Sentences with phrase «by academic theory»

Only one problem: what started as Diehl's sensible assault on lazy writing and lazy thinking has become an excuse for yet another cliché, contemporary art destroyed by academic theory.

Until the nineteenth century Western art was dominated by the academic theory of History painting and High art (grand manner).

Not exact matches

No. 2 My next suggestion is to read something by Edward Freeman on what's known in academic circles as «Stakeholder Theory.»

Its research activities seek to develop actionable, prescriptive theory that can guide general managers in the decisions they must make, re-invigorating general management research by following a proven research process, refining it through collaboration with practitioners, and then distributing it to a broad audience In pursuit of these goals, the Forum both hosts conferences to bring together academic experts, leading practitioners, and Harvard Business School alumni to develop current ideas and engages in extensive publishing activities.

Much of the academic work on agency theory in the decades since has focused on ensuring that managers seek to maximize shareholder returns — primarily by aligning their interests with those of shareholders.

My next suggestion is to read something by Edward Freeman on what's known in academic circles as «Stakeholder Theory.»

Financial industry norms and academic theories — even popular beliefs — have always assumed assets saved for retirement would be systematically withdrawn — following the «4 % rule» or some other rule of thumb or system — by retirees in order to maintain a consistent standard of living.

The PhD program at the Rotman School is designed to prepare individuals for academic and research careers by providing in - depth education in current and emerging theory.

Alternative Money University will help 30 qualified students to develop such an understanding by participating in an intensive academic workshop about monetary history, the theory and practice of monetary policy, and the workings of unconventional monetary arrangements.

Religious believers are likely to get further in discourse with the current generation of secular academics by 1) continually demonstrating, as Posner himself seems to intuit, that only a moral theory founded on God can actually «work,» in the sense of bridging the gap between «is» and «ought»; and 2) demonstrating the inherent self «contradictions of the moral theories advocated by the «secular liberals.»

Academic moral theory, like preaching, «stiffens the backbone» of one's coreligionists (or co «ideologues) by «convincing people who think like you that they are not alone in their beliefs [and] have the backing of someone who is confident, competent, articulate, and thoughtful.»

When we view the domination of the university by academic disciplines based on modern metaphysics, and the domination of the world by policies that derive from the theories taught there, it is hard not to become deeply discouraged.

[6] At the academic level, the field of New Testament studies has shown its sensitivity to various theories emerging from diverse fields by wrestling with the challenges issuing from such theories.

A fierce debate among academics about secularization theory — the view that societies will become less religious as they modernize — seems to have been won by the skeptics.

Their nonprofit endorses specific parenting strategies based on attachment theory and supported by academic research.

It's not clear if Carranza saw the letter before he told Chalkbeat last week that the Renewal program lacks a single clear «theory of action» and noted that simply providing a package of social services (as the city does by making each Renewal a «community school») «doesn't cause academic improvement.»

The report draws on government and trade statistics, academic evidence and economic theory to challenge arguments that the health and social benefits of reducing alcohol consumption are likely to come at a cost to the economy, finding: · Any reduction in employment and income resulting from lower spending on alcohol would be offset by spending on other goods · Econometric analysis of US states suggests that a 10 % decrease in alcohol consumption is associated with a 0.4 % increase in per capita income growth · Lower alcohol consumption could also reduce the economic costs of impaired workplace productivity, alcohol - related sickness, unemployment and premature death, which are estimated to cost the UK # 8 - 11 billion a year The analysis comes at a timely moment, with health groups urging the Chancellor to raise alcohol duty in next month's Budget.

Academic research builds theories and models that contribute to volcano monitoring outside of the university; such monitoring is coordinated by government agencies but facilitated partly by academia.

According to Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel at Thomas More, Dawn and Julie's method of presenting the material and asking the students to pick a theory and debate it, based on the evidence, is a method of teaching that's supported by the judicial concept of academic freedom: that teachers and students have the right to pursue knowledge, wherever it may lead.

This order is intuitive and reflected in many features of academic life, but whether it reflects the «hardness» of scientific research — i.e., the extent to which research questions and results are determined by data and theories as opposed to non-cognitive factors — is controversial.

David Dean, director of the Physics Division and ORNL Isotope Program, was nominated by the AAAS section on physics for «distinguished contributions to the field of nuclear theory, particularly for development and application of innovative computational techniques and for academic leadership and public service.»

Susan Amara, USA - «Regulation of transporter function and trafficking by amphetamines, Structure - function relationships in excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs), Modulation of dopamine transporters (DAT) by GPCRs, Genetics and functional analyses of human trace amine receptors» Tom I. Bonner, USA (Past Core Member)- Genomics, G protein coupled receptors Michel Bouvier, Canada - Molecular Pharmacology of G protein - Coupled Receptors; Molecular mechanisms controlling the selectivity and efficacy of GPCR signalling Thomas Burris, USA - Nuclear Receptor Pharmacology and Drug Discovery William A. Catterall, USA (Past Core Member)- The Molecular Basis of Electrical Excitability Steven Charlton, UK - Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery Moses Chao, USA - Mechanisms of Neurotophin Receptor Signaling Mark Coles, UK - Cellular differentiation, human embryonic stem cells, stromal cells, haematopoietic stem cells, organogenesis, lymphoid microenvironments, develomental immunology Steven L. Colletti, USA Graham L Collingridge, UK Philippe Delerive, France - Metabolic Research (diabetes, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver, cardio - vascular diseases, nuclear hormone receptor, GPCRs, kinases) Sir Colin T. Dollery, UK (Founder and Past Core Member) Richard M. Eglen, UK Stephen M. Foord, UK David Gloriam, Denmark - GPCRs, databases, computational drug design, orphan recetpors Gillian Gray, UK Debbie Hay, New Zealand - G protein - coupled receptors, peptide receptors, CGRP, Amylin, Adrenomedullin, Migraine, Diabetes / obesity Allyn C. Howlett, USA Franz Hofmann, Germany - Voltage dependent calcium channels and the positive inotropic effect of beta adrenergic stimulation; cardiovascular function of cGMP protein kinase Yu Huang, Hong Kong - Endothelial and Metabolic Dysfunction, and Novel Biomarkers in Diabetes, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia and Estrogen Deficiency, Endothelium - derived Contracting Factors in the Regulation of Vascular Tone, Adipose Tissue Regulation of Vascular Function in Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension, Pharmacological Characterization of New Anti-diabetic and Anti-hypertensive Drugs, Hypotensive and antioxidant Actions of Biologically Active Components of Traditional Chinese Herbs and Natural Plants including Polypehnols and Ginsenosides Adriaan P. IJzerman, The Netherlands - G protein - coupled receptors; allosteric modulation; binding kinetics Michael F Jarvis, USA - Purines and Purinergic Receptors and Voltage-gated ion channel (sodium and calcium) pharmacology Pain mechanisms Research Reproducibility Bong - Kiun Kaang, Korea - G protein - coupled receptors; Glutamate receptors; Neuropsychiatric disorders Eamonn Kelly, Prof, UK - Molecular Pharmacology of G protein - coupled receptors, in particular opioid receptors, regulation of GPCRs by kinasis and arrestins Terry Kenakin, USA - Drug receptor pharmacodynamics, receptor theory Janos Kiss, Hungary - Neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's disease Stefan Knapp, Germany - Rational design of highly selective inhibitors (so call chemical probes) targeting protein kinases as well as protein interaction inhibitors of the bromodomain family Andrew Knight, UK Chris Langmead, Australia - Drug discovery, GPCRs, neuroscience and analytical pharmacology Vincent Laudet, France (Past Core Member)- Evolution of the Nuclear Receptor / Ligand couple Margaret R. MacLean, UK - Serotonin, endothelin, estrogen, microRNAs and pulmonary hyperten Neil Marrion, UK - Calcium - activated potassium channels, neuronal excitability Fiona Marshall, UK - GPCR molecular pharmacology, structure and drug discovery Alistair Mathie, UK - Ion channel structure, function and regulation, pain and the nervous system Ian McGrath, UK - Adrenoceptors; autonomic transmission; vascular pharmacology Graeme Milligan, UK - Structure, function and regulation of G protein - coupled receptors Richard Neubig, USA (Past Core Member)- G protein signaling; academic drug discovery Stefan Offermanns, Germany - G protein - coupled receptors, vascular / metabolic signaling Richard Olsen, USA - Structure and function of GABA - A receptors; mode of action of GABAergic drugs including general anesthetics and ethanol Jean - Philippe Pin, France (Past Core Member)- GPCR - mGLuR - GABAB - structure function relationship - pharmacology - biophysics Helgi Schiöth, Sweden David Searls, USA - Bioinformatics Graeme Semple, USA - GPCR Medicinal Chemistry Patrick M. Sexton, Australia - G protein - coupled receptors Roland Staal, USA - Microglia and neuroinflammation in neuropathic pain and neurological disorders Bart Staels, France - Nuclear receptor signaling in metabolic and cardiovascular diseases Katerina Tiligada, Greece - Immunopharmacology, histamine, histamine receptors, hypersensitivity, drug allergy, inflammation Georg Terstappen, Germany - Drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases with a focus on AD Mary Vore, USA - Activity and regulation of expression and function of the ATP - binding cassette (ABC) transporters

After years of being criticized by the academic and scientific communities for their «excess» protein intakes, bodybuilders today have received their vindication; It is no longer a theory that protein intakes higher than the RDA are more effective for building muscle, it is now scientific fact.

About Blog This is an experiment in the application of a blog to academic research in machine learning and learning theory by John Langford.

The films of Nicholas Ray, more than any other contemporary American director's, were singled out by the up - and - coming Cahiers du Cinéma crowd (on the cusp of their own splashy Nouvelle Vague) as justification for their politique des auteurs — more a personal stance on critical practice than dogmatic superstructure, and long since codified and ossified by academic film criticism into hierarchy - happy «auteur theory.»

Although in theory I believe all students should have to reach the basic academic levels required by the test, in reality these goals are unattainable for some.

«Game Plan for Learning: Building on Coleman's early theories, new academic competitions motivate students to achieve» will be available Wednesday, January 20 on educationnext.org and will appear in the Spring 2016 issue of Education Next, on newsstands by March 1.

Scalia saw such efforts not as the job of judges following the abstract theories of academic experts but of elected officials and the administrators appointed by them.

Earlier theory had suggested that cultural capital might improve academic performance by making students falsely appear more knowledgable, even if their command of the material were no greater.

The concept of cultural capital theory was proposed by Pierre Bourdieu and Jean - Claude Passeron (1977) to explain differences in academic achievement among children in France's educational system in the 1960s.

Adopting systems theory as the primary organizer of knowledge solves the problem by making all academic disciplines and school subjects parts of a single, much simpler way of organizing information.

Grounded in resilience theory and aligned with the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) framework, the DESSA measures can be used by teachers, parents, and out - of - school time staff to assess K - 8th grade students» social and emotional skills.

Quite frankly, given the rigors of the IB program, I continue to be impressed by his academic achievements coupled with his devotion to, and leadership positions in, a multitude of clubs and organizations,» said Theory of Knowledge instructor Jonathan Illuzzi.

With our Game Theory assignment help, we have tried to bridge the gap between global professionals and students by bringing them close through a common online platform with which the latter can clear their doubts and academic queries related to the subject of Game Theory easily.

Suddenly, we seem to live in a time dominated by «fake news», «alternative facts», conspiracy theories, scepticism of scientific research, partial accounts parading as «the real truth which has hitherto been concealed from us, the people», revolts against allegedly smug academic elites and distant political elites — a time where YouTube videos claiming research into climate change to be a scam get far more viewers than videos presenting the science of climate change.

While they don't have universal support in the academic community, they are based on peer - reviewed research and have been endorsed by none other than Harry Markowitz, the Nobel laureate and creator of Modern Portfolio Theory, the rock upon which index investing is built.

The term «adaptive markets» refers to the multiple roles that evolution plays in shaping human behavior and financial markets, and «hypothesis» is meant to connect and contrast this framework with the Efficient Markets Hypothesis, the theory adopted by the investment industry and most finance academics.

This book is two things: it is a teardown of modern portfolio theory as posited by the academics, and the establishing of a new theory that suggests that we get better returns by avoiding volatility of investment returns.

There's also an academic Modern Portfolio Theory explanation for why you should diversify among risky assets (aka stocks), something like: for a given desired risk / return ratio, it's better to leverage up a diverse portfolio than to use a non-diverse portfolio, because risk that can be eliminated through diversification is not compensated by increased returns.

Most investment techniques used by passive investors bottom on the academic theories of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) and Efficient Portfolio Theory (EPT) as for example:

As I began to read more widely about the theory of investing, I grew convinced by the mountain of academic research that shows how difficult it is to beat the market consistently.

Rational Funds currently offers seven mutual fund products, which employ rigorous research backed by sound academic theory, and a disciplined and systematic investment approach.

A little over a month ago, Scott Vincent took aim at much of academic finance by publishing a paper entitled Is Portfolio Theory Harming Your Portfolio?

October 2006 by Wayne Thorp Can academic theory be put to practice?

Rational Funds currently offers eight mutual fund products, which employ rigorous research backed by sound academic theory, and a disciplined and systematic investment approach.

In recent years, the irrelevance of open market operations has also been argued (for slightly different reasons) by academic economists renown for their work in the theory of «rational expectations», including Thomas Sargent and John Muth.

I know, there are still Efficient Markets Hypothesis zealots in the academic community, but they are being outflanked by the behavioral economists who have hard data to support their theories.

Every academic burdened by the lies of Modern Portfolio Theory should get this book.

Mutual fund managers, of course, have a vested interest in trying to muddy the waters by making investors believe that the success of indexing is predicated on just how accurate a much - debated academic theory is.

About Blog This is an experiment in the application of a blog to academic research in machine learning and learning theory by John Langford.