A123 is also contributing to two game -
changing research projects funded by DOE.
Not exact matches
The
project changes in scope all of the time and then she wonders why nothing is done after I do days of
research for her.
Forrester
Research reported that 70 percent of
change management
projects fail.
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.
The model integrates directly with DiscoverOrg's OppAlerts and Triggers features, which means that not only are companies and contacts ranked on their general profile fit, but also on their likelihood to purchase in the immediate future based on online
research activity, planned
projects, personnel
changes, and other buying scoops.
Presenting the
research findings at a conference in late March,
project director and Search president Peter L. Benson explained that the study posited that «the primary aim of congregational life, is to nurture a vibrant, life -
changing faith.»
A U.K. - based Antarctic
research project called Project MIDAS monitoring the effects of climate change on an ice shelf called Larsen C announced that a vast rift in the rapidly warming pole has split entirely and created a brand new iceberg — the third largest in the
project called
Project MIDAS monitoring the effects of climate change on an ice shelf called Larsen C announced that a vast rift in the rapidly warming pole has split entirely and created a brand new iceberg — the third largest in the
Project MIDAS monitoring the effects of climate
change on an ice shelf called Larsen C announced that a vast rift in the rapidly warming pole has split entirely and created a brand new iceberg — the third largest in the world.
He is currently employed on the Electronic Culture
Research Project, a special initiative of the Uniting Church's Commission in Victoria to explore the impact of electronic media on global cultures and the implications of this cultural
change on religious institutions and on the social experience and expression of religious faith.
Research projects at Rodale Institute include applied and practical
projects in regenerative organic agriculture, soil health, climate
change mitigation, water quality, and the linkages between healthy soil and healthy people.
The Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) Program of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) recently released results from a
research project on mitigating climate
change in Mesoamerican coffee production.
Currently, Cambodia and IRRI are conducting joint
research projects on climate
change adaptation and mitigation, climate - resilient rice varieties, remote sensing - based crop monitoring, improvement of farmers» livelihoods, and postharvest technology.
The Chemistry
Research team's new laboratory is an essential part of the range of «turnkey»
projects provided by Leatherhead Food
Research; our experts offer key input into
projects such as evaluation of
changes in levels of active and functional ingredients on storage or processing, and analytical support for bioavailability and bioaccessibility nutrition
projects.
Results from a
research project on mitigating climate
change in Mesoamerican coffee production.
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.
* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement
Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal
Research Scientist, American Institutes for
Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement
Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to
Change
In the
Changing Childbirth in BC
research project, a steering group of women of childbearing age from different cultural and socio - economic backgrounds engaged multiple stakeholders, as well as leaders from NGOs, researchers, and community agencies, to examine women's experiences with maternity care in British Columbia (BC).
This type of formative
research could also inform a
project - wide gender and social and behavior
change strategy.
However, they are very sensible to losing EU funding for the
projects they are involved into (EU funds enabled significant
changes from rural development to advanced IT
research).
An outstanding question is how the seemingly inevitable leadership
change will effect SUNY Poly's hundreds of millions in corporate
research spending each year and multi-million-dollar
research contracts, as well as
projects pending across the state.
He has been a lifelong volunteer for causes he believes in, including conducting climate
change science field
research with the Harvard Department of Forestry in Southern Africa, working on get - out - the - vote efforts for John Kerry, Barack Obama and Zephyr Teachout, building agricultural databases for USAID funded international
projects all over the world, and providing technical assistance to schools in Senegal (for which he was awarded the President's Volunteer Service Award by the Obama administration).
The Institute for Public Policy
Research (IPPR) said ministers should
change their mind and use the cash specifically for
projects such as improving energy efficiency of homes, investing in low - carbon technologies and helping poorer countries cope with climate
change.
«When a new substance forms during a chemical reaction, many students think that the atoms and molecules have actually
changed into something new, whereas they simply rearranged, that the mass increase of plants is due to minerals in the soil, or that cell division alone accounts for animal growth,» said Cari Herrmann Abell, a senior
research associate at
Project 2061.
«The
research fills an important gap in our understanding of the vulnerability of tropical river - forest systems to
changes in climate and land cover,» said the
project's leader, Leandro Castello, assistant professor of fish and wildlife conservation in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment.
Analyzing patterns in these incorrect responses can provide educators with useful information about how students» thinking
changes as they gain a better understanding of the concept being assessed, according to
Project 2061
Research Associate Cari Herrmann Abell.
«Quantifying the Risk of Extreme Events Under Climate
Change» by Eric Gilleland,
project scientist at the
Research Applications Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric
Research; Richard W. Katz, senior scientist at the Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences at the National Center for Atmospheric
Research; and Philippe Naveau, senior scientist at the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE) at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
The survey is part of a five - year
research project on public opinion and climate
change.
Biomedical Advanced
Research and Development Authority (BARDA) BARDA and its
Project BioShield initiative would see essentially no
change from FY 2017 omnibus funding levels, with each funded at or just above $ 510 million.
Hellmann focuses on interdisciplinary
research and
projects that increase the resiliency of human and natural communities to the risks of environmental
change.
The lawsuit that followed illustrates potentially life -
changing possibilities that any graduate student or postdoc working on a
research project with commercial possibilities needs to take seriously.
A current
project focuses on evaluating programs that aim to
change behaviors that lead to teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections; the goal of the
research is to see which programs work and assess their cost - effectiveness.
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.
Other
projects, such as Peru's plans to dredge rivers to improve navigability, could exacerbate the ecological impact by
changing flows, disturbing spawning sites, and disrupting the river - forest connection, says Fabrice Duponchelle of the French Institute of
Research for Development in Marseille.
In the newly reconstituted Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights, and Law Program, the missions of the CSFR and NCLS continue to complement one another as staff pursue
projects such as continuing seminars for judges on neuroscience and the law, personalized medicine, the state and future of clinical trials, advocacy in science, understanding responsible
research practices in
changing research environments, and joint AAAS - China Association of Science and Technology workshops on science and ethics.
Large collaborative
research projects, like this from the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Environmental Change and Health are a very effective way to carry out this type of cross-disciplinary work
research projects, like this from the NIHR Health Protection
Research Unit in Environmental Change and Health are a very effective way to carry out this type of cross-disciplinary work
Research Unit in Environmental
Change and Health are a very effective way to carry out this type of cross-disciplinary work.»
A common goal for a statistical
research project is to investigate causality, and in particular to draw a conclusion on the effect of
changes in the values of predictors or independent variables on response or dependent variables.
Despite these hierarchies, some degree of «decentralization» could be found in more than half of the
projects, as measured by the ability of graduate students to make
changes of their own to
research protocols.
«The crane fly link was made as part of several longer - term studies — funded by The Natural Environment
Research Council and Defra — investigating blanket bog ecosystems across several UK upland sites, including the Yorkshire Dales, Peak District and North York Moors.Dr Heinemeyer, who is currently leading a # 1m Defra - funded SEI
project to further study the impacts of climate
change and management on blanket bogs, said it wasn't only rare birds that were at risk from climate
change.
Projecting forward, the
research team anticipate that the ranges of many species will shift to higher elevations as
changing environmental conditions envelop the landscapes of the Albertine Rift.
Guan and his colleagues conducted a
research project modeling practices farmers could adopt, weighing them against climate
change scenarios.
Toward the end of this century (
project here for the years 2068 to 2098) the possibility of storm surges of eight to 11 meters (26 to 36 feet) increases significantly in cities not usually expected to be vulnerable to tropical storms, according to recent
research in the journal Nature Climate
Change.
My Ph.D.
research was part of a larger study — Living
Changes in the Life Sciences: Tracing the «Ethical» and the «Social» within Scientific Practice and Work Culture — at the University of Vienna's Department of Social Studies of Science, with Ulrike Felt as
project leader.
Although the CVX - 2 results may not
change anyone's life, Robert «Bobby» Berg, the lead investigator for CVX - 2 and a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md., says the publication caps a 20 - year
research project that has occupied his thoughts daily since 2003.
For the study «Doubling of coastal erosion under rising sea level by mid-century in Hawaiʻi,» published this week in Natural Hazards, the
research team developed a simple model to assess future erosion hazards under higher sea levels — taking into account historical
changes of Hawaiʻi shorelines and the
projected acceleration of sea level rise reported from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC).
For example, effective from the current round of awards, the quota of postdoctoral awards has been increased, although alongside this
change, INSERM has also decided «to adjust [postdoctoral applicant's]
research expenses according to the quality of their
research project and experience,» says Postel - Vinay.
In the new paper in PLOS Biology, the team reports that the following year, SRF (which had
changed its name in 1968 to the International Sugar
Research Foundation, or ISRF) launched a rat study called
Project 259 «to measure the nutritional effects of the [bacterial] organisms in the intestinal tract» when sucrose was consumed, compared to starch.
Using Epiviz and Bioconductor, the
research team found consistent regions of DNA methylation
changes in colon cancer samples generated by the public Cancer Genome Atlas
project and similar gene expression in these regions of DNA methylation
changes in other cancer types.
And Sawe has started working with the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Research Institute to explore some of their Pacific Ocean data for another data sonification
project down the road that could add another song to the soundtrack of climate
change.
John Hobbie, director of the Arctic Long - Term Ecological
Research Project at the Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, notes that the widespread
changes identified by the researchers began after millennia of biotic constancy.
Remember, however, that whereas a
research scientist can probably afford to keep
changing the scope of the
project, a
project manager can not.
Dr Sue Ward, the Senior
Research Associate for the
project at Lancaster University, said: «Peat is one of the earth's most important stores of carbon, but one of the most vulnerable to
changes in climate and
changes in vegetation caused by both climate and land management.