Sentences with phrase «facilitate such research»

This inventory has been developed as a major tool to facilitate such research.

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As summarised below, the Commonwealth Environmental Water Office will continue to work with the Murray Darling Basin Authority, state agencies, research organisations, regional organisations, local groups and others, such as landholders to collect and collate relevant monitoring information that facilitates evaluation and reporting of the use of water under the Basin Plan.

Significant Evidence - Based Research Findings of Infant Massage: • Supports parent - infant interaction • Facilitates weight gain in preterm infants1 • Lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone • Increases muscle tone • Improves sleep and awake patterns • Shortens lengths of stay in hospitals • Improves cognitive and motor development at eight months of age • Infant massage is an inexpensive tool • Can be used as part of the developmental care plan of preterm infants • Recent research shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier diResearch Findings of Infant Massage: • Supports parent - infant interaction • Facilitates weight gain in preterm infants1 • Lowers levels of cortisol, the stress hormone • Increases muscle tone • Improves sleep and awake patterns • Shortens lengths of stay in hospitals • Improves cognitive and motor development at eight months of age • Infant massage is an inexpensive tool • Can be used as part of the developmental care plan of preterm infants • Recent research shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier diresearch shows there are significant benefits to infant massage that out weigh over-stimulation • Properly applied techniques produce increased benefits, such as improved developmental scores and earlier discharge2

BOND's commitment to evidence based research and facilitating bonding and closeness is such an extraordinary asset to all of us, and we are beyond thrilled to partner with and learn from Joanna and her team.

Previous research supports Moore's idea, such as the recent work on Alzheimer's disease suggesting that vascular decline may precede, and facilitate, neurodegeneration.

Academic research builds theories and models that contribute to volcano monitoring outside of the university; such monitoring is coordinated by government agencies but facilitated partly by academia.

William said the primary goal of this research is to facilitate communication between scientists, policymakers, developers and the general public about the financial risk and environmental benefit of taking on such an expense.

... The agreement also calls for exploring cooperation in other research areas, such as neutrino astronomy and fusion research, and even «facilitating» Iran's participation in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, or ITER, being built in France.»

Complementing the new education are additional funds to facilitate more innovative, interdisciplinary research projects, particularly in new and rapidly evolving areas such as genomics, proteomics, nanotechnology, tissue engineering, bioinformatics, and biomedical engineering.

Such a large pool of patient data would greatly facilitate research on ALTS and open new avenues of study into genetic aspects of other forms of laryngotracheal stenosis.

«This will add a new dimension to research into «liquid biopsies» and facilitate the clinical use of extracellular vesicles to inform the physiology and health of organs that are hard to access, such as the placenta during human pregnancy,» said Yoel Sadovsky, director of the Magee - Womens Research Institute at the University of Pitresearch into «liquid biopsies» and facilitate the clinical use of extracellular vesicles to inform the physiology and health of organs that are hard to access, such as the placenta during human pregnancy,» said Yoel Sadovsky, director of the Magee - Womens Research Institute at the University of PitResearch Institute at the University of Pittsburgh.

Prof. Beierkuhnlein's research group specializes in the analysis of factors that facilitate the spread of insects such as the Asian tiger mosquito, which not only carries the Chikungunya virus, but also the dreaded dengue fever.

Beyond these much - needed engineering advances, more research is required to expand the possibilities of brain - controlled machines to facilitate complex tasks and behaviors such as tool use and language production (without the use of a virtual keyboard).

Such offices shall engage in cooperative research, development, and demonstration projects with the academic community, State Climate Offices, Regional Climate Offices, and other users and stakeholders on climate products, technologies, models, and other tools to improve understanding and forecasting of regional and local climate variability and change and the effects on economic activities, natural resources, and water availability, and other effects on communities, to facilitate development of regional and local adaptation plans to respond to climate variability and change, and any other needed research identified by the Under Secretary or the Advisory Committee.

Although the scientific community widely sees nonhuman primates as essential for advances in biomedicine (they have facilitated major gains in the fights against AIDS and neurological diseases such as Parkinson's, for example), researchers agree more can be done to treat the animals more humanely and conduct research less wastefully.

Members collaborate in developing research directions and large - scale infrastructures; they encourage and facilitate discussions between like - minded experts within our organisations and beyond; they share developments and results; they collaborate in activities such as technology transfer and outreach; and they provide a coordinated representation on key issues affecting our organisations to the EU and outside world.

The ASHG Advocacy Award, new in 2015, honors individuals or groups who have exhibited excellence and achievement in applications of human genetics for the common good, in areas such as facilitating public awareness of genetics issues, promoting funding for biomedical research, and integrating genetics into health systems.

While the practice of Yoga Nidra has evolved from the foundations of a 2500 - year old Yoga wisdom tradition, current scientific research supports its ability to facilitate relaxation, reduce physical tensions and chronic pain, and help to manage anxiety disorders such as PTSD.

Organizations need to communicate about research / data and develop structures that can facilitate sharing empirically based knowledge, such as a repository for research, best practices, counseling tools, etc..

Although the obstacles to causal inference are steep, education researchers should focus on quasi-experimental approaches relying on sibling comparisons, changes in state laws over time, or policy quirks — such as policy implementation timelines that vary across municipalities — that facilitate research opportunities.

However, a structural quality element such as small class size can facilitate learning when it is paired with high - quality teacher - child interactions, leading to improved outcomes for children.Martha Zaslow et al., Quality Dosage, Thresholds, and Features in Early Childhood Settings: A Review of the Literature, OPRE 2011 - 5 (Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2010).

In a study by Coggins et al. (2003) coaches (i.e., teacher leaders) reported that they were most effective supporting their schools» reform efforts when facilitating teams of teachers in meetings that were focused on instruction (such as analysis of student achievement data and discussions of research).

Her current research examines the relationship between risk and protective factors, preventive interventions, and youth outcomes; the design and evaluation of tools to facilitate the use of protective factors in strength - based and evidence - informed practice; and the development of community - based infrastructures to promote and sustain the use of such tools in practice environments.

The work began with teams from City - As - School, Voyages Preparatory High School, and ELLIS Preparatory Academy exploring research - based feedback practices — such as one - on - one conferencing and using student - facing rubrics to set expectations for learning — during after - school PLC sessions facilitated by Eskolta.

To facilitate such examination, this brief reviews credible research exploring: the feasibility of combining formative assessment (a basis for professional growth) and summative assessment (a basis for high - stakes decisions like dismissal); the various tools that might be used to gather evidence of teacher effectiveness; and the various stakeholders who might play a role in a teacher assessment system.

Very little research has examined the use of digital representations of performance in group tasks, even though there are now tools such as e-portfolios that can facilitate this type of assessment.

Functions The teacher leader: a) Facilitates the collection, analysis, and use of classroom - and school - based data to identify opportunities to improve curriculum, instruction, assessment, school organization, and school culture; b) Engages in reflective dialog with colleagues based on observation of instruction, student work, and assessment data and helps make connections to research - based effective practices; c) Supports colleagues» individual and collective reflection and professional growth by serving in roles such as mentor, coach, and content facilitator; d) Serves as a team leader to harness the skills, expertise, and knowledge of colleagues to address curricular expectations and student learning needs; e) Uses knowledge of existing and emerging technologies to guide colleagues in helping students skillfully and appropriately navigate the universe of knowledge available on the Internet, use social media to promote collaborative learning, and connect with people and resources around the globe; and f) Promotes instructional strategies that address issues of diversity and equity in the classroom and ensures that individual student learning needs remain the central focus of instruction.

Such offices shall engage in cooperative research, development, and demonstration projects with the academic community, State Climate Offices, Regional Climate Offices, and other users and stakeholders on climate products, technologies, models, and other tools to improve understanding and forecasting of regional and local climate variability and change and the effects on economic activities, natural resources, and water availability, and other effects on communities, to facilitate development of regional and local adaptation plans to respond to climate variability and change, and any other needed research identified by the Under Secretary or the Advisory Committee.

Facilitated by the invention of an elegant and precise wet - chemical method by Winkler (1888), which has remained essentially unchanged until today, reliable and comparable oxygen measurements have been made during innumerable research cruises to all parts of world ocean such that a detailed picture of the distribution of oxygen has emerged long since.

There is no way that Copenhagen will agree to a target like that (as Jack Strocchi @ 12 points out, Obama's target is 0 % - by - 2020); at best, there will be some acknowledgement of the desirability of 400 ppm or less, and maybe some new arrangement to facilitate research on how to achieve such low targets.

Ars Technica reports, «The research aims of the bill fall into three broad categories: to figure out how best to deal with the e-waste already out there, to «develop and demonstrate environmentally friendly alternatives to the use of hazardous and potentially hazardous materials in electronic devices and the production of such devices,» and to «reconsider product design and assembly to facilitate and improve refurbishment, reuse, and recycling of electronic devices, including an emphasis on design for recycling.»

The site, LawSourcing, facilitates the process of hiring outside help to perform projects such as legal research and writing, due diligence and document reviews, Web site design, marketing or any other -LSB-...]

Such digitization projects make a library's otherwise hidden and underused special collections available to researchers everywhere, helping define the library as a nexus of content and technology to facilitate research, sometimes in extraordinary ways.

Our applicant demonstrates familiarity with these and other skills, using examples such as «research and record complex analytics,» «facilitated payroll for up to 34 employees,» «proficiency in Oracle, QuickBooks, Excel, and most common accounting software,» and «knowledge of accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll.»

Researched current best practices production equipment such as cameras, sliders, lighting rigs, etc. for faculty and staff to facilitate funding and purchases.

Skills such as understanding consumer / physician concerns, pharmacology, clinical paper, sales management, protocol, research, compliance, ICH / GCP, follow up, ability to grasp technical data and medical terminology are tools I possess to facilitate success in this industry.

Billing Specialist / Analyst / Import (1995 — 1999) • Oversaw billing and invoicing, preparing over 500 invoices a month, as well as facilitated imports, shipment clearance, and related customer service functions such as order entry • Address and resolve both customer and sales force inquiries in a timely and accurate manner • Worked closely with the account and sales professionals to ensure customer satisfaction while working on EDI Transactions such as 850 / 856 / UCC128 / 810 and 997 in close contact with the various related departments • Held responsibility for billing analysis by conducting research utilizing 3rd - party reporting systems to resolve billing issues • Monitored the status of accounts receivable and collections on daily basis, collaborating with appropriate departments to research outstanding balances and resolve customer issues as needed • Processed vendor invoices and related travel and expense reports while processing adjustments, credit memos, and invoices • Assisted with balance sheet and travel / expense reports reconciliations with involvement in journal entries and G / L account analysis along with revenue accruals and month - end general ledger closing • Planned and managed sales through various distributor channels and other relevant sales outlets • Monitored, recorded, analyzed and reported on activities, trends, results and recommendations relating to import activities

Research suggests that this approach is critical if capacity building initiatives are to be sustainable.12 Such an approach can also facilitate greater cultural awareness and understanding on the part of non-Indigenous policy implementers, thereby assisting in the broader reconciliation process.

Contributors also stressed the need to actively address the social determinants of health, and suggested the health and health research sectors may need to play a facilitating role, inviting other sectors — such as education, justice, local government — to collaborate and maximise the impact of their collective efforts to bring about change.

It may be possible to develop improved interventions for individuals who are at high risk for suicide by identifying combinations of risk factors that are associated with the onset of suicidal behavior.2 Prospective epidemiological research can facilitate the identification of such patterns by assessing a wide range of childhood adversities, interpersonal difficulties during middle adolescence, and suicidal behavior during late adolescence and adulthood.

Recent developmental neuroscience work suggests that because of its dependence on the maturation of prefrontal - limbic connections, the development of self - regulatory processes is relatively protracted, 24 from the development of basic and automatic regulation of physiology in infancy and toddlerhood to the more self - conscious and intentional regulation of cognition emerging in middle childhood.25 From a developmental perspective, then, opportunities for success and failure of self - regulation are numerous over the course of childhood, particularly given the potential of environmental factors such as parenting to facilitate or disrupt development in these domains.26 The next generation of temperament research will focus a great deal on the complex biological processes involved in these developmental pathways and the way these processes may be modified by the environment.

Such interventions are specifically implemented in the context of a professional counseling relationship and may include, but are not limited to: appraisal; individual, group, marriage, and family counseling and psychotherapy; the diagnostic description and treatment of persons with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders or disabilities; guidance and consulting to facilitate normal growth and development, including educational and career development; the utilization of functional assessments and career counseling for persons requesting assistance in adjusting to a disability or handicapping condition; referrals; consulting; and research.

Developed by Dr. David Hawkins and Dr. Richard Catalano of the Social Development Research Group in Seattle, Washington and facilitated by the U.S. Department of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the CTC system is a way for members of a community to work together to efficiently and effectively promote positive youth development and prevent youth problem behaviors such as substance abuse, delinquency, teen pregnancy, school drop - out and violence.

However, a structural quality element such as small class size can facilitate learning when it is paired with high - quality teacher - child interactions, leading to improved outcomes for children.Martha Zaslow et al., Quality Dosage, Thresholds, and Features in Early Childhood Settings: A Review of the Literature, OPRE 2011 - 5 (Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2010).

Research has documented a link between substance use and other types of aggressive behavior, such as bullying, aggression, and sexual harassment, yet there remains a dearth of knowledge regarding the extent to which substance use facilitates or amplifies patterns of teen dating aggression.

Further research should compare emotional flexibility of parent - child dyads in different clinical groups (e.g., depression, anxiety, conduct disorder), as this would provide an even richer understanding of whether different type of disorders are characterized by similar (or distinctive) dyadic emotion dynamics during interactions, and such knowledge might inform and facilitate prevention and intervention.