Sentences with phrase «increased use of science»

It also intends to grow primarily through the drill bit and through an increased use of science and technology in its drilling and operational activities.

These studies reported positive impact in the use of new technologies (Gersten & Kelly, 1992), teachers» increased use of science materials (Vesilind & Jones, 1998), teachers» ability to implement new curriculum in mathematics and science (Balfanz et al., 2006; Gigante & Firestone, 2007; Ruby, 2006).

Inspired by the 40 - year - old AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships program, five Southeast Asian nations — Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam — are participating in a pilot project to increase the use of science, technology, and objective analysis in the political decision - making process.

Not exact matches

Whereas Bitcoin seems to extend transaction throughput by way of progressive options comparable to SegWit and Lightning Community and using «off - chain» applied sciences, Bitcoin Money seems to extend capability on the base layer, or «on - chain», of the protocol by way of periodic blocksize will increase.

But theology isn't the end, it's the means; as with a hard science in the laboratory, the purpose of gathering knowledge is to use it as a basis for further work and increased understanding.

This conviction also allows for the conscious use of social science and contemporary experience to increase our understanding of the faith.

For instance, relating these losses to (1) increased leisure time, (2) use of and reliance on mass media, (3) influence of science, (4) standard of living, and (5) competition of secular or volunteer organizations can not be supported since each of these factors was already present and increasing in the 1940s and 50s as well as in the «60s.

One study published in the American Academy of Optometry's Optometry & Vision Science journal found that using goji berry daily as a dietary supplementation for 90 days increases plasma zeaxanthin and antioxidant levels significantly, which protect eyes from hypopigmentation and accumulation of oxidative stress compounds that can damage the macula.

Behavourial science increases hand hygiene compliance — use of soap increased by 30 % in three year study of Cleanyourhands feedback intervention

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Behavourial science increases hand hygiene compliance — use of soap increased by 30 % in three year study of Cleanyourhands feedback intervention The First UK Summit on Hand Hygiene Sustainability in Health Care was held on24th October 2012, in London.

Despite dwindling state and local budgets, Holt noted that law enforcement and prosecutors are placing increasing emphasis on the use of forensic evidence and that forensic science labs are under pressure to clear case backlogs such as rape kits.

«These findings are extremely encouraging and suggest that with sustained commitment to increase the number of people who use combination HIV prevention, it may be possible to achieve epidemic control and eventual elimination of HIV,» said David Serwadda, M.B.Ch.B., M.Med., M.P.H., co-founder of the Rakai Health Science Program and Professor at Makerere University School of Public Health in Kampala, Uganda.

Senators George Allen (R - VA) and Richard Lugar (R - IN) used those numbers just yesterday, for example, in a press conference introducing a bill that would increase the number of U.S. science and engineering graduates.

The research surveyed volunteers on «citizen science» projects and suggests that this type of volunteering could be used to increase general knowledge of science within society.

Digital technologies have enabled a massive increase in writing, much of it for public consumption — which, lest we forget, used to be the domain of professionals, from medieval scribes to Victorian novelists to science journalists.

Obama used much of his speech to tout the investments his administration has already made in science and energy research through the economic - stimulus law and other increases that it anticipated as part of the budget resolution.

In February, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in St. Louis, he captivated the crowd with early results from a project in Africa that uses low - cost fertilizers and improved farming techniques to increase crop yields several times over.

According to astronomer Daniela Calzetti of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, NICMOS is between 30 % and 40 % more sensitive than it used to be — thanks to a new coolant, it operates at a somewhat higher temperature, increasing the efficiency of the detectors.

But if we want to increase our use of these resources, we have some homework to do,» says James Misewich, the associate lab director for basic energy sciences at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, and a co-chair of the report.

The number of U.S. workers who use science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) as part of their jobs has been steadily increasing, according to a recent report.

Increased use of natural gas is the best bet for cleaner energy in the near term, agreed fellow panelist John Reilly, a senior lecturer at M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management and co-director of the school's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.

According to Victoria Lush, of the communications department at Novartis, the use of scientific images can «show science from a different point of view and can increase our understanding of it through the crossover of science and art.»

Both bills would require NSF officials to explain why every grant they make is «in the national interest,» using seven criteria that range from «increased economic competitiveness» to «promotion of the progress of science.»

«Since the beginning, almost every institution of science and technology in this country has been used as part of the apartheid strategy, to increase the standard of living of white South Africans and neglect black South Africans,» says Roger Jardine, coordinator of science and technology policy for the ANC.

Once that is done and a «new nexus of research» begins to form around how climate science and the climate change movement can increase racial and ethnic diversity, those fact - based findings can be used to guide public climate advocacy and policy reform efforts.

«NSF is used to providing grants to universities, and one of its missions is to increase participation by underrepresented minorities in science, which this infrastructure program will do by giving students and faculty members the tools to be successful.»

«From the perspective of agricultural science, agrophotovoltaics is a promising solution for increasing both the land use efficiency and the share of renewable energy provided by the agricultural sector,» stresses Prof. Iris Lewandowski, Head of the Department of Biobased Products and Energy Crops, University of Hohenheim.

The use of electron - volt neutron spectroscopy in materials research is a growing area of neutron science, capitalizing upon the unique insights provided by epithermal neutrons on the behaviour and properties of an increasing number of complex materials.

While Heartland continues politicizing science, demonizing credible scientists and using tobacco industry tactics to forge doubt over global warming, Americans are feeling the real toll climate change is already taking on society, by increasing the severity of storms like hurricane Sandy or pushing droughts, wildfires and heatwaves to new extremes.

The ASP is a 501c3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to use astronomy to increase the understanding and appreciation of science and to advance science and science literacy.

She uses the creative and visual nature of science to inspire her students to an increased appreciation of structures that were once hidden from view.

The Astronomical Society of the Pacific, established in 1889, is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to use astronomy to increase the understanding and appreciation of science and to advance science and science literacy.

Widely recognized as an innovative forerunner in nutrition, the use of creatine in fitness products, and its company - wide focus on the important hydrolysate bodily process, this product is both clinically researched and backed by science in its ability to boost protein synthesis to promote an increase in muscle mass.

And while we're on the topic of using progestins for birth control, a good study from the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise showed that young women who got regular aerobic exercise and resistance training (e.g. lifting weights) increased their bone density by one to two percent per two years, and those who didn't exercise lost one to two percent per two years.

I will spend a bit of time going over this and the next study cited by CarbSane and presented here, as they are excellent examples of really bad science (if that word should even be used at all) that are very misleading, and they in no way support the position that increasing carbohydrate intake is healthy... at best perhaps only somewhat less unhealthy than worse diets.

Bioidentical (Natural) Hormones and Breast Cancer Bioidentical (natural) hormones, used wisely, do not increase the risk of breast cancer in women, and there is plenty of evidence - based science to back this up.

Folklore and Science BOTH promote the use of Natural Remedies to enhance immune function, including preventing infection, increasing natural defenses, relieving congestion and coughs, soothing a sore throat, reducing a fever and quieting an upset stomach.

The science in this film is absolute bunk, not only pushing forward the often misinformed notion that human beings only use 10 % of their brain's capacity in their lifetimes, but positing that, with increased brain usage, we increase the ability to control and transform matter around us.

Rebekka Stone, a tenth - grade biology teacher in Homestead, Florida, says she uses Highlights for High School to increase her students» science comprehension and to introduce them to the idea of higher learning.

STeLLA teachers increased their classroom use of science teaching strategies associated with both lenses while their students increased their science content knowledge.

Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

The initiative, which is linked to the computer science curriculum, uses computer games to increase interest and uptake of STEM subjects, build young people's digital skills and provide an insight into what careers in the technology, creative digital and related industries might offer.

Rather than spending most of his time in front of the class, Gould prefers that students use their knowledge of science to a build a finished product — a strategy that he believes increases student engagement.

We must take measures to ensure intentional opportunities for students to engage in visual interpretation with increased processing time for ELs, deliberate modeling and use of science genres to practice scientific communication skills, and whole class dialogue so students can evaluate their own justifications as they listen and compare their ideas with others.

Again, using a whole - child approach, middle schools have for generations ensured that students experience encores or specials that expose them to technology, family and consumer sciences, art, music, health, and other coursework that increases their awareness of academic fields of study and potential career options.

To study the process of scale - up by using the expansion of the Science IDEAS model to an increasing number of schools.

The majority of teachers noted that both their science pedagogical content knowledge and geospatial pedagogical content knowledge increased as a direct result of their use of the curriculum and educative support materials (Table 3).

In the process, they are increasing their own capacity to make and sustain improvements within their schools using a sequence of steps drawn from improvement science methodology: define and learn more about the focus problem, pilot a small change in iterative cycles, and collect and reflect on data from the experience.

Reviewers must have expertise in education evaluation or at least one of the program's absolute priorities (increasing educator effectiveness; improving low - performing schools; strengthening science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; boosting academic outcomes for students with disabilities and English language learners; encouraging parent and family engagement; promoting effective use of technology; serving rural communities; and implementing college - and career - ready standards).