To date, most studies have failed to detect an effect of glucose on α cell KATP-channel activity (Barg et al., 2000; Bokvist et al., 1999; Quoix et al., 2009; Ramracheya et al., 2010), but one study reported a small glucose-induced decrease in KATP channel activity that, paradoxically, was associated with stimulation rather than inhibition of glucagon secretion (Olsen et al., 2005).
A recent meta-analysis of clinical trials of rheumatoid arthritis reported a small but significant increase in infectious respiratory complications but no increase in non-infectious events among participants treated with methotrexate.
Last month, researchers working in San Francisco reported a small but sharp rise in new H.I.V. infections among gay men over the last three years, a trend that doctors fear is mirrored in other major cities.
The 'high craving' alcoholics reported a small but significant increase in difficulty resisting a drink after exposure to masked alcohol pictures.
For example, Google reported a small but significant uptick from 2% of African Americans in their total workforce to 4% African American representation in their 2015 hires.
Only Hodgson et al. [20] reported a small but significant enhancement of the endothelium-independent vasodilation after black tea consumption.
It should be noted that, despite the clear dominance, some participants reported a small but perceptual crescent of the non-dominant target around the target periphery.
Liu et al. [26] tested the effects of stretch frequencies ranging from 0.5 to 2 Hz in vascular smooth muscle cells and reported a small, but significant, effect on cell alignment in which the greatest alignment was observed at 0.5 Hz.
At 6 months follow-up, the control group reported a small but statistically significant reduction of physical workload.
Heyland and colleagues [ 2] reported a small, but significant slowing of GE with increasing age in a mixed critically ill cohort [ 2].
