Studies of membership trends, even in some areas where population is expanding, show that numbers of churches have had little net increase, though many new members were received.

Studies show that AAC use does not impede the development of speech, and may even result in a modest increase in speech production.

Studies examining falls in this population show that 74-93 % of patients have fallen at least once in the past year and up to 60 % admit to fear of falling.

Studies of skeletal remains show that this growth was due to increased fertility rather than decreased mortality.

Studies published in 2004 and 2007 show the combined frequency of M7a and N9b to be at least 28 % in Okinawans ( 7 / 50 M7a1, 6 / 50 M7a ( xM7a1 ), 1 / 50 N9b ), 17. 6 % in Ainus ( 8 / 51 M7a ( xM7a1 ), 1 / 51 N9b ), and 10 % ( 97 / 1312 M7a ( xM7a1 ), 1 / 1312 M7a1, 28 / 1312 N9b ) to 17 % ( 15 / 100 M7a1, 2 / 100 M7a ( xM7a1 )) in mainstream Japanese.

Studies conducted by the APPA show substantial evidence that young adults who feel a sense of belonging in a community, particularly small communities, develop fewer psychiatric and depressive disorders than those who do not have the feeling of love and belonging.

Studies comparing cognitive functions before and after treatment for acute malarial illness continued to show significantly impaired school performance and cognitive abilities even after recovery.

Studies show that though many people participate in gambling as a form of recreation or even as a means to gain an income, gambling, like any behavior which involves variation in brain chemistry, can become a psychologically addictive and harmful behavior in some people.

Studies of miners and astronomers working at 3000 meters and above show improved alveolar pO < sub > 2 </ sub > with full acclimatization, yet the pO < sub > 2 </ sub > level remains equal to or even below the threshold for continuous oxygen therapy for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD ).

Studies have suggested that the earliest hominins were dimorphic and that this lessened over the course of the evolution of the genus Homo, correlating with humans becoming more monogamous, whereas gorillas, who live in harems, show a large degree of sexual dimorphism.

Studies of recent interest show that the Insulin / IGF axis play an important role in aging.

Studies show that lesbians have a higher body mass and are generally less concerned about weight issues than heterosexual women, and lesbians consider women with higher body masses to be more attractive than heterosexual women do.

Studies show up to half a million cases of Lassa fever per year in West Africa, with 5000 resulting in death.

Studies also show that married couples find the highest level of satisfaction in egalitarian relationships.

Studies show that nicotinamide has anxiolytic ( anti-anxiety ) properties.

Studies show that risk of ulceration is less with nabumetone than with ibuprofen alone.

Studies involving rapidly changing scenes show the percept derives from numerous processes that involve time delays.

Studies show that private market factors can more efficiently deliver many goods or service than governments due to free market competition.

Studies utilizing positron-emission tomography ( PET ) have found during tasks that invoke disfluent speech, stutterers show hypoactivity in cortical areas associated with language processing, such as Broca ’ s area, but hyperactivity in areas associated with motor function.

Studies by Keith Ward show that overall religion is a positive contributor to mental health.

Their data show that the most-cited think tank was the Brookings Institution, followed by the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Enterprise Institute, the Heritage Foundation, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Studies show that under ideal propagation conditions ( simulations ), Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum ( DSSS ) provides the highest throughput for all nodes on a network when used in conjunction with CSMA / CA and the IEEE 802. 11 RTS / CTS exchange under light network load conditions.

Studies show a high incidence of psychiatric disorders in suicide victims at the time of their death with the total figure ranging from 98 % to 87. 3 % with mood disorders and substance abuse being the two most common.

Studies using Vanessa atalanta in a windtunnel show that they use a wide variety of aerodynamic mechanisms to generate force.

Studies show that children with disabilities, like CP, participate mainly in informal activities that are carried out in the family environment and are organized by adults.

Studies also found that equal educational levels did not — in any category of training — prevent women's wages from lagging behind those paid to men.

Studies suggest that working memory can be improved by training in ADHD patients through computerized programs.

The Institute for Strategic and Development Studies ( ISDS Philippines ) is an independent non-profit, policy research and advocacy institution that is also involved in training activities in cooperation with other training institutions at home and abroad.

It offers Rabbinical, Kohanim, and Jewish Pastor Studies, in addition to other options of study such as Holistic Medicine through traditional Apprenticeship methods of training ( Rabbi to Disciple or Doctor to Student ).

The Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education ( IVE ) provides training in nine different vocational fields, namely: Applied Science ; Business Administration ; Child Education and Community Services ; Construction ; Design ; Printing, Textiles and Clothing ; Hotel, Service and Tourism Studies ; Information Technology ; Electrical and Electronic Engineering ; and Mechanical, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering.

This university includes several colleges including the Institute for Language and Culture Studies ( ILCS ) which provides training to undergraduate students in national language, culture and traditions of Bhutan at Simtokha Dzong.

PASSIA ’ s educational and training seminars are divided into two categories: In ­ ternational Affairs – including seminars on Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, Strategic Studies and Security, the EU, Education on Democ ­ racy, The Foreign Policies of Arab States, Japan and the Middle East, and The United States and Canada: Political Systems, Policy-Making and the Middle East – and Civil Society Empowerment, with seminars held to date including those on Policy-Making, Strategic Planning & Media & Com ­ munication Skills.

Studies the methodology and practices involved in training soldiers, NCOs ( non-commissioned officers, i. e. sergeants and corporals ), and officers.

In addition to the annual Festival, Aldeburgh Music also runs the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme ( formerly the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies ), Aldeburgh Residencies-a programme offering bespoke training and development opportunities to UK and international artists – Aldeburgh Young Musicians for exceptionally talented young people between the ages of 8 and 18, The Jerwood Opera Writing Programme, for the development of new opera, as well as an extensive education programme.

The Center for Higher Studies of the Consciousness in Brazil is another large OBE training facility.

In the mission territories of the Third World, he emphasized the necessity of training native priests to quickly replace the European missionaries, and founded the Pontifical Oriental Institute of Studies and the Coptic College in the Vatican.

According to a 2005 article by Randy Borum and Chuck Tilby, in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: " Some organizations such as Ruckus Society and Anarchist Black Cross Federation even specialize in providing training in activism and varying forms of civil disobedience.

In order to provide a professional level of forestry training suited to " American conditions ," as Pinchot defined them, the Pinchot family endowed a 2-year graduate-level School of Forestry at Yale University ( now the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies ).

* the Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies, the state's only Physician Assistant training program.

* Jody Hanson, Learning to be a prostitute: Education and training in the New Zealand Sex industry, Women's Studies Journal, 12 ( 2 ): 77-85, 1996

Midshipmen specializing in warfare remain at the college for the Initial Warfare Officer's Foundation course, which completes part of a Foundation degree in Naval Studies ( equating to two thirds of a Bachelor's degree ), on completion of initial professional training.

Studies also report that fitness and aerobic training will increase cardiovascular fitness ; however the benefits will not be transferred to the functional level.

Theological training is provided through the Institute of Reformed Baptist Studies ( IRBS ) at Westminster Seminary California.

Located close to the main campus is the Institute of Professional Legal Studies at Queen's which offers training to law graduates to enable them to practise as solicitors or barristers in Northern Ireland, England & Wales and the Republic of Ireland.

Another cross-border initiative DCU is working with is the Centre for Cross Border Studies which researches and develops cooperation across the Irish border in education, training, health, business, public administration, communications, agriculture and the environment.

He is alleged to have written a 180-page manual entitled " Military Studies in the Holy Struggle against Tyrants ", and directed Afghan training camps himself.

As a field, it is most closely tied to anthropology and sociology, although a degree program in Intercultural Relations or Intercultural Studies may also include the study of history, research methods, urban studies, gender studies, public health, many various natural sciences, human development, political science, psychology, and linguistics or other language training.

Many Intercultural Studies programs are offered at religious institutions as training for missionaries and religiously motivated international development workers, and therefore often include some training in theology and evangelism.