Sentences with phrase «first the study of»

The landmark survey commissioned by the Broadbent Institute is the first study of its kind and size to measure Canadians» attitudes about voting system design and preference for electoral reform.

By the beginning of this century a great change had taken place and James Orr prefaced his defense of the traditional position by sketching the widespread questioning and rejection of «bodily resurrection» by Christian scholars.10 In 1907 Kirsopp Lake published the first study of the resurrection, in English, which rested upon a thorough application of historical criticism to the New Testament records and he concluded that «The empty tomb is for us doctrinally indefensible and is historically insufficiently accredited.

The research institute I direct, housed at Regent University in Virginia, published the first study of its kind...

In what may the first study of its kind, researchers in India extracted the antioxidants unique to virgin coconut oil from the oil and injected them into rats with induced arthritis.

Dr. Goonerante believes that this extensive research is one of the first studies of this magnitude on dietary coconut oil ever conducted anywhere in the world.

A researcher in Israel conducted the first study of hand - clapping songs, revealing a direct link between those activities and the development of important skills in children and young adults, including university students.

This is the first study of its kind to examine the effect that personality differences can have on the likelihood that a mom will breastfeed, and it carries some interesting implications.

In the first study of its kind, investigators may have found a link between stroke risk and the quality of married life.

It is the first study of young fathers to explore the transition to fatherhood as a process rather than as an event.

At the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Department of Neurology his research team pioneered the first studies of the physiology and behavior of mothers and infant sleeping together and apart, using physiological and behavioral recording devices.

The first study of its kind, «Being there: a qualitative interview study with fathers present during the resuscitation of their baby at delivery» (Harvey & Pattison, 2012) is a retrospective analysis of semi-structured interviews with 20 fathers who had witnessed the resuscitation of their baby immediately following delivery.

Before you conducted one of the first studies of its kind, you should have hypothesized that there may be a smaller number of single people who are avoidant than there are clingy people who are coupled.

She co-authored the first study of outcomes of licensed midwife - attended births in Washington, published in Birth in 1994.

Parsons Brinckerhoff was selected by the Port Authority to create the first studies of the AirTrain, which will «create a much - needed rail link to the airport,» according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office.

In the first study of its kind looking at babies outside the United States, researchers from the University of Adelaide's Adelaide Medical School investigated 41 cases of SIDS deaths and discovered striking abnormalities in chemical serotonin within the brain.

This is the first study of a life - sustaining treatment form using the Long - Term Care Minimum Data Set, or MDS, a federally mandated clinical assessment of all residents in nursing homes certified by Medicare or Medicaid.

It is the first study of its kind to include initiation and completion rates and assess data across multiple years.

In the first study of its kind, Rice University scientists have used synthetic biology to study how a popular soil amendment called «biochar» can interfere with the chemical signals that some microbes use to communicate.

It is the first study of this scale to investigate the effects of global warming and drought on decomposer soil animals.

Published today in Frontiers in Psychology, this is the first study of how personal traits affect driver distraction.

This is the first study of any national weight - loss program to report real - world weight changes and program retention for seven years.

In one of the first studies of its kind to use a special scanning technique, researchers found that people with a history of heart disease had substantially lower cortical volumetric bone mineral density in their wrist bone (the distal radius) than those without.

One of the first studies of the link between strong tastes and nausea confirms that only bitter tastes — not sweet, salty or umami tastes — commonly induce nausea.

In the first study of its kind, scientists have calculated the amount of carbon absorbed by the world's tropical forests and the amounts of greenhouse gas emissions created by loss of trees, as a result of human activity.

Now researchers have made the first study of the thanatomicrobiome — the army of gut microbes that take over your internal organs once you are dead.

In the first study of its kind, scientists sought to better understand how big volcanic eruptions, which can trigger a shortage of rainfall in many regions of the world, can impact on rivers.

In the first study of its kind looking at this age group, researchers from the University of Bristol looked at data from 213 people whose average age was 78.

Rutgers University researchers have performed the first study of free - form gesture passwords for smartphones in the field.

In one of the first studies of its type, scientists found that the way in which plants arrange their flowers affects the flight patterns taken by foraging bees.

Now, Rutgers University scientists have performed the first study of how evolution unfolds after invasions change native systems.

This is also the first study of its kind to show that Alzheimer's disease can lead to diabetes, as opposed to diabetes occurring first as was previously thought.

Dogs, the scientists conclude from this first study of pet dogs barking in their natural environment (their owners» homes), do indeed pay attention to and glean detailed information from their fellows» barks.

It's one of the first studies of its type to demonstrate that reduction of an invasive species below an environmentally damaging threshold, rather than outright eradication, can have comparable benefits.

«We believe this first study of rogue waves occurring over space and time during hurricanes will help improve real - time forecasting for shipping companies and other organizations that need to understand the risk of extreme events in the oceans.»

University of New Hampshire scientists have conducted the first study of oyster farming - nitrogen dynamics in New Hampshire, providing the first solid research on the state's oyster farming industry and the role oyster farms play with nitrogen removal.

The first studies of BPA toxicity in the 1980s tested rats at high levels of exposure (50 milligrams of BPA per kilogram of body weight per day).

It is the first study of its kind to explore treatment for CRS by inhibiting P - glycoprotein, a protein pump within the nasal lining that Mass..

This is the first study of its kind to be performed on this particular insect.

The first study of the development of such «germ cells» from humans could help scientists to learn how to create them in the laboratory instead.

In the first study of human fungal skin diversity, National Institutes of Health researchers sequenced the DNA of fungi at skin sites of healthy adults to define the normal populations across the skin and to provide a framework for investigating fungal skin conditions.

This is the first study of its kind to examine cost - benefit decision - making for alcohol and was the first to apply a framework from economics, called demand curve analysis, to understanding cost - benefit decision making.

A study of three remote lakes in Ecuador led by Queen's University researchers has revealed the vulnerability of tropical high mountain lakes to global climate change — the first study of its kind to show this.

In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, older adults who scored high on cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) tests performed better on memory tasks than those who had low CRF.

This is the first study of the life history of limpets living in the Okinawa Trough, including their reproduction and spread, and Dr. Nakamura's work provides insights into their ecological mechanisms.

In the first study of camelina's bioactive properties, Berhow isolated four major components — three glucosinolates and the flavonoid quercetin — from its defatted seed meal.

The first study of its kind to examine perception after plastic surgery finds that women who have certain procedures are perceived as having greater social skills and are more likeable, attractive and feminine.

An innovator in cephalopod research, Jennifer Mather of the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, along with Anderson, did the first studies of this behavior, and it has now been investigated in detail.

The ZooKeys article describes the first study of the behavior, diet, and conservation status of this flying fox, finding that the Mortlock Islands support a small population of 900 to 1200 bats scattered across a land surface of only 12 km2 (4.6 square miles).

«Changes in mouse breast tissue after exposure to fracking chemicals: UMass Amherst, University of Missouri led first study of such effects.»

Professor Schneider continued: «While there have been studies that have assessed urban expansion and urban population growth across large areas, this is the first study of its kind to use empirical maps and datasets for every settlement and population in the 17 - country region.