Sentences with phrase «as a research tool in»

Hopefully it will be used as a research tool in ongoing efforts to learn more about and prevent serious head injuries in sports.

A comparable study, she says, may find that lab rats also do not lose hippocampal cells — and thus redeem them as a research tool in studies on the link between alcoholism and memory loss.

The use of ICT in science learning is often limited to using the Internet as a research tool in some classrooms.

Not exact matches

That research will be crucial: An earlier effort by another company, Pathway Genomics, to create a «liquid biopsy» for cancer was greeted in September by a stern letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning that the agency had «not found any published evidence that this test or any similar test has been clinically validated as a screening tool for early detection of cancer in high risk individuals.»

Meanwhile, nearly half (48.8 percent) of U.S. brands used Instagram as a marketing tool in 2016 — and that number is expected to eclipse 70 percent this year, according to research firm eMarketer.

Smartphones are used namely as a research tool to help in purchasing things later online or when they actually go to the store, and tablets are sort of in that middle ground, because they provide the mobile experience but on a larger screen, which is appealing to many consumers.»

Even so, the Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute found in a new study that, for small businesses, their Websites were more important as sales - generation tools than any social media strategy.

Zuckerberg faced tough questions on user privacy, foreign meddling on the site and abuse of social media tools in the wake of reports that research firm Cambridge Analytica improperly gained access to the personal data of as many as 87 million Facebook users.

UBS analyst Brent Thill pointed out in a research note that the deal makes sense in that it extends Microsoft's application layer which has been looking for growth and also ties in nicely with products such as the Delve organization analytics and data visualization tool, Office 365 and Power BI.

MBO does expect these online tools for finding work to grow in importance, but as Steve King, a partner at Emergent Research, which designed the MBO Partners survey, told the HBR Blogs, that doesn't mean the importance of networking is dwindling.

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It says it will use this program to support research activities on «tools and technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain that can contribute to a better online space, increasing cybersecurity and trust in online services».

The company is noting its substantial investment in U.S. research and development as well as tools, has further hinted that it may establish U.S. manufacturing for its P - Series modules.

Anything But Miserable As various media outlets report on the tool, Fundstrat's head of research outlined how recent price dips have given a rare decisive «buy» signal — one of only five in Bitcoin's entire nine - year history.

WASHINGTON North Korea's ruling class has in recent months abandoned Western social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram and Alphabet's Google and dramatically increased its use of tools that cloak internet activity, according to cyber security research published on Wednesday.

However, this is not as easy as it sounds and you have to do a lot of background research on the two given currencies and correctly use the analysis tools to determine the general trend in their values over recent times.

In March of 2008 the Canadian Boreal Initiative, the Pembina Institute and the Alberta Research Council published a report recommending the use of offsets in the oil sands region of Alberta as one tool to control the terrestrial impacts of oil sands development, including the impact on cariboIn March of 2008 the Canadian Boreal Initiative, the Pembina Institute and the Alberta Research Council published a report recommending the use of offsets in the oil sands region of Alberta as one tool to control the terrestrial impacts of oil sands development, including the impact on cariboin the oil sands region of Alberta as one tool to control the terrestrial impacts of oil sands development, including the impact on caribou.

In all fairness, these are enterprise - level tools with all the bells and whistles (such as competitor research).

In my own study and research, I use two or three other similar tools as well.

Its mission, following the example set by Pike, is to build the capacity of the Bible translation movement to use scholarly research as a tool in meeting the challenges it faces.

These findings — published in the June 2014 editions of Molecular Nutrition and Food Research — suggest this ingredient's use as a plausible tool in the comprehensive management of metabolic syndrome (MetS), which is defined as a cluster of heart attack and cardiovascular disease risk factors, including diabetes / prediabetes, abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia and hypertension.

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and national rice research institutes in Bangladesh and the Philippines have joined with Helen Keller International (HKI), a leading global health organization that reduces blindness and prevents malnutrition worldwide, in a new effort to further develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential tool to reduce vitamin A defResearch Institute (IRRI) and national rice research institutes in Bangladesh and the Philippines have joined with Helen Keller International (HKI), a leading global health organization that reduces blindness and prevents malnutrition worldwide, in a new effort to further develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential tool to reduce vitamin A defresearch institutes in Bangladesh and the Philippines have joined with Helen Keller International (HKI), a leading global health organization that reduces blindness and prevents malnutrition worldwide, in a new effort to further develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential tool to reduce vitamin A deficiency.

CSWA's mission is to ensure that the California wine community is recognized globally as the leader in sustainable winegrowing in the marketplace and public policy arena through the development and promotion of sustainable practices, tools for education and outreach, partnerships with key stakeholders, and prioritizing research.

Summary: Leading nutrition and agricultural research organizations are working together to further develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential tool to reduce vitamin A deficiency in the Philippines and Bangladesh.

AOECS has participated in several EU - funded research projects, looking into various aspects of coeliac disease such as the development of a less invasive diagnostic tool as well as evaluations of diagnosis guidelines for children.

Many organizations around the world, including IRRI, are using genetic modification as a research tool and in developing potential GM rice varieties.

Founded in 2008, the council serves as a research and advocacy group, conducting and publishing studies on industry trends and offering educational tools and resources online.

Significant Evidence - Based Research Findings of Infant Massage: • Supports parent - infant interaction • Facilitates weight gain in preterm infants1 • Lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone • Increases muscle tone • Improves sleep and awake patterns • Shortens lengths of stay in hospitals • Improves cognitive and motor development at eight months of age • Infant massage is an inexpensive tool • Can be used as part of the developmental care plan of preterm infants • Recent research shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier diResearch Findings of Infant Massage: • Supports parent - infant interaction • Facilitates weight gain in preterm infants1 • Lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone • Increases muscle tone • Improves sleep and awake patterns • Shortens lengths of stay in hospitals • Improves cognitive and motor development at eight months of age • Infant massage is an inexpensive tool • Can be used as part of the developmental care plan of preterm infants • Recent research shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier diresearch shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier discharge2

Despite widely held misconceptions about hypnosis, a growing body of research supports this ancient practice as an effective tool in the treatment of a variety of issues, from anxiety, creativity, sleep, chronic pain, concentration, natural child birth, weigh loss, phobias, ect.

The voter register is the most important tool for making election outcomes credible, it is like a credible and reliable scientific research which relies on the «sample frame»; it is the touchstone that gives assurance to the fact that the ballot, as expressed in an election, arose from the physical presence of eligible voters at the polling unit who delegated part of their sovereignty temporarily to elected officials.

While the policy notes that «New York's legal code is relatively accessible compared to other states,» it suggests that the state commit to including its laws on a platform such as America Decoded, adopting the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau's eRegs tool to make the laws more accessible, and instituting an «open by default» policy in the area of IT purchasing, data and research.

I want to do my best job to avoid this by keeping the advice of the author in mind and create sub-folders organized by content or how it helps answer a specific research question; I'm becoming savvy with using online file stores and their tagging tools seem to be very helpful, as well as other features.

PET scans have not been widely adopted as a clinical tool but are used in research, which clearly shows amyloid starting to clog the brain some 10 to 15 years before a person shows noticeable memory loss.

One of Sony's goals in providing programmers with the tools to modify AIBO was to encourage academic institutions exploring artificial intelligence and robotics to use the «dog» as a research platform.

All data stored in BIND is freely available to the research community, both academic and private sector, as are all of Blueprint's bioinformatics tools.

«Since this protein is not found in any mammal, it emerges as a good candidate for the development of novel thermogenetic tools to be used for basic research and potentially one day in humans.»

Preliminary results of the study were presented at a World Health Organization (WHO) evidence review group meeting, while UNITAID has issued a call for further research into the use of endectocide class drugs, of which ivermectin is currently the only one registered for human use, as new vector control tools in the fight against malaria and other mosquito borne disease.

«Originally, we created these as an educational tool for visualizing concepts and ideas — in place of a blackboard and hand waving — to help people see things they never did before,» says Thomas DeFanti, a research scientist at UC San Diego's California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, and a pioneer of virtual reality systems.

The report is replete with examples of the social controversies involving science and technology at that time - the biological and environmental effects of nuclear weapons testing, DDT and other dioxins, the use of defoliants and herbicides by the U.S. military in Vietnam, the safety of nuclear power plants, the ban on fetal research, a moratorium on recombinant DNA research, the need for human subject protections and informed consent in genetics research, the misuse of psychology as a tool for torture, the implications of national security controls on science; misconduct in science, and the role of and protections for whistleblowers - many of which continue to resonate in the science and society relationship of today.

The intact virus is pretty redundant as a research tool: the genomes of many strains have been thoroughly sequenced and key proteins required by the functioning virus can be made in the lab.

He is dean of the science faculty at Monash University in Australia and lead scientist for research on developing bacteria - infected mosquitoes as a public health tool.

An internationally - recognized scientist with more than 16 years of experience in translational immunoparasitology research and vaccine development for neglected tropical diseases, Bottazzi's major interest lies in the role of vaccines as control tools integrated into international public and global health programs and initiatives.

Later, as Justin developed his own career and started using DNA amplification and sequencing as major tools in his research arsenal, father and son «would have fabulous — and still do have fabulous — conversations» about techniques, Siegel says.

I combine fundamental research on the genetics of human appearance with applied research such as forensic DNA phenotyping, which is using the prediction of appearance from DNA as a tool in police investigations.

The organization will also identify gaps in research and highlight tools — such as models — for policy - makers looking to apply a scientific approach to decisions on issues such as land management.

Science Immunology publishes original research in all areas of immunology, including new tools and techniques as well as human trials.

The team's next avenue of research will be focused on identifying a «biomarker» that can identify this distinct suppressive cell elsewhere in the body — for example, in blood or other samples — as a potential predictive clinical tool to determine when these cells are present in patients, which currently can not be done.

BP now has access to the intellectual property described in or attached to the surrendered e-mails, «including advanced robotic navigation tools and sub-sea surveillance technologies that have required substantial research investment by our laboratories and have great economic value to marine industries such as offshore energy production.»

They had seated themselves carefully in chairs against the wall, and now they watched as Mignot's associate, Seiji Nishino, reached for his research tools: a can of dog food and a spoon.

«C. elegans is a powerful tool for biological research because it shares many of the same anatomic and cell functions as humans, and their short lifespan (average 17 days) enables us to study genes and measure cell traits in just two to three weeks.»