Sentences with phrase «basis for a research project»

The Unit was under the direction of Dr. M. J. Craft, 1 and the work of the unit formed the basis for a research project for the Home Office.

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At the top end of the soloist market, «we see independent professionals and teams that come together on a project basis,» says George Gendron, former Inc. editor and founder of the Solo Project, a media, research, and education company for independent professproject basis,» says George Gendron, former Inc. editor and founder of the Solo Project, a media, research, and education company for independent professProject, a media, research, and education company for independent professionals.

Over a year which has seen large banks halt funding for fossil fuel projects, major institutions divest from oil, gas and coal holdings, and oil companies snap up power and renewables companies in a bid to diversify their asset base, research published today by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and the Climate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial circles.

It would have been very easy for Bill to do a desk - based research project on how to improve the process.

WASHINGTON, Dec 17th, 2014 — Today Clutch, a Washington, DC - based research firm, published new results on Chicago - based firms who have proven their success through projects for domestic and international clients.

For example, their Technology Readiness Assessments appear to be one of their main projects: «The SciTech department is currently working on industry - level evaluations of technologies and research projects needed to support the clean and plant - based product industries.

There is enough here for you to find a career provided our pro tern political leaders will transform themselves into statesmen, encourage indigenous research, inhibit consumerist hi - tech, and put your talent to developmental projects based on appropriate technology, not multinational gluttony.

So I've been working on a project related to maternal health for the Nashville - based, nonprofit organization Hope Through Healing Hands, and in my research, I bumped into this very cool 2012 TED Talk from Melinda Gates about the importance of access to contraception worldwide.

The findings were announced by Professor Carlo Leifert of the Tesco Centre for Organic Agriculture based at Newcastle University, UK, who with his team are working on the EU funded project called the Quality Low Input Food (QLIF) project, the biggest ever to research the pros and cons of organic farming and food.

Under this Project, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office has engaged consortium teams, lead by Australia's leading research institutions, and involving locally based land and water managers, to develop and implement detailed 5 - year monitoring and evaluation plans for selected areas within the Basin.

One of the key findings uncovered in our Innovate UK, a government - funded research project between OAL and the University of Lincoln at the National Centre for Food Manufacturing, showed that Steam Infusion cooking enables fat reductions of up to 20 % in dairy based sauces.

«This collaborative research project will be coordinated regionally by the Wodonga and Mildura based Murray - Darling Freshwater Research Centre's, which will be undertaken with other research organisations and government agencies working in the Basin,» Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Senator Simon Birmingham sairesearch project will be coordinated regionally by the Wodonga and Mildura based Murray - Darling Freshwater Research Centre's, which will be undertaken with other research organisations and government agencies working in the Basin,» Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Senator Simon Birmingham saiResearch Centre's, which will be undertaken with other research organisations and government agencies working in the Basin,» Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Senator Simon Birmingham sairesearch organisations and government agencies working in the Basin,» Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Senator Simon Birmingham said today.

«PRISM uses remote sensing, crop modeling, cloud computing, and smart phone - based surveys for rice mapping and monitoring,» said Alice Laborte, who leads the PRISM project at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

A state funded, private non-profit organization, the Maine Technology Institute offers early - stage, patient capital and commercialization assistance for the research and development of innovative, technology based projects that create new products and services, generating jobs in the state of Maine.

The Family Rights Group two year action - research project «Fathers Matter» which has been exploring the involvement of fathers in social care settings has now produced a number of exciting outputs, including two major reports, two conferences and a web - based discussion board for professionals, which includes examples of highly promising practice.

Keeping abreast of the new scientific discoveries and tools related to climate change, designing and implementing our own research and monitoring projects, encouraging scientists to use our wildlife sanctuaries, and sharing lessons learned with our partners are appropriate high impact strategies for a science - based organization like Mass Audubon.

Meta - analyses of this expanded research base confirm the model's impacts on a range of risk and protective factors associated with child maltreatment.7, 8,9 In addition, all of the major home visitation models in the U.S. are currently engaged in a variety of research activities, many of which are resulting in better defined models and more rigorous attention to the key issue of participant enrolment and retention, staff training and quality assurance standards.10 For example, recent findings emerging from the initial two - year follow - up of the Early Head Start National Demonstration Project confirm the efficacy of home visitation programs with new parents.

Evidence Basis for the Ten Steps of Mother - Friendly Care in the Journal of Perinatal Education, 2007, Issue 16, a Special Supplement The result of a 2 - year research project by a team of maternity care experts, this important work reviews 15 years worth of scientific studies which and found that the evidence supports complying with each aspect of the ten steps of Mother - Friendly Care.

School gardens can create opportunities for what is called project - based and place - based learning; and on this there is a growing body of research that highlights benefits, including:

In a new Demos report released today, I therefore describe a clear and realistic vision for a better WCA, based on a four - year research project that includes international comparisons, many focus groups with experts and the public, and a new survey.

Even though the BNI research findings are yet to be finalized, the preliminary report which was not based on percentage of votes for each of the candidates nevertheless projected President Mahama to win in the first round.

The governor's budget, which is meant to close a projected $ 7.4 billion budget deficit, eliminated funding for UFT Teacher Centers, a nationally recognized, research - based professional development program.

A new collaborative project between the University of Helsinki and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) is shedding light on the efficacy of environmentally friendly RNA - based vaccines that protect plants from diseases and pests.

From this base, visit Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology campus to meet with local researchers and academics to learn about coral restoration, trap insects and input data into a research project and visit the «sustainable homes» development project — a blueprint for sustainable living.

A smart phone application to de-escalate tensions during traffic stops, a voting machine to give the disabled an accessible way to cast a ballot and a community - based research project to test the impact of mining on the Hopi Navajo Reservation's groundwater provide snapshots of practicing science through the lens of human rights, presentations at an American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting showed.

Stay informed about Project 2061's latest research projects, tools for standards - based reform, professional development workshops, and other resources and activities.

Some of the other projects involve the development of proton exchange membrane for fuel cell application, a gyroscope based on micro-electromechanical technology and research on innovative engineering materials to fabricate ceramic membranes that can partially oxidize methane to syngas used as feedstock in commercial methanol production.

Concerns on the sustainability of the effects form the underlying basis for an extensive research project, initiated by IPBES.

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.

Now, with a $ 2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, AAAS's Project 2061 and the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) are embarking on a project to develop chemistry and biochemistry materials for middle school students and teachers, based on the latest research in leProject 2061 and the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) are embarking on a project to develop chemistry and biochemistry materials for middle school students and teachers, based on the latest research in leproject to develop chemistry and biochemistry materials for middle school students and teachers, based on the latest research in learning.

The award honors federally - funded research projects that may have sounded silly, but turned out to be the basis for important and valuable applications.

Based on complementary metal - oxide - semiconductor (COMS) technology — a standard low - cost, high - volume chip manufacturing technique used for most processors and chips today — a group of researchers from IBM Research in Zurich, Switzerland, together with a consortium working under the EU - funded project «ADDAPT,» have demonstrated a novel optical receiver (RX) that can achieve an aggregate bandwidth of 160 Gb / s through four optical fibers.

«While enthusiasm for medical marijuana is very strong among some people, good - quality research has not caught up,» said Mike Allan, director of evidence - based medicine at the University of Alberta and project lead for the guideline.

For example, the calls from part of the scientific community for the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health to offer more «fellowships rather than project - based research assistant and post-doc funding are attempts to maintain a more master - apprentice type system.&raqFor example, the calls from part of the scientific community for the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health to offer more «fellowships rather than project - based research assistant and post-doc funding are attempts to maintain a more master - apprentice type system.&raqfor the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health to offer more «fellowships rather than project - based research assistant and post-doc funding are attempts to maintain a more master - apprentice type system.»

These schools included «early college» high schools with a STEM focus (that offered both college and high school credits to students); tech - savvy schools that relied entirely on project - based learning (an instructional practice emphasizing student production of knowledge via projects and research); and career / technical education high schools that prepared students for careers such as agriculture or medicine through early experiences in those fields.

NIGMS «is seeking feedback from the research community on the idea of giving all its roughly 3300 investigators the option of applying to swap their project grants for a single, long - term award based largely on their track record,» Kaiser wrote.

These strategies may include support for global and regional scientific research, actively engaging Chinese scientists in large collaborative projects, further opening up some big state - level S&T bases and projects, drawing foreign S&T institutions and scientists into our basic and high - technology research projects, building up a well - functioning and resource - sharing information network, perfecting our talent - training mechanism, and encouraging the exchange or flow of talents.

Since the fungal disease has initially been limited to a small area, an attempt is being made to prevent it from spreading further: The European Union has launched a research project to create the scientific basis for the control of the «devourer of salamanders» as quickly as possible.

The concept isn't really a break with tradition, Bloch insists: ANR takes the place of two funds, now dissolved, which doled out money on a project - by - project basis: the National Fund for Science and the Fund for Technological Research.

«For every ton of CO2 emitted [into] the atmosphere, the natural sinks are removing less carbon than before,» says biologist Josep «Pep» Canadell, executive director of the Global Carbon Project — an Australia — based research consortium devoted to analyzing the pollution behind global warming.

The Antarctica Project has brought together staff from Stanford University, teachers from the San Francisco Bay area and researchers from the Institute for Research on Learning (IRL), a nonprofit - making organisation based in Palo Alto and founded by Xerox in 1987 to «rethink learning».

«Such evidence quantifying shared genetic risk factors among traditional psychiatric diagnoses will help us move toward classification that will be more faithful to nature,» said Bruce Cuthbert, Ph.D., director of the NIMH Division of Adult Translational Research and Treatment Development and coordinator of the Institute's Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project, which is developing a mental disorders classification system for research based more on underlyingResearch and Treatment Development and coordinator of the Institute's Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project, which is developing a mental disorders classification system for research based more on underlyingResearch Domain Criteria (RDoC) project, which is developing a mental disorders classification system for research based more on underlyingresearch based more on underlying causes.

In a new project, it's a good idea to test different methods and we wanted to lay a good foundation for future studies, says researcher Eero Vesterinen from the University of Helsinki, who in his earlier research has specialised in the research of feeding biology, especially by applying molecular research methods based on DNA.

This research is part of multi-pronged project funded in 2014 by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation aimed at partnering with local organizations to develop science - based climate change solutions for coastal communities.

Sam Hamilton was a clinical research associate, then created a new position for herself — a field - based clinical project manager.

The pilot project established a comprehensive scientific and technological roadmap to serve as the basis for the research agenda of the GRAPHENE Flagship — covering electronics, spintronics, photonics, plasmonics and mechanics, and supporting areas such as graphene production and chemistry.

In fact, the PRISM is based on a government research project design that successfully operated in Idaho for decades, under the name the Experimental Breeder Reactor II, or EBR - II.

Your project would fit nicely into the Instructional Materials for Students component, which «supports the creation and substantial revision of comprehensive curricula and supplemental instructional materials that are research - based; enhance classroom instruction pre-K-12; and reflect standards for science, mathematics, and technology education developed by national professional organizations.»

The scholars, who completed the project while working for the former National Science Foundation - funded Center for Nanotechnology in Society based at UCSB, see their research as a baseline, establishing the atmosphere of China's current STEM environment in higher education so that future studies can compare and contrast.

In the selection process, the list of research results is used as the basis for evaluating an applicant's scientific productivity and qualifications in the context of the proposed project, and for assessing his / her ability to successfully carry out and document a research project.