Sentences with phrase «by studying results»

By studying those results, it presented a picture of which dogs could or should be bred together.

Our student achievement is measured in many ways, and we continuously strive to improve by studying results of not only the STAAR tests (State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness), but also of district - level ongoing assessments, PSAT, SAT, and ACT.

Both teams to score is one sector where you can win regularly just by studying results and predicting future outcomes.

Encouraged by the study results, the team suggests that it may now be technologically possible to screen for cancer by checking expression levels of bronchial airway cell genes.

We've been impressed by study results not only in areas involving conventional nutrients like vitamin C but also in areas involving phytonutrients like sulfur - containing compounds and flavonoids.

These are valuable measures, but not supported by this study results.

Not exact matches

There's even a small study coauthored by Holmes and published in an online journal that compares Theranos test results with traditional tests favorably, though it looks only at results for one characteristic of blood among six people.

Even the glitteriest of gold - standard clinical trials, for instance, are often undone by a leaden follow - up study that has the nerve to arrive at a different result.

For the United States, results were the same: The same study found that web sales here in 2015 grew by 14.6 percent.

As a result of the success of these lights (suicides fell by 74 percent at stations where the blue lights were installed), similar colored lighting has been installed at Gatwick Airport train platforms,» Westland relates, though he stresses more study is needed to verify the ability of blue light to calm the agitated.

This tripling of the itinerant workforce resulted in unemployment being 3.9 percentage points higher in Alberta and British Columbia, where the use of temporary foreign workers is prevalent, according to a recent study by Simon Fraser University professor Dominique Gross.

That's a far cry from the results of a study commissioned this year by the Freelancers Union and Elance - oDesk, which put the number of freelancers — a broader category that includes temps, part - timers, and moonlighters — at 53 million, or one in three American workers.

A recent study by McKinsey found that not only is email three times more likely to result in conversion than social media, but the average purchase price is 17 percent higher as well.

According to a 2013 study by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire, minority entrepreneurs accounted for just 7 percent of pitches made to angel investors (13 percent resulted in an investment).

In Louisiana and California, for instance, studies commissioned by state regulators found that net metering policies resulted in higher costs for all ratepayers.

But to every rule there is an exception, and glad I was to be called out (and called up) by the founder and CEO of one mobile - health company whose entire premise is based on scientific research with repeatable results — the exact study, in fact, I had used as my example of what works better than a health app.

They might have more of both according to the results of a new study by researchers in Britain and Italy.

The Harvard study results are also in contrast to those of a study by the Center for Talent Innovation that was released in December 2014.

In studying the stories of these individuals and other thought leaders and influencers, what I've found interesting is that in many cases the way they found their purpose and voice, and their biggest successes, wasn't the result of a well - thought - out strategy; it was by simply responding to demand.

That's according to the results of a small - business trends study released today by OnDeck Capital, a New York - based small - business lending company that uses software to streamline the loan application process.

They've conducted studies in mice, which showed that the device was able to improve the results of the drug by twelve times.

In a cramped, cluttered conference room adjacent to Langer's office, Reynolds and Pritchard start their meeting by discussing the timeline for publishing the results of InVivo's primate studies.

The announcement is the result of months of consultation and study by an expert panel convened to help the government write the policy.

More significantly, Catalyst found that unequal pay starts with the first job, and widens over time, even after accounting for job level, industry, child bearing and career aspirations, according to the results of the study by authors Nancy M. Carter and Christine Silva.

To arrive at these results, Danforth and Reece's team looked at roughly 44,000 Instagram photos posted by 166 study participants — 71 of whom were diagnosed with depression in the past.

A follow - up study looking at six schools found similar results, as apple consumption grew by 70 %.

His insight is bolstered by a recent study published in January in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation that found that the best results for heart health were gleaned when participants worked out four to five times a week.

Bachelder's story, documented in her book, Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others, is the most compelling case study to showcase the power of servant leadership to reinvent a company from the inside out.

In a study released in May by the University of Castilla la Mancha, Spain, researchers analyzed the make up and results of more than 4,000 R&D teams around the world and found that gender diverse groups can lead to greater creativity and better decisions.

They can even result in a 10 point drop in IQ, according to a study conducted by Hewlett Packard.

A similar study conducted by the Guardian Insurance Company offered even more marked results, with 35 % of small business owners surveyed reporting that they actually started their businesses to fund their retirements.

There is an endless supply of business statistics (proving most any point you want to make), research and studies (many with surprising results), and interesting real - life stories (of business success and failure), all available within seconds by doing a simple Google search.

These executives» frustrations are reflected in the results of a new study by McKinsey & Co. that shows that only 42 % of employers believe new graduates in the workforce are adequately prepared by their colleges or other pre-employment training programs.

A recent study published by Northern Kentucky University suggests that mixing alcohol with diet soda results in higher blood alcohol levels than mixing with sugary sodas.

Recommendations from friends are among the top influences of purchases, according to a recent study by ForeSee Results, a market research firm in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

In almost all studies the results show that «screen - based reading behavior is characterized by more time spent on browsing and scanning, keyword spotting, one - time reading, non-linear reading and reading more selectively.»

As a starting point, I will attempt to recreate the NDP's results, by using the same study on federally regulated workers.

That's the conclusion of «Marketing to the Post-Recession Consumers,» a recent study by Decitica, which reveals diverse reactions to the recession resulting in a variety of new «normal» spending patterns.

Indeed, a study by serpIQ found that the average length for the top 10 Google results was 2,032 words.

That study calculated that by reducing supply, Airbnb activity had in fact increased median long - term rent in the city by 1.4 percent over three years «resulting in a $ 380 rent increase for the median New York tenant looking for an apartment this year.»

But the results of the study, carried out by the non-partisan Public Religion Research Institute, show the impulse to block varies widely based on gender and political leanings.

One study conducted by Virgin Pulse found that 60 % of workers» holiday stress was a result of trying to maintain finances, underlying the importance of developing a budget.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

First, in 2009 there was an increase in federal tobacco tax.35 The national cigarette tax increased by 158 %, resulting in an immediate reduction in cigarette uptake among US adolescents.35 In our study we found a small but statistically significant increase in quit attempts among US adults, from 39.9 % in 2006 - 07 to 41.4 % in 2010 - 11 (fig 2, top panel).

A joint study estimated bilateral trade will increase by about 20 per cent, resulting in a $ 12 billion boost to the Canadian economy and the creation of about 80,000 new jobs.

Although financial products often include the disclaimer that «past performance is not indicative of future results,» retail traders still believe they can predict the future by studying the past.

Furthermore, while Banz used NYSE companies for this study, he concluded that there is evidence that similar, if not better, results could have been obtained by investing in small AMEX or in over-the-counter stocks.

Other researchers, intrigued by the results, are starting their own studies of MDMA therapy, including the Department of Veterans Affairs.

A study of the results of separating the chair and CEO roles in Swiss companies by professors Markus M. Schmid and Heinz Zimmermann from the University of Basel reached similar conclusions: «We find no evidence of a systematic and significant difference in valuation between firms with combined and firms with separated functions.»

June 2014 — Facebook data scientists publish a study detailing the results of an experiment on nearly 700,000 users to determine whether showing them more positive or negative sentiment posts in the News Feed would affect their happiness levels (as deduced by what they posted).