprivation) leads to PS - 1 overexpression, and that direct supplementation with SAM attenuates PS - 1 overexpression.

This is consistent with the researchers» findings in a prior study of mSMT in patients with MS, which provided the first Class I evidence for the efficacy of cognitive rehabilitation in MS. (Chiaravalloti N, et al: An RCT to treat learning impairment in MS. Neurology 2013 (81) doi: 10.1212 / 01.

The biological replication in our study is in the form of many individual wasps that were pooled prior to sequencing, which means we have only modest power to detect differential expression.

The CTR - IN also facilitates an «Advance to Funding» (ATF) program, which is a mock study section providing specific expertise and written feedback on how to improve NIH and other federal grant applications prior to submission.

The team of researchers harvested hematopoietic stem cells from three macaques prior to SHIV infection of all six animals in the study, treated the animals with anti-retroviral therapy (ART) to reduce viral load and mimic the situation in human HIV - infected patients who are treated with ART, and then exposed the three monkeys from which they had collected hematopoietic stem cells to a high dose of radiation.

He is also director of a new consortium (MenAfriCar), which is studying the epidemiology of meningococcal infection in Africa prior to the introduction of a new conjugate vaccine.

With respect to biomarkers, we believe our proteomic strategy [10], that did not require prior knowledge of which proteins might be present in the CSF, will accelerate the transition from a discovery phase of candidate biomarkers, as described in this study, to full validation for clinical application.

A 2015 study found that athletes taking glutamine prior to long distance running experienced less intestinal permeability, which ultimately aided in the suppression of inflammatory pathways.

Conversely, within non-diabetic populations, periods of IER (75 - 85 % ER on restricted days) do not typically affect fasting glucose levels 37, 41, 45, 48 or HbA1c 41, 48; results of which can often be replicated by short term CER studies.62 - 65These findings are unsurprising given that frank hyperglycaemia within the T2DM diagnostic range is effectively a late - stage manifestation of IR, which along with compensatory increases insulin secretion, can precede the onset of T2DM by many years.66, 67 Findings from one large scale prospective cohort study, Whitehall II, reveal a sharp increase in the trajectory towards fasting hyperglycaemia which is only detectable three years prior to diagnosis with T2DM.67 Consequently, it can be argued that changes in circulating insulin concentrations, fasting (hepatic) insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake / clearance are more sensitive markers of deteriorating glucose control than fasting glycaemia in non - diabetics.68 - 70

WHI Study (Second Arm): All the women in the second arm of the WHI study had prior hysterectomies (uterus absent), so they did not need the synthetic progestin, called Provera, which is required to prevent the endometrial cancer caused by Premarin aStudy (Second Arm): All the women in the second arm of the WHI study had prior hysterectomies (uterus absent), so they did not need the synthetic progestin, called Provera, which is required to prevent the endometrial cancer caused by Premarin astudy had prior hysterectomies (uterus absent), so they did not need the synthetic progestin, called Provera, which is required to prevent the endometrial cancer caused by Premarin alone.

In a study which takes us back to the previously described work of Fenton Turck in 1916 [91, 92], a French group have recently reported that after one week of a high - fat diet, prior to full onset type 2 diabetes (or the animal model thereof), live commensal bacteria are found in the blood and adipose tissue where they are associated with low - grade inflammation [93In a study which takes us back to the previously described work of Fenton Turck in 1916 [91, 92], a French group have recently reported that after one week of a high - fat diet, prior to full onset type 2 diabetes (or the animal model thereof), live commensal bacteria are found in the blood and adipose tissue where they are associated with low - grade inflammation [93in 1916 [91, 92], a French group have recently reported that after one week of a high - fat diet, prior to full onset type 2 diabetes (or the animal model thereof), live commensal bacteria are found in the blood and adipose tissue where they are associated with low - grade inflammation [93in the blood and adipose tissue where they are associated with low - grade inflammation [93].

A study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research examined different lengths and intensities of a general warm up to find which strategy worked best, prior to strength training.

«In our study both red wine and dealcoholized red wine improved insulin sensitivity which, together with prior findings, suggests that both ethanol and polyphenols are responsible for this beneficial effect,» wrote researchers from the University of Barcelona and the University of Valencia in SpaiIn our study both red wine and dealcoholized red wine improved insulin sensitivity which, together with prior findings, suggests that both ethanol and polyphenols are responsible for this beneficial effect,» wrote researchers from the University of Barcelona and the University of Valencia in Spaiin Spain.

Our results showing a reduction in hypothalamic CBF in response to glucose ingestion are consistent with prior fMRI studies in healthy volunteers, which observed a decrease in hypothalamic activity in response to ingestion of glucose13 - 15,22 or a liquid meal, 23 a finding posited to reflect a central biomarker of satiety.

A study in the American Journal of Physiology showed that restricting carbohydrates just prior to an intermittent fast changes glucose metabolism which triggered ketosis and the «fat burning response» much quicker in to a fast.

This low - key character study — which chronicles his life prior to founding the alt - rock band The Smiths — tends to indulge in the sorts of clichés that its subject spent his career assailing.

Another study, co-authored by Elizabeth Cascio and Diane Schanzenbach, uses data from the well - known Project STAR experiment in which students were randomly assigned to classrooms prior to kindergarten entry.

Further, the study was unable to address any biases implicit in the measure of prior behavioral problems; nor did it consider that a child might be labeled as a «troublemaker» early on, which might predispose authorities to mete out harsher consequences.

Prior reviews in this domain have suffered from a paucity of studies, which in some cases necessitated the inclusion of studies whose weak designs failed to rule out threats to validity.

The first Louisiana study shows that, prior to enrolling in the LSP, participating schools were already experiencing declining enrollments, which may be an indicator of school quality.

the State designated performance level on a State elementary assessment in social studies administered prior to the 2010 - 2011 school year; provided that beginning in the 2010 - 2011 school year, at which time a State elementary assessment in social studies shall no longer be administered, a school shall provide academic intervention services when students are determined to be at risk of not achieving State learning standards in social studies pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph;

In this 2002 report, and even prior to more recent studies like the 2004 LAO report, which called charter schools «a viable reform strategy,» the AFT demanded a halt to new charter schools «until more convincing evidence of their effectiveness or viability is presented.»

This last point, which according to the judge «shock [ed] the conscience,» came almost entirely thanks to the testimony of Thomas Kane (see prior posts about his Bill and Melinda Gates funded research here and here) and the testimony of Raj Chetty, Kane's colleague at Harvard who has also been the source of many prior posts (see here and here), but whose research at the source of his testimony has also been recently (and seriously) scrutinized given how bias in his study actually made false this key assertion.

Finally, the empirical analysis included in the report lacks depth and rigor when compared to four other studies — three of which were peer - reviewed — each of which find positive effects of prior school finance reforms in Michigan.

In short, the extent to which Dee and Wyckoff (2013) oversimplified very complex data to oversimplify a very complex context and policy situation, after which they exaggerated questionable findings, was of issue, that should have been reconciled or cleared out prior to the study's release.