Sentences with phrase «influence on the conduct»

However, it does seem that Francis had a very positive influence on the conduct of the Sultan, in that he behaved with considerable moderation in his future dealings with the Christians, and there is even a pious legend to the effect that he was converted on his deathbed to Christianity.

David Hume, one of our greatest moral philosophers, said that moral truths must «take possession of the heart»; otherwise, «they can have no influence on conduct and behaviour.»

The evidence for common genetic and environmental influences on conduct disorder (CD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) in adolescents was examined.

Changes in situations like financial state, physical health, and the influence of other family members can have a profound influence on the conduct, responses and actions of the individuals in a relationship.

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A 2013 survey of 1,046 consumers conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of Zendesk found that 90 percent of respondents said that positive online reviews influence buying decisions, while 86 percent said that negative reviews directly and negatively impact their purchasing decisions.

A study conducted by Hanover Research found that 87 % of surveyed college students said analytics on their performance had a positive influence on their learning.

The Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2), a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C., conducts impartial research and publishes reports on organized efforts to influence corporate behavior on social and environmental issues.

Ethisphere and JLL combined forces to conduct a Survey on the Influence of Workplace Design & Practices on the Ethical Environment of survey participants.

The New York Alternative Investment Roundtable recently conducted a survey on the topic of how the United States stacks up in foreign affairs and found that many in the alternative investment industry think the United States is diminishing its global influence, according to a recent release by the roundtable.

However, if we blame our bad conduct, or place credit for our good conduct, on the influence of religion, we are not only slightly deluded, but we are moral cowards, too.

The comparatively recent popularity of cognitive behaviorism, with its implicit nod to free will in its emphasis on the importance of beliefs, concepts, and ideas as well as environment in influencing human attitudes and conduct, shows that in some circles determinism is being somewhat moderated.

Then after the war the Russians targeted the Christians and trying to remove their influence on the country, leaving a void of moral statute that allowed the Russian government to conduct horrible acts, again due to a populous that became and ignorant of the basic concepts of the bible.

No matter where you work, keep your own conduct in line with God's word, and let your decision about when to speak up be guided by love and by how much influence your words can have on a situation.

A recent global consumer survey, conducted by market research institute TNS on behalf of GNT, shows that when it comes to choosing fruity gums, sugar drops and the like, the colour of a product has great influence on the purchase decision.

Through his behaviorist approach, Watson conducted research on child rearing, and indeed influenced our views on motherhood today.

Temperament's influence on developmental pathways and outcomes has now been recognized, even in areas that have traditionally been seen as almost exclusively the result of socialization, such as conduct problems, empathy and the development of conscience.

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

The 2004 election cycle saw a dramatic rise in the number and size of nonprofit organizations that bought TV ads, organized voter turnout drives and conducted political «education» campaigns that were effectively working on behalf of (or against) one candidate or party, and because they used «soft money» in the process, their donors weren't limited in how much they could give and didn't fall under the strict disclosure rules required when trying to influence an election.

«The call is powerful evidence that Adam Skelos made sales calls to those he believed susceptible to Dean Skelos's influence and then referenced that influence on those calls — conduct going to the heart of the conspiracy,» prosecutors wrote.

As with so many aspects of reporting, the standards which operate on social media have influenced the conduct of mainstream media.

«There can be no question that a full ethics investigation into this improper exertion of state legislative influence by Senator Libous is required, either by virtue of this complaint or on the Commission's own initiative, in order to hold the state senator fully accountable to the standards of ethical conduct and public integrity state law requires of all members of the legislature.»

It is barred by regulation from conducting itself with the same bias as the press, but it still deals with a political culture in which the press has a disproportionate influence on events.

Former top civil servant Hayden Phillips is conducting a review into party funding at the government's request, after the cash for peerages row raised concerns about the influence wealthy businessmen were having on British political parties.

Shortly before my Benin Lama Forest consultancy began, the opportunity arose to conduct a long - term study, financially supported by GTZ's Tropical Ecology Support Programme, on the influence of poaching on monkeys and the secondary impacts on the vegetation in the Taï National Park in Côte d'Ivoire.

New research conducted at York University, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, may shed some light on religion's actual influence on believers — and the news is positive.

Although additional studies would need to be conducted to see how much commercial presenters influence child viewers, Powers, associate professor of media arts, sciences and studies at Ithaca College, argues that commercials could have a significant impact on how children develop self - perceptions.

Reddy gives an overview of this field, which is predicted to have a major influence on how researchers conduct their work in the future.

Noriko Osumi, Kaichi Yoshizaki and colleagues at Tohoku University's Graduate School of Medicine collaborated with Shigeru Wakana and Tamio Furuse at RIKEN Bio-Resource Center, and Tucci Valter at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, to conduct comprehensive behavioral analyses on how paternal aging influences the behavior of offspring that inherit a genetic risk (a mutation in Pax6 gene).

Ecotoxicologists conduct research on the effects of biodiversity, exploring the influence of pesticides on local biodiversity.

Book: The Relationship Code: Deciphering Genetic and Social Influences on Adolescent Development - a report of a longitudinal study, conducted over a ten - year period, of the influence of family relationships and genetic factors on competence and psychopathology in adolescent development.

He also conducts research that focuses on the GITR and OX40 pathways, as well as how some immune cells, known as myeloid - derived suppressor cells, influence anti-tumor immune responses.

To better understand the complex influence of the electron shell on measurements of nuclear magnetic moments, scientists at TU Darmstadt now want to conduct measurements of nuclear magnetic moments on atomic nuclei with just a single bound electron or no electron shell at all.

With continual research being conducted on the hormonal composition of the body and how it responds to supplemental influences, new benefits are being discovered by the medical experts and scientists all the time.

Stratified analyses were also conducted by methodologic quality, sex, type of dietary assessment tool (food frequency questionnaires vs food records and 24 - hour recall), continental region (North America, Europe, and Asia), and type of prevention strategy (primary vs secondary) to assess the influence of these factors on the observed associations between diet and CHD.

Scientists at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds conduct rigorous research on the physiological effects of meditation on the brain, and the power of the brain to influence human health.

John C. Wright and Aletha C. Huston, a husband - and - wife team at the Center for Research on the Influences of Television on Children at the University of Kansas, conducted the five - year study of children from low - income families in the Kansas City, Mo., area.

In this situation, conducting appropriate research would have served to bring parents on board at an early stage in the proceedings, allowing them to engage in and influence the process — concerns could have been addressed early on, and compromises reached.

For instance, a 1991 study conducted in Texas found that the quality of a school's teachers exerted the single greatest influence on achievement outside of students» family background.

As an additional step to address any lingering concerns about Catholicism's direct influence on student achievement, we conducted both stages of our analysis again, this time accounting for the relationship between contemporary differences in the share of Catholic adherents in a country and student achievement.

Though Solis isn't sure exactly where she is headed after commencement, she says she leaves with a passion to conduct research on children's cognitive development and use the findings from this research to influence the healthy development of children.

MDRC is conducting a study that will provide especially rich data on the effect of the aligned instruction, while also exploring other potential influences on sustaining preschool gains.

Manno and Firestone (2006) found that teacher leaders who were able to work directly in classrooms, such as conducting classroom observations and regular meetings with teachers, had a greater influence on teachers» implementation of curricula than teacher leaders who had limited or sporadic access to teachers.

The study, conducted by CALDER director and University of Washington professor Dan Goldhaber, synthesizes two separate research topics: the influence of teacher quality on student achievement, and the inequities in access Read more about Disadvantaged Kids Need Equal Access to Great Teachers -LSB-...]

Influenced by the KIPP schools in America, there are strict rules prescribing pupil conduct and an emphasis on routinised behaviour intended to maximise learning efficiency.

OSPI brought us in to conduct a study on how the program influenced students» attitudes toward their language abilities and school.

John Hattie (2012) conducted an extensive meta - analysis, looking at 800 meta - analyses that focused on locating a specific student achievement outcome and identifying an influence on that outcome.

To determine the influence of district superintendents on student achievement and the characteristics of effective superintendents, McREL, a Denver - based education research organization, conducted a meta - analysis of research — a sophisticated research technique that combines data from separate studies into a single sample of research — on the influence of school district leaders on student performance.

This document contains the results of the first phase of a three - part impact study conducted in New York, which examined the influence of school libraries on technology use, the relationship between principals and school libraries, and the level of service to students with disabilities.

FastWeb conducted a survey of 391,325 parents of currently enrolled high school and college students on April 15 - 21, 2010, to explore the impact of the stock market turmoil on how families save for college using 529 plans, including the influence on risk tolerance, contribution rates and when they take distributions to pay for college costs.

The research findings are encouraging, so it makes sense to conduct more studies on how human - animal interaction influences our health.