Sentences with phrase «conducted challenge studies»

In the 1980s and 1990s, for example, Frederick Hayden of the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville conducted challenge studies with influenza that helped speed the development of Tamiflu and Relenza, drugs that have become the mainstays of treatment.

A group at the University of Oxford led by pediatrician Andrew Pollard has conducted a challenge study of experimental vaccines against typhoid and paratyphoid.

Not exact matches

Economists have analyzed extensively how platform markets may pose unique challenges for antitrust analysis.377 Specifically, they stress that analysis applicable to firms in single - sided markets may break down when applied to two - sided markets, given the distinct pricing structures and network externalities.378 These studies often focus on the challenge that two - sided platforms face in attracting both sides — the classic coordination problem of having to attract buyers without an established line of sellers, and vice versa.379 Economists tend to conclude that — given the particular challenges of two - sided markets380 — antitrust should be forgiving of conduct that might otherwise be characterized as anticompetitive.381

A new Merrill Lynch study conducted in partnership with Age Wave, «Women and Financial Wellness: Beyond the Bottom Line,» celebrates the progress made by women while examining the financial challenges women still face throughout their lives, and offers potential solutions.

«The next steps in DPX - RSV will be expensive steps (large RSV infection avoidance studies, or perhaps even challenge studies, will need to be conducted in Phase 3), and so we agree with management's strategy to identify cash - contributing partners before investing its own capital in new DPX - RSV clinical initiatives,» he added.

A double - blind, placebo - controlled food challenge was conducted for other participants (with a total of 9.4 g of peanut protein administered in increments) in accordance with standard dose - escalation procedures25 (see the study protocol).

The research team, led by Glyn Howatson and Phillip G. Bell at Northumbria University in the U.K., conducted this double - blind, placebo - controlled study to identify the effects of Montmorency tart cherry juice on recovery from a metabolically challenging exercise: prolonged, high - intensity cycling.

To provide information on challenges that school districts have faced, this testimony draws on work GAO conducted as part of its ongoing study of implementation of the changes.

This is the first study on this topic to be conducted in BC and the findings support to - date anecdotal accounts of midwives» commitment to promoting and supporting normal birth, some of the challenges they face, and identify a number of topics for further exploration.

The way he has gone about it and the conduct of his own political party, the All Progressives Congress should be a useful global study in how not to tackle the challenge of campaign finance.

Given such variation, as well as the expense and logistical challenges of conducting population surveys, indigenous communities will be important partners in developing workable conservation strategies, such as the creation of new protected areas or harvest quotas, the study suggests.

And scientists who conduct human challenge studies, which typically involve a few dozen participants, say they have critical benefits: In addition to saving time and money, they can reveal harm caused by a potential drug or vaccine before it enters large - scale human efficacy trials.

The evaluation of THN programs is challenging: randomized controlled trials are often considered the gold standard of scientific study, but conducting trials for THN would often be unethical and fraught with difficulties given the infrequency and unpredictability of overdose.

The flu challenge study, which began in September 2013, was conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, in the specially designed Clinical Studies Unit, which has distinct isolation and infection control features.

In a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, ORNL researchers challenged a long - held assumption that a battery's three main components — the positive cathode, negative anode and ion - conducting electrolyte — can play only one role in the device.

It is important to note that human challenge studies are conducted according to strict criteria designed to provide meticulous attention to volunteer safety and challenge studies would never be used for certain deadly pathogens, such as Ebola.

Researchers from the University of Missouri have conducted the first study analyzing the perspectives of adolescents with autism to identify challenges as they «age out» of services.

To conduct the new study, Panoz - Brown and Crystal developed a series of challenges in which rats were asked to recall up to 30 different scents — basil, strawberry and banana, among many others — to earn a treat.

«Conducting this study was very challenging,» says Dr Inge Kroidl, clinical research coordinator of «RV 217,» as the study in Tanzania is called.

«Our prosocial and altruistic impulses play a very important role in sustaining complex societal structure,» explained Giorgia Silani, the principal investigator of this research conducted at SISSA and now a researcher housed in University of Vienna, «However, studying altruism and its neural basis in lab - based environment poses unique ethical challenges.

Since the mid-1990s, FDA has deemed that organisms used in challenge studies are experimental medicines, and the agency has required researchers to submit Investigational New Drug applications before conducting trials.

«Singling out specific research studies, and implicitly questioning the integrity of the researchers conducting those studies, can be viewed as a form of intimidation that could deter scientists from freely carrying out research on important national challenges,» the letter states.

Conducting the study was not without its challenges.

To transcend the technical challenges, Roth and UNC colleagues, including postdoctoral fellows Sheng Wang, PhD, and Daniel Wacker, PhD, conducted a series of painstaking studies over several years — outlined in the Nature paper — to coax DRD2 to crystalize while bound tightly to risperidone.

Through crowdsourcing — an open call for voluntary assistance from a large group of individuals — Americans can study and tackle complex challenges by conducting research at large geographic scales and over long periods of time in ways that professional scientists working alone can not easily duplicate.

A multi-partner study published today in Nature Communications has addressed phonon lifetime measurement challenges using inelastic neutron scattering (INS) and neutron resonant spin - echo (NRSE) experiments conducted at the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, and Laboratoire Léon Brillouin (LLB) Saclay, France.

We applaud the staff of our research sites for their devotion to the challenges of conducting these studies, and the care they provide to our volunteers.

The study, conducted by German researchers Eva - Marie Meemken and Matin Qaim from the University of Goettingen and published in the journal Annual Review of Resource Economics, challenges many beliefs that have helped the organic food industry grow into an $ 82 billion global market.

The study was conducted as a challenge test against Escgerichia coli (E.coli) bacteria.

The research team, led by Glyn Howatson and Phillip G. Bell at Northumbria University in the U.K., conducted this double - blind, placebo - controlled study to identify the effects of Montmorency tart cherry juice on recovery from a metabolically challenging exercise: prolonged, high - intensity cycling.

This feeling of vulnerability contributes to one of the other challenges for doing lesson study: conducting a rich and meaningful debriefing.

We have conducted a couple of book studies with her book, and the teachers involved unanimously declare it a challenging and informative — if not attitude - changing — work.

Promising Results, Continuing Challenges: National Assessment of Title I (1999) summarizes findings from a variety of studies conducted for the National Assessment of Title I, examining the implementation and impact of the program.

Although leadership - related impact studies are challenging to conduct, the analyses hold great potential for informing effective principal talent management design and leadership workforce retention.

The study looks at how the money is spent, the degree to which program coordination occurs, research conducted by or promoted by the Department of Education, collaboration within states and how the DoE deals with these challenges.

We positioned interactive, dynamic experiences early in each face - to - face PD session and conducted them throughout the study to challenge participants» (very likely) traditional assumptions.

A national study conducted by the Fordham Institute found that 58 % of teachers have received no professional development focused on teaching academically advanced students in the past few years and 73 % of teachers agreed that «Too often, the brightest students are bored and under - challenged in school — we're not giving them a sufficient chance to thrive.

In an effort to document and promote school models and practices that effectively serve students with disabilities in charter schools, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) asked the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS) to conduct two case studies about exemplary schools that respectively leverage available opportunities and mitigate challenges.

The Broad Foundation Donates $ 25 Million To UCSF Stem Cell Program Because scientists were prohibited by President George W. Bush's stem cell policy from conducting these studies in federally funded buildings, UCSF scientists were forced to carry out their research in challenging circumstances — first in segregated space within an existing UCSF lab, later in rented space at an off - campus site and subsequently 40 miles away at Geron Corp., through a joint project.

To do so, CAREI conducts comprehensive studies that provide information about challenges confronting schools and practices leading to educational improvement.

conducts studies that provide empirical information about challenges confronting schools and practices that lead to educational improvement.

SPR conducts these studies using rigorous quantitative and qualitative methods to surface effective practices, lessons learned, and challenges.

The Origins of the Domestic Dog are Challenged: It has always been suggested that the domestic dog originated in East Asia until findings from recent scientific studies that have been conducted on dogs in Africa.

The studies were only conducted in purebred dogs, making interpretation to other breeds and mixed breeds challenging.

Efficacy was confirmed in a one - year duration of immunity study in which none of the vaccinated animals were infected with rabies when challenged 12 months after a single dose of DEFENSOR.4 During a field safety study conducted in 200 ferrets, no significant post-vaccination reactions were observed.5

Based on a study conducted on their behalf by CE Delft showing the environmental impact of mink farming compared with the production of other clothing, GAIA challenged whether the claim about the eco-friendliness of fur was misleading and could be substantiated.

In a wide - ranging December 2013 study, conducted to support Our Children's Trust, a group advancing legal challenges to lax greenhouse gas emissions policies on behalf of minors, Hansen called for a «human tipping point» — essentially, a social revolution — as one of the most effective ways of combating climate change, though he still favors a bilateral carbon tax agreed upon by the United States and China as the best near - term climate policy.

Singling out specific research studies, and implicitly questioning the integrity of the researchers conducting those studies, can be viewed as a form of intimidation that could deter scientists from freely carrying out research on important national challenges.

Dawn: The University of Agriculture Peshawar has recently established the Climate Change Centre to conduct studies and research on climate change and cope with the challenges posed by changing weather patterns.

The study, conducted by the American Bar Association and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, surveyed lawyers about alcohol and drug use and mental health challenges.