Sentence examples for mostly on studies from inspiring English sources

The findings fly in the face of previous optimistic assumptions about shared decision-making that were based mostly on studies that examined physicians' intent, but not patient perceptions.

Until now, evidence that the Mediterranean diet reduced the risk of heart disease was weak, based mostly on studies showing that people from Mediterranean countries seemed to have lower rates of heart disease — a pattern that could have been attributed to factors other than diet.

A large number of mechanisms have been proposed to play a role in intracellular killing, based mostly on studies of mammalian phagocytic cells (Haas, 2007).

Our current knowledge of the CSL family derives exclusively from metazoan model organisms and is based mostly on studies concerning development and the Notch pathway [ 2, 9, 13].

The SH7PCs are structurally uncharacterized, and our current understanding of their enzyme mechanisms is based mostly on studies of two other sugar phosphate cyclases: dehydroquinate synthase (DHQS) and 2-deoxy scyllo-inosose synthase (DOIS).

The dose-response relationship of exercise on symptoms and function is not clear and exercise recommendations in osteoarthritis guidelines are based mostly on studies on elderly people, i.e. mean age ≥ 65 [ 3, 13- 15].

Although substantial effort has been devoted to understanding GH activities, structures, and mechanism of action, past efforts have been focused mostly on studying one or few enzymes at a time.

At the same time, these codes are based mostly on studying the effects of straight line winds and not on tornado type winds, especially on low-rise, wood framed buildings which make up majority of structures in the United States.

In contrast, previous work has focused mostly on studying the network when it showed higher traffic volume or population density [28], without controlling for covariates or population size, which we do in this work.

Owing to the scarcity of experimental studies, the review of empirical work is based mostly on observational studies.

Dr. Ira J. Goldberg, chief of the division of preventive medicine and nutrition at Columbia, said the triglyceride case had mostly rested on studies showing an association between high triglyceride levels and an increased incidence of heart disease.