Sentences with phrase «good study environment»

Everyone at the university has a shared interest in and responsibility for a good study environment.

We connected with Rasmussen College students who have been in your shoes to collect their best study environment tips.

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When Spreng read a Journal of General Internal Medicine study on elder abuse in New York that found more than half of financial exploitation is carried out by a person the victim knew, he wondered: Just how well are older adults navigating the complexities of their social environment?

Unhappy people will think more deeply about their social environment (in an effort to solve their problems), whereas happy people can contentedly coast on cruise control, not bothering to think very deeply,» writes Greater Good's Kira M. Newman, quoting a 1994 study on the topic.

«Studies show that those who played competitive sports usually do very well in corporate environments,» she says.

Rozovsky basically said that having studied 180 teams at Google over the past several years and trying to determine what made some teams perform better than others (despite every team being filled with over-achievers who work at Google) one factor stood out more than others: Creating «psychologically safe environments.»

The additional dollars are making sure our schools are well maintained so our students can study in safe, supportive environments.»

Some people learn best by reviewing self - study courses and accessing Lab Projects in their own test environments.

We expand upon the theme in this Investment Outlook, highlighting a study we conducted as well as the research of others to develop a framework for understanding the past, current, and potential future environment for active management.

It seems that human beings do best when we objectively study our environment, ourselves and create systems that foster stability but also allow for the flexibility of complete change if and when it seems to aid our peaceful co-existence..

I could easily commend the syllabus, lecturers and course leaders, the flexible study modes (I opted for three years part - time), the range of optional modules, the extraordinarily helpful librarian and IT staff, the well - designed virtual learning environment, opportunities to dialogue with staff and fellow students, pastoral support — and much more.

Study after study has indicated the best environment for children to be raised and nurtured is the home of their married, biological parStudy after study has indicated the best environment for children to be raised and nurtured is the home of their married, biological parstudy has indicated the best environment for children to be raised and nurtured is the home of their married, biological parents.

Reporting on the recent Barna study on Gen Z attitudes and behaviors, Jonathan Morrow, director of cultural engagement at Impact 360 Institute, writes: «With the best of intentions, we bubble wrap our kids and create Disney World - like environments for them in our churches, and then wonder why they have no resilience in faith or life... In short, teenagers need a grown - up worldview not coloring book Jesus.»

His experience is one that questions and pushes against what is affirmed by the environment he was raised in and studied in and confirmed in.I'm not denying that David's cartoons represent his experience in his «church» I'm turning up (best I can) the limitation of that experience and how his version (Zombie pastor preaching re-chewing of the mind as transformational) is 1) a sad and pathetic reduction of the cultural tradition and 2) is evidence of his own ongoing entrapment.

We certainly don't want to create an environment where there are disincentives for the best and the brightest to study.

For example, health conscious carnivores have been favoring grass - fed cows over grain - fed animals based on studies indicating that grass - fed beef is nutritionally superior and that grass feeding is just better for the animals, as well as the environment.

But a recent study by Joseph Allen, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia, and Robert C. Pianta, the dean of the education school there, demonstrates that when teachers are trained in how to create a better environment in the classroom, that can have a measurable effect on student performance.

In 1992, Dr. William Sears, a well - known advocate of «sleep sharing», did a study on the benefits for both mother and baby: he set up equipment to monitor his eight week old daughter's breathing in two different sleep environments: sharing a bed with her mother (his wife, Martha) the first night, and sleeping alone.

A Dutch study completed in 2007 concluded that cloth diapers are as much as seven times better for the environment than conventional disposable diapers.

Recent qualitative and quantitative studies have confirmed MomsTEAM's longstanding belief that, more than education about concussion signs and symptoms, it is changing the negative attitude of too many coaches towards reporting and creating a safe concussion - reporting environment that may be the best ways to improve the low rates of self - reporting found in study after study.

Some football helmet manufacturers suggest that players who wear their helmets - especially new models - may be at lower risk of concussion than those who wear competitors» models or older helmets, basing their claims on how well the new or newer helmets absorb and lessen some of the impact forces that cause concussion in biomechanical studies performed in the controlled environment of the laboratory.

Studies show that home daycare is a good option because groups are often small, the homelike environment is comforting and reas...

Ongoing projects include studies of gene - environment interactions and adverse pregnancy outcomes, as well as informed medical decision making demonstration projects in Medicaid maternity populations and within HealthWise, the nation's largest source of health information materials distributed through healthcare networks.

Only 6 % of NICU babies are discharged exclusively breastfed, yet a new study in the International Journal of Nursing Studies reveals that when NICU nurses have better work environments and higher education levels, and their units are adequately staffed, more babies are discharged on breastmilk.

This works quite well for some students (our Campus and Community page discusses options for what your family can do in our neighborhood while you're in class); other students, however, find they can focus more on their studies when they are here alone and that their children are happier staying with a caregiver in the familiar environment of their own home.

Weck says: «Studies show tummy time is good at stabilizing the visual field of the environment.

We once thought that how a person was wired (temperament) was genetically determined but this study indicates that environment plays a big role as well.

Professor James J. McKenna's Mother - Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory studies how sleeping environments reflect and respond to family needs — in particular how they affect mothers, breastfeeding, and infants» physiological and psychological well - being and development.

And as the study demonstrated, babies 9 months and under do especially well in play - based language sessions with a live tutor just as well as they would be learning the language in a natural environment at home.

Finally, employers are investing in their future work force by supporting breastfeeding; some studies have indicated that breastfed babies have potentially higher IQ's and better academic accomplishments than bottle - fed babies.Because of the far - reaching positive ecological, health, and social impact breastfeeding can make on our planet, it is imperative for anyone interested in protecting our children and our environment to do whatever possible to support, protect, and promote breastfeeding.

They assume, and present their statements, as if they are backed up by systematic studies that prove that parents are not intelligent nor capable enough to take care of the sleep environment within which they «co-sleep» and that during sleep parents all become insensitive to their infants need, and are incapable of responding to their infants needs or conditions when scientific studies published in the best medical scientific journals contradict and refute their claims.

The USDA recently published a study showing that yes, grass fed farming is better for the environment than farms in which cows are confined.

A broad range of studies have confirmed better health and development in children and more positive environments in home - visit households, and give us reason to hope that home visiting is a strategy that can improve the lives of children at risk.

By studying the most recent research on early childhood education, the Orfalea Fund was able to invest where it mattered most: in the relationships among directors, teachers, and parents, in the quality of environments, and in the establishment and documentation of best practices.

While many factors can influence hyperactivity in children, including genes and environment, «there is good evidence that artificial food colors can also increase levels of hyperactivity,» said Jim Stevenson, the study's lead author and professor emeritus in the school of psychology at the University of Southampton.

«The population growth is affecting the infrastructure, sectors and the environments, but it has been established by study that «if they plan the family very well, it can curb or control the growth of the population and we can reduce Nigeria's population,» Fayehun said.

The DEC's lousy record of protecting the environment can best be studied at the website called Toxics Targeting, a watchdog entity.

A spokesman for Adams said it was too soon to say how much taxpayers would save, but the BP's office is working with local groups and government staffers to begin studying the impact on taxpayers, as well as the impact on the environment and on municipal transportation.

All in all, doing a PhD here is definitely not a negative experience, and with top - notch education supported by a very informal academic environment makes this a really good place to study.

«Zika can survive on hard, non-porous surfaces for as long as eight hours, possibly longer when the environment contains blood, which is more likely to occur in the real world,» said the study's lead researcher S. Steve Zhou, Ph.D. «The good news is that we found that disinfectants such as isopropyl alcohol and quaternary ammonium / alcohol are generally effective in killing the virus in this type of environment and can do so in a little as 15 seconds.»

«What has emerged from our study as well as from other work on introgression is that interbreeding with archaic humans does indeed have functional implications for modern humans, and that the most obvious consequences have been in shaping our adaptation to our environment — improving how we resist pathogens and metabolize novel foods,» Kelso says.

In a statement sent to reporters last night, Sen. Barbara Boxer, chair of the Environment and Public Works committee, said the study prompted her to ask the Food and Drug Administration to inform the public «how best to protect children from perchlorate.»

The underlying recolonization patterns revealed in Mutz's study — and the research models used to identify them — could prove instrumental for scientists and fire management officials working toward a better understanding of fire and its effects on the environment.

«By measuring naturally occurring ammonium and iodide in numerous samples from different geological formations in the Appalachian Basin, including flowback waters from shale gas wells in the Marcellus and Fayetteville shale formations, we show that fracking fluids are not much different from conventional oil and gas wastes,» said Jennifer S. Harkness, lead author of the study and a PhD student at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment.

Lead author, Professor Callum Roberts from the University of York's Environment Department, said: «Many studies show that well - managed marine reserves can protect wildlife and support productive fisheries, but we wanted to explore this body of research through the lens of climate change to see whether these benefits could help ameliorate or slow its impacts.

Professor Ali Tavassoli, who led the study with colleague Dr. Ishna Mistry, explains: «In an effort to better understand the role of HIF - 1 in cancer, and to demonstrate the potential for inhibiting this protein in cancer therapy, we engineered a human cell line with an additional genetic circuit that produces the HIF - 1 inhibiting molecule when placed in a hypoxic environment.

Fashioning individual molecules atom by atom could allow researchers to study atomic collisions in the most controlled environment possible, as well as to observe how molecules behave in isolation.

Tumors are notoriously difficult to study in their natural habitat — body tissues — but a new synthetic tissue environment may give cancer researchers the next - best look at tumor growth and behavior.

As a matter of fact, according to a recent study, this rich environment may help us learn better.

According to Ángel Martín, a researcher involved in this study, «The framework can facilitate careful evaluation of various scenarios (such as competitor actions, fleet changes, fare changes, etc.) allowing the airline to be better prepared to adapt to the changing competitive environment.»