Sentences with phrase «in science studies»

Naomi Oreskes, associate professor of history and director of the Program in Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego in an editorial piece in The Washington Post in 2004:

I always learnt in my science studies that if you gave an answer with more precision than your least precise result you were simply wrong!

Adrian Fenton, of The British Science Association, discusses the importance and the best methods of engaging and encouraging students in science studies and STEM subjects

For them, there are a range of more radical views in the science studies literature, each well worth a look.

Gould's study quickly became famous, and his view that science was inevitably biased became the consensus view in science studies.

«What we have shown in the Science study is that we now have the means to obtain real - time images of processes happening on the surface of intact HIV particles, which we now plan to use to screen the impact of drugs and antibodies that can shut it down,» he says.

In the Science study, Dr. Blanchard worked with Dr. Walther Mothes, a HIV specialist at the Yale University School of Medicine, and with Dr. James Munro, who was Dr. Blanchard's first graduate student and who is now an assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine.

WPI staunchly stood by Mikovits's work, even after one of the labs she collaborated with in the Science study retracted its contribution to the paper because contamination had tainted data it supplied.

In the Science study, led by first author Nan Cao, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in Ding's lab, the researchers used a cocktail of nine chemicals to change human skin cells into beating heart cells.

In the Science study, Ding's team used trial and error to find a combination of chemicals that could induce human skin cells to turn into multipotent stem cells, and then into cardiomyocytes.

Richard Alley is a glaciologist at Pennsylvania State University who was not involved in the Science study but is an IPCC report author.

The ITSI data was later used in the Science study.

Bates takes particular issue with the way Karl handled land temperature data in the Science study which addressed the so - called «climate hiatus.»

In the Science study, researchers examined plots of soil in the Harvard Forest in Massachusetts, a mixed hardwood forest in the US.

Not exact matches

Studies in social sciences are an asset, and a few postsecondary institutions in Canada now offer specific programs in social work.

But perhaps the GitHub study has even more in common with an experiment conducted far outside the world of computer science.

The mental boost was «equivalent to a ten - point increase in IQ,» according to the Association for Psychological Science write - up of the study.

Jennifer Lavers, of Australia's Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies in the University of Tasmania, and Alexander Bond, of the United Kingdom's Centre for Conservation Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, walked two beaches, methodically counting, collecting, and categorizing the garbage.

Tropical forests now emit more carbon than they capture, according to a study published in the journal Science.

Costa Rica's ecotourism boom got its start in the 1960s, with scientists flocking to the country to study biology and environmental science.

Jackson is the lead author of a new study to be published in Psychological Science that tracked nearly 5,000 married Australians for five years and measured how a spouse's personality impacted whether their partner received a promotion, earned a higher salary or experienced higher levels of job satisfaction.

Brennan graduated summa cum laude from New York University, majoring in Social Science with a double concentration in Anthropology and Media Studies.

A study referenced in the Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science showed, «Studies have found that diets low in carbohydrates increased feelings of anger, depression, and tension and diets high in protein and low in carbohydrates increased anger.»

The Times article cited a study published in the journal Psychological Science, which found that when happily married women held their spouses» hand while they received mild electric shocks, the parts of their brain associated with pain were less active than when they weren't holding their spouse's hand.

«For many workers, psychological stress has replaced physical hazards,» sociologist Sarah Burgard, who led the study, observed in a science journal.

VIU promotes its programas a two - for - onedeal: students graduatefrom its 14 - monthcourse of study witha Canadian MBA and, through a partnershipwith the Universityof Hartfordshire, they also receive a U.K.master of science in international businessdegree (M.Sc.IB).

The reason aerobic workouts seem to lift our spirits seems related to its ability to reduce levels of natural stress hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol, a recent study in the Journal of Physical Therapy Science found.

In fact, one study published in The BMJ reported that only 46 percent of Oz's claims were supported by sciencIn fact, one study published in The BMJ reported that only 46 percent of Oz's claims were supported by sciencin The BMJ reported that only 46 percent of Oz's claims were supported by science.

«Our findings suggest that frequent e-cigarette use may play an important role in cessation or relapse prevention for some smokers,» Daniel Giovenco, an assistant professor of sociomedical sciences at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the lead study author, said in a statement.

The pair (Zeki, who is older, was studying computer science; Haroon, economics) designed websites for family and friends in their spare time, and quickly realized a website - creation tool would be a lot more efficient.

Another study led by Michael Kane, a psychologist at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, and published in Psychological Science also found that some forms of mind wandering can be beneficial.

So Schnidman Medbery, who studied computer science at Columbia University before spending two years with Teach for America in rural Arkansas, decided to create software to help teachers track and analyze student performance.

That scenario isn't science fiction in the slightest, the new study by Sandra Matz at Columbia Business School shows.

«Listening to music and singing together has been shown in several studies to directly impact neuro - chemicals in the brain, many of which play a role in closeness and connection,» explains a recent Greater Good Science Center round - up of research on the subject.

The university also ranks among the top 50 universities in the world for linguistics, computer science and information systems, civil and structural engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, agriculture and forestry, psychology, chemistry, environmental studies, materials science, physics and astronomy, and other fields.

Kinney studied computer science in college and worked at Funbrain as a designer of educational games.

The Facebook participants in the study, which was published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, were recruited from across the United States.

Founded on its mission to advance learning and knowledge through teaching and research particularly in science, technology, engineering, management, and business studies.

In many of the 374 brain science papers, the reviewers found the subjects knew what was being studied.

«The participants in our study mistakenly thought that having an extraordinary experience would make them the star of the conversation,» study author Gus Cooney told Science Daily.

People are less likely to be dissatisfied with market volatility if they feel in control of their financial life, according to a study published last month in the Journal of Behavioral Science, entitled, Market Volatility and Financial Satisfaction: The Role of Financial Self - Efficacy.

Several Canadian universities offer specialized degrees in actuarial studies to enter the financial and insurance business; there are a smaller number of master's degrees cropping up aimed at applying data sciences to a wider range of fields, along with some certificate programs aimed at professionals already working in business.

Gilbert, who holds the Presidential Endowed Chair in Computing, is conducting his own study on whether society could change how youths view computer science.

According to GirlsWhoCode, 74 percent of middle - school girls express interest in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, yet only 0.4 percent of high - school girls plan to study computer science as a major in college.

Soon after developing the fledgling site, Karim enrolled at Stanford University where, despite having already displayed a certain acumen in this area, he chose to study computer science.

Turns out, these flavor changes happen on a genetic level, according to a study published this month in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

For those who don't possess an innate talent for such deception, a recent study in the journal Administrative Science Quarterly sheds light on how to flatter effectively.

Several years ago they published a study in the influential journal Science that showed reading literary fiction was linked with an improved ability to better read fine emotional cues on people's faces.

A group of psychologists from Yale and other universities tested this in 2009 with a study published in «Psychological Science».

After all, the dismal science never looks more dismal than when there's a choice between staying in to study Keynes or going out to flirt with strangers at a party.