Sentences with phrase «by direct study»

Her art is inspired by the direct study of nature and by the work of artists from a panoply of art historical periods and traditions.

The Protestant objection is that we can in fact gain a more objective view of the Bible by direct study and can criticize the traditional interpretation from this point of view.

Not exact matches

A new study from University College London and Oxford University diverges from the famous Yale University study from the 1970s by psychologist Stanley Milgram who found that most people would obey direct orders to send what appeared to be increasingly painful shocks to an unseen stranger.

Studies indicate carbon dioxide emissions from transportation in the province have declined 16 % in that time, and while it's impossible to draw a direct causal relationship between the tax and the emissions decline, it's fair to say it was a factor contributing to indisputable behavioural changes — you can't emit 16 % less CO2 by doing the same things you did before.

According to studies conducted by researchers in the U.K. and Turkey, something as simple as the suit a man wears can have a direct impact on how people view his character.

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.

According to a recent study of 1,125 adults conducted by YouGov, «28 percent percent of Americans admitted (to) malicious online activity directed at somebody they didn't know.»

Russia's prime minister has described the sanctions as an attempt by the United States to capture new markets for its companies and directed the Russian government to study measures to support firms under fresh sanctions.

As I wrote back in August, recent studies conducted by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Information Technology and Information Foundation (ITIF) have demonstrated convincingly that blocking offshore pirate websites works in terms of changing consumer behaviour (i.e. directing consumers away from infringing content to sources of legitimate content) while at the same time not interfering with normal internet operations.

Directing emergency funds to areas hit by natural disasters had traditionally been quick bipartisan exercises, but that changed after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 — when the Republican Study Committee, a group of House conservatives, pushed spending cuts to compensate for the approximately $ 200 billion expected in Katrina relief — including cutting farm subsidies, Amtrak funding and postponing the Medicare prescription - drug bill Republicans had approved two years earlier.

A recent Socialbakers study reported by Statista found a direct correlation between user engagement and hashtag use per Facebook post:

The book is a series of case studies that describes how a small number of CEOs have used cash generative businesses as platforms to drive massive returns for shareholders by directing excess cash opportunistically between large stock buybacks, special dividends and acquisitions of other businesses.

This study provides a straightforward linkage between corporate CDS and equity option by inferring stock volatility from CDS spread and, thus, enables a direct analogy with the implied volatility from option price.

However that may be, the sustained labours of generations of early biblical scholars gradually established certain broad controlling principles of interpretation; and these ultimately crystallized into a general schema, by which the study of the Bible was henceforth to be directed.

«Direct inspection by the Quality Assurance Agency is required for those studying with us to have access to student finance, or for us to have the opportunity to have overseas students here,» Standing explains.

According to a study from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, the number of women directing films may actually be declining, with the top 250 highest - grossing domestic films going from 7 percent in 2015 to 5 percent in 2016 being directed by wstudy from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, the number of women directing films may actually be declining, with the top 250 highest - grossing domestic films going from 7 percent in 2015 to 5 percent in 2016 being directed by wStudy of Women in Television and Film, the number of women directing films may actually be declining, with the top 250 highest - grossing domestic films going from 7 percent in 2015 to 5 percent in 2016 being directed by women.

Much as the Study of Theological Education in the United States and Canada, directed by H. Richard Niebuhr in the 1950s, became an influential inquiry into the nature of the church and its ministry, so the Danforth study, ostensibly of campus ministries, became an important resource for exploring the necessary relation of religious faith, social ethics and public - policy formulaStudy of Theological Education in the United States and Canada, directed by H. Richard Niebuhr in the 1950s, became an influential inquiry into the nature of the church and its ministry, so the Danforth study, ostensibly of campus ministries, became an important resource for exploring the necessary relation of religious faith, social ethics and public - policy formulastudy, ostensibly of campus ministries, became an important resource for exploring the necessary relation of religious faith, social ethics and public - policy formulation.

Because the claims of Darwinism are presented to the public as «science,» most people are under the impression that they are supported by direct evidence such as experiments and fossil record studies.

So, yes, your motivation and goal is excellent... let us be careful for not neglecting the Word by eliminating some part of it in our study or preaching because we can not see a direct link between that part and service.

Case studies under analysis from this theoretical perspective include: direct broadcast satellite development; teleconferencing for meetings; international negotiations for satellite use by many nations; the cooperative communications efforts among European Community nations; and others.

Tangible proof can be found by studying vestigial features, ebryonic development, biogeography, DNA sequencing, pseudogenes, endogenous retroviruses, labratory direct examination of natural selection in action in E-Coli bacteria, lactose intolerance in humans, the peppered moth's colour change in reaction to industrial pollution, radiotrophic fungi at Chernobyl... all of these things add to the modern evolutionary synthesis.

The third and most recent major comprehensive study of Protestant theological schools, published in 1956 and 1957, was undertaken by the American Association of Theological Schools (now simply the Association of Theological Schools), funded by the Carnegie Foundation, and directed by H. Richard Niebuhr, Daniel Day Williams, and James M. Gustafson.

A study of the direct - mail follow up procedures used by the paid - time broadcasters in 1981 for persons who seek information on religious conversion indicates that church attendance is rarely mentioned or encouraged.

Protestant pioneers include the Shalom Institute in Washington, D.C., under the direction of Tilden Edwards; the Institute of Advanced Pastoral Studies in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, directed by Jack Biersdorf; and the Journal Workshops and Process Meditation efforts of Ira Progoff.

Intellectual activity motivated by such interests may indeed make Ultimate Being and man its objects of study and so seem to share in the thought of the Church; but insofar as it is directed by a love that is not love of Being and of man it can not see or understand what love understands.

The lower levels of baseline sugar sweetened drink consumption in the UK compared with the US may in part explain why the effect on obesity that we estimate in the UK is much less than that estimated in the US.12 The differences with respect to other modelling studies may also be partly explained by their use of higher own price elasticity values for sugar sweetened drinks than we have calculated and used here.18 22 52 We can not make direct comparisons between the results of our study and the results of recent studies of the effect of reducing sugar sweetened drink consumption on body weight in children, 5 7 as the relation between energy balance and change in body mass index in children who are growing is different from that in adults.

The resulting data were collated and organized into the study's rankings by various criteria, including segment comparisons that portray fluctuating market - share results of direct competitors.

The Task Force is co-chaired by India's leading agricultural scientist, M.S. Swaminathan, and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman, and directed by Suzanne DiMaggio, Director of Policy Studies at the Asia Society.

North Carolina Tar Heels athletes were directed by their academic advisers into questionable classes in the school's African and Afro - American Studies department, according to a special subcommittee report.

Not only that, but studies by the American Academy of Pediatrics have shown a direct link between the risk of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) and the use of pacifiers; the reasons why aren't known exactly, but there has shown to be a direct link.

Fathers Direct, the national information centre for fatherhood, today welcomed a study from University College, London, demonstrating how the emotional health of teenagers can be damaged by a poor early relationship with their fathers.

Although each of the teams using the PEP exercise program had a dedicated athletic training staff, the success reported in the earlier study in reducing ACL injuries among 14 - to 18 - year - old competitive female club soccer players - who ordinarily do not benefit from direct oversight from certified athletic trainers (ATCs) or physical therapists - suggest that the program may benefit other age groups and levels of play where direct oversight by medical professionals is far less common.

By studying the actor's art, we can learn to direct and express our feeling life by inviting our body, voice and soul to move in ways chosen by our higher selBy studying the actor's art, we can learn to direct and express our feeling life by inviting our body, voice and soul to move in ways chosen by our higher selby inviting our body, voice and soul to move in ways chosen by our higher selby our higher self.

Another strength is that our results provide a more complete assessment of socioeconomic inequalities in breastfeeding rates, by estimating both relative and absolute inequalities, than common practice in inequality assessments.23 Finally, our study analysed effects of the intervention not only on an immediate, direct outcome (breastfeeding) but also on a long - term consequence of breastfeeding (child cognitive ability) that is associated with important health and behavioural outcomes in later life.27

Published in the British Medical Journal by Johnson and Daviss in 2005, this study promises to finally demonstrate what U.S. direct - entry midwives really provide.

SNA Submits Comment on Direct Certification Study USDA Approves Waiver to Serve Expanded School Meals for Areas Affected by Harvey USDA Awards Grants for School, Child Care Nutrition Efforts

Providing direct access to Frontier Park from Conan Doyle Drive and Book Road outweighs any concerns that the adjacent subdivision could be used as a shortcut for motorists, according to a recent traffic study released by Naperville Park District officials.

A 2012 study commissioned by the Health Department projected that offering an Essential Plan would boost direct - pay premiums by $ 100 a year and cause 24,000 people to drop coverage.

As the criminal complaint against Silver alleges, he used his authority to disburse HCRA grants to enrich himself, directing hundreds of thousands of dollars to renowned Columbia University physician Dr. Robert Taub for the completion of a center to study mesothelioma, a rare cancer that can be caused by asbestos exposure, in exchange for Taub's agreement to direct clients with cancer to Silver's law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, which specializes in lucrative asbestos lawsuits.

The phony «study» was announced by Obama's direct report SECDEF Robert Gates, seconded by his other direct report CJCS Mike Mullen, on February 2nd LINKED to a recommendation [read: THREAT] to Congress to NOT vote on repeal until after the report was done which is still expected to be Dec. 1st.

Businesses are questioning the legality of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's policy to direct 30 percent of public contracts to women - and minority - owned businesses, pointing out that agencies seem to have skipped conducting studies that are required by law.

He subsequently softened his position, directing a commission led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to merely «study and make recommendations» on «age restrictions for certain firearm purchases.»

Spokesman of the opposition political parties in the state, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, while briefing newsmen in Kaduna said that after a critical study of Mallam Nasir Ahmed El - Rufai's activities and programmes as regard the local government elections in the state and SIECOM's activities directed by governor El - Rufai, it was very clear that the governor is not interested and willing to conduct local government poll within the period of his administration.

A study conducted in 2001 by Jerold Hayden, a Harvard professor of urban planning and design, with the Department of City Planning and the Municipal Art Society, found that 40 percent of these parks «were and are practically useless, with austere designs, no amenities and little or no direct sunlight.

«We are by no means thinking that based on this study we could deduce direct recommendations for artificial - sweetener consumption,» says Elinav.

«There have been experimental studies showing men are more competitive with one another, while women are more self - directed and motivated by internal factors,» Aral says.

We have now studied this by analysing both direct and indirect measurements back in time,» explains Peter Ditlevsen.

A comprehensive study conducted by Vetmeduni Vienna, BOKU and ZAMG has now shown that the usual cooling systems, such as earth - air heat exchangers or direct and indirect evaporative cooling, some of which have been established practice since the 1960s, are good choices for cooling livestock buildings.

The study, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global, involved the use of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, or tDCS, on the mice.

This year DISCOVER honors David Charbonneau, a Harvard University astronomer whose research could soon lead to an equally stunning revelation: By studying alien worlds, he may find the first direct evidence of life beyond Earth, a sign that our living planet is — yet again — one among many.