Sentences with phrase «expanded human understanding»

The Kavli Prizes recognize scientists whose discoveries have dramatically expanded human understanding in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience.

Eight scientists whose discoveries have dramatically expanded human understanding in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience have been recognised with the award of the million - dollar Kavli Prizes.

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Recent decades have expanded our understanding of the many non-rational factors that enter into human thought.

And they are asking all Christians to expand their understanding of the human community, and even of God.

And they are asking all Christians to expand their understanding of the human...

This is not a theology that expands or uplifts human understanding.

This is not a theology that expands or promotes human understanding or raises the human condition.

«Our understanding of «neighbor» is now being radically expanded to encompass all humans in past, present and future generations, as well as the rest of creation.»

It is a definition that expands our understanding past the mere physical or biological of the human being, and traces its roots into the very being of the human species and individual.

Understanding Permanency Lessons in Future Teamwork: Final Report Colorado Department of Human Services (2004) View Abstract and Document Describes Project UPLIFT (Understanding Permanency Lessons in Future Teamwork), which was established in Colorado to expand the number of prospective adoptive families by encouraging interjurisdictional placements.

The report finds makes a list of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later today.

«I think that as long as one uses these tools in a humble exploratory manner, as Dr. Kunda does, seeking to understand how human thought works,» said Scherz, «it can be very helpful, by expanding our understanding of human thought, our understanding of ourselves.»

Using computer science to understand the human brain is a relatively new field that is expanding rapidly thanks to advancements in computing speed and power, along with neuroscience imaging tools.

«This is such a diverse organization, we want people who bring a different perspective and understanding, so we can expand globally,» explains Susan Bunz, human resources and corporate services vice president at Pioneer Hi - Bred, a Dupont business, the plant genetics company that ranked # 4 this year (a big leap from # 19 in 2010).

Just as humans benefit from having five senses rather than just one, employing a variety of intellectual approaches vastly expands our ability to understand the complex world around us.

To facilitate understanding of the immune system by showcasing innovative advances in the expanding field of immunology, drawing from studies in all organisms and model systems including humans.

Brain Institute demonstrates in songbirds the necessity of this neural circuit to learn vocalizations at a young age, a finding that expands the scientific understanding of some contributing factors in speech disorders in humans.

They hope to expand their sample range and explore these regions further to better understand the route traveled by the disease, the evolutionary changes it acquired at different stages, and the toll it had on the human population.

«Our focus here has been on early heart development, but the basic principles of patterning of human pluripotent stem cells, and subsequently differentiating them, can be readily expanded into a broad range of tissues for understanding embryogenesis and tissue morphogenesis,» said Healy.

«Our focus here has been on early heart development, but the basic principles of patterning of human pluripotent stem cells, and subsequently differentiating them, can be readily expanded into a broad range of tissues for understanding embryogenesis and tissue morphogenesis,» said Dr. Healy.

«The Human Microbiome Project will help us better understand the microbial environment in the gut, as well as provide us with the tools and technology to expand our exploration into this field of research.»

Since their initial demonstration using Cas9 to edit the human genome, his lab has been working to further refine and expand genome editing technologies and apply them to better understand human disease.

For understanding the biology of gene - gene, gene - drug and gene - microenvironment interactions, a considerably broader range of in vitro and in vivo model systems is required — we are generating 1,000 organoid cultures from human cancers, characterising their genomes, functional dependencies and drug response, and we are expanding our in vivo models to study the interface between cancer and the immune system and microenvironment.

In order to expand our understanding of the workings of human cells from a holistic point of view, in particular in the context of health and disease, detailed knowledge about the underlying molecular system is needed.»

ASHG 2009: New Genetics Research Findings Expand Our Understanding of How Human Populations Have Evolved: Researchers Present Latest Evolution and Population Genetics Study Results at ASHG 2009 Meeting ASHG Press Release — October 22, 2009

«Since then, scientists have greatly enriched our understanding of how the human genome is structured and regulated, and the traditional definition of a gene has expanded to include factors affecting molecular processes, structures, and products,» said Dr. Dougherty.

Scientists» expanding knowledge and understanding of stem cells is transforming the way we research human biology and medicine.

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 7, 2003 - The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) today announced the selection of five centers to carry out a new generation of large - scale sequencing projects designed to maximize the promise of the Human Genome Project and dramatically expand our understanding of human health and disHuman Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) today announced the selection of five centers to carry out a new generation of large - scale sequencing projects designed to maximize the promise of the Human Genome Project and dramatically expand our understanding of human health and disHuman Genome Project and dramatically expand our understanding of human health and dishuman health and disease.

And if we can understand the application of the chakra system through the lens of traditional tantric teachings, I think it can offer us a more expanded, holistic model of human health, potential, and thriving.

This training is suitable for aspiring and certified Yoga teachers, therapeutic practitioners, fitness professionals and yoga students who are interested in expanding their understanding of this profound collection of practices in universal balance, human energetics and spiritual evolution.

Effective education leaders can increasingly contribute to creating opportunities to improve the living conditions of most people on the planet, to expand human freedoms and capabilities, to foster unprecedented understanding and collaboration among different people, and to advance peace and sustainability.

Each was a consolation to me, but also a challenge — a challenge to imagine others better, and to expand my understanding of human experience.

Carlos Ochoa makes spaces to immerse your vision and auditory senses and expand an understanding of the human condition.

When Artists Speak Truth... is conceived as a multi-vocal dialogue about how artists contribute to specific political transformation — from Soviet Russia to the U.S. presidential elections — and have helped shape an expanded and more nuanced understanding of human rights and social justice over several decades.

«When Artists Speak Truth...», is an exhibition conceived as a multi-vocal dialogue about how artists contribute to political transformation and help shape an expanded and more nuanced understanding of human rights.

This combination of styles expands the understanding of the constructed surface, which scripts a large portion of human movement and perception.

If we consider this book on a conceptual level, as with his paintings, the lessons are not so much about color as they are about the fact that humans are limited in what they can perceive, and if artists can understand those limitations they can potentially expand the perceptual range of those who encounter their work.

Third, most of our top rank experts and the people in many places, the ones who refer to each other as «the brightest and the best» -LCB- and point to each other as the «smartest guy in the room» -RCB-, appear not to rejected adequate ways of communicating to the family of humanity about what people somehow need to hear, see and understand: the rapacious dissipation of Earth's limited resources, the relentless degradation of the planet's environment, and the approaching destruction of the Earth as a fit place for human habitation by the human species, when taken together, appear to be proceeding at breakneck speed toward the precipitation of a catastrophic ecological wreckage of some sort unless, of course, the world's colossal, ever expanding, artificially designed, manmade global political economy continues to speed headlong toward the monolithic «wall» called «unsustainability» at which point the runaway economy crashes before Earth's ecology is collapsed.

With or without global warming, there's a solid argument that improved understanding of planetary dynamics, particularly the climate system, is essential to sustaining human progress given how risks rise as populations expand, build, farm and concentrate in zones that are implicitly vulnerable to hard knocks like floods, droughts, heat and severe storms.

PNNL researchers are expanding knowledge of fundamental atmospheric processes, developing state - of - the - art modeling capabilities, and improving understanding of how human and natural systems interact.

In a new study that expands our understanding of how humans contribute to global warming, scientists have discovered that human activity has changed the terrestrial biosphere to make it a significant contributor to climate change.

The article explores the consequences for legal theory and practice of the shift from an objectivist to a constructivist approach to human knowledge, using an expanded, multidisciplinary understanding of rhetoric to analyze the elusiveness of evidentiary truth and the nature and ethics of persuasion in the digital era.

We provide and support education programs that expand understanding of human sexuality.

Understanding Permanency Lessons in Future Teamwork: Final Report Colorado Department of Human Services (2004) View Abstract and Document Describes Project UPLIFT (Understanding Permanency Lessons in Future Teamwork), which was established in Colorado to expand the number of prospective adoptive families by encouraging interjurisdictional placements.

Students expand their understanding of issues involved in the appeal to consequences (for example, in defining the wider common good and the application of human rights principles including equality and non-discrimination) and duties (for example, of citizens, governments and other institutions) to resolve moral problems.

«You can expand the hours of a center's use six to seven hours by understanding human nature and creating the right design and landscaping,» says Mark Tweed, former principal and director of design at MCG and current partner at Century City, Calif. - based HTH Group.