A characteristic expression of such concern and inquiry is found in Joseph P. Lyford's Introduction To The Agreeable Autocracies, a recent paperback study of the institutions of modern democratic society.

The recent history of the Dominican Republic is an almost classical study of the way in which even a professedly benevolent dictatorship tends to become oppressive.

A recent study on radiation exposure by the AEC's division of biology and medicine stated: `` The question of the biological effect of ( radiation ) doses is not considered '' herein.

For example, the level of improvement noted in a recent experiment with a short course of immediate treatment for parent-child relationship problems compared favorably with the results reported by typical child guidance clinics where the hours spent in purely diagnostic study may equal or exceed the number of hours devoted to actual treatment interviews in the experimental project.

A recent study indicated that 85 per cent of the nation's largest corporations conducted educational programs involving some class meetings and examinations.

The relative scarcity of fossil evidence prevents precise dating, but the most recent molecular study, based on multilocus sequence typing, suggest a Late Carboniferous – Early Permian origin of extant amphibians.

A recent study finds that inhaled cannabis is effective in alleviating neuropathy and pain resulting from e. g. spinal injury and multiple sclerosis.

It is the subject of a recent study by German archaeologists who are digging and surveying at the site.

A recent study suggests Alioth's 5. 1-day variation may be due to a substellar object of about 14. 7 Jupiter masses in an eccentric orbit ( e = 0. 5 ) with an average separation of 0. 055 astronomical units.

A recent study suggests that there are at least two distinct genetic lineages among the blind populations, arguing that these represent a case of convergent evolution.

A recent study has showed that these nylon-3 polymers can either mimic host defense peptides or act as signals to stimulate 3T3 stem cell function.

A recent 20-year prospective study on bipolar I and II found that functioning varied over time along a spectrum from good to fair to poor.

In a recent academic study that was published in the Journal of Finance, Drexel University ’ s LeBow College of Business professors Jie Cai, Jacqueline Garner, and Ralph Walkling examined how corporate shareholders voted in nearly 2, 500 director elections in the United States.

A recent National Association of Corporate Directors study found directors averaging just 4. 3 hours a week on board work.

Research in this area has not yet reached firm conclusions, but a recent questionnaire-based study identified eleven significant factors contributing to drug-induced states of consciousness: experience of unity ; spiritual experience ; blissful state ; insightfulness ; disembodiment ; impaired control and cognition ; anxiety ; complex imagery ; elementary imagery ; audio-visual synesthesia ; and changed meaning of percepts.

However, in recent times, leaders of the church have emphasized that Latter-day Saints should not restrict their study of the standard works to the particular book being currently studied in Sunday School or other religious courses.

A recent detailed study of the Regnal List dates the arrival of the West Saxons in England to 538, and favours seven years as the most likely length of Ceawlin's reign, with dates of 581 – 588 proposed.

A recent report demonstrated that 50 mg of β-carotene every other day prevented cognitive decline in a study of over 4000 physicians at a mean treatment duration of 18 years.

A recent study examined the hand radiographs of 215 people ( aged 50 to 89 ) and compared the joints of those who regularly cracked their knuckles to those who did not.

Perhaps the best-known study of clairvoyance in recent times has been the US government-funded remote viewing project at SRI / SAIC during the 1970s through the mid-1990s ; at least those studies amongst these that did not involve " agents " visiting or being otherwise aware of the target sites.

A recent study revealed the use of such advanced tools as spears, which West African chimpanzees in Senegal sharpen with their teeth, being used to spear Senegal bushbabies out of small holes in trees .< ref >

A recent study of the Brazilian Amazon predicts that despite a lack of extinctions thus far, up to 90 percent of predicted extinctions will finally occur in the next 40 years.

A recent study that used virtual reality technology to study reported deja vu experiences supported this idea.

In the case of Jamaica, recent analysis of the soils showed elevated levels of cadmium suggesting that the bauxite originates from recent Miocene ash deposits from episodes of significant volcanism in Central America.

Although the Social Democrats showed strong support for the expellees especially under Kurt Schumacher and Erich Ollenhauer, social democrats in more recent decades have traditionally been less supportive — and it was under Willy Brandt that West Germany recognized the Oder-Neisse line as factual as part of his Ostpolitik.

Stratigraphic analysis from the most recent excavations showed prehistoric human activity at the altar site, which seems to have been in continuous use from the Late Neolithic period through to the Hellenistic era.

However, recent genetic data showed it was closer to the American Patagioenas pigeons.

A recent in-vitro study conducted the NY College of Dental Sciences using strontium on osteoblasts showed marked improvement on bone-building osteoblasts.

Conversations split screen sometimes showed flashbacks of the recent or distant past juxtaposed with the present ; moments imagined or hoped by the characters juxtaposed with present reality ; present experience fractured into more than one emotion for a given line or action, showing an actor performing the same moment in different ways ; and present and near future actions juxtaposed to accelerate the narrative in temporal overlap.

A more recent placebo-controlled trial was small ( n = 11 / group ), but results after three months at 1500 mg / day showed no trend for improvements in total cholesterol, LDL-C, HDL-C or triglycerides.

He then added that there was not any widespread desire for reform: he indicated a recent survey of working-class voters that showed that only a third of them wanted to reform or abolish the Lords, with another third believing the Lords were an " intrinsic part of the national traditions of Britain ".

However, recent studies conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, showed ineffectiveness of this program.

" However, more recent studies such as those from the New York Office of Mental Health ( OMH ) in 2005 and 2009 showed that outpatient treatment was effective.

In a recent systematic review of eight trials of day care for disadvantaged children under 5 years of age, long term follow up showed lower pregnancy rates among adolescents.

The most recent linguistic research conducted showed that 22. 4 % of the population speak Algherese Catalan as a first language and around 90 % have some understanding of the language.

Spacecraft observations showed that the gases ejected from the nucleus were 80 % water vapor, 17 % carbon monoxide and 3 – 4 % carbon dioxide, with traces of hydrocarbons although more recent sources give a value of 10 % for carbon monoxide and also include traces of methane and ammonia.

On 18 April 2007, the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry published the results of a recent joint study by the University of Reading and University of Cagliari that showed moderate consumptions of Champagne may help the brain cope with the trauma of stroke, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease.

One randomized controlled trial found that self-monitoring of blood glucose did not improve the HbA1c among " reasonably well controlled non-insulin treated patients with type 2 diabetes ". A recent meta-analysis of 47 randomized controlled trials encompassing 7677 patients showed that self-care management intervention improves glycemic control in Diabetics, with an estimated 0. 36 % ( 95 % CI, 0. 21-0. 51 ) reduction in their glycosylated Hemoglobin values .< ref > Minet, L., Moller, S., Vach, W., Wagner, L., & Henriksen, J. E. ( 2010 ).

Patient Education and Counseling, 80 ( 1 ), 29-41. Furthermore, a recent study showed that patients described as being “ Uncontrolled Diabetics ” ( defined in this study by HbA1C levels > 8 %) showed a statistically significant decrease in the HbA1C levels after a 90-day period of seven-point Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose ( SMBG ) with a Relative Risk Reduction ( RRR ) of 0. 18 % ( 95 % CI, 0. 86-2. 64 %, p <. 001 ).< ref > Khamseh, M. E., Ansari, M., Malek, M., Shafiee, G., & Baradaran, H. ( 2011 ).

A recent and continuous study by PayScale. com showed economic consultants with a Ph. D. had the overall highest median income for any group, at $ 116, 250 ; the median salary for an assistant professor was $ 63, 500, for an associate professor $ 67, 000, and for a full professor $ 85, 000.

A recent research of the Ministry of Diaspora showed that more than two thirds of Serbs abroad have plans of returning to Serbia, and almost one third is ready to return immediately should they be given a good employment offer.

A recent study of Convolvulaceae species, Ipomoea asarifolia, and its associated fungi showed the presence of a fungus, identified by DNA sequencing of 18s and ITS ribosomal DNA and phylogenetic analysis to be closely related to fungi in the family Clavicipitaceae, was always associated with the presence of ergoline alkaloids in the plant.

Falconer stated that the most recent exhibitions showed " evidence of a serious, committed artist.

The classical scholar Isaac Casaubon in De rebus sacris et ecclesiasticis exercitationes XVI ( 1614 ) showed, through an analysis of the Greek language used in the texts, that those texts which were believed to be of ancient origin were in fact much more recent: most of the " philosophical " Corpus Hermeticum can be dated to around AD 300.