Sentences with phrase «general research support»

Provided general research support related to public health research on assignments of low to moderate complexity.

Not exact matches

There is insufficient research to support any general theories about why transgender Americans disproportionately enlist.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

Our cash flows from operating activities are significantly affected by our cash investments to support the growth of our business in areas such as research and development and selling, general and administrative.

America's support for «the right to die» increased significantly during the 1980s, according to data in the National Opinion Research Center's annual General Social Survey.

Second, the research revealed that it is general television, not religious television, that is really challenging people «s belief systems and their church attendance and financial support.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

Cascadian Farm, a pioneer in the organic food movement, and parent company General Mills, announced a five - year $ 125,000 contribution to Grain Millers to support soil health research on oat farms in the Upper Midwest.

Organic food company Cascadian Farm and parent company General Mills have announced a five - year, $ 125,000 contribution to Grain Millers, one of the world's largest conventional and organic oat millers, to support soil health research in the Upper Midwest.

IRRI's deputy director general for research Dr. Achim Dobermann highlighted areas where IRRI can contribute to rice research and development with the substantial support of stakeholders.

Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

Steering group — This study was planned and coordinated by Jean Davies, research midwife, Newcastle; Pat Davies, health visitor, Sunderland; Alan Fortune, general practitioner, Alnwick; Linda Hedley, senior midwife, Berwick; Edmund Hey, consultant paediatrician, Newcastle; Barbara Hinchcliffe, health visitor, Hexham; Maureen Hodgson, community midwife, North Durham; Ann Kirkpatrick, midwifery supervisor, Darlington; Jane Lumley, National Childbirth Trust, Hexham; Norma McPherson, community midwife, Barrow in Furness; Diane Packham, Association for the Improvement of Maternity Services, Newcastle; Willie Reid, consultant obstetrician, Carlisle; Marjorie Renwick, regional maternity survey coordinator, Newcastle; Margaret Robinson, community midwife, Cockermouth; Laura Robson, director of midwifery education, Newcastle; Sheila Smithson, community midwife, Middlesbrough; Ann West, senior midwife, Penrith; Margaret Whyte, the Society to Support Home Confinement; Jane Wright, community midwife, Teesside; and Gavin Young, general practitioner, Penrith.

Your gift can provide general charitable support to meet the Medical Center's greatest future needs, or it can fund a specific patient care, research or education initiative that holds special meaning for you.

Most notable, perhaps, is that the assumed link between parent behaviour change and improved outcomes for children has not received general support in research conducted to date.

This book covers: - The need to advance exclusive breastfeeding - Obstacles and opportunities for exclusive breastfeeding during the reproductive health continuum - Findings related to the obstacles, opportunities, current interventions, and gaps at eight time periods during the reproductive health cycle - Suggestions for innovative implementation to advance exclusive breastfeeding - The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding - Monitoring, evaluation, and research needs - Considerations for expansion, replication, and scaling up of activities - Next steps

Recent research by YouGov found that, though 72 % of Labour members support Jeremy Corbyn as leader, only 47 % think it's likely he can win the next general election.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «This research shows that once again the casualties of the Coalition Government's education reforms and austerity measures are the children and young people that need the most support.

According to an American Research Group survey released Thursday, 47 percent of likely voters in New Hampshire support former state attorney general Kelly Ayotte, the Republican nominee, with 42 percent backing two - term Rep. Paul Hodes, the Democratic nominee, four percent backing other candidates and seven percent undecided.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chandra M. Hayslett, Communications Director [email protected] 212-257-4350 New Yorkers Overwhelmingly Want Deal on New Teacher Evaluation System New Poll Shows Robust and Resilient Support; No Excuse Seen for Losing $ 300 million New York (Nov. 29, 2012)-- A new teacher evaluation system that would ensure that New York City received $ 300 million in additional State education funding enjoys overwhelming support among City voters in general and parents in particular, according to a new poll released today by StudentsFirstNY, the education reform advocacy group, and conducted by Anzalone Liszt ReSupport; No Excuse Seen for Losing $ 300 million New York (Nov. 29, 2012)-- A new teacher evaluation system that would ensure that New York City received $ 300 million in additional State education funding enjoys overwhelming support among City voters in general and parents in particular, according to a new poll released today by StudentsFirstNY, the education reform advocacy group, and conducted by Anzalone Liszt Resupport among City voters in general and parents in particular, according to a new poll released today by StudentsFirstNY, the education reform advocacy group, and conducted by Anzalone Liszt Research.

According to a CNN / Time / Opinion Research Corporation poll released Wednesday, 55 percent of likely voters now support four - term Republican Rep. John Boozman for November's general election.

AAAS, the world's largest general science society, has urged the United Nations to support embryonic cloning for research or «therapeutic» purposes, but ban all efforts to use cloning for human reproduction.

Science Diplomacy for France The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Directorate - General of Global Affairs, Development and Partnerships - Mobility and Attractiveness Policy Directorate), April 2013 This report discusses ways that France can enhance its research contribution to global science and how that relates to support for international strategies.

In a U.S. survey conducted in 1995 by Eric Campbell, a health policy researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, and his colleagues, more than a quarter of life - science faculty members reported receiving support from industry through grant agreements and research contracts.

Building on this prior research, AAAS received funding from the Open Society Foundation to support (1) development, dissemination and analysis of a preliminary global questionnaire to elicit the views of scientists, engineers and health professionals as to the meaning of the right; and (2) organization of a briefing for the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to inform its development of a General Comment on the right.

The agency supports network science through individual institutes (for example, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences funds nine National Centers for Systems Biology, academic centers that emphasize network biology) and through agencywide initiatives (such as the National Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways, funded by the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research and the recently announced Human Connectome Project, which aims to map the connections among the human brain's 100 billion neurons).

In 1999, Harriet Rabb, who was then the general counsel at HHS, concluded that Dickey - Wicker didn't preclude government support for hESC research.

«Our findings support recommendations of increasing the intake of a variety of nuts, as part of healthy dietary patterns, to reduce the risk of chronic disease in the general populations,» said Marta Guasch - Ferre, PhD, lead author of the study and research fellow at the department of nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Founded in 1880 with the support of American inventor Thomas Edison, Science has grown to become the world's leading publication for cutting - edge research, scientific news, and commentary, with the largest paid circulation of any peer - reviewed general - science journal.

This research was supported by a PhRMA Foundation Research Starter Grant in Informatics, as well as grants from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences and the National Institute of Health's National Institute of General Medical Sresearch was supported by a PhRMA Foundation Research Starter Grant in Informatics, as well as grants from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences and the National Institute of Health's National Institute of General Medical SResearch Starter Grant in Informatics, as well as grants from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences and the National Institute of Health's National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

«Available research does not support the claim that increasing science literacy will lead to appreciably greater support for science in general,» the report concludes.

The study, which was supported by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the General Research Directorate of the Government of Catalonia, also demonstrates for the first time the widespread presence of tobacco related carcinogens in house dust, even in «smoke - free» environments.

As mentioned, the research that does exist supports a general definition of hangover as a cluster of symptoms that follows alcohol consumption.

The goal of these research grants is to get the work done, so they can, in general, be used to support foreign scientists, including foreign students and postdocs.

The research was supported by grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health (GM - 29554), the National Science Foundation (CMMI - 1120890, CCF - 1117210), the Army Research Office (MURI W911NF -11-1-0024), the Office of Naval Research (N000141110729, N000140911118), an Australian Nanotechnology Network Overseas Travel Fellowship, a Melbourne Abroad Travelling Scholarship, the Bio21 Institute and Particulate Fluids Processingresearch was supported by grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health (GM - 29554), the National Science Foundation (CMMI - 1120890, CCF - 1117210), the Army Research Office (MURI W911NF -11-1-0024), the Office of Naval Research (N000141110729, N000140911118), an Australian Nanotechnology Network Overseas Travel Fellowship, a Melbourne Abroad Travelling Scholarship, the Bio21 Institute and Particulate Fluids ProcessingResearch Office (MURI W911NF -11-1-0024), the Office of Naval Research (N000141110729, N000140911118), an Australian Nanotechnology Network Overseas Travel Fellowship, a Melbourne Abroad Travelling Scholarship, the Bio21 Institute and Particulate Fluids ProcessingResearch (N000141110729, N000140911118), an Australian Nanotechnology Network Overseas Travel Fellowship, a Melbourne Abroad Travelling Scholarship, the Bio21 Institute and Particulate Fluids Processing Centre.

William Crowley, director of clinical research for Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, observes that, although NIH's many programs to support training in clinical and translational research have been «spectacular,» the academy is now filled with well - trained translational researchers, all trying to land independent research grants just as the NIH pay line is plummeting.

This result supports research that women in general may deal with speech and interaction differently than men.

Following the murders at Charlie Hebdo in January, the agency funded several new research projects on security and violence — for example, into new mathematical models for social interactions — and increased its support for research on human behavior, the Middle East, the Muslim world, and religions in general.

The study was supported by an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's New Innovator Award (LM011952 - 01), the Harvard Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology Center (GM107618, National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the NIH), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease of the NIH (AI114952), and Turkish Academy of Sciences GEBIP Fellowship and TUBITAK 115S934 Grant.

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) supports a wide range of biomedical and behavioral research imperatives, and its Web site offers valuable program details to readers.

Joint DMS / NIGMS Initiative to Support Research in the Area of Mathematical Biology NSF's Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS)-- part of the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences — and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)-- an NIH institute — seek proposals that «identify innovative mathematics or statistics needed to solve an important biological problem.»

In 2011, Ranganathan co-founded the #SciFund Challenge using the general - purpose crowd - funding site RocketHub as an experiment to test whether scientists can use crowd - funding to support their research.

Additional support for this study was provided by NIH's National Institute of General Medical Sciences and the Foundation for Prader - Willi Syndrome Research.

This work was supported by the National Cancer Institute (CA138835, CA17494), the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM101149), a Harrington Discovery Institute Scholar - Innovator Award, the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, the Basser Center for BRCA, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

The RI - MUHC supports over 500 researchers, and over 1,200 students, devoted to a broad spectrum of fundamental, clinical and health outcomes research at the Glen and the Montreal General Hospital sites of the MUHC.

Its mission is to increase access to and improve the quality of addiction treatment, to educate physicians, and other health care providers and the public, to support research and prevention, to promote the appropriate role of the physician in the care of patients with addictive disorders, and to establish addiction medicine as a specialty recognized by professional organizations, governments, physicians, purchasers and consumers of health care services and the general public.

FLEMING is a non-profit organization operating under the auspices of the Greek General Secretariat for Research & Technology and is supported by the Greek government and by national, European and international grants.

«Targeting the splicing process is a promising strategy for finding new medicines to treat SMA, and possibly other diseases,» said Marcus Rhoades, Ph.D. of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, which partially supported Krainer's research.

10.30 - 11.00 Stackebradt, Erko (Professor, Leibnitz Institute, DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures; Coordinator, MIRRI - Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure, Braunschweig, Germany): Scientists and (their) microbial resources: responsibilities revisited 11.00 - 11.30 Balázs, Ervin (Member of HAS, Professor, Director - general, Centre for Agricultural Reserch, Hungarian Academy of Science, Martonvárár, Hungary): Microbes serving agri - food industry 11.30 - 12.00 Coffee break 12.00 - 12.30 Nagy, Károly (Professor, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary): How science supports management of emerging infections 12.30 - 13.00 Rajnavölgyi, Éva (Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary): Human life in invisible company - The significance of preventive vaccination

Federal agencies funding research and development activities in nanotechnology under the auspices of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), with support from the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO), are working to highlight the accomplishments of and build community around the NNI, and to educate the general public about nanotechnology.

To support and enable the Cancer Prevention Center to deliver cancer prevention, screening and surveillance services, to conduct state - of - the - art cancer research and to translate these research findings to the general population as the new standard of care