Sentences with phrase «large research base»

A large research base has accumulated demonstrating the long - term cost - effectiveness of investments in early childhood education.

The large research base on teachers» value - added to student test performance has consistently found that which math teacher a student has matters a lot for their learning during the year in that math teacher's class and that the learning sticks with students in subsequent years.

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So when I first heard about Chicago - based KnowledgeHound, I was pretty excited because I saw it as a SaaS startup that was addressing a large and important problem: the inefficiencies in the way corporations were spending billions of dollars on market research and surveys.

Recently, Equilar, a research firm that focuses on board recruitment, put together a Gender Diversity Index and predicts that the board of directors on the Russell 3000 list — the 3000 largest companies based in the United States — will achieve parity, with a membership made up of 50 percent women and 50 percent men, by the fourth quarter of 2055.

In a recent research note, he pointed to the possibility, based on Apple's reported hiring of a large number of auto industry veterans, of Apple changing gears entirely and building a car.

About 3.6 million households subscribe to Netflix in Canada, according to Toronto - based tracking firm Solutions Research Group, and a large majority of those — three million — also have paid TV service.

Back in February, I shared with you research from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which predicts that by 2050, China and India will become the world's number one and number two largest economies based on purchasing power parity (PPP).

The Belgian group specialises in the research of novel drugs based on nano - bodies found in the immune systems of llamas and alpacas, for which it partners with several of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies.

History plays a large role, says Algernon Austin, senior research fellow at Washington, D.C. - based think tank Center for Global Policy Solutions.

The labs of large, multinational companies and academic research efforts at major universities or governments are great at churning out innovations that become the basis for startups.

He points to Santa Clara, California - based Intel Corporation's decision to build a large research and development (R&D) facility in DuPont, Washington, about 10 miles south of Tacoma, as an example.

Although this large North American industrial distributor might be «down from prior guidance of 300 basis points, the company stated that the reduced guidance implies fiscal year 2016 revenue growth of between 3 percent and 6 percent,» said Nicholas Wesley Yee, a certified public accountant and director of research at Gradient Analytics.

Over a year which has seen large banks halt funding for fossil fuel projects, major institutions divest from oil, gas and coal holdings, and oil companies snap up power and renewables companies in a bid to diversify their asset base, research published today by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and the Climate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial circles.

Building the world's largest cryptocurrency - based health and wellness community on the planet, the platform is designed to connect users, developers and providers, worldwide, improving global health, wellness and research.

MFS, the Boston - based mutual fund company, explained in a research piece this week, «To sum up, it looks as though the UK's decision to leave the EU could be the beginning of a large, protracted process in which dissatisfaction with the effects of three decades of globalization is being expressed in ever more impactful ways.»

China to Canada: International Home Buyer Insights is based on Canadian property enquiry data submitted by potential real estate buyers from China on Juwai.com in 2016, qualitative research on Juwai.com users from the largest centres of mainland China, and local market insights from Sotheby's International Realty Canada.

«Surprises materializing from this year's research included GoFundMe topping Kickstarter as the largest donation / reward based CFP and astounding growth in the P2P lending market in Asia, stemming largely from the Chinese market.

The Coinify Innovation Lab provides research and development services to deliver blockchain - based Proof - of - Concepts, like in its collaboration with Nets, Europe's largest digital payments company.

«DiscoverOrg has been identified as a Leader in our Summer 2017 Marketing Account Intelligence Grid Report, based on their high levels of customer satisfaction and large market presence,» said Mitch Lieberman, director of research, G2 Crowd.

With larger client bases and higher commission costs, high - quality research is expected.

This gives you just enough data to get started building your keyword prospect list, but to really make this comprehensive (and I recommend the shotgun approach when doing keyword research — starting with a large population of targets and narrowing it down based on specifics) you need to leverage a few other tools.

Yet when the markets have not performed as well — such as during the 2000 - 2002 tech - market bust and the 2008 - 2009 financial crisis — our research shows that US large - cap active managers outperformed their passive peers by 471 basis points and 100 basis points, respectively.

However, U.S. - based module manufacturers will still not be able to supply more than a fraction of domestic demand, and even under the forecasts of contraction within the U.S. market published by analysts including GTM Research and IHS Markit, imports will still account for the large majority of modules installed, at least for the next few years.

Hoge and Wenger's study is part of the larger Pulpit and Pew research project on the state of pastoral ministry, based at Duke Divinity School and funded by the Lilly Endowment.

A U.K. - based Antarctic research project called Project MIDAS monitoring the effects of climate change on an ice shelf called Larsen C announced that a vast rift in the rapidly warming pole has split entirely and created a brand new iceberg — the third largest in the world.

Over the years, we've worked with a major Midwest supermarket chain, a large player in the frozen aisle of grocery stores nationwide and disruptive upstarts such as AeroFarms, a vertical farm company based in Newark, N.J. Throughout those engagements, we conducted extensive shopper research — both quantitative as well as in - depth ethnographic «shop along» interviews.

According to data from market research provider Euromonitor International, Stonyfield is the second largest brand for organic dairy - based yogurt in North America with 13.3 % of the market.

We base a large part of our product development on research, ensuring we are delivering the most healthful ingredients possible.

TricorBraun Research Shows that Nutraceutical Consumers Want Dispensing Closures with Audible Clicks, Large Thumb Recesses and Orifice Size Based on Consumer Need

My ambition has always been to run and operate a large animal practice, however going to a conference which was heavily research based highlighted other opportunities for me which I hadn't considered.

MGH conducts the largest hospital - based research program in the United States, with an annual research budget of more than $ 775 million.

For the record, data from IRI, a Chicago - based market research firm, show overall flat results in the largest retail frozen category of dinners and entrées (non-breakfast).

Frozen pizza is one of the largest categories in the retail freezercase according to IRI, a Chicago - based market research firm.

ANF is the largest manufacturer of shelf - stable plant - based proteins in the US and will continue to grow as they bring additional operations to the Nashville facility, in addition to the creation of a state - of - the - art research and development center.

Specifically, the PBFA has called for: Support for specialty crops; research on plant protein; removing» anti-competitive» policies to bridge the large competitive gap between commodities and specialty crops; support for organic crops; inclusion of transparency and accountability provisions; and referencing «plant - based foods that are major sources of Nutrients of Concern» in 7 USC Section 3157 under «competitive special and facilities research grants.»

Based on our research of historical data, our team of researchers and analysts likes biases that include large point spreads and visiting dogs in the NBA.

I did a ton of stroller research and decided on the flip xt because it checked a lot of my boxes... a seat that can face both ways and lay completely flat for newborns, a car seat compatable base, lightweight, one handed close, big basket, large canopy, and of course looks cool.

UCU general secretary Sally Hunt said such courses will be «starved of funds» and warned that higher education was about to enter an era «in which many arts - based and teaching - focused institutions, which rely on public funding far more than the larger research - intensive universities, will face an uncertain future».

Based on their initial research, it appears a large swathe of the neighborhood (in the northwest corner of the community district) would be almost completely unserved if the cuts go through.

Beyond its use as a tool against large financial institutions, Schneiderman has used the act as a basis for a probe into ExxonMobil, arguing that its alleged failure to disclose to its shareholders and the public research that showed the potential impact of climate change constituted a Martin Act violation.

Alternatively, as is the case in some large research universities, they can be based in their own divisions, where Ph.D. s can serve as in - house consultants who help to solve scientific and technical problems for researchers.

Based on her research of the social media response to the Colorado floods, Palen says one indication that a Twitter user is a valuable source is that they collect large numbers of followers in a short amount of time and are responsive to corrections from their audience, Palen says.

The Bio21 Institute commercialization - and - industry - participation strategy is based in Parkville, 3 kilometers north of Melbourne?s city centre, which has a large concentration of biomedical and clinical research institutions.

The results of this research could «impact our understanding of wind - based damage, such as the destruction by the recent Hurricane Irene,» he says, which toppled trees across a large swath of the northeastern United States in September.

Research Fellow, Mette Andersen, who led the study, said, «This is the largest population - based study to examine whether levothyroxine treatment for patients with subclinical hypothyroidism can affect their mortality.

The study, published in today's edition of CBE - Life Sciences Education, is the largest and most carefully controlled analysis to date of how participating in course - based undergraduate research experiences affects students» outcomes.

The team of ecologists, based at the Mpala Research Center in Kenya, found that trees close to the edges of glades grew faster and were generally larger than trees elsewhere in the savanna.

Diversifying your career, either by broadening the types of problems you work on or by broadening the base of support for your research, may help you reduce the volatility associated with funding, but — more importantly — it may also kindle your creativity and enable you to make an even larger contribution.

A disused medical research facility in Nutley, New Jersey, will find new life as the location of a soon - to - be-established medical school, bringing new science - based jobs to an area hard hit by large layoffs of scientifically and technically trained personnel.

There's a large body of research that says many would make different decisions, especially in surgery, if they understood the trade - offs and the lack of evidence involved,» says Jack Fowler, past president of the Boston - based Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making.