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He is currently employed on the Electronic Culture
Research Project, a special
initiative of the Uniting Church's Commission in Victoria to explore the impact of electronic media on global cultures and the implications of this cultural
change on religious institutions and on the social experience and expression of religious faith.
Further support for the notion that sustainability may be more compelling than personal health comes from
research conducted by Datassential for the Menus of
Change initiative in conjunction with the Culinary Institute of America.
The Climate
Change Research Program was part of Australia's Farming Future, an Australian Government climate change initiative for primary indus
Change Research Program was part of Australia's Farming Future, an Australian Government climate
change initiative for primary indus
change initiative for primary industries.
As an online resource, it will evolve in response to
changes in professional practice, emerging
research,
changing policy and government - led
initiatives and legislation across the UK.
Biomedical Advanced
Research and Development Authority (BARDA) BARDA and its Project BioShield
initiative would see essentially no
change from FY 2017 omnibus funding levels, with each funded at or just above $ 510 million.
In a project sponsored by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Carbon Monitoring System
research initiative, researchers from the Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI) found that global livestock methane (CH4) emissions for 2011 are 11 % higher than the estimates based on guidelines provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
research initiative, researchers from the Joint Global
Change Research Institute (JGCRI) found that global livestock methane (CH4) emissions for 2011 are 11 % higher than the estimates based on guidelines provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Research Institute (JGCRI) found that global livestock methane (CH4) emissions for 2011 are 11 % higher than the estimates based on guidelines provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) in 2006.
Also at the conference Tuesday, a major alliance of science,
research and United Nations bodies launched a 10 - year initiative — Future Earth Research for Global Sustainability — to commence next year to coordinate scientific research into the major social and environmental challenges from climate change as they emerge over comin
research and United Nations bodies launched a 10 - year
initiative — Future Earth
Research for Global Sustainability — to commence next year to coordinate scientific research into the major social and environmental challenges from climate change as they emerge over comin
Research for Global Sustainability — to commence next year to coordinate scientific
research into the major social and environmental challenges from climate change as they emerge over comin
research into the major social and environmental challenges from climate
change as they emerge over coming years.
In addition to running his own lab, he directs the Applied Neurotherapeutic
Research Group, a collaborative research initiative funded jointly by SFI and Wyeth, to understand the molecular underpinnings of changes in behavior and to identify new drug targets for diseases such as schizo
Research Group, a collaborative
research initiative funded jointly by SFI and Wyeth, to understand the molecular underpinnings of changes in behavior and to identify new drug targets for diseases such as schizo
research initiative funded jointly by SFI and Wyeth, to understand the molecular underpinnings of
changes in behavior and to identify new drug targets for diseases such as schizophrenia.
The DISsertation
initiative for the advancement of Climate
Change ReSearch (DISCCRS) offers a wealth of advice in its career resources.
The annual, weeklong DISsertations
initiative for the advancement of Climate
Change ReSearch Symposium (DISCCRS) helps scientists hone interdisciplinary skills and build collaborative networks.
has increased its direct contact with the wider public through beefed up social media
initiatives, a new email newsletter on trending topics on its site, and improved portals to spotlight important areas such as climate
change, marine science, and cancer
research.
New
research on opioid prescribing in Washington State reports that a health plan
initiative to
change shared expectations of physicians regarding clinically appropriate drug levels for long - term management of chronic pain achieved significantly greater reductions in opioid dosing.
Obama, he said, elevated the role of science and technology advisers throughout the executive branch, put in place plans to mitigate and prepare the United States for the impacts of climate
change, set up health
research initiatives to tackle such priorities as cancer and brain
research, worked with international partners on scientific issues and used the White House as a platform from which to herald science and education, particularly for children.
Since 2000, novel, regionally driven and funded
initiatives have led to the establishment of new
research institutes, which have fostered significant
change.
Despite the pressures, Johnson is committed to his mission as chair — to «effect
change,» something that all scientists have the power to do whether it is with large - scale scientific
initiatives or with simple, sound, significant
research.
For their studies on a species of human malaria that is also carried by monkeys, as part of a larger project funded by the UK
Research Council Living with Environmental
Change initiative, Fornace and her colleagues are using a drone to map
changes in mosquito and monkey habitats and correlate how those
changes affect human infection.
But most
initiatives share the goal of providing an immersive environment to equip participants with specific knowledge and skills over a few days or weeks — and hopefully offering a nice
change of pace from the daily grind of
research and some fun along the way.
To date, $ 106,000 was raised to
change the lives of people with disabilities and will support Kessler Foundation's rehabilitation
research and funding of disability employment
initiatives.
In Missouri, voters approved an
initiative that
changes the state's constitution to protect embryonic stem - cell
research.
It's put climate
change leaders in a variety of key positions, made climate change a priority in initiatives in departments and agencies, revitalized the US Global Change Research Program and other interagency efforts, working with other major emitting countries, both industrialized and developing, to build technology cooperation and individual and joint climate policies consistent with avoiding the unmanageable, and is working with Congress — and this is the toughest part really — working with Congress to get comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will put us on a responsible emissions traje
change leaders in a variety of key positions, made climate
change a priority in initiatives in departments and agencies, revitalized the US Global Change Research Program and other interagency efforts, working with other major emitting countries, both industrialized and developing, to build technology cooperation and individual and joint climate policies consistent with avoiding the unmanageable, and is working with Congress — and this is the toughest part really — working with Congress to get comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will put us on a responsible emissions traje
change a priority in
initiatives in departments and agencies, revitalized the US Global
Change Research Program and other interagency efforts, working with other major emitting countries, both industrialized and developing, to build technology cooperation and individual and joint climate policies consistent with avoiding the unmanageable, and is working with Congress — and this is the toughest part really — working with Congress to get comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will put us on a responsible emissions traje
Change Research Program and other interagency efforts, working with other major emitting countries, both industrialized and developing, to build technology cooperation and individual and joint climate policies consistent with avoiding the unmanageable, and is working with Congress — and this is the toughest part really — working with Congress to get comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will put us on a responsible emissions trajectory.
«IHPC notes reservations about this name
change's implications for
research funding
initiatives, infrastructure, training and agendas for complementary and alternative health disciplines, organizations, and accredited academic institutions (chiropractic, naturopathic medicine, homeopathy, massage therapy, direct entry midwifery, holistic nursing, acupuncture and Oriental medicine, and others).
Technology
initiatives ~ new evaluation systems ~ even
changes to the school calendar these are ideas that
research suggests should improve student outcomes ~ but for some reason ~ in some contexts ~ they don't.
«So, it was a bit of a case of
initiative overload... we needed to make it very clear to staff that we were taking a long - term approach, it was
research - based, you'd be supported with all of this, it's not going to mean dramatic
change very quickly but there is an expectation that there will be
change.»
Research in many nations suggests that laptop programs will be most successful as part of comprehensive
initiatives that also address
changes in education goals, curricula, teacher training, and assessment.
The school leadership team is adamant that the improvements can be ascribed to the school's participation in an
initiative that is based on solid
research, along with a collaborative enquiry approach where evidence, committed leadership, and a culture of learning drive
change and improvement.
Alexandria, Va. (March 18, 2015)-- The National School Boards Association (NSBA), the leading advocate for public education, today introduced its new
research - based
initiative, Leading the
Change, developed by its Center for Public Education.
Use the
research, tools, and community you'll find with MyWays to launch your school -
change initiative and reimagine your learning and assessment designs.
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) today introduced its new
research - based
initiative, «Leading the
Change,» developed by its Center for Public Education (CPE).
However,
research has noted that many professional development
initiatives appear ineffective in supporting
changes in teachers» practices and student learning.
Before joining Education Northwest, she served as a data coach with the San Francisco Unified School District, evaluated school and district reform
initiatives, and consulted on organizational learning, systems
change, and
research - practitioner partnerships.
Related, the NCTQ advance a set of non-at-all-
research-based claims that «there has been some good progress on connecting the dots in the states, [but] unless pay scales
change [to increase merit pay
initiatives, abort traditional salary schedules, and abandon traditional bonus pay systems, which
research also does not support], evaluation is only going to be a feedback tool [also currently false] when it could be so much more [also currently false]» (p. vi).
Participants noted that the comments from the staff and students showed a positive response to new policy
initiatives and structural
changes in the redesigned schools and
research - based structural
changes (small classes, focused curriculum, etc.) that supported improved student achievement and staff professionalism.
Khan Academy's #YouCanLearnAnything
initiative is trying to
change how people think about learning based on
research on growth mindset.
His
research interests include supporting educators to teach for understanding and build a classroom culture of thinking; pedagogies focused on educating for global competence; and the challenges of sustaining
change initiatives in educational settings.
Working as a group, BEAK will start with
research and a landscape assessment, and set forth a strategic plan of action to drive industry
initiatives,
change perception and behavior and, ultimately, grow the category.
Described by developer plethora - project as «both an educational and
research initiative,» Block» hood was recognized in several competitions for games that are intended to make an impact and encourage
change.
For instance, an effort to shape an
initiative for curbing emissions would have a higher chance of success if it considered
research showing which messages and incentives cause people to
change, or resist
change.
The goal of the paper I have just written is to «restart» the discussion of climate
change, which, as I see it, is on the verge of disappearing from view, putting into cold storage both 1) the policy
initiatives like carbon prices and regulations that could have short - term impact on wedge technologies like conventional renewables, efficiency, and CCS, and 2) commitments to the advancement of a climate -
change - driven
research frontier.
As part of this new collaboration, at this conference the global - environmental -
change programmes support a major
research initiative, Future Earth:
research for global sustainability.
NE and HM Hayward Family Fdn grant for «To underwrite the redwoods and climate
change initiative and on going
research of the redwoods»
The workshop was convened to build on the momentum of the successful Future Earth Past Global
Changes (PAGES 2k)
initiative and foster a more coordinated approach to coral paleoclimate
research.
(vi) Focused
research initiatives to understand the nature of and interaction among physical, chemical, biological, land use, and social processes related to global and regional climate
change.
Before the World Climate Simulation started, participants were asked to fill in the pre-surveys, a
research initiative of the UMass Lowell Climate
Change Initiative assessing the learning outcomes of World Climate.
The American Security Project is a non-profit, bipartisan public policy and
research initiative to educate the American public about the
changing nature of national security in the 21st century.
Led by Dr. James E. Hansen from 1981 to 2013,
research at GISS emphasized a broad study of global
change, which is an interdisciplinary
initiative addressing natural and man - made
changes in our environment that occur on various time scales — from one - time forcings such as volcanic explosions, to seasonal / annual effects such as El Niño, and on up to the millennia of ice ages — and that affect the habitability of our planet.
The Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RRC.AP), a UNEP collaboration centre located in the Asian Institute of Technology, entrusted to the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) the task of conducting an in - depth
research into the determinants and effectiveness of local - level adaptation to climate
change as part of an initiative called the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia
change as part of an
initiative called the Regional Climate
Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia
Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia (AKP).
A
research initiative that mapped decisions by town managers in Maine to sources of climate information, engineering design, mandated requirements, and calendars identified the complex, multi-jurisdictional challenges of widespread adaptation for even such seemingly simple actions as using larger culverts to carry water from major storms.116 To help towns adapt culverts to expected climate
change over their lifetimes, the Sustainability Solutions
Initiative is creating decision tools to map culvert locations, schedule maintenance, estimate needed culvert size, and analyze replacement needs and costs.
Before joining Climate Analytics, Theresa worked as a scientific project coordinator at the Potsdam - Institute for Climate Impact
Research (PIK) supporting the implementation of two EU - funded research projects dealing with climate change in cities and the role of community - based initiatives in the low - carbon tra
Research (PIK) supporting the implementation of two EU - funded
research projects dealing with climate change in cities and the role of community - based initiatives in the low - carbon tra
research projects dealing with climate
change in cities and the role of community - based
initiatives in the low - carbon transition.
The Bush Administration today announced unprecedented federal
initiatives designed to organize the federal government's climate
change science
research system along with funding for global climate observation.