Sentences with phrase «controversial studies on»

Two investigators whose controversial studies on deadly avian influenza viruses are among 11 on hold welcomed the end of the pause.

A controversial study on twins claims to provide evidence that the genes we inherit have a bigger impact on exam success than schooling and parenting.

UT has been clobbered with a tough outside review, made public yesterday by Provost Steven Leslie, of blunders in a controversial study on the use of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas, known as «fracking.»

In 2013, the science committee subpoenaed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over communications related to a controversial study on the health effects of air pollution known as the Harvard Six Cities Study.

A controversial study on twins claims to provide strong evidence that genetic inheritance has a bigger impact on exam success than schooling and parenting.

A few weeks ago, Andrew Biggs, an AEI colleague, and Jason Richwine of the Heritage Foundation, authored a controversial study on teacher pay.

Not exact matches

«We make a big deal about the controversial nature of our business and market around it,» explains Biderman, pointing out that the thousands of user profiles on Avid's various international sites represent, in the aggregate, a vast sociological study of human infidelity, an area that has traditionally attracted little in the way of sociological scrutiny.

Meanwhile, debates were held on the Environment and Industrial Relations as the WA government released a controversial study.

Even in Silicon Valley, experiments regarding the adoption of a universal basic income have been hotly debated — and incubator Y Combinator has embarked on a controversial study of such a move.

APF Canada Disclaimer: Given the controversial nature of this topic, APF Canada has attempted to provide a transparent, fact - based backgrounder that, while referencing the main studies published to date on the issue of foreign - ownership in Vancouver...

APF Canada Disclaimer: Given the controversial nature of this topic, APF Canada has attempted to provide a transparent, fact - based backgrounder that, while referencing the main studies published to date on the issue of foreign - ownership in Vancouver real estate, does not delve into a rigorous academic critique of these studies.

Milos Barutciski, a lawyer with Bennett Jones LLP in Toronto familiar with the SNC - Lavalin affair and who has co-operated with authorities on certain aspects of the case, said he believes the Trudeau government will study both allowing deferred prosecution agreements and changing the mandatory blacklist provisions in the Conservatives» controversial government procurement rules.

But please, do not waste all this time writing studies or articles on her that have no other value than being controversial enough to be published.

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

The Pentagon's long - awaited study on its policy against gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military found that repeal of the controversial policy would face resistance from some service members on religious grounds, but that repeal would not require anyone to change their personal views or religious beliefs.

In his brilliant but controversial recent study of the consequences of the Reformation, The Unintended Reformation, Gregory has no doubt that its outcomes were, on balance, negative.

Conservative adaptation shows up in the studied silence (one writer called it trivialization) maintained on controversial issues, and in the pervasive rhetoric of retrieval — the old ways, doctrines or distinctive denominational traditions.

While his gut is young and developing I'm hoping to minimize exposure to these ingredients with controversial effects on the body (there are a number of studies saying carrageenan is harmful but a number saying the opposite, so who knows, better be safe than sorry I guess?).

The editor didn't want to waste print on a study that didn't support the latest most controversial hypothesis.

Colon cancer test Non-invasive, virtual colonoscopies — which involve a CT scan of the lower body — are as effective as standard colonoscopies at detecting large and medium - size polyps that can lead to colon cancer, according to the largest and most definitive study to date on the controversial technology.

An article on the environmental impact of the production and disposal of millions of plastic and cloth diapers reveals the length to which corporations will go to ensure profit margins: couching advertisements in «scientific studies»; funding studies based on controversial methodologies; using unscientific statistical studies to cook the books on cost - benefit analyses of environmental damage; and employing shrewd, manipulative and effective public - relations strategies.

The effect of exclusive breastfeeding on postpartum risk of MS relapse is controversial with conflicting study results.

Breast Is Best But Soy Milk Has Benefits Too, Say Docs (Medical Tribune)- Hot on the heels of a German study that found breastfed babies were less likely than formula - fed ones to become obese, controversial new information suggests that soy formula may provide other health benefits that breastfeeding does not.

Republican Sen. Marty Golden on Wednesday waded into the contentious issue of removing controversial historical statutes, saying he disagrees with a commission formed by Mayor Bill de Blasio to study the issue.

The city of Yonkers will pay an extra $ 3 million to keep its lights on over the next 12 years, according to a study of utility costs linked to a controversial Cuomo administration plan to bail out three upstate nuclear power plants.

Activist Bertha Lewis is blasting NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio on minority contracting, slamming the city's hiring of a controversial firm to study the issue.

Neighbors blasted the plan, which is the first individual project to be built under Mayor Bill de Blasio's controversial Mandatory Inclusionary Housing rezoning, saying the «affordable» income requirement didn't match with those in the area and that there was no environmental impact study to see what effect the building would have on neighboring Fort Tryon Park.

In the wake of an EPA study that found no evidence fracking has had a «widespread, systematic impact on drinking water,» supporters of the controversial drilling practice are calling on the Cuomo administration to scrap its plans for a ban.

Mayor de Blasio says progress on the commission studying the city's controversial statues has to remain quiet after defending the commission's private meeting.

Documents obtained by a group opposed to hydrofracking in New York show that the Cuomo Administration is conducting a thorough and comprehensive health study on the controversial natural gas drilling process.

Documents obtained by a group opposed to hydrofracking show the Cuomo administration is conducting a thorough health study on the controversial natural gas drilling process.

The United Nations has insisted its special rapporteur did not break any rules on her controversial visit to Britain to study the coalition's so - called «bedroom tax».

A new study suggests that the controversial pipeline would mean more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere thanks to its impact on oil prices

FLAGGED A certain pattern of chemical tags on DNA shows up more often in gay men than in straight men, a controversial study in twins suggests.

A while back, we reported on the difficulties and career damage that can befall academic researchers who undertake controversial studies.

Several studies have used cell - surface markers — proteins found on the outer membranes of tumor cells — to identify glioblastoma stem cells; but the specific markers used have been controversial and can not reflect molecular processes going on within tumor cells.

Wade, on the other hand, tackles controversial subjects — arguing, for example, that studying the biological basis of race is both scientifically valid and medically useful — but says little on the politics of genetics.

State Forests, backed by its own scientists and academic forestry researchers, is even embarking on a major new study, itself controversial, to show that selective logging will sustain biodiversity, not harm it.

Less than a month before Congress votes on whether to reauthorize a controversial program mandating healthier school lunches, a new study confirms the suspicions of school officials — many students are putting the fruits and vegetables they're now required to take straight into the trash, consuming fewer than they did before the law took effect.

«If you get access to a typical smartphone, that can reveal their whole social network,» said Lindqvist, coauthor of a recent study on Bitcoin, a controversial virtual currency.

Amid occasional controversial claims that cloned babies are well on their way to birth, researchers have published a study showing that in cloned mice, defects can be found throughout the genome.

According to the study, «screenings of Gasland in different locations had an effect on the mobilization of local campaigns against the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing; in turn, those local mobilizations made local policymakers significantly more likely to take action to ban the practice of fracking.»

However, declining human semen quality remains a controversial issue — many have criticised the variability of the data of the studies on the basis of changes in laboratory methods, training of laboratory personnel and improved quality control over the years.

That's the conclusion of a 5 - year study, which found that when news organizations ran a number of stories on controversial topics like water quality and climate change in close succession, they significantly boosted public conversations about these topics — and even changed some people's minds.

SHANGHAI, CHINA — An official investigation in China has come down hard on a controversial U.S. - funded study in which Chinese schoolchildren were fed genetically modified (GM) rice.

When politicians want to cut funding, he notes, they focus on specific controversial studies or areas — such as climate change, stem cells or genetically modified organisms.

The bill also puts a roadblock in NIH's controversial plan to revamp how pregnant women will be recruited for the study: NIH can make «no changes to the current design or Vanguard pilot structure until at least 90 days after the IOM [Institute of Medicine] conducts a review of the proposed changes and impact on the results.»

Its resolution on the «Introduction of new study structures and degrees» was the council's reaction to a controversial debate: German students spend too much time at university and so are handicapped when trying to break into the international job market.

«This is an interesting study that touches on an area that has been controversial for decades,» says Trowell, a biochemist who is developing analytical devices for the detection of odors at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia's national science agency, based in Canberra.

A highly controversial study in which researchers synthesized the horsepox virus from scratch was finally published in PLOS ONE on 19 January.