Sentences with phrase «researchers focused their analyses»

Researchers focused their analyses on individuals with ambient exposures to pesticides at work and at home, using information from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.

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Although it's written by a researcher who focuses his analysis upon American believers and churches, and although he sometimes gets a little too «visionary» and formulaic for my taste, you might find a couple of nuggets of truth in his words.

Using a representative sample of 20 different methods for predicting extreme sea levels the researchers focused intensely on the measures of uncertainty that accompany any prediction, but that are particularly vexing in the analysis of extremes.

Our researchers may offer a broad range of laboratory work or focus on specific technical tasks, such as high - performance liquid chromatography or statistical analysis.

The researchers also collected blood for a genetic analysis, focusing on a gene known as BDNF (brain - derived neurotrophic factor).

When the researchers repeated the analysis to focus on problem gambling − a larger group of people than those with the more narrowly defined pathological gambling − they found that 16 percent of relatives of the pathological gamblers were problem gamblers compared to 3 percent of relatives of controls.

He has worked in the biotech industry as a research scientist for over 11 years with a focus on emerging technologies including gene targeting in mice, molecular analysis of transgenes using GFP variants at the single cell level, and developing flow cytometry reagent kits to speed up assay development time for researchers.

Although there is anecdotal evidence that suggests shorter adults wait longer for lung transplantation, this is the first study to the researchers» knowledge of an analysis that focuses on the impact of short stature on waiting time and waiting list mortality.

The researchers suggest, based on their analysis of the data, that screening compliance could be increased by focusing educational and outreach efforts on certain groups who were less likely to get their infants screened for congenital CMV: less educated mothers, babies not born in a hospital and infants who received hearing tests later than 14 days after birth.

The team's analysis focused on zirconium alloys, which are widely used in the nuclear industry, but the basic principles they found could apply to many metallic alloys used in other energy systems and infrastructure applications, the researchers say.

Last year a huge genetic analysis gave us some interesting clues, and now, researchers are focusing in on the most promising results.

Researchers have also focused on the development and application of sophisticated tools for genome analysis that permit high resolution mapping of deletions, amplifications and changes in the sequence or epigenetic status of chromosomal loci.

Catherine Snow: Incorporating Rich Language in Early Education Educations Funders Researchers Initiative, November 18, 2013 «Taking on the task of improving reading skills, for all children and especially for those scoring at the bottom of the skill distribution, requires three simple things: first, we must provide all children with experiences designed to ensure a broad knowledge base and rich language before entry to kindergarten; second, we must redesign post-primary instruction to focus on discussion, analysis, critique, and synthesis; and third, we must redirect resources from testing children to assessing what is actually going on inside classrooms,» writes Professor Catherine Snow.

In focus groups the researchers ran concurrently with the meta - analysis, some parents talked about their belief that children learn from failure.

Focusing on two complementary longitudinal methods — individual growth modeling and survival analysis — Willett and Singer provide new avenues for researchers to address critical questions about how things evolve and how long it takes for change to occur.

This symposium provides both useful data and exemplary analyses that researchers, states, and districts can replicate within their own contexts as an aid to more effectively focusing resources and targeting practices to promote English learner success.

Utilizing a social design approach in which participating teachers and the researcher co-construct student learning cycles focused on the analysis, design, and sharing of digital political narratives, the study will highlight the literacy aspects of participatory politics and its implications for re-imagining the nature and purpose of civic expression.

During data analysis focusing on teachers» attention to content specific language / literacy skills, the researchers, with diverse experience and expertise in content specific literacy, made the decision on teachers» sensitivity for and ability to incorporate appropriate language requirements.

As part of the yearlong study, the student researchers participated in a twice - weekly course that focused on their work, and consequently, the students became the driving force in the data collection and analyses.

Nationally recognized researchers at Research for Action (RFA) have been studying the early adoption of LDC tools, focusing on teachers» response to and use of the tools in 2010 — 2011, expanding to include an analysis of the scale - up of the initiative in 2011 — 2012 and, in 2012 — 2013, evaluating the status of the initiative and how conditions that support robust implementation are related to scale - up and sustainability of this intensive instructional work.

One study followed the academic progress of 2,300 students in New York City who were enrolled in a dual credit program focusing on occupational training, and the other, much larger, study focused on 33,000 students in Florida, a state that collects extensive data on students from kindergarten through college, giving researchers an unusually rich set of material for analysis.

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Nisbet: In conducting any media analysis, as a researcher you have to make choices about which areas of the news media to focus on, basing these choices on past research, theoretical assumptions, and the types of popular arguments voiced about the media.

In this particular meta - analysis, researchers reviewed results of studies on 82 school - based, social and emotional learning interventions that were universal, or administered to all students instead of focusing on those with specific social or behavioral problems.