Sentences with phrase «funded study research»

The data comes from the National Science Foundation - funded study Research on Gender in Science and Engineering, for which Michelle Porche, Ed.D. served as Principal Investigator.

Morris Animal Foundation funds studies researching gene therapies for canine cancer treatment and reports some success in treating osteosarcoma, melanoma, soft tissue sarcomas, and lymphomas3.

Not exact matches

The study ascribed this dearth of research to restrictions — namely a 21 - year - old congressional appropriations bill called the «Dickey Amendment» that stipulated «none of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control.»

Facebook is not funding the study, nor will it have approval over the research topics or findings.

But did you also know that the budget cuts are «gutting» Indian education, «stalling» Meals on Wheels programs, «hitting» work - study funds, and «hurting» medical research?

That study, carried out by Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner and the Bella Research Group, confirms our experience: there is no discernible difference in how diverse and non-diverse funds perform.

The studies conducted in the late 60s that suggested fat intake was a greater risk factor for heart disease than sugar consumption were actually funded by the Sugar Research Foundation, according to a new analysis published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Between 1980 and 2005, U.S. buyout funds, one of the main categories of private equity, heavily outperformed the S&P 500, according to research from Chris Higson at the London Business School, with about 60 % of the funds he studied beating that benchmark index.

«But basic field studies on ticks has never been a priority at the National Institutes of Health and the CDC has too little funding to support the major research effort that is needed for our academic institutions to solve the tick problem.»

The study was funded in part by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI), which is funded in turn by NASA's Johnson Space Center.

The study contrasts with earlier research which concluded that companies that repatriated foreign earnings following the 2004 legislation tended to be those with rather limited investment opportunities both at home and abroad, a paucity, it was argued, that explains their failure to fund domestic investment through debt financing before the tax holiday.

A study by independent research company Morningstar found that expense ratios are the most reliable predictor of future fund performance — in terms of total return, and future risk - adjusted return ratings.

Among 7,410 portfolio managers of U.S. open - end mutual funds, only 9 percent were women, the study released this month by researchers from Morningstar Inc of Chicago, and widely discussed at the research firm's investor conference this week, found.

For example, Canada's support will help fund research studies, surveys, conferences, and training focused on business and entrepreneurship skills, access to markets for products and services, and technological innovation.

Academic studies have found that a significant proportion of hedge fund interventions involve large increases in leverage and large decreases in investment, particularly in research and development.

In 2010, the investment research company Morningstar conducted a study to see which variable was better at predicting a mutual fund's future return:

For the purposes of the study, a fund was considered «low cost» if its fees and expense ratios placed it in the lowest quartile of all U.S. funds, as measured by data from Morningstar, the Chicago - based fund research firm.

In my opinion, Carhart's research counsels skepticism toward those studies that claim you could have beaten the market over time by investing in the hottest funds of the previous year.

BOEM's Environmental Studies Program develops, funds, and manages rigorous scientific research specifically to inform policy decisions on the development of energy and mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

The Employee Ownership Foundation providing funding for the research and The ESOP Association contributed membership information to the study.

According to another study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and ICI Study, about 88 percent of 401 (k) plan assets are in equity securities, target date funds and company sstudy by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and ICI Study, about 88 percent of 401 (k) plan assets are in equity securities, target date funds and company sStudy, about 88 percent of 401 (k) plan assets are in equity securities, target date funds and company stock.

Research findings from the Center for Talent Innovation, a New York - based think tank headed by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, found that having something inherently in common with the funder, decision maker or investor makes an enormous difference, since 56 percent of decision makers in the study did not value ideas they didn't personally see a need for, even when evidence suggests that it's a good, marketable idea.

Many research studies show that actively managed mutual funds with outstanding performance one year have sub-par results the next.

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.»

Hoge and Wenger's study is part of the larger Pulpit and Pew research project on the state of pastoral ministry, based at Duke Divinity School and funded by the Lilly Endowment.

And for those whose science departments do specialise in research, they, like their secular counterparts, apply to the government for grants to fund their studies.

They are not only practices of teaching and learning, but also practices of raising funds and maintaining the school's resources; not only practices of governing various aspects of the school's common life, but also practices of various kinds of research; practices not only of assessing students and when they should be deemed to have completed their courses of study, but also of assessing faculty and judging when they should be promoted and when terminated; and so on.

In the 1990s the scientific study of sleep and dreams catapulted into public awareness because of a federal initiative that funded brain research.

Vice president for research and studies at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Marc F. Plattner represents an organization whose definition of democracy is much more stringent in its demands with criteria of democratic inclusivity (as shown in a short essay by its funding officer, Louisa Greve, cited below).

Miller said his research on global Pentecostalism, done before he knew of the Pew study, was bolstered by the 10 - nation survey funded by the John Templeton Foundation.

That is, the data used in the study suspiciously match another data set entirely; the prestigious gay - rights research institute at the grad student's university says it did not fund any survey effort as he claimed it did; the student admits to having no such funding and to not having paid survey respondents as he claimed; the private firm allegedly employed to collect survey data says it has never heard of him or his study.

Hundred of thousands of experts are basing their statements on no scientific studies and no research, if they are doing that then they wouldn't have jobs or funding.

These piglets will be part of a research study funded by the UNFI Foundation that monitors growth and development over time.

Improved postharvest practices: A recent research study undertaken by WFLO with funding by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provides an great assortment of data on the results of 12 past projects, postharvest losses % for 26 crops, a description of the value chain for 30 crops in 4 countries (Rwanda, Benin, Ghana and India) and 21 field trials of postharvest technologies suitable for helping small farmers reduce losses and improve their incomes.

The study was funded by the chocolate manufacturer Mars along with the National Institute of Health and several other research foundations.

This video provides recommendations on how to control weedy rice, from results of collaborative research studies among IRRI, the Rice Research and Development Institute in Sri Lanka, University of Ruhuna, and the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Coopresearch studies among IRRI, the Rice Research and Development Institute in Sri Lanka, University of Ruhuna, and the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and CoopResearch and Development Institute in Sri Lanka, University of Ruhuna, and the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and CoopResearch Consortium funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.

APL funded research in 2014 that found that pigs in its rotational outdoor piggery study were «adding some 300 - 600 kg N / ha / yr and 100 - 200 kg P / ha / yr -LSB-...] presenting environmental risks to both surface water and groundwater.»

ER's research has been supported by the Wellcome Trust, and he is part of a research team that has received research funding from the American Beverage Association for a study to examine the effect of nonnutritive sweetened beverages on weight management.

Funding: This study was supported by grants from the Swedish Research Council.

This study was part - funded by the Australian Research Council (Project No.

They even fund research scientists at prestigious universities to conduct studies and write policy papers that are skewed toward saying that their products don't contribute to diabetes, heart disease, obesity etc..

At the same time that she was ingesting all this psychological research about motivation, Farrington was also studying the related sociological literature, which was concerned with how institutional structures affect individual behavior and, specifically, how certain educational structures — like school funding mechanisms, teacher contracts, or patterns of segregation — might incline students toward success or failure.

Volume XI, Number 1 Puberty as the Gateway to Freedom — Richard Landl Soul Hygiene and Longevity for Teachers — David Mitchell The Emergence of the Idea of Evolution in the Time of Goethe — Frank Teichmann The Seer and the Scientist: Jean Piaget and Rudolf Steiner on Children's Development — Stephen Keith Sagarin The Four Phases of Research — adapted from Dennis Klocek Reports from the Research Fellows Beyond Cognition: Children and Television Viewing — Eugene Schwartz PISA Study — Jon McAlice State Funds for Waldorf Schools in England — Douglas Gerwin On Looping — David Mitchell The Children's Food Bill — Christopher Clouder All Together Now!

Anyway, all these years later, a June 2011 scientific research study commissioned by the LA84 Foundation, one of the largest funders of youth sports in America, has proven that my Dip - N - Rip - Sticks Tackle Training Technique lowers helmet - first impact by 43 % compared to the traditional tackling technique.

Supported by funding from the Canadian Institute for Health Research, Professor Vedam conducted a national, mix - methods study on factors leading to divergent attitudes among maternity care providers» regarding planned home birth.

Funding: This study combines the Evaluation of Maternity Units in England study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation (NIHR SDO) programme, and the Birth at Home in England study funded by the Department of Health Policy Research Programme (DH PRP).

Within the database of federally funded medical research, there are 70 studies on erectile dysfunction; there are 10 on lactation failure.

This study is being funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec.

Part of an Australian Research Council funded study titled Being and becoming musical: towards a cultural ecological model of early musical development, the study aims to provide a comprehensive account of how Australian families use music in their parenting practices and make recommendations for policy and practice in childcare and early learning and development.

Kids are eating more healthfully than they used to, according to a research study funded by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.