Sentences with phrase «which 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.

While former CIA Director William Colby was publicly taking the line that the President has constitutional power to conduct covert operations, Colby himself had approved an internal CIA study which found that, prior to the 1974 Foreign Assistance Act, there were no legal or constitutional grounds for covert action without the advance approval of Congress.

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.

Prior to the blog, I was posting mainly sermons and Bible studies, some of which I am migrating over to my sermon pages.

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.

Studies have yielded mixed results, which may reflect study design, such as how breastfeeding was defined, relying on recall of feeding from prior years, and other factors.

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.»

The study results builds on prior investigations by the research team which demonstrated that activation of the PI3K pathway by PTEN tumor loss created a «microenvironment» allowing tumors to evade immune suppression.

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.

Prior studies relied on satellite images, which measure chlorophyll levels alone, so they would not have revealed this distinction.

The team also examined data from a prior genetic study of children with asthma and found that a variant of the dectin - 1 gene — which reduces production of the receptor — is strongly linked to increased asthma risk.

Prior to this study, these thin - limbed, lightly built horses were thought to be related to the Asiatic wild ass or onager, or simply a separate species within the genus Equus, which includes living horses, asses, and zebras.

«Wheat adapted to different environmental conditions by using different forms of these vernalization genes — the first three of which had been identified by Dr. Dubcovsky's group prior to this study.

Others were told to check email as often as they could (which turned out to be about the same number of times that they normally checked their email prior to the study).

Unlike prior studies, which relied on models or indirect data, her team was able to use observations gathered directly from the study region, yet they are consistent with earlier findings.

Prior to their study with this contrast agent, Lu's team had conducted studies to determine its clearance from the body after the imaging, which is essential for safe clinical use.

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 bacteria.

This study also goes above and beyond prior research as it shows that gambling youth are not only at risk of gambling problems, which are associated with numerous adverse interpersonal, financial, criminal, and psychiatric consequences, but also at risk for sex - related behaviors such as adolescent pregnancy / impregnation.»

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.

For the new study, Brandt and his colleagues analyzed approximately 15,000 measurements from 18 prior studies of natural gas leaks from across the U.S. using a statistical technique called extreme value theory, which is useful for analyzing infrequent but highly consequential events.

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.

Shah highlighted a study conducted at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), which was a transplant vs no - transplant analysis of 19 patients with morphologic disease prior to CAR - T therapy.

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.

They simulated three possible models which had seemed plausible prior to large - scale sequencing, and computed the number of associated low - frequency and rare variants that would be uncovered with their study design.

A new study led by researchers at the Swedish Museum of Natural History shows that prior to the extinction, mammoths lost genetic diversity at a functionally - important immunity gene, which possibly made them more susceptible to disease.

Prior to this study, there was some debate over whether Archaeopteryx, which lived 10 to 15 million years after Aurornis, was a bird.

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.

The new research included data from two prior long - term studies, which collectively had more than 170,000 total participants.