Sentences with phrase «by independent researchers in»

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Currently in production on its third season, the show will now be postponed to make some changes ordered by PBS and WNET, including hiring an additional researcher / fact checker and employing an independent genealogist to review episodes for accuracy.

The attacks, which took place this year and have not been previously reported, jeopardized the communications of activists, journalists and other people in sensitive positions in Iran, where Telegram is used by some 20 million people, said independent cyber researcher Collin Anderson and Amnesty International technologist Claudio Guarnieri, who have been studying Iranian hacking groups for three years.

Facebook has faced a global outcry and sharp questions about its privacy safeguards after reports revealed that an independent researcher passed information covering some 50m users to the consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which were then used by Donald Trump's campaign team to target swing voters in the 2016 presidential election.

The Hard Assets Alliance was created in 2012 by a group of trusted independent financial researchers who believe that every investor should hold physical precious metals for both capital preservation and capital gains.

Repeatable in science refers to the ability to test the same hypothesis, using the same methods (typically by independent researchers), to confirm or reject said hypothesis, e.g. the repeated observation by many, many different researchers of fossils in the correct temporal and morphological relationships within the fossil record (no rabbits in the pre-Cambrian, no humans alongside dinosaurs, etc).

Drawing on the large numbers of studies undertaken by people in the aid world and by independent researchers (few of these studies are cited in Lancaster's volume), he points out that the structural reforms have largely failed and the situation continues to deteriorate.

But the only way we will know the answer to that question is to make sure that whatever helmets female lacrosse players wear meet standards that are based on science, and have been developed after a deliberative and collaborative process by an independent organization, like ASTM, which is not funded by helmet manufacturers (unlike NOCSAE), and which does not just invite, but requires input from equipment manufacturers, product testing laboratories, researchers and governing bodies, in this case US Lacrosse.

Based in Alaska, a nonprofit research institute founded and run by a group of independent researchers has permitted decades of scientific work.

The new relationship aims to link in the distant continent by capitalizing on the EMBL brand to attract elite young researchers to independent positions, which are traditionally very hard to come by in Australia.

In «Long - term Coarse PM Exposure Is Associated with Asthma Among Children in Medicaid,» researchers report that coarse particulate matter, the kind of air pollution created by physical processes such as tire and break wear, agricultural tilling, salt spray and dust created in manufacturing, appears to put children at greater risk for asthma, independent of exposure to fine particulate pollutioIn «Long - term Coarse PM Exposure Is Associated with Asthma Among Children in Medicaid,» researchers report that coarse particulate matter, the kind of air pollution created by physical processes such as tire and break wear, agricultural tilling, salt spray and dust created in manufacturing, appears to put children at greater risk for asthma, independent of exposure to fine particulate pollutioin Medicaid,» researchers report that coarse particulate matter, the kind of air pollution created by physical processes such as tire and break wear, agricultural tilling, salt spray and dust created in manufacturing, appears to put children at greater risk for asthma, independent of exposure to fine particulate pollutioin manufacturing, appears to put children at greater risk for asthma, independent of exposure to fine particulate pollution.

Robert Sabin has been an independent researcher for more than 30 years, focusing on nutrition and disease; he works in the library, in his bedroom, or out by the pool of his Long Island house.

While completing his master's at Cornell University, which he finished in 1993, he discovered a paper by a researcher at the Education Development Center, an independent nonprofit institute in Newton, Massachusetts.

The CNIO researchers show that cell defects caused by the inhibition of Cdh1 are independent of the presence of the p53 molecule, which is mutated in different types of tumours.

In order to find out whether this polymorphism is also associated with extreme longevity, Spanish researchers performed an analysis of the frequencies of this polymorphism among centenarians and healthy adults in two independent cohorts, by geographical regions and by ethnic groupIn order to find out whether this polymorphism is also associated with extreme longevity, Spanish researchers performed an analysis of the frequencies of this polymorphism among centenarians and healthy adults in two independent cohorts, by geographical regions and by ethnic groupin two independent cohorts, by geographical regions and by ethnic groups.

Most of these «familial» cases have been linked to mutations in a gene called BMPR2 (bone morphogenetic protein receptor, type II), which was identified simultaneously in 2000 by two independent research teams, one led by the late Robin Barst and Jane Morse, CUMC researchers.

For over a decade, EPA has ignored the vast wealth of information on endocrine disruption from independent academic researchers funded by the United States and other governments in Europe and Asia.

Another hurricane - moderating hypothesis, this one advanced by Daniel Rosenfeld of Hebrew University of Jerusalem and William Woodley, an independent weather - modification researcher based in Colorado, holds that seeding a hurricane's lower reaches with microscopic dust particles — perhaps microbits of salt — would generate minute water droplets by giving the vapor something to attach to.

Speed limits on ships have been of some help in saving the North Atlantic right whales from being killed in collisions, suggest studies by the US government and independent researchers — and environmental groups are suing to expand the areas where protection measures are in force.

Moderated by: Julian Kinderlerer, President, European Group on Ethics in Science & New Technologies Emilio Lora - Tamayo, President of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Vice-President of Science Europe Geoffrey Boulton, Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Edinburgh; Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) Sir John Burn, Professor of Clinical Genetics, Newcastle University, non-executive director of NHS England Snežana Krstić, Independent researcher and consultant, Chair of Marie Curie Alumni Association Huanming Yang, Professor and Chairman, Beijing Genomics Institute, Shenzhen

In a new study published in PLOS Genetics, led by Leif Andersson, Uppsala University / SciLifeLab, Swedish and French researchers report that two independent mutations are required to explain the development of the sex - linked barring pattern in chickeIn a new study published in PLOS Genetics, led by Leif Andersson, Uppsala University / SciLifeLab, Swedish and French researchers report that two independent mutations are required to explain the development of the sex - linked barring pattern in chickein PLOS Genetics, led by Leif Andersson, Uppsala University / SciLifeLab, Swedish and French researchers report that two independent mutations are required to explain the development of the sex - linked barring pattern in chickein chicken.

On October 23, 2000, President Clinton named Philip Ashton - Rickardt, PhD — assistant professor of pathology, a member of the Ben May Institute, and a researcher in the Gwen Knapp Center at the University of Chicago — as one of 59 young researchers to receive the fifth annual Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on young professionals at the outset of their independent research careers.

UT MD Anderson Scientists Discover Secret Life of Chromatin (08/30/2011) A team of researchers directed by Dr. Sharon Dent, director of the Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis and Center for Cancer Epigenetics, investigate a signaling activity of chromatin that is independent of its central role in gene transcription.

Gerard is an established independent researcher in basic and translational research who is funded by our Science Committee.

President Obama named 102 researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.

Sifting through some half a million studies, nine independent research teams from around the globe created a landmark scientific consensus report reviewed by 21 of the top cancer researchers in the world.

Take the quiz below, to participate in a study on sugar babies run by Criminology researchers at London South Bank University, in conjunction with The Independent.

The independent evaluation by researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the National Children's Bureau found that Year 2 children in schools with a breakfast club made two additional months» progress in reading, writing and maths compared with a similar group whose schools were not given support to offer breakfast.

According to Coffield et al., the technique used in the research was the following: «Each model was examined for evidence, provided by independent researchers, that the instrument could demonstrate both internal consistency and test — retest reliability and construct and predictive validity.

Our independent researchers discovered a surprising amount of support for merit pay by teachers in both programs.

The trial was delivered by researchers from the University of Bristol and Harvard University and independent evaluators from Queen's University Belfast found that pupils receiving the intervention made an additional month's progress in maths compared with a similar group whose parents didn't get the texts.

For reassurance that none of this is the case, researchers commonly begin by looking for two facts in particular: first, studies of the program published in independent, refereed journals — ideally those of high repute; and second, the researchers» use of truly comparable groups.

A report released last week by an independent researcher argues that there is no teacher shortage in the United States, and that projections that one is on the horizon are unfounded.

UCEA offers a number of in - depth peer - reviewed analyses of specific public policy issues written by Independent UCEA Researchers.

Many of the experiences they recount are detailed in a January 2015 report about the initiative, one in a series by independent researchers evaluating the effort.

«Reading, Writing, and Rubrics,» authored by Naomi Cooperman, Senior Consultant Libby Baker, and independent researcher Barbara Storandt, is in this month's issue of Learning Forward's journal available at: http://www.learningforward.org/docs/default-source/jsd-august-2013/baker...

To probe these questions, The Wallace Foundation in 2011 launched a five - year, $ 75 million initiative to help six large districts build stronger principal pipelines by (1) creating clear job requirements detailing what principals and assistant principals must know and do, (2) ensuring high - quality training for aspiring leaders, (3) developing more selective hiring procedures, and (4) using well - crafted evaluations to identify the needs of principals and ongoing support to address them.79 Over the life of the initiative, it is expected that participating districts will have filled at least two - thirds of their principal slots with graduates of high - quality training programs - enough to enable independent researchers to gather meaningful evidence on whether and how better leadership can transform the academic fortunes of children.

In a» 17 - ’18 study conducted by an independent researcher at UCLA, middle school students using Sown To Grow earned significantly higher academic GPAs compared to a control group.

BANKRUPTING THE THIRD WORLD: How the Global Elite Drown Poor Nations in a Sea of Debt, by novelists, filmmakers and independent researchers James Morcan & Lance Morcan, exposes the culture of corruption within the aforementioned aid organizations and the arrogance with which they treat their Third World «clients.»

Only about 30 % of all retail forex trades are profitable, according to Aite Group [an independent financial market researcher], largely because of traders» lack of education and experience in dealing with a market dominated by institutions.

Research Reveals Positive Impact of Financial Counseling The positive client impact of nonprofit counseling is revealed in this groundbreaking study of the NFCC Sharpen Your Financial Focus program, led by independent researchers from The Ohio State University

The only joint supplement clinically proven by independent researchers to help support comfort and mobility in an average of 15 days *, Connectin's complete, patented formula nourishes the joint and its surrounding structures.

Excerpt from the text by Kathleen B. Langiahr, researcher and independent curator based in Brooklyn.

THE CREATORS OF MAPPING RESIDENCIES Mapping Residencies is an independent non-profit project, founded in Spain by visual artists, researchers and cultural managers from different parts of the world.

Now Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing points to a new study by researchers at the University of Connecticut that seems independent, and which finds that, as ars technica so delicately put it, hot - air dryers suck in nasty bathroom bacteria and shoot them at your hands.

The core finding is that temperatures over the continents have warmed about 1 degree Centigrade (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) since 1950, matching earlier independent analyses by American and British climate researchers that had been repeatedly attacked by climate skeptics and opponents of curbs in greenhouse emissions.

They publish the results in peer - reviewed journals, and the results regarding what has been going on along the Greenland coast have been verified by independent researchers.

However, independent projects by many other researchers using independent data confirmed that recent global temperatures had abruptly shot up above anything experienced in the past several thousand years.

A reputable scientist, in my book, would not need to be FORCED to do what is necessary to enable his reviewers to do the things which peer reviewing of scientific papers is supposed to be about — checking that the methods used in the paper is not completely wrong, and that the experiment performed is repeatable by independent researchers.

An independent wildlife researcher with a degree in wildlife biology and 50 years experience tracking raptors, has written a critique of the wildlife assessment done by consulting firm Stantec, for a New York wind power project in St. Lawrence County.

Michael Mann, Ray Bradley, and Malcolm Hughes demonstrated that modern warming of the Northern Hemisphere was very likely greater than at any period in the last 2000 years first in 1999, then again in 2008, and it's been verified repeatedly by independent researchers Wahl and Ammann in 2007, Huang et al in 2000, Smith et al in 2006, and others.