Sentences with phrase «especially at research universities»

Still, it may take a culture change before dad - scientists are acknowledged as and encouraged to be equal parents, especially at research universities.

Not exact matches

Dr. Edward Donnerstein of the Center for Communication Research at the University of Wisconsin told the hearing that his study of films which combine erotic material with violence indicates that exposure of young men to violent sexual scenes, especially rape, tends to desensitize them to aggression toward women.

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.»

Although awareness has increased about sports concussions, little research has been done on middle school athletes, especially girls, noted study co-author Dr. Melissa Schiff, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health in Seattle.

«Our results suggest that breastfeeding duration is independently associated with better educational outcomes in middle childhood, especially for boys,» reported Wendy H. Oddy, associate professor at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and University of Western Australia, and colleagues.

The NASEM report, commissioned by Congress in 2016, collected career aspiration, training, and outcome data from NIH, research institutions, and professional societies, as well as solicited suggestions from individual university administrators and biomedical scientists at different stages of their careers.The report especially zeroed in on the plight of the postdoctoral research fellow.

These days, the research she conducts as an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at San Francisco State University (SFSU) focuses less on advancing science and more on helping students advance — especially those from underrepresented groups.

But the technology has a wide application and there is every possibility that it could be adapted for rail vehicles — especially as Dr Wang has taken up a full - time research post at the University of Huddersfield's Institute of Railway Researcresearch post at the University of Huddersfield's Institute of Railway ResearchResearch (IRR).

«Before our work in rhesus monkeys, it has not been possible to detect or observe some of these symptoms in other HD animal models, especially emotional dysregulation,» says senior author Chan, associate professor of human genetics at Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory University School of Medicine.

It will take time to sort these factors out — but doing so could especially be a boon for economists, says Agniesizka Tymula, a neuroeconomist at the University of Sydney who was not involved with the new research.

The research, led by Sara H. Konrath of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and published online in August in Personality and Social Psychology Review, found that college students» self - reported empathy has declined since 1980, with an especially steep drop in the past 10 years.

«Prior research has shown that when advertisers played around in spaces like this, it would damage the relationship they had with the public, especially if they did not disclose that they were behind the content,» said the study's lead author, Kaye Sweetser, an associate professor at San Diego State University.

New research from North Carolina State University finds that mental health courts are effective at reducing repeat offending, and limiting related jail time, for people with mental health problems — especially those who also have substance use problems.

The research «really is novel and addresses an important societal question, especially given the growing interest in developing nuclear energy worldwide,» says Timothy Mousseau, a biologist at the University of South Carolina in Columbia who studies Chernobyl - area wildlife.

Brianna Blaser, outreach project director at Science Careers, said no matter the economy — but especially in the current tough environment — successful job - seekers know how to do two things well: stand out among the other applicants and explore career options beyond the large research universities.

Indeed, in a 2011 analysis of game sales from 2004 to 2008, A. Scott Cunningham of Baylor University, Benjamin Engelsttter of the Center for European Economic Research in Mannheim, Germany, and Michael R. Ward of the University of Texas at Arlington found that higher rates of violent game sales actually coincided with a drop in crimes, especially violent crimes.

Eran Andrechek, a physiology professor in the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University, has discovered that many of the various models used in breast cancer research can replicate several characteristics of the human disease, especially at the gene level.

The hostilities involve institutions (M.I.T. and Harvard versus University of California), gender (Doudna, Charpentier, Zhang), geography (east versus west coast) and what you might call über - institutions (the Broad Institute, which has become an empire of genomic research under Lander's direction, especially after his leading role in the Human Genome Project, versus the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, whose president, Robert Tjian, is based at Berkeley and has co-authored at least one CRISPR paper with Doudna, also an HHMI investigator).

Our hope is to find more objects like this, possibly even more distant ones, to better understand this population of extreme dusty galaxies and especially their relation to the bulk population of galaxies at this epoch,» said Joaquin Vieira, an assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Campaign and member of the SPT team whose study of SPT - discovered galaxies is funded through NSF's Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants program.

«For translation to humans, it would be important to know if pharmacological enhancement — ideally of the specific GABA receptor — can alleviate the peripheral hypersensitivity to touch, especially in young children who may be in a critical period of vulnerability,» says Takao Hensch, a neuroscientist at Harvard University who was not involved in the research.

«This is an important finding, because it could provide us clues about how to tackle the disease and plan public health strategies,» especially for Maya - speaking people, says María Guadalupe García, a geneticist at the Autonomous University of Yucatán (UADY) in Mérida, who was not involved in the research.

Ed Miles, a professor of marine studies and public affairs at the University of Washington, said the prospect of a coordinated federal ocean acidification research program is welcome news, especially given the conditions Feely observed off the California coast in 2008.

Professor Eleanor Stride, Cancer Research UK scientist at the University of Oxford, said: «We're especially excited about the potential this bubbly drink could have for hard to treat cancers like pancreatic cancer, where survival rates are low and better treatments are urgently needed.

«The mesophotic reefs of the Virgin Islands are especially vibrant and may contribute to the recovery of shallow reef systems after disturbance,» said Tyler Smith, associate research professor at the University of the Virgin Islands and coauthor of the study.

«Imaging is essential for identifying the presence and the severity of the structural changes induced by the infection, especially in the central nervous system,» said the report's lead author, Fernanda Tovar - Moll, M.D., Ph.D., vice president of the D'Or Institute for Research and Education and professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

«It's been proposed that nanoparticles could really enhance the strength of metals without damaging their plasticity, especially light metals like magnesium, but no groups have been able to disperse ceramic nanoparticles in molten metals until now,» says Xiaochun Li, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Los Anglese (UCLA) and leader of the research team.

This can be especially useful for young women with dense breasts, says Janet Wolter, MD, a medical oncologist and the Brian Piccolo chair of Breast Cancer Research at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, because their home breast self - exams (BSEs) are trickier to interpret.

«We know that people generally cut down on drinking as they age, especially if they have health problems,» stated co-author Tim Stockwell, PhD, director of the Centre for Addictions Research at the University of Victoria, in a press release.

«This research suggests that almonds may be a good snack option, especially for those concerned about weight,» says Richard Mattes, a professor of nutrition science at Purdue University.

However, a research facility at a major university is always under such constant scrutiny, lofty personal goals are even less likely to be achieved at all because it isn't a setting conducive to such reckless, singular behavior — especially in an environment where major acts of terrorism against that very kind of research is running rampant in the world.

Universities Run Into Problems When They Hire Presidents From The Business World Think Progress, 3/7/16 «Richard P. Chait, a research professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, adds that this mentality may be driven by the fact that more families tend to look at themselves as customers — especially the families of students with the most impressive applications who find themselves courted by Ivy League universiUniversities Run Into Problems When They Hire Presidents From The Business World Think Progress, 3/7/16 «Richard P. Chait, a research professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, adds that this mentality may be driven by the fact that more families tend to look at themselves as customers — especially the families of students with the most impressive applications who find themselves courted by Ivy League universitiesuniversities.»

Despite all the emphasis on reading programs and encouraging students to read, many children, especially minority students, still do not read with a high level of comprehension and fluency, independently, or for fun, according to Dr. Sally M. Reis, a professor and the department head of the educational psychology department at the University of Connecticut where she also serves as principal investigator of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented.

Teacher Policy Research (TPR) is a research partnership between the University of Virginia, Stanford University and the University at Albany that examines the behavior of teachers and administrators with the goal of developing policies that will attract and retain high - quality teachers and leaders, especially in low - performing Research (TPR) is a research partnership between the University of Virginia, Stanford University and the University at Albany that examines the behavior of teachers and administrators with the goal of developing policies that will attract and retain high - quality teachers and leaders, especially in low - performing research partnership between the University of Virginia, Stanford University and the University at Albany that examines the behavior of teachers and administrators with the goal of developing policies that will attract and retain high - quality teachers and leaders, especially in low - performing schools.

She is currently a senior research scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, where she focuses on neurobehavioral genetics of dogs, the development of normal and abnormal behaviors and how we assess behavior, especially as concerns working dogs.

Katy Siegel, BMA Senior Programming & Research Curator and Thaw Chair in Modern American Art at Stony Brook University added: «As the exhibition title suggests (in Édouard Glissant's powerful, poetic phrasing), these artists confront with bravery and creativity a tension we all feel, most especially African Americans, between the «solitary» — being specifically, uniquely and only oneself — and the «solidary» of a group's collective social identity.

Of course, most university projects will never have any «industrial applications», especially here in Canada where funding for research is at a ridiculously low level.

Add research on to such a load, especially when you are competing with folk at the research universities for funding, and the workload avalanches.

Rosanne D'Arrigo, senior research scientist at the Tree Ring Lab at Columbia University «s Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory, hypothesises that «beyond a certain threshold level of temperature the trees may become more stressed physiologically, especially if moisture availability does not increase at the same time.»

The authors would also like to thank all research personnel at the Child Neurodevelopment Research Lab at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee for their help with data collection, especially Michael Gaffreyresearch personnel at the Child Neurodevelopment Research Lab at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee for their help with data collection, especially Michael GaffreyResearch Lab at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee for their help with data collection, especially Michael Gaffrey, Ph.D..

«Localized damage is unlikely to influence the market as a whole,» says Mark Snead, research economist at Oklahoma State University, especially since there's no reason to think a future storm will follow the same path.