Sentences with phrase «even funding a study»

They even funded a study.

The Canadian government is even funding a study to tackle this serious issue.

Not exact matches

A similar study conducted by the Guardian Insurance Company offered even more marked results, with 35 % of small business owners surveyed reporting that they actually started their businesses to fund their retirements.

In a study funded by NASA, David Dinges, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and a team of researchers found that letting astronauts sleep for as little as fifteen minutes markedly improved their cognitive performance, even when the nap didn't lead to an increase in alertness or the ability to pay more attention to a boring task.

Bogle even updated one of his famous mutual fund performance studies to give a clear reason as to why so many people have made the switch from active funds to index funds:

That's a lower level of representation compared to other professional fields, the study's authors found, even as the women held their own in terms of fund performance.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

Research findings from the Center for Talent Innovation, a New York - based think tank headed by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, found that having something inherently in common with the funder, decision maker or investor makes an enormous difference, since 56 percent of decision makers in the study did not value ideas they didn't personally see a need for, even when evidence suggests that it's a good, marketable idea.

This is remarkable in light of the study's primary conclusion: Truly active funds (defined as funds with Active Share of 80 or greater) do outperform their benchmarks on average even after fees and expenses.

They even fund research scientists at prestigious universities to conduct studies and write policy papers that are skewed toward saying that their products don't contribute to diabetes, heart disease, obesity etc..

For the time being, while a study is being done to determine whether and how we can get a central kitchen funded and build here in San Francisco, we have settled on just trying to get the most nutritious meals we can afford onto the table for our students even if they do have to come from a big meal provider.

«Look at who's funding every study: If it's a pharmaceutical company, don't even read it — it's propaganda.»

If however many MDs aren't practicing evidence - based medicine, then why not don't MDs * police their own * before going off on other professions for their lack of evidence - base... or attacking what evidence - base there is even if it isn't multiple double - blind placebo controlled studies funded by wealthy drug manufacturers?

The election in 2015 is shaping up to be a desperate scramble for cash to fund public spending after the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned that the next government would need to impose large tax rises or even bigger welfare cuts to protect health and education spending.

When the World Wildlife Fund announced a $ 10,000 grant to fund an elephant study at Dzanga Bai, soon after Turkalo arrived, she won it on the strength of her practical experience, even though her most advanced degree was a master's in science educatFund announced a $ 10,000 grant to fund an elephant study at Dzanga Bai, soon after Turkalo arrived, she won it on the strength of her practical experience, even though her most advanced degree was a master's in science educatfund an elephant study at Dzanga Bai, soon after Turkalo arrived, she won it on the strength of her practical experience, even though her most advanced degree was a master's in science education.

Finding funding was probably even more difficult for me as a female who wanted to study chemical engineering.

Mathur says that study sections should make funding dependent in part upon whether submitted grants include appropriate training plans and opportunities; that would help convince even resistant PIs to at least consider these issues, she says.

The report, «U.S. Academic Scientific Publishing,» published November 19, follows a July 2007 NSF study which found that the absolute number of science and engineering (S&E) articles published by U.S. - based authors in the world's major peer - reviewed journals plateaued in the early 1990s even as funding and personnel increased.

The National Institutes of Health - funded study, published July 2 in the New England Journal of Medicine, also found that participants in Sweden had higher rates of celiac disease than participants in the United States, Finland and Germany, even with the same genetic risks.

Indeed, pilot studies funded by the dairy industry have shown that when such children consume milk slowly, in sips throughout the day and with meals, they can often tolerate one or even two glasses daily.

Senior scientists in your field may even have inside information on the kinds of ideas study sections are interested in funding.

Even with such corrections, Fang said, «Our study suggests that research misconduct does not involve a large percentage of research funding in the United States.»

ACD members seemed generally supportive, although some suggested NIH should first study the matter more, asked about NIH's ultimate targets for redistributing funds, or wondered about potential adverse consequences, such as even fiercer competition for grants.

Now, an American Automobile Association - funded study has found that people need between 15 and 27 seconds to refocus afterward, suggesting that that drivers should refrain from using hands - free technology even while stopped at a stoplight.

Interestingly, an NSF - funded study also found that the Earth is bombarded by high speeds of solar energy during even quiet phases, called the solar minimum, when sunspots are fewer or have disappeared.

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.

The study paints a very different picture when more favorable assumptions are made: If federal funding continues to rise, health center capacity would increase substantially to serve 35.6 million patients, or about two - thirds more than currently served, even if additional states do not expand Medicaid.

Although the study is interesting, says Eric Dinerstein, a biologist with the World Wildlife Fund in Washington, D.C., he argues that information about the ecological roles of subspecies may be an even more important criterion than genetic makeup in designing conservation strategies.

Not only has Dr. Soon lied to us and our lawmakers about the seriousness of global warming — he even lied directly to Congress in 2003 about his sources of funding at a time when he was promoting his study funded by the American Petroleum Institute, the $ 200 million / year oil and gas lobbying group.

It appears that none of the researchers in this study were funded by the large meat industry, which makes the findings even more powerful.

«Even in some of the industry - funded studies, genistein was shown to cause reproductive toxicity,» said Elbek, «but the panel chose to focus on perceived flaws in these studies as a way of dismissing them.»

I found over the years, that the source of the funding (I always check and ask) for surveys, studies, polls etc. is often times just as important (or even more important) as the results.

There are even lots of industry - funded «research» studies which appear to show that these foods are harmless.

Talking about eggs, an interesting study funded by the American Egg Board found that choosing two eggs for breakfast over a bagel resulted in more weight loss and higher energy levels, even though both breakfasts consisted of the same number of calories.

The Evaporated Milk Association funded Mariott's work and not surprisingly, in 1929 he published the first study purporting to show the superiority of that product to cow's milk and even breast milk.

Even some of the «studies» done to evaluate alternative products are designed to provide the answers desired by the group or company that funds the study.

Keep in mind that the majority of these studies were funded by the dairy industry, and even with this natural bias and influence to produce positive outcomes, no better than 29 % of the studies were favorable to bone health.

There are several studies that show positive results for these programs, even though 21st Century Learning Centers programs that the federal government funds haven't raised student achievement.

About a third of schools studied showed significant — and sometimes even increasing — reliance on private funds for ongoing or recurring costs.

In fact, the AFT study finds «general funding comparability,» even though charter schools receive less funding for facilities.

Researchers like Robert Emmons, Martin Seligman, Monica Bartlett, and David DeSteno, as well as studies funded by the John Templeton Foundation, have found that keeping a daily gratitude journal, showing appreciation when others give you even minor help, and delivering overdue gratitude to someone who helped you a long time ago all have beneficial effects; those expressions of gratitude that directly involve others often move them to be more appreciative of and helpful to the next people they may meet.

Few people care about the «studies» on which consultants base their reports, or even their validity, because nobody really expects schools to implement these specific programs if given extra funding.

Even though long term funding arguments by Dr Buckingham cite that funding is not an issue, I don't think the studies take into account the financial cost of this change?

This pattern of test - score effects — showing positive results in urban areas with many low - income students, but neutral or even negative effects elsewhere — also appears in a national study of oversubscribed charter middle schools funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

Even though controversy has sprung up around the new International Early Learning and Child Well - Being Study, our 2017 EdNext poll found that 48 percent of parents support requiring students in publicly funded preschool programs to take state tests.

An important point to recognize from the Florida and Wisconsin studies is that, even among students who received additional grant funds, college completion rates remained low.

Even mundane decisions such as textbook purchases are rarely informed by evidence, despite the fact that the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) have funded curricula development and efficacy studies for years.

Even mundane decisions such as textbook purchases are rarely informed by evidence, even though the federal government has funded curricula development and efficacy studies for yeEven mundane decisions such as textbook purchases are rarely informed by evidence, even though the federal government has funded curricula development and efficacy studies for yeeven though the federal government has funded curricula development and efficacy studies for years.

In this forum, Sara Goldrick - Rab, professor of educational policy studies and sociology at the University of Wisconsin — Madison and co-author of a paper that helped shape the president's plan, calls for an even more expansive effort — one that includes funding for students» living and other expenses while they pursue an associate degree at any public institution.

Throughout Washington, D.C., and around the country, parents are raising hundreds of thousands — even millions — of dollars to provide additional programs, services, and staff to some of their districts» least needy schools.7 They are investing more money than ever before: A recent study showed that, nationally, PTAs» revenues have almost tripled since the mid-1990s, reaching over $ 425 million in 2010.8 PTAs provide a small but growing slice of the funding for the nation's public education system.