Sentences with phrase «with null findings»

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Our findings are in accordance with some observations from previous studies showing a positive association between long working hours and depression [12] but contrast with other reports of null findings [12]--[14].

If you can't find evidence either way, you go with the null hypothesis.

Furthermore, homozygosity for null mutations at CYP2F1 was found associated with higher plasma interleukin - 8 concentrations; and at either A3GALT2 or NRG4, with markedly reduced plasma insulin C - peptide concentrations; hence identifying novel phenotypic associations at these genes.

«This is a null study,» said Manson, who wrote an editorial published with the findings.

↑ Indicates the meditation group improved relative to the control group (with a relative difference generally ≥ 5 % across trials); ↓, the meditation group worsened relative to the control group (with a relative difference generally ± 5 % across trials); Ø, a null effect (with a relative difference generally < 5 % across trials); and ↑ ↓, inconsistent findings (some trials reported improvement with meditation [relative to control], whereas others showed no improvement or improvement in the control group [relative to meditation]-RRB-.

Another study examining the effects the different lipids in terms of heart disease risk found that «triglyceride concentration was not independently related with CHD risk after controlling for HDL - C, non — HDL - C, and other standard risk factors, including null findings in women and under nonfasting conditions.21, 22 Hence, for population - wide assessment of vascular risk, triglyceride measurement provides no additional information about vascular risk given knowledge of HDL - C and total cholesterol levels, although there may be separate reasons to measure triglyceride concentration (eg, prevention of pancreatitis).»

In contrast, the only two studies in the list with both high internal and external validity (Head Start Impact and Tennessee) find null or negative impacts, and all of the studies that point to very small, null, or negative effects have high external validity.

Robert's Rules, if found to be in conflict with the provisions of the Bloodhound West Constitution and By - Laws, would be considered null and void.

Accordingly, the court found that the termination clause in Miller's employment contract failed to comply with the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and was, therefore, null and void for all purposes.

The studies that were not consistent with our findings tended to have more homogeneous samples, which may explain their null findings.

Because we were interested in interpreting the lagged effects of each predictor with controlling for change in the predictor, we summed the lagged and concurrent paths and tested this effect against the null value of 0.47 Findings revealed that R - rated movie restrictions at baseline also predicted lower likelihood of onset between 8 months and 16 months (HR: 0.73 [95 % CI: 0.62 — 0.87]-RRB- and restrictions at 8 months predicted lower likelihood of onset between 16 months and 24 months (HR: 0.64 [95 % CI: 0.53 — 0.77]-RRB-.

It should be noted that lack of power (there were only 20 mothers with BPD) in this study could have accounted for this null finding.

To date, the immediate and lasting positive effects of quality care on language, cognitive development, and school achievement have been confirmed by converging findings from large, reasonably representative longitudinal studies and smaller, randomized trials with long - term follow - ups.1, 2,9 - 13 Contributors to this knowledge base include meta - analytic reviews of interventions and large longitudinal studies conducted in several countries.1, 2,14,15 Comprehensive meta - analyses now establish that effects of early care decline, but do not disappear, and when initial effects are large, long - term effects remain substantial.1, 2 Null findings in cognitive and social domains in a few studies may reasonably be attributed to the limitations inherent to their designs, samples, and measures.