Sentences with phrase «drives research and study»

This need to have answers is what drives research and study of natural phenomenon, human behavior, the origin of the universal, and so on.

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A new study based on the latest research — «The Myths of Creativity,» by David Burkus — helps demystify what's behind the forces and processes that drive innovation.
That was the driving force behind both the Georgetown research and another recent study out of the University of Pennsylvania which focused on improving language skills through the use of tDCS.
A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research has found that tax policy has a dramatic impact on businesses and, if raised too high, could drive consumers to the black market.
Beyond confirming for our team (and clients) that editors are looking for unique, research - driven content, our study revealed other insights that we've shared with our audience through projects that drive our content marketing.
The market size of online supplemental education opportunity in India is expected to touch $ 2.5 billion in 2016 and is poised to grow at 15 % over the next three years, driven by innovative ways of delivering courses and study material by players in the space, according a report by research and advisory firm RedSeer Consulting.
BENEO is a research - driven company and the effectiveness of its functional ingredients has been recognized in numerous technical trials and scientific research studies.
As a research - driven organization led by nutrition scientists, the McCormick Science Institute is focused on advancing the scientific study of the health and wellness properties of spices and herbs, with all research teams required to submit their findings to reputable, peer - reviewed scientific journals for publication.
The completed sequencing of the seven wild rice varieties is a significant progress to drive further genome evolution and domestication,» explained Dr. Rod Wing, leader of the International Oryza Map Alignment Project (IOMAP), an AXA Chair holder at the International Rice Research Institute, Professor at the University of Arizona, and one of the lead scientists in the study.
Especially at a large public research university, where the average lecture hall reaches maximum capacity at 500 students, the grueling pressure to excel, to set the curve, and to be the best, drives many students to purchase the «study drug.»
Amazing that through research and study we found that cigarettes cause cancer (among other ailments) and it is probably a good idea if you buckle up when you drive.
A study from CHOP's Center for Injury Research and Prevention shows a higher percentage of children in crashes were not properly restrained in a car seat when their father was driving compared to when their mother was driving.
After diving into the literature and research while studying for my advanced degrees and working intimately with hundreds of families through my work (plus 3 co-sleeping babes of my own), I discovered that those natural drives of early childhood are actually brilliant and essential for a little one to thrive.
A study commissioned by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America — the trade organization representing the drug industry — warns that Cuomo's plan will drive up health care costs, harm New York consumers and could worsen the addiction crisis.
And, by showing how animal studies can help us understand when and why our own weapons work — or don't work — as deterrents, it drove home the importance of basic researAnd, by showing how animal studies can help us understand when and why our own weapons work — or don't work — as deterrents, it drove home the importance of basic researand why our own weapons work — or don't work — as deterrents, it drove home the importance of basic research.
Previous studies by the University of South Carolina's Lucia Pirisi - Kim Creek research group had reported the existence of an HPV - inactive class in head and neck cancers and raised the possibility that HPV - inactive cervical cancers might originate as virally driven cancers and subsequently act independent of HPV.
But the current stance of our major research institutions maintains that, given time, the ever - accelerating juggernaut of data from yet more genomic (and proteomic) projects and brain - scanning studies might somehow drive a causeway of understanding through these so unexpected findings.
Research into driving behavior has produced a three - way disconnect between scientists who study it, legislators who regulate it and drivers who talk on the phone.
A study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC — James) has identified an abnormal metabolic pathway that drives cancer - cell growth in a particular glioblastoma subtype.
Their dual training gives them a unique perspective: Well - trained physician - scientists have the experience and instincts to observe clinical syndromes, reflect on symptoms in the light of fundamental biological science, and pursue the study of those diseases through hypothesis - driven research.
Some research suggests that the most extreme road rage behavior may have a different cause altogether than the much more common aggressive driving described in the AAA report and other studies.
For example, earlier this summer, researchers from the Center for Accident Research and Road Safety — Queensland in Australia presented the first study to explore the relationship between moral disengagement — detaching from one's usual code of behavior — and angry driving.
In order to provide a broad and transparent data driven view of the field, the study reviewed leading nations» research output, citation impact and collaboration behavior, as well as assessing international differences in focus and growth.
The experiments set off a debate about the safest way to do gene drive experiments in the lab and helped prompt the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the academies's study.
The drive - hunting of dolphins has a long history in the Solomon Islands, particularly at the island of Malaita, according to Marc Oremus, a biologist with the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium and lead author on the study.
Study co-author Katy Sheen, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton, says: «These findings will help us to understand the processes that drive the ocean circulation and mixing so that we can better predict how our Earth system will respond to the increased levels of carbon dioxide that we have released into the atmosphere.»
«We know that driving can increase mobility and independence for adolescents with ASD, but little was known about their rates of licensure,» says Allison E. Curry, PhD, MPH, a senior scientist at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at CHOP and principal investigator of the study.
Prior research showed that the mPOA is important for social and reproductive behavior in all vertebrate species studied from fish to human, but it has been unclear whether this area drives social motivation through circuit connections with reward systems in the brain.
The study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, examined if ongoing power transmission capacity investment in China — driven largely by concerns over air pollution — could also reduce local adverse health impacts from air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Lead author of the study, Dr Caroline Eakin, Research Fellow in Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton, said: «The process of consuming old seafloor at subduction zones, where great slabs of oceanic material are swallowed up, drives circulation in the Earth's interior and keeps the planet going strong.
Intense campaigning on stem cell research across elections and states, as well as the 2004 election between President George W. Bush and then - Senator John Kerry, provided a valuable case study to compare the factors that drive public opinion.
Research scientist Salkeld and Antolin, professor and chair of biology in the College of Natural Sciences, assert that the swirl of ecological factors driving plague outbreaks in prairie dogs can lend key insights into the study of zoonotic diseases.
The scientists have identified priority areas for future study, including how to optimize linkage of HIV - positive infants into early treatment, improve models for retention and adherence of children receiving antiretrovirals, and prioritize locally driven research questions and processes that engage end users throughout.
«It has long been thought that the algal blooms found in Lake Okeechobee, which are caused by pollution such as runoffs from farms, were solely responsible for driving the blooms and their toxins in the St. Lucie Estuary,» said Brian E. Lapointe, Ph.D., lead author of the study and a research professor at FAU Harbor Branch, who recently presented these findings at the ninth U.S. National Harmful Algal Bloom Conference.
«While humorous advertising might be appropriate for some road safety topics such as anti-drink driving and anti-speeding messages, my small study shows that more research is needed to determine if using positive emotion - based messages such as humour is effective in preventing driver sleepiness.
«Meltwater from Greenland is directed by the surrounding ocean currents, but its fate depends on when and where the runoff occurs and the wind fields driving ocean currents,» said study co-author Thomas Mote, Distinguished Research Professor of Geography at UGA.
«One of the factors driving the low per capita rating for California city trees could be the fact that 20 of the nation's 100 most densely populated cities are in California, meaning there's a higher volume of people in a confined space for trees,» said Natalie van Doorn, study co-author and research urban ecologist with the Pacific Southwest Research research urban ecologist with the Pacific Southwest Research Research Station.
Singapore is a small country, and having benefited greatly from government scholarships in all my local and overseas studies, I would be honoured to return and contribute to the drive for excellence in biomedical research.
Study authors called for more research to assess the association between self - estimated BrACs and driving behavior in different contexts, and to investigate how altering drinking environments could improve individuals» ability to self - estimate their BrACs and avoid driving after drinking.
Although what drives this process has not been clear, studies have indicated that caspace - 2 might be involved, according to senior author Michael Shelanski, MD, PhD, the Delafield Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology, chair of the Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, and co-director of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain at CUMC.
«This concept has significant therapeutic implications and will drive the development of new therapies because it implies that MS will produce significant disability if suffered for enough time in all patients,» says co-author Dr. Pablo Villoslada, Head of the IDIBAPS research group in Pathogenesis and new treatments in multiple sclerosis and coordinator of the study.
The altered metabolism of two essential amino acids helps drive the development of the most common and lethal form of brain cancer, according to a new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC — James).
«Our society attributes the weight gain and lack of exercise at mid-life (approximately 30 - 60 years) primarily to poor lifestyle choices and lack of will power, but this study shows that there is a genetic program driven by an overactive enzyme that promotes weight gain and loss of exercise capacity at mid-life,» said lead study author Jay H. Chung, Ph.D., M.D., head of the Laboratory of Obesity and Aging Research at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of NIH.
In the drive to survive changing climates, larger herbivores may fare slightly better than their smaller competitors, according to new research from the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Fallon said that in addition to the value of the findings themselves, the study demonstrates advances in creating animal models that can be used more successfully in mimicking the disease in ALS research, which is a key element in driving new research and possible therapies.
The focus of the Microbiome Ideas Challenge is the development of new tools and methods that will help transition the field of microbiome research from correlative studies — i.e., genomics - driven microbial censusing efforts — to causal understanding of microbial function.
«The driving idea behind the research is knowing that AMPK serves as a sensor for low energy loss in cells and that LKB1 - deficient cells lack the ability to activate AMPK and sense energy loss,» says David Shackelford, a postdoctoral researcher at Salk who spearheaded the study in Shaw's lab and is now an assistant professor at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine.
The study was part of an initiative of Cedars - Sinai Precision Health, whose goal is to drive the development of the newest technology and best research, coupled with the finest clinical practice, to rapidly enable a new era of personalized health.
Although a large number of genetic alterations that drive the development and progression of many types of cancer have been identified through large - scale research studies, some tumor types have not been deeply characterized.
Study researchers Olivier George, from the The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), and colleagues have found a group of brain cells in rats that drives excessive alcohol drinking.
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