Sentences with phrase «controversial study of»

China's Electric Vehicles and Its Dirty Coal University of Tennessee assistant professor of environmental engineering Chris Cherry talks with EV World about controversial study of electric vehicles and their potential health impact in China.

This week, he recommends Maîtresse, Barbet Schroeder's conventional love story and controversial study of fetishism.

As a controversial study of the H5N1 avian influenza virus published online today in Science shows, researchers are keenly interested in how mutations in the virus» genes might enable it to become transmissible in humans.

Controversial study of evolutionary relationships could «rewrite textbooks, redesign museum exhibits»

A controversial study of hydraulic fracking will be reviewed by an independent panel of experts.

Regnerus (the same sociologist behind a controversial study of how children of same - sex couples fare) says cheap sex — sex with little cost as far as time or emotional investment — is behind a host of societal ills, from fewer people marrying to the rise of unmarriageable men to more people living together to more children being born outside of marriage — you get the idea.

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.

Controversial studies of animals containing human stem cells could be funded if they pass agency ethics review

ONE of two controversial studies of H5N1 bird flu, held back because of fears about bioterrorism, has finally been published this week.

Not exact matches

The EPA fracking study was commissioned in 2010 by the US Congress and stands as the most comprehensive review of the controversial mining technique, which releases natural gas by injecting a high - pressure mixture of water, sand, and chemicals into rock formations deep below ground.

«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.

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.

The city of San Francisco will lose $ 58 million in tax revenue over the next decade if it passes a controversial measure to limit Airbnb listings to 75 days, according to an Airbnb study.

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.

Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann, two presidential candidates who sparred over the issue of Texas vaccinations, may be floundering in the polls, but the topic of Merck's controversial Gardasil is heating up — with an Austrian physician who studied the drug saying it is not only dangerous, but useless in reducing cervical cancer, the stated reason it was administered to young girls at the behest of Gov. Perry.

Earlier this year, in Acts of Faith, Stark and coauthor Roger Finke of Pennsylvania State University defended their influential and controversial principle of «rational choice,» which they apply to the study of religion.

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.

As anyone who studies the history of Christian thought knows, what is theologically controversial and needs clear justification is the liberal view that we should adopt a religiously neutral approach to public policy, including immigration and refugee policy.

It is an inescapable fact that when free - church men and established - church men undertake to frame a joint statement about the relations of church and state, they can come to agreement only by a studied ambiguity or by a cautious avoidance of controversial aspects of the question.

He specializes in the study of iconoclasts and rebels, including the controversial writer and public intellectual Rebecca West.

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?).

Co-sleeping is probably the most controversial aspect of attachment parenting, according to Virginia Shiller, a licensed clinical psychologist and lecturer at the Yale (University) Child Study Center.

Although normal doses of fish oil are not thought to be harmful, giving kids fish oil supplements is a little controversial, as not all studies have shown that they have any benefit.

The rule changes, however, were subsequently criticized in a controversial 2013 study [3] by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

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.

And a rather shocking and controversial 2010 study reported that newborns who were given cow's milk formula within two weeks of birth had 19 times lower odds of developing a cow's milk allergy compared with newborns who were not.

The practice of ultrasound during pregnancy is highly controversial with authorities acknowledging that there are clear hazards as found in animal and cell studies.

«The Age» newspaper was chosen as the data source for this study as it has national distribution and regularly features news articles that report controversial issues particularly in the area of maternity care and childbirth.

Although the use of corporal punishment in children has been controversial, evidence continues to emerge highlighting the negative developmental impact of this form of discipline in children.21, 29 Moreover, this finding is particularly concerning given that children were only 1 year of age in our study, a developmental stage when children are unlikely to understand the connection between their behavior and subsequent punishment and when spanking is more likely to cause physical injury.30

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.

While de Blasio has promised a public airing of grievances over the city's more controversial statues, he said a commission to study them has to stay quiet — for now — because it's dealing with «very sensitive, complex subject matter.»

The Department of Environmental Conservation and the state Department of Health are finalizing a health - impact study of fracking, the controversial natural gas extraction process, and announced last week that three experts have been contracted to sort through the guidelines.

The grassroots survey, which is not sanctioned by a government agency, was announced Tuesday at the New York state Capitol, where Health Department officials in June released the results of a controversial study they said found no evidence of increased cancer rates in Hoosick Falls.

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.

A new peer - reviewed study discredits findings of controversial research claiming that higher concentrations of dissolved methane in domestic water wells can be associated with proximity to nearby gas - producing wells in northeastern Pennsylvania — and it does so using a much larger sampling size and pre-drill baselines.

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.

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.

These results followed the release of a controversial cancer study by the state, which found no increased rate of cancer among the Rensselaer County village's 3,400 residents.

Since Shah began the study, at the direction of Cuomo's environmental agency, the health commissioner's other achievements were overshadowed by the controversial topic.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has hailed the Federal Government «for reversing the controversial, unlawful, and ungodly merger of the Christian Religious Studies and the...

The New York state government continues its study of fracking as advocates for and against the highly controversial drilling process in Broome County and across the Southern Tier wait for the decision of whether or not it will be allowed in New York state.

A study published Aug. 28, 2017, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences adds a new dimension to the controversial decision to inject large amounts of chemical dispersants immediately above the crippled oil well at the seafloor during the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.

Bioethics is the study of typically controversial ethics brought about by advances in biology and medicine.