Sentences with phrase «figure studies for»

This show of recent work by Chantal Joffe continues the small individual figure studies for which she has enjoyed such success, but now with the addition of some larger works in which a number of figures appear together.

Not exact matches

According to a fascinating recent Nature article by Tom Clynes, science has been hard at work trying to figure out the answer to that question for more than four decades with the the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth.

«Tomes of studies show human beings typically make decisions based on emotions first (Pathos); then, we look for the facts and figures to justify it (Logos).

A recent BMO study found that in 2013, Canadian moms and dads were willing to fork out more than $ 425 to get their kid ready for the classroom, up 18 % over the previous year's figure.

The number one industry set be transformed by A.I. appears to be healthcare, with $ 400 million invested by health care companies in the technology as of last year, a figure that's projected to grow to $ 3 billion or more by 2020, according to data from the Beacon Center for the Study of Evolution in Action.

These are great for building case studies and your reputation; but at some point, if you want to rapidly grow your business, you have to figure out a scalable source of lead generation, like Facebook or Google advertising.

Previous TEV studies have arrived at strikingly precise figures: one, for example, found a mangrove in Sri Lanka provided services worth US$ 1,088 per hectare per year.

While we can try throwing different antibiotics at any number of strange and unfamiliar bacterial infections, we have no similar sledgehammer for mysterious viral diseases, which each have to be studied carefully before we can even begin to figure out how to fight or prevent them.

The global market for 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is poised to grow to $ 3 billion by 2018 — a 76 percent increase from 2012 revenue figures — according to a study by Global Industry Analysts.

Joshua Landy, a practising physician, came up with the idea for Figure 1 while enrolled at Stanford University in 2012, studying doctors» smartphone habits.

To figure out what can relieve our sense of time pressure, Norton conducted a series of experiments that gave some study subjects an unexpected block of free time, by sending them home 15 minutes early from an experiment they were told would take an hour for example.

Neither of these articles was selected to represent the respective outcome in the summary figures, and all references for studies not included in the summary tables are available on request.

Figuring out what customers like is the eternal challenge for every retailer, and there's a lot of contradictory info out there: on the one hand, studies confirm that everyone is drawn to novelty, with many people operating under the assumption that the newest product must be the best (and they're often right, but not always).

The study also compares the figures for coal, petroleum, and natural gas power plants.

As we noted in the case of Freudians and Marxists, in the process of studying another figure, for example, Foucault, one may find that one is now understanding and appropriating Jesus from his point of view, that Foucault's insights have become the organizing principles for one's thought and life.

It seems so simple and so obvious, but it took me three years of serious doubt, two years of study, an ongoing sense of skepticism, a trip to India, a blog, and a book to really figure this out for myself.

Williams studied literature under some legendarily distinguished scholars — W. P. Ker, of Epic and Romance fame, R. W. Chambers, and no less a figure than A. E. Housman for Latin, which might account for the fact that though Williams's English is often wonky, his Latin, when he breaks into it, is rather good.

In her pioneering study of cosmologies of different peoples, she shows that the human body is our most accessible metaphor for figuring what we really suspect about our group's and the world's makeup.

If we struggled in school, we were expected to show up for extra tutoring and studying until we figured it out (chemistry was nearly the death of me).

For me I figured that if there is a God out there who does who does actually have a plan for us and if part of that plan is to not be made known but would rather have us develop faith, and if the reason for why we need to have faith is to see if we are going to follow God because we choose to instead of being made to have to follow, and if the reason for all of those commandments is to somehow be for our benefit, and if I really want to and need to know, which I did, and that this supposed God wanted for us to find out through study, prayer and trying to practice those teachings to see for ourselves and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that and find out for myseFor me I figured that if there is a God out there who does who does actually have a plan for us and if part of that plan is to not be made known but would rather have us develop faith, and if the reason for why we need to have faith is to see if we are going to follow God because we choose to instead of being made to have to follow, and if the reason for all of those commandments is to somehow be for our benefit, and if I really want to and need to know, which I did, and that this supposed God wanted for us to find out through study, prayer and trying to practice those teachings to see for ourselves and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that and find out for mysefor us and if part of that plan is to not be made known but would rather have us develop faith, and if the reason for why we need to have faith is to see if we are going to follow God because we choose to instead of being made to have to follow, and if the reason for all of those commandments is to somehow be for our benefit, and if I really want to and need to know, which I did, and that this supposed God wanted for us to find out through study, prayer and trying to practice those teachings to see for ourselves and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that and find out for mysefor why we need to have faith is to see if we are going to follow God because we choose to instead of being made to have to follow, and if the reason for all of those commandments is to somehow be for our benefit, and if I really want to and need to know, which I did, and that this supposed God wanted for us to find out through study, prayer and trying to practice those teachings to see for ourselves and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that and find out for mysefor all of those commandments is to somehow be for our benefit, and if I really want to and need to know, which I did, and that this supposed God wanted for us to find out through study, prayer and trying to practice those teachings to see for ourselves and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that and find out for mysefor our benefit, and if I really want to and need to know, which I did, and that this supposed God wanted for us to find out through study, prayer and trying to practice those teachings to see for ourselves and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that and find out for mysefor us to find out through study, prayer and trying to practice those teachings to see for ourselves and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that and find out for mysefor ourselves and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that and find out for mysefor myself.

James Sanders, for example, a well - known and respected figure in American biblical studies, receives less than a page, since, Barr explains, «he does not do much to claim that [his work] leads toward an «Old Testament theology» or a «biblical theology,»» while David Brown, a British theologian of whom Barr says the same, is the subject of a substantial and highly laudatory chapter.)

There was a time when, in the early days of New Testament study, it was assumed that by the use of critical method «the quest for the historical Jesus» would be rewarded by a portrayal of that historical figure exactly as he was.

During his two - month, 5,000 - mile survey trip, Townsend met a number of key figures, of which the most important was Mexico's director of rural education, Rafael Ramírez, who opened the way for him to study the nation's educational system.

Mary Somerville, overcoming, as her daughter says, «obstacles apparently insurmountable, at a time when women were well - nigh totally debarred from education»; Charlotte Bronte, writing in secret and publishing under a pseudonym because only so could she hope for just criticism; Harriet Hunt, admitted to the Harvard Medical School in 1850 but forced out by the enraged students; Elizabeth Blackwell, applying to twelve medical schools before she could secure admission, and meeting with insult and contumely in her endeavor to study and practice medicine; Mary Lyon, treated as a wild fanatic because she wanted American girls to be educated — such figures are typical in woman's struggle for intellectual opportunity.

Nor would most commentators chose to make Elisha the focal figure for such a study.

A study of NPR's Morning Edition during the first Bush administration, for example, revealed that of 616 high - ranking political figures quoted 57 percent were Republicans or high - ranking Bush administration members, and 42 percent were Democrats.

David G. Roskie's compelling study Against the Apocalypse: Responses to Catastrophe in Modem Jewish Culture discusses the cross symbol's use not only in Chagall's painting, but in the literary work of Der Nister, Lamed Shapiro, Sholem Asch, S. Y. Agnon and the poet Uri Zvi Greenberg (Harvard University Press, 1984 [pp. 258 - 310]-RRB- In literature written before World War II (and under the influence of biblical criticism that had emancipated Jesus» image from its doctrinal Christian vesture), these authors used the cross symbol variously; for Asch, the crucified figure in all his Jewishness symbolized universal suffering; for Shapiro and Agnon, on the other hand, the cross remained an emblem of violence and a reminder of Christian enmity against Jews.

In the Lutheran study mentioned previously, only half of the respondents felt that God has given clear, detailed rules for living that apply to everyone; most of the remainder felt that individuals have to figure out how to apply God's rules to their own situations.

Marsden's pleas for genuine pluralism within and among institutions of higher learning are attractive: Yet they ought to lead him to a greater measure of sympathy for the liberal Protestant figures he has studied.

Thanks for your civility and thoughtfulness, for shedding new light on things I thought I'd already figured out, for opening cans of worms that often made the discussions much more interesting than my original posts, for listening to my occasional rants, and for bringing your own unique backgrounds, studies, experiences, and links to the conversations.

Popularizations often have this effect, but Bloom is a major figure and a serious literary critic (jacket - cover blurbs rightly identify him as «America's pre-eminent literary critic» and «the critic of our time»), so in trying to comprehend the level of the argument I found myself opting at times for disingenuousness, bombast or simple ignorance of the field of biblical studies.

Furthermore, studies report that the vast majority of them have been sexually molested as children, and so they figure that if they are getting raped anyway, why not get paid for it?

American Catholic history may not be so booming a discipline as biblical studies or medical ethics, but even the most cursory survey of the American Catholic Studies Newsletter (published by the Cushwa Center for the study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, itself an institutional expression of the growth of the field) reveals an extraordinary breadth of research, ranging from classic institutional histories and biographies of key figures to the new social history, with its emphases on patterns of community, spirituality, family life, and edustudies or medical ethics, but even the most cursory survey of the American Catholic Studies Newsletter (published by the Cushwa Center for the study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, itself an institutional expression of the growth of the field) reveals an extraordinary breadth of research, ranging from classic institutional histories and biographies of key figures to the new social history, with its emphases on patterns of community, spirituality, family life, and eduStudies Newsletter (published by the Cushwa Center for the study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, itself an institutional expression of the growth of the field) reveals an extraordinary breadth of research, ranging from classic institutional histories and biographies of key figures to the new social history, with its emphases on patterns of community, spirituality, family life, and education.

A similar study, with similar consequences in terms of a possible challenge to our understanding of existence, could be carried out in connection with any figure from the past for whom we had sources: Socrates the philosopher, or even Attila the Hun, as well as Jesus the Christ.

I started obsessively watching surgeries on Youtube, reading medical memoirs, studying different anatomical charts, and figuring out the best nutritional path for my body.

(The guys were moving all my stuff to Kentucky for me because I was stuck in Lewisburg studying, so I figured the least I could do would be to help them stuff everything in.)

Back when I was a freshman in college, as a way to procrastinate studying for finals, I was seriously struggling — struggling to figure out my place in life, struggling to find motivation (from studying to living life at all).

Hooton, for one, wasn't suprised by the University of Minnesota study's findings: «We identified this high rate of steroid usage over 5 years ago,» he says, noting, that he used the same 5 - 6 % figure that the U of M confirmed in their study as far back as 2005, when he testified at the now - infamous Congressional hearings on steroids in baseball.

*** Note: This figure is considerably higher than that reported in the most recent study of concussions in high school sports, which found that concussions accounted for 13.2 % of all injuries.

British Cohort Study interviewer instructions for sweep 2 in 1975 (cohort child at five years) state that «if the [birth] father is divorced, separated or has «deserted» the mother, he is not considered as a «father figure» even if visiting the child daily» (see page 68 of our full report)!

The study also recognized, however, that the fact that those who specialize early may experience a more rapid improvement in performance provides some support for those who argue in favor of early specialization, at least in the case of sports, such as figure skating and gymnastics, in which athletic careers are shorter and attaining peak performance at a younger age may be advantageous.

Study published in Child Development Journal suggests that parents should step back and let siblings figure their disagreements out by themselves which should help them avoid some emotional damage lasting for many years.

One study found that learning hand expression during pregnancy increased mothers» confidence and readiness for breastfeeding.4 Another study found that it increased not only breastfeeding confidence, but also how long they breastfed.5 Experimenting slowly with hand expression to figure out what it takes to get drops of milk can be empowering, especially during pregnancy before there's any pressure to express milk for the baby.

In keeping with the rather serious tone infecting The Lunch Tray this week (except for the comic relief provided by the school lunch lady action figure - thank goodness for her), the Wall Street Journal recently reported on two new studies showing... [Continue reading]

For the past four decades, he has studied thousands of couples in a quest to figure out what makes relationships work.

In keeping with the rather serious tone infecting The Lunch Tray this week (except for the comic relief provided by the school lunch lady action figure — thank goodness for her), the Wall Street Journal recently reported on two new studies showing that good heart health starts in childhood — and that poor habits can potentially cause cardiac problems later in life.

I was a research subject in the Harvard Work Hours study and I've followed the medical research on sleep deprivation for many years, trying to figure out how best to manage my circadian rhythms and clear my brain of what seemed like constant fog.

The figure cited in the study rose sharply from the level, one in seven, that had been the case in 1988 and for the previous decade.

Although in this study information on breastfeeding practice was reliant upon maternal recall at 9 months, breastfeeding figures are in agreement with data collected prospectively in the UK Infant Feeding Survey conducted in 2000.32 Likewise, the validity of maternal recall of the circumstances of pregnancy and delivery has been shown to be accurate.33 We were unable to adjust for maternal intention to breastfeed at antenatal booking, a factor shown to be important in previous studies34 as this information was not collected in the survey.

For instance, when researchers tracked American middle and high school studies over 18 months, they found that kids who identified their parents as more authoritarian were more likely to reject their parents as legitimate authority figures.