Sentences with phrase «funded key studies»

The authors also note that the National Dairy Council funded key studies underpinning the dietary fat theory, raising questions about the overall impact of the sugar industry.

Not exact matches

A recent paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research studied what happens to scientific subfields when star researchers die suddenly and at the peak of their abilities, and finds that while there is considerable evidence that young researchers are reluctant to challenge scientific superstars, a sudden and unexpected death does not significantly improve the situation, particularly when «key collaborators of the star are in a position to channel resources (such as editorial goodwill or funding) to insiders.»

Citizens Union and Common Cause both took grants from a key faction of the labor - backed Working Families Party that funded studies meant to promote publicly funded elections, a top labor priority.

Despite that contribution, and despite more than $ 300 million in state and county funds sought for the construction, the university refused to share its study with key decision makers who were asked to support the deal.

Funding for the study, which was co-authored by Zezheng Liu and Baoshan Cui of Beijing Normal University, came from the National Key Basic Research Program of China.

So Day's study «highlights that public data on variability in scores are not readily available, yet are a key piece of the puzzle of who is and who isn't funded,» she says.

Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland played a key role in the study, which was carried out as part of the LiPiDiDiet project funded by the European Union.

Last month, after a 2 - day international meeting on the issue hosted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, which funded the two controversial studies, key researchers and government officials said that they expected the moratorium to end soon.

A NIH National Cooperative Drug Discovery / Development grant funded the early basic science and discovery of this investigational drug and the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation and Harrington Discovery Institute helped support some of the key toxicity studies that FDA required, Conn said.

A survey conducted by the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU) provides the SNSF with information on the researchers funding situation and their opinion on two key funding schemes — Project Funding and Sifunding situation and their opinion on two key funding schemes — Project Funding and Sifunding schemes — Project Funding and SiFunding and Sinergia.

The study was supported by grants from the National Science and Technology Pillar Program (2013BAD20B03), Key Project from the Government of Shaanxi Province (2013KTZB02 -03-1), a Public Welfare Project from the Ministry of Forestry (201304110), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2014YB074), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31372019), Talents Supporting Plan of Shaanxi Province, a special fund from the Key laboratory of Shaanxi Province (2015SZS - 10), a special fund from NWAFU for the jujube experimental station (XTG2015002), and the United States National Science Foundation (IOS - 1539831).

Non-tenure-track positions are welcome to apply for funding if they are appropriately trained to lead an independent research study, and are permitted by their organizations to manage the grant and supervise any key personnel.

«If we can learn enough, we can develop the tools to turn on and off the key players that regulate anxiety in people,» says Joshua Gordon, director of the National Institute of Mental Health which funded the study.

Previous work by the NC3Rs showed that many publications reporting publicly funded animal research from the UK and US lacked key information on how the study was designed, conducted and analysed, which could limit their value in informing future scientific studies and policy.

Each work group was then tasked with designing a research program for a specific case study using a genomic solution to address a key environmental challenge, culminating with a presentation of their work to a panel representing potential funding sources (industry, government, and philanthropy).

This, together with steadily increasing funding from Parliament administered by the DST, has led to the building of capacity in the ASSAf secretariat, many further evidence - based studies and forum - based activities, a large - scale Scholarly Publishing Programme, a strong international presence and a wide acceptance of the Academy's key role in the national system of innovation.

Funding provided by the Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) supports several types of pilot projects (1) highly innovative pilot projects focusing on proof - of - concept or translational research; (2) preliminary collaborative investigations that lead to multi-investigator grant awards or clinical trial; (3) projects that closely align with the Cancer Center's strategic plan and enhance key initiatives; and (4) pilot funding for junior investigators to jump - start independent projects or for more senior investigators looking to study a novel idea derived from disFunding provided by the Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) supports several types of pilot projects (1) highly innovative pilot projects focusing on proof - of - concept or translational research; (2) preliminary collaborative investigations that lead to multi-investigator grant awards or clinical trial; (3) projects that closely align with the Cancer Center's strategic plan and enhance key initiatives; and (4) pilot funding for junior investigators to jump - start independent projects or for more senior investigators looking to study a novel idea derived from disfunding for junior investigators to jump - start independent projects or for more senior investigators looking to study a novel idea derived from discovery.

The grants fund innovative research studies to address key knowledge gaps and emerging research inquiries related to urologic patient care, workforce development and healthcare policy.

The interesting article outlines the key decisions that have to be made when it comes to analysing data, contextualising the discussion with a study funded by eHarmony, which examined the success of relationships that began on online dating sites.

• case studies for inspiration • one - to - one guidance • guides and checklists • funding advice • links to key partners • action plans — with recommendations

In 2007 they approved funding for the first public Waldorf methods high school, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adults.

This last point, which according to the judge «shock [ed] the conscience,» came almost entirely thanks to the testimony of Thomas Kane (see prior posts about his Bill and Melinda Gates funded research here and here) and the testimony of Raj Chetty, Kane's colleague at Harvard who has also been the source of many prior posts (see here and here), but whose research at the source of his testimony has also been recently (and seriously) scrutinized given how bias in his study actually made false this key assertion.

The evaluation brief synthesizes two recent NCEE impact studies, which evaluated key strategies that can be funded through the federal Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grants and its successor program, Read more about Key Strategies to Promote Educator Effectiveness -LSB-.key strategies that can be funded through the federal Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grants and its successor program, Read more about Key Strategies to Promote Educator Effectiveness -LSB-.Key Strategies to Promote Educator Effectiveness -LSB-...]

Based on the study analyses, the following are key results that funding disparity does indeed have a negative effect on student outcome:

A key strategy to improving educational outcomes and closing achievement gaps for children from low - income families is improving state finance systems to ensure equitable funding and increased access to resources, according to a new study from Educational Testing Service (ETS).

Study groups supported the development of key education policies and programs, including the NC Teacher Enhancement Act of 1986 (which created the NC Teaching Fellows Program); the NC School Improvement & Accountability Act of 1989; Low - Wealth and Small - County Supplemental Funding; the NC School Technology Fund; and the High - Priority Schools Act.

The study looked at 8 schools and more than 300 students, and found that the best school libraries are allocated adequate funding and regard their teacher - librarians as key teaching staff members.

If you want suggested reading on this, look at the investing books of John C. Bogle who studied some of this rather extensively, in addition to being one of the first to create an index fund that became known as «Bogle's Folly,» where a couple of key ones would be «Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor» and «Bogle on Mutual Funds: New Perspectives for the Intelligent Investor.»

[7] Also, when thinking about active management in general, it's key to note that «even when fund managers succeed in outperforming their peers in one year, they can not easily repeat the feat in successive years, as many studies have shown.»

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A couple of years ago, we funded a study that identified some key weaknesses that are becoming significant.

So basically one of the key problems with Cricklewood's «theory» is that the decision - making that determines which studies get funded and which do not is itself highly decentralized.

Further, the OECD study paid little attention to whether funds were «new and additional» to Overseas Development Assistance accounts, a key principle of climate finance to make sure, for example, that health budgets are not raided to pay for climate activities.

[It would be interesting to request funds to study the «albedo of sunlight at low solar angles on open ocean waters under varying cloud conditions, wave heights, and wind speeds» by studying sunsets at a convenient location, such as Key West or Oahu, for several months.

He notes that after publishing a paper in 1981 that described the likely climate effects of fossil fuels, the Department of Energy (DOE) reversed a previous decision to fund his research, deliberately parsing through and criticizing key sections of his study.

In addition, she was a key member of the team that recently set up a scholarship funded by her firm for Sub-Saharan African citizens to study a range of petroleum - related subjects at the University of Aberdeen.

International dispute resolution funder Vannin Capital, has this week published the second report in its Funding in Focus series focused on providing insights, case studies and independent opinions on the high growth area of third party litigation funding («TPLF») in key global markets and sFunding in Focus series focused on providing insights, case studies and independent opinions on the high growth area of third party litigation funding («TPLF») in key global markets and sfunding («TPLF») in key global markets and sectors.

This event was part of an NHMRC funded research project «Evaluating the effectiveness of comprehensive primary health care in local communities» being conducted at the Southgate Institute for Health Society and Equity at Flinders University The aim of the symposium was to feed back some of the key emerging findings from the study, and to engage primary health care practitioners and policy makers in debate and discussion about the implications of these findings for primary health care policy and practice.