Sentences with phrase «also directs research»

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«The researchers think pre-questions probably have this benefit because they act as an «orienting device», directing viewers to look out for specific information, and perhaps also because they reduce viewers» complacency and overconfidence in their knowledge, thus motivating them to pay more attention,» reports the British Psychological Society Research Digest's write - up of the findings.

Beyond its direct services, Livestrong also lobbies the government, conducts research on survivors, and funds smaller nonprofits like Camp Kesem, a camp for kids whose parents have, or have died from, cancer.

While that will undoubtedly help students and scientists save tons of time sifting through articles on PubMed, Meta can also help organizations decide where to direct their research budgets by identifying trends in certain areas of study or finding authors who have shown promising work in the past.

She also played a key role in the President's 2004 re-election campaign, in which she served as a senior strategist directing opinion research and paid media.

Combining investment research and portfolio management with direct client relationships, Mr. Roberts also served as the firm's Chief Compliance Officer from 2004 - 2016 and represents KF investors as a director or observer on the boards of several private venture companies.

He will also have direct responsibility for research and development.

In addition to leading direct origination activities for Oberon, Sonny also supports the firm's research, campaign management, and marketing initiatives.

There is also a fifth, more detached, philosophical way of looking at these issues without appealing to «direct historical influence» as if it were some sort of causal connection as Lowe claims it is.7 Of course the fourth line and fifth lines are outside ordinary present - day historiographical research, excepting undergraduates in general education courses (who seem inevitably to find, in spite of the odds in a fair - sized library, Russell's History of Western Philosophy first, and then cite it liberally).

But they also gathered to research the racism they fought, and to take direct nonviolent action against it — a kind of «in their face» loving of one's enemies.

She also directs multisponsored, custom, ad - hoc and full - service quantitative and qualitative research solutions.

She also directs multi-sponsored, custom, ad - hoc and full - service quantitative and qualitative research solutions.

You may recall that back in August 2010, Melissa Cheyney, the Director of Research for the Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) and also the head of the Board of Direct Entry Midwifery, rejected a call by the State of Oregon for access to the MANA homebirth death rates for Oregon.

Dr. Cheyney is also a Certified Professional Midwife in active practice, the Chair of the Governor - appointed Board of Direct - entry Midwifery for the State of Oregon, and the Chair of the Division of Research for the Midwives Alliance of North America where she directs the MANA Statistics Project — the only existing data repository for planned homebirth in the United States.

City Court prosecutors must also direct follow - up investigation, conduct legal research, respond to motions, obtain statements from witnesses, locate and secure evidence, conduct pre-trial hearings, and take cases to trial if they can not be resolved by a plea bargain.

He has also worked on housing and regeneration issues, analysing the direct and indirect impacts and drivers of city housing markets across the country, and led research evaluating how cities can foster relations between universities and high growth firms, and capitalise on opportunities in the low carbon economy.

In the same period, he's also directed money to politicians, according to Buffalo News research.

Appropriators also directed VA to emphasize or expand research on prosthetics for female veterans, respiratory disease, and exoskeleton technology for rehabilitation, among other items.

«Because this binding causes EphA2 internalization, we also sought to conjugate 123B9 with paclitaxel and thus direct the drug to migrating cancer cells,» said Pellecchia, who holds the Daniel Hays Chair in Cancer Research at UCR.

Forensic Alliance Ltd. in Abingdon, UK, offers forensic services and is also involved in research directed at applying scientific tools to forensics.

Some sponsors will also have significant input into the development of your project if they hope it will produce results they can use, whereas others (such as the Research Councils) will not have a direct interest in the topic.

The survey also revealed a wide range of graduate curricula: programs within astronomy, physics - astronomy, and physics departments; direct - entry Ph.D. programs, and programs which required, and valued, the MSc; programs with extensive and compulsory course requirements, and others which replace courses with minicourses, self - study courses, or extra research projects; programs in which coursework (if any) was purely astronomy, and others which included physics or other subjects; programs with comprehensive exams, and others without or with an exam which was basically a defence of the Ph.D. proposal.

The team at the University's Medical Research Council Centre for Regenerative Medicine were surprised to find the molecules can also boost direct conversions from one type of mature cell to another — including transforming skin cells into brain cells.

Pleasure, who is research director at Shriner's Hospital for Children Northern California and also directs the Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, noted that considerable research interest has arisen about the use of minocycline for diseases of the central nervous system because of the increasing evidence about its neuroprotective effects.

Serageldin directed the library, also known as the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and its 14 affiliated research institutes and museums, from 2001 until he retired this year.

The work also paid some direct dividends for her graduate research.

The recommendations also encourage hiring managers and funding agencies to pay attention to an applicant's nonpublication «research output» — language reminiscent of the National Science Foundation's recent revisions to its Grant Proposal Guide that direct applicants to list research «products» instead of publications.

The research has direct implications for galvanizing public support and action in relation to environmental issues but it also sheds light on promoting public engagement in societal issues, more broadly.

Spending had peaked at $ 171 million in 2009, but Sherlock says that «this level of funding will also ensure that in 2012 SFI can maintain its direct support to its current funded research community of 3000 or so top - class researchers.»

The practice guides may also direct future research, says psychology professor Sharon Carver, a member of the early math panel and director of Carnegie Mellon's Children's School.

«One of the wise things about federal research policy since World War II is that it wasn't directed solely at conducting research but also at building capacity for research,» science and health policy journalist Daniel Greenberg says.

Getting to attend the Lindau conference will not only give me the opportunity to be up to date with the ongoing advancements in research, but will also direct my vision to various other possibilities through which I can add new dimensions to my research.

Undertaking part of her PhD research in Valencia has enabled mechanical engineer Cliodhna Lyons to extend and accelerate her project, while also being exposed to industry - directed research and new cultural experiences.

It will take a toll on China's hydroelectric output, and also push up the cost of using it,» explained Lin, who directs the China Center for Energy Economics Research at Xiamen University.

«Our research may also help identify individuals who would benefit the most of LRRK2 - directed therapies, thereby contributing to the field of personalized medicine.»

Action potentials, also known as nerve impulses, are electrical messages sent from our brains to other organs and muscles; for instance, nerves in the brain transmit action potentials through neural networks to direct our arm muscles to contract in order to call into action our hands to lift or hold an item, a primary research focus at the Columbia Motor Neuron Center, to which both the Zhang and Wichterle labs are affiliated.

The work, directed by researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., found that some study participants who reported receiving flu vaccines had a strong immune response not only against the seasonal H3N2 flu strain from 2010, when blood samples were collected for analysis, but also against flu subtypes never included in any vaccine formulation.

She is also assistant vice president for research at CSU and directs the university's research integrity office, which offers training in research integrity and helps with misconduct investigations.

The basic research conducted in the ISS lab also has a direct practical benefit: «The experiment provides key data that enables us to gauge the risk on future spaceflights more effectively,» says Ullrich.

The Rockefellers also played a direct role in the birth of the Cancer Research Institute.

Other Gladstone colleagues who are also members of the AAP include Gladstone President, R. Sanders Williams, MD; Senior Investigator and President Emeritus Robert W. Mahley, MD, PhD; Senior Investigator Lennart Mucke, MD, who directs neurological research at Gladstone, and Senior Investigator Eric Verdin involved in virology and immunology research.

The research, submitted to the journal Nature for publication, also provides direct evidence of ripples in the structure of space - time made by gravitational waves, and it affirms the often tense link between quantum mechanics and Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.

My ultimate career goal is to enjoy a hybrid position that involves directing a diagnostic laboratory while also performing functional studies dedicated to improving and expanding the identification of pathological genomic variants by leveraging the above research paradigm.

He also directs the Winspear Family Special Center for Research on the Neuropathology of Alzheimer's Disease, established at UT Southwestern in 2002 by a generous gift from the Bill and Margot Winspear Family.

In addition to neuroscience research, the CBN also directs a comprehensive education program designed to educate the next generation of scientists, including the Neuroscience Expo, which has been produced since 2003.

An international research consortium led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the University of Chicago has answered several questions about the genetic background of obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette syndrome (TS), providing the first direct confirmation that both are highly heritable and also revealing major differences between the underlying genetic makeup of the disorders.

Dr. Yamanaka, who did his postdoctoral training at Gladstone in the 1990s, also directs the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), and is a principal investigator at the Institute for Integrated Cell - Material Sciences (iCeMS)-- both located at Japan's Kyoto University.

October 24, 2013 Genetic analysis reveals novel insights into the genetic architecture of obsessive - compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome An international research consortium led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the University of Chicago has answered several questions about the genetic background of obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette syndrome (TS), providing the first direct confirmation that both are highly heritable and also revealing major differences between the underlying genetic makeup of the disorders.

Melton is also a pioneer in direct cellular reprogramming research — the transformation of one type of adult cell into another, without first going through a stem cell state.

«Ultimately, it may also help direct future research addressing important questions about the evolution of cancer transmissibility and what causes remission and reoccurrence in cancer and other diseases.»

At Gladstone, he also directs the Hellman Family Foundation Alzheimer's Disease Research Program.