The phrase
"decade of study" refers to a period of ten years during which someone engages in a focused and extensive pursuit of learning and knowledge in a specific field.
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But even
after decades of study there are a surprising number of gaps in our understanding of exactly how mining alters flooding.
What we've found
from decades of studying real - life couples in the lab is that if a person feels insecure or rejected while dating someone — she's not the one.
After billions of dollars and millions of words
over decades of studies and programs, there is no definitive best teaching or learning method coming from the federal government.
However,
decades of studies in different countries have shown that authoritative parenting is associated with positive outcomes.
There are now
literally decades of studies and research to prove a proper low - carb lifestyle is far, far healthier than a carb - loaded, grain - fed diet.
A: That's the big question, and research to answer it is still in relative infancy, although some useful guidance comes
from decades of studying the effects of television.
«This exciting advance, the culmination
of decades of studies on prion diseases, markedly improves on available diagnostic tests for CJD that are less reliable, more difficult for patients to tolerate, and require more time to obtain results,» said Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of NIH.
Many observers have lamented that education research has been ineffective at creating change; after all, the achievement gap persists after
decades of studies on how to ameliorate it.
All of this, widely accepted in the scientific community, is the result of
decades of study by archaeologists, paleontologists, anthropologists, paleoanthropologists and others.
«The ELITE results, in context
with decades of studies on hormone therapy and vascular degeneration, provides strong evidence that the cardiovascular benefits of hormone therapy are dependent on timing of initiation,» said Howard N. Hodis, MD, director of the Atherosclerosis Research Unit and professor of medicine and preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine and principle investigator of the study.
John Gottman - arguably the foremost expert on romantic love - has shared some incredible findings from
decades of studies around what makes amazing relationships.
Just one percent of newspaper stories linking violence with mental illness appearing on the front page in the
first decade of the study period (1994 to 2005) compared with 18 percent in the second decade (2005 to 2014).
The biologists behind the new research findings
synthesized decades of studies on fossil beetles, focusing on beetles associated with the dung of large animals in the past or with woodlands and trees.
The research turns on its
head decades of studies assuming that single neurons independently encode information in our working memories.
«It is remarkable that even after
many decades of studying the sky, we still do not have a complete inventory of the Sun's nearest neighbors,» said Michael Werner, the project scientist for Spitzer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which manages and operates Spitzer.
But after two
decades of studying microbial communities, the University of California, Berkeley, geomicrobiologist realized that previous iterations of the tree, which shows how organisms are genetically related, neglected vast swaths of life's diversity.
After
decades of study using different telescopes sensitive to a range of frequencies, astronomers thought these two types of AGN were one and the same — the reason for the two types was just a matter of perspective.
Three
decades of study commencing in the 1960's led to the Burgess Shale ultimately attaining the recognition of today as a remarkable rock record of early Cambrian life and its early diversification.
Shaman Durek is a third - generation shaman who has
devoted decades of study and practice to become a thought leader and spiritual enthusiast for people all over the world.
Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs)-- Essential to Brain
Health Decades of study and countless books have gone into exploring Omega - 3 and the role it plays in our physical and mental health.
Decades of studies analyzing diets high in vegetable consumption support the effects that nutrients contained in veggies reduce human cancers.
After
decades of studying sex, I also know now that masturbation is the single healthiest act an adult can perform, better for you than a daily shower.
Robert Swain: The Form of Color transcends the precise system and
decades of study informing it, providing a uniquely serene and spiritual experience for each individual viewer.
A 2003 «Letter to President George W. Bush» (PDF) advised that «the uncertain link between industrial emissions and global warming after a century of [greenhouse gas] buildup and
decades of study points toward lower - range, benign warming scenarios.»
According to Marie Claire, after four
decades of studying couples at the Gottman Institute, Dr. John Gottman found that harboring feelings of contempt or disgust towards a partner causes marriages to come apart at the seams.
In my 4 + decades of being human and my 2
+ decades of studying humanity, I've discovered the most common shared human concerns are about the state of our relationships and legacy.
The source of this sad passage is «
Decades of Studies Show What Happens to Marriages After Having Kids,» in Fortune Magazine.
«However, these individuals, who represent the heart of evangelical gospel concern, and who represent a unique mix of professional expertise and accumulated wisdom acquired
over decades of study and ministry experience, do not appear to have been adequately consulted.»
Decades of studies by biologists show that killer whales are sighted near Anacortes an average of only 70 times each summer — and usually far from shore.
They are thinking big — tectonic plate big, ocean basin big, global system big — and long - term —
with decades of studies.
The authors state, «Everything we know
from decades of the study of human behavior would lead us to believe that carbon pollution will go down as the price on emissions increases.»
After nearly five
decades of study around effective teaching and learning practices, Dr. Robert Marzano expands his acclaimed work by releasing the Art and Science of Teaching Causal Teacher Evaluation Model.
Three
decades of studying the Bible, the church and church history has shown me how far we've strayed from what Jesus taught.