Sentences with phrase «contributed to the study of»

Several factors have contributed to the study of symbolism to give it the privileged place that it holds today.

He has contributed to the study of the brain processing of form, symmetry, flicker, motion, color, and stereoscopic depth perception and has developed tests for the diagnosis of retinal and optic nerve diseases.

Bok telescope The unusual building — said to resemble a can of bug spray — houses a versatile telescope that has contributed to studies of interacting double stars, quasars, and the central regions of galaxies.

These experiments will be done both at electron - positron collider facilities called B factories and at high - energy hadron colliders, because each type of facility offers different capabilities to contribute to the study of this detail of the laws of physics — a detail that is responsible for such an important property of the universe as the fact that there is anything there at all!

Abstract: This paper contributes to the study of self - presentation in online dating systems by performing a factor analysis on the text portions of online pro?les.

It is the scope to explore areas of political science and find new facts which can contribute to the study of political science at an advanced level.

In this ideal setting, the gallery is poised to continue its mission of presenting numerous museum - quality exhibitions, which have significantly contributed to the study of American art.

Sensors on board would have contributed to the study of clouds, solar radiation, and (most significantly) atmospheric aerosols.

A large percentage of the scientists who contributed to the studies of temperature and climate variations and greenhouse gas atmospheric concentrations behind the «Global Warming» political movement, disagree with the conclusions that have been drawn from their work by non-scientific hacks with an «agenda» and a stake in the game (Like making billions from the sale of carbon credits or gaining vast powers to control the energy policies of countries).

Furthermore, the present work contributes to the study of the intergenerational transmission of RF in preadolescence, a rarely investigated developmental phase with regard to mentalization.

Not exact matches

Numerous studies have found that sitting for long periods of time can do more than just contribute to weight gain and metabolic disorders.

Still, the CCBE study indicates dual - class structures may actually contribute to the outperformance of family - controlled firms.

But the company is hoping to give those investors a boost through a sort of mathematical illusion: A recent study of Acorn's customers found that people were much more likely to agree to set aside $ 5 per day than $ 150 per month, even though they'd end up contributing the same amount either way.

According to estimates by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, black voters contributed roughly 70 % of Obama's share of the vote in the state, both in 2008 and 2012.

The study found employees had contributed 8.4 % of their salaries to their 401 (k) accounts, the highest rate since just before the financial crisis hit in 2008.

One study by Sheffield Hallam University found that an organized workspace with plenty of light and free of distraction contributes greatly to your ability to focus on the task at hand.

That's according to a new NerdWallet study, which found employed millennial parents (aged 18 to 34) are contributing a median of 10 % of their income to retirement savings.

But to further quantify women's impact on a local level, the study's authors also broke down what female residents of each state contribute to GDP per day.

Much work needs to be done to help ensure female entrepreneurs can fully contribute to the Canadian economy, according to the study released Wednesday and co-funded by the Bank of Montreal, the federal government, Carleton University and the Beacon Agency.

While these studies suggest that the rising level of student debt contributes to the decline in rates of entrepreneurship among young people today, mounting student debt is unlikely to be the sole cause of low levels of entrepreneurship among millennials.

Medical researchers have keenly studied the relationship between vitamin D and cancer in recent years, with evidence mounting that a lack of sunlight can contribute to tumours of the breast, prostate and colon.

«I think all of these things can contribute to increases, but we can't pinpoint them for sure because it's not what the study was designed to address,» said Hassin.

Along with the possibility of raising the age for purchasing a gun, the commission will study the effects of factors such as violent video games that contribute to what DeVos called a «culture of violence» in U.S. schools.

Nearly a third of patients say that confusion over how much insurance will cover versus patient responsibility contributes to payment delays, according to a West study cited by Televox.

The city is now in the midst of conducting a study of congestion, traffic, and pollution, which it says Uber might be contributing to.

Studies show employees of businesses with best - of - class human resource services are more engaged, contributing to improved business performance.

Stover added new insights into the taxonomy, variation, and physiology of the fungus, helped describe its interaction with banana, characterized resistance and susceptibility in banana, studied the influence of edaphic factors on the pathogen, and introduced flood fallowing as a means for cleansing contaminated soil (a practice that was later shown to contribute to the spread of the fungus).

-- According to a new study from financial services firm Edward Jones, more than half of Americans are not actively contributing to an employer - sponsored 401 retirement account.

Diogo Palhares and Scott Richardson of AQR Capital Management contribute to the literature in this area with their March 2018 study, «(Il) liquidity Premium in Credit Markets: A Myth?»

10.4 % of investors contributed to their account in every year of the study (2010 - 2014), compared to 2.1 % who contributed to traditional IRAs every year of the study.

From the above case studies, one can draw conclusion that the Federal Reserve's pursuit of maximum employment have often contributed to the rise in risk asset valuation (an intended effect of easing financial conditions), and such policy would only be reversed during times of acute (or perceived) inflation risk.

The Business Council of Canada regularly publishes reports and studies to inform and contribute to the debate on Canadian public policy issues.

Religion Can Make You Poor In her review of Lisa A. Keister's Faith and Money: How Religion Contributes to Wealth and Poverty (February), Naomi Schaefer Riley takes the author to task for the superficiality of her analysis of her study's findings regarding religion's effect on socioeconomic status.

But, studying the properties of the trajectories of the cosmic rays detected at high altitude (the so - called Störmer Problem) he contributed to deep mathematical foundations for the theory of the Polar Aurorae.

All of that has led scientists to see that the glaciers are losing almost 23 feet of ice each year and the specific glaciers studied all contribute to sea levels around the world into the Amudsen Sea.

A hermeneutic of particularity involves studying ways in which our differences contribute to how we experience and think about human and divine life.

It resulted in a series of international dialogs and contributed to the formation of a Society of Buddhist / Christian Studies with its own journal.

Recently, several important studies have appeared that, in addition to contributing historical evidence on Puritanism, also offer some interesting new ways of thinking about the theoretical assumptions concerning religion and ideology in the Weberian tradition.

Mary Fulbrook's comparative study of Puritanism and Pietism in England, Wurttemberg, and Prussia also contributes to the current reassessment of Weber's ideas.2 Asking why religious ideas favored absolutism in Prussia in contrast to a politically passive orientation in Wurttemberg and an anti-absolutist attitude in England, Fulbrook is led to examine the interaction between religious ideas and the social contexts in which they take shape.

Along with the Greek and Latin classics, the study of the Bible was revived and this contributed largely to the Reformation.

Arnold J. Toynbee is the distinguished British author of A Study of History, and he contributed as an Anglican layman to a series of articles anticipating the 1937 ecumenical conference on Life and Work, held at Oxford.

[9] Foundations of Unity (Unity Village, MO: Unity, n.d.) 38, as cited in C. Alan Anderson, «Contrasting Strains of Metaphysical Idealism Contributing to New Thought,» monograph for Society for the Study of Metaphysical Religion, 1991.

He could have contributed immeasurably to our understanding if he had devoted himself to a full study of sensuality.

For example, at one point he quotes the distinguished historian of ancient science G. E. R. Lloyd, who said of Greek science: «Much as the Egyptians and Babylonians contributed to the content of these studies, the investigations only acquire self «conscious methodologies for the first time with the Greeks.»

Moreover, he has probably given more prolonged and intensive thought to the ontological argument than any other philosopher in history, and his studies have contributed notably to a recent revival of interest in it.

One can point to the emergence of a variety of critical approaches to religion in general, and to Christianity in particular, which have contributed to the breakdown of certainties: These include historical - critical and other new methods for the study of biblical texts, feminist criticism of Christian history and theology, Marxist analysis of the function of religious communities, black studies pointing to long - obscured realities, sociological and anthropological research in regard to cross-cultural religious life, and examinations of traditional teachings by non-Western scholars.

And, hopefully people who actually want to «prove evolution wrong» by studying PE and its contributing process will help further define our understanding of evolution to make it even more accurate and comprehensive than it is today.

Scientific study of the Ice Age Floods is contributing to the understanding of cyclical climate change and of very large and destructive contemporary floods on Earth.

The vice president of book publishing and an associate publisher at Crossway, he has edited and contributed to several books and served as the managing editor for The ESV Study Bible.

Amy Laura Hall of Duke contributes an intriguing and well - argued chapter on the way women's studies might help the EBU to remap its future, especially in the «unmasking of a social tapestry that cloaks false wisdom as true.»