Sentences with phrase «for meaningful research»

For Schauer, the two cell alternatives back her argument that embryonic stem cells aren't needed for meaningful research.
Until recently, there was a lack of substantive funding for meaningful research into Huntington's disease.

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Nate Elliot, a vice-president with Forrester Research who works with marketers, notes that the promoted tweets are the only meaningful advertising options for his clients, and he doesn't see anything else on the horizon.
Additionally, Harvard Professor Rosabeth Kanter has found through her research that people want to work for companies where they feel that they're making a meaningful difference in the world.
«We believe that the commentary of the wireless operators over the past two days about iPhone pre-order activity is meaningful, especially in light of conservative Street expectations for Apple,» BTIG Research analyst Walt Piecyk wrote on Thursday.
«New CEO Alessandro Bogliolo indicated there is potential in the medium to long - term for «meaningful» comp store growth... (potentially suggesting no need to reset earnings expectations at this time) and we tend to agree,» ConsumerEdge Research analyst David Schick wrote in a note.
The research team used data from the Gateshead Millennium Study in north - east England, which provided information on when 602 children first reached out for food and other developments such as walking unaided and meaningful speech.
* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change
Therefor, if crying can be regarded as a meaningful «target behaviour» for intervention with depressed mothers, research needs to address how to identify it (cry), what aspect of its character is meaningful (to the mother and clinician), who should be the target of the intervention (mother and / or infant) and whether the crying infant or the mother's processing of the signal matters (i.e., mother vs. infant).
«If the UK is to play a meaningful role in the world in the future, sufficient funding for defence research needs to be ring - fenced,» they claim.
Ron Campbell, Chief Policy and Research Analyst for National Energy Action said: «The original UK Fuel Poverty Strategy was described as «representing the start of the road to the end of fuel poverty in the United Kingdom», there is a consensus that in order to make meaningful progress in the right direction we are in urgent need of a «road map».
«I am extraordinarily sympathetic to the need for us to pursue research and adequate funding to make sure that we're really attacking this in a meaningful and constructive way,» Faso says.
This new fellowship program convenes mid-career scientists who demonstrate leadership and excellence in their research careers, and interest in promoting meaningful dialogue between science and society, in order to build their capacity for public engagement leadership.
The scientists were chosen for having demonstrated leadership and excellence in their research careers and an interest in promoting meaningful dialogue between science and society.
Gaab frequently leads professional development workshops for teachers, participates in school «brain awareness days,» and meets with teachers and principals to help them find ways to translate research on how the brain learns into meaningful classroom applications.
«An outline of plans for teaching and research needs to be specific to be meaningful,» says Stansbury.
She was aiming to find an area where there would be room for her to grow and establish a meaningful research programme.
Join our research and development efforts to make a meaningful difference for patients and their families.
The quarterly business reports are meaningful for employees, including in research, O'Neil says.
«For the onboard measurements to be meaningful, we needed to develop a model that predicted the arrival times using ground - based observations provided by our collaborators at radio telescopes around the world,» said Paul Ray, a SEXTANT co-investigator with the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory.
«We've deciphered the mouse book of life, and translated this huge tome into a meaningful edition for the research community,» says Jane Rogers, head of sequencing at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge.
United for Medical Research, a Washington, D.C. — based lobbying group, says «this meaningful increase for NIH makes real progress toward catching up from the past decade of underfunding and keeping up with scientific advancements and public health needs.»
The 2018 spending bill approved by Congress this week gives a slight but meaningful boost to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) research accounts — including its competitive grants program for universities and other institutions.
«Similarly 71 drugs approved by the FDA from 2002 to 2014 for solid tumours have resulted in median gains in progression - free and overall survival of only 2.5 and 2.1 months, respectively,» he says adding, «Also, only 42 per cent met the American Society of Clinical Oncology Cancer Research Committee's criteria for meaningful results for patients.»
The AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science recognizes early career scientists and engineers who demonstrate excellence not only in their research careers but also in promoting meaningful dialogue between science and society.
«There has always been a sense of unease that we might be interpreting something incorrectly but this gives us confidence that resting state variations can be interpreted in a meaningful way and encourages us to continue the research we have been doing for a number of years.
The fact that nearly all of our kidney transplant patients are thriving one year later indicates the research and new treatment protocols we are developing and using can make the most meaningful difference for the people we treat,» said Jordan.
Involve student in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU Program.
I chose to specialize in the treatment and care of people with inflammatory bowel disease, which primarily includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, because this was an area of medicine in which I felt I could make a significant and meaningful difference for my patients and in the overall advancement of research and science.
After graduating and working as a technician for a few years, I realized that to do meaningful independent research, I needed to get a PhD.
REU projects involve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program.
The researchers from Georgetown University and MedStar Health representing medical research, policy, and law, say their findings may provide timely and meaningful insight into what could result from the expansion of Medicaid, a state and federal program that provides health insurance for those with very low income.
Climate impacts research is in its infancy compared to science on the physical climate, for a number of reasons: attributing cause and effect isn't easy; neither is collecting data over timescales and regions long and large enough such that it's possible to draw any meaningful trends from their analysis.
Her practice is known for its «big picture» approach, which starts with a thorough whole - person assessment and uses cutting edge research to help individuals create effective, meaningful change even with the most complex of cases.
Along with traditional herbals such as stinging nettle leaf, parsley, uva ursi and horsetail extracts, UT Select ™ features meaningful levels of d - Mannose plus a high potency cranberry extract, provided in combination with Ursolia ® sage leaf extract for researched benefits.
But after doing a bit of research, I was very intrigued by Prada's vision for this meaningful collection.
However, it pays to do a bit of research at this stage; are you looking for a casual relationship, or a do you want to start something more meaningful?
«While we know there are lots of individuals out there dating this time of year, our research suggests that many singles yearn for more meaningful experiences,»
«While we know there are lots of individuals out there dating this time of year, our research suggests that many singles yearn for more meaningful experiences,» says eharmony relationship expert Rachael Lloyd.
«Our research revealed that singles over 40 have a desire to provide value to others in a meaningful way; are looking for a romantic partner; and want to meet people in a relaxed format — not by cruising online profiles or in a bar.»
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The research suggests that these practices improve student writing only along with the qualifier of enthusiastic teachers who create meaningful systems for their own classrooms.
A study done in 2011 by the Studies & Research Committee of the Massachusetts Reading Association states that, «Effective vocabulary instruction is characterized by deliberate selection of words to be taught and frequent opportunities for students to interact with the words in meaningful contexts.
In her new role, Hill will further pursue her work on the ways ethnicity and socioeconomic status shape parenting and their engagement with school on behalf of their children, including a research project on the familial and school - based relational supports that help youth envision meaningful futures, manage their concerns about job market, and plan for post high school success.
Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners A well - organized, research - based guide for teachers who hope to move beyond test scores to meaningful lessons that support higher - level thinking.
In Making school meaningful for Indigenous learners Ailsa MacFie uses a body of research, plus her own experiences as a teacher in a high Aboriginal population boarding school in the Northern Territory, to provide practical tools for teachers wanting to improve educational outcomes for Indigenous students.
[Senior Lecturer] Mandy Savitz - Romer illustrated the importance of using developmental theories and research to create meaningful and powerful interventions for career development and college readiness across the education pipeline.
«The goal of this program is to build a new kind of school - university partnership that provides a solid, long - term foundation for meaningful connection of research and practice,» Fischer says.
In founding New Leaders for New Schools — a nonprofit organization that recruits and develops outstanding new principals for urban schools — our team discovered a vacuum of research on meaningful assessment for schools and principals.
As is the case with all eLearning approaches, careful planning, research, and execution will give you the opportunity to create meaningful and high quality learning experiences for your learners.
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