Sentences with phrase «likely funded the study»

And someone's tuition dollars likely funded the study to figure this out!

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Yet another study is forthcoming from the International Performance Assessment Centre for the Storage of CO2, but since this agency is funded by the Saskatchewan government and Royal Dutch Shell, a dismissal of the Kerrs» claim would not likely sway many minds.

Inc.: NFWBO's study showed that women were less likely to give up equity for funding compared with men.

Lead author of the study and Babson professor Donna Kelley points to studies that show women are less likely to receive venture capital funding.

According to a 2014 study by the Kauffman Foundation and Hebrew University, it turns out that when a female entrepreneur tries to raise money on Kickstarter, she is 7 percentage points more likely to be funded than a man.

In a much - quoted study, University of Arizona searcher Mark Chaves found that African - American churches are five times as likely as white churches to say they would apply for public funding if it were available.

Older people and those who work non-standard hours are less likely to feel integrated into society, according to a study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

A 2012 DWP study found that participants in the Future Jobs Fund were 27 % more likely to be in employment after two years than those outside the scheme.

Although these facts do not mean that the results are invalid, a 2003 study published in the British Medical Journal suggests that trials funded by drug companies are more likely to report favorable results about their products than are trials funded by independent organizations.

This study's finding — based on analysis of data from 1995 to 2014 — that the decline in under - five death was also accompanied by increases in PMI - funded malaria prevention technologies, such as insecticide treated nets and indoor residual spraying that are known to be effective malaria interventions, provides compelling and important new evidence of the likely effects of PMI funding.

Females working in forensic science labs were almost two times more likely to report high stress levels than males, according to the study, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Some of the recommendations from the RAND study include waiving civil service rules that impede the hiring of talented cybersecurity professionals, maintaining government hiring of these professionals through sequestrations, funding software licenses and related equipment for educational programs, refining tests to identify candidates likely to succeed in these careers, and developing methods to attract women into the field.

For example, we're funding research into faulty genes which make some men more likely to develop prostate cancer and studying how these genes could help doctors to identify patients who are more at risk.

While the Johns Hopkins team studies the likely effects of radiation on the brain during a deep space mission, other NASA - funded research groups are looking at the potential effects of radiation on other parts of the body and on whether it increases cancer risks.

However, U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases «Director Anthony Fauci says «it is very likely» that Kawaoka's group would have been granted an exemption and continued to receive funding because the study specifically aims to improve vaccines against influenza.»

Cynics are likely to say this conclusion was inevitable, given the study was funded by Albright & Wilson, a company that makes phosphate - based detergents.

With the cooperation of the countries involved and funding from the Asian Development Bank, the institute coordinated the work of 60 researchers, who studied the likely effects that rising sea levels and changed weather patterns will have on Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines.

Proposals are likely to include additional funding for high - quality research, new laboratories, more young scientists and ideas that would be of use to industry - such as studies into clean energy technologies.

Its lean budget — $ 1 million per year over the next 5 years — will likely preclude large - scale studies, but backers hope it will demonstrate the value of publicly funded gun research and perhaps help build support in Congress for a similar federal effort.

«Federal funding will be crucial to support research of rare cancers such as eye melanoma as it is likely, as shown in this study, that the impact of such research will extend across the different cancer types,» adds Abdel - Rahman.

(A 2013 study found that among systematic review papers, those whose authors reported funding from the food industry were less likely to find a link between sugar - sweetened drink consumption and obesity.)

Compared with white American researchers, black American researchers are a third less likely to have an early - career National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant funded, according to an NIH - commissioned study published August 18 in Science.

Conducted by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and funded by Stonewall, the study found gay and bisexual men under the age of 26 were six times more likely to attempt suicide or self - harm compared to men in that group aged over 45.

But NIAID Director Anthony Fauci says «it is very likely» that Kawaoka's group would have been granted an exemption and continued to receive funding because the study specifically aims to improve vaccines against influenza.

Research on secondhand smoke conducted by researchers with industry ties is 88 times more likely to find no harm; industry - funded studies comparing cholesterol drugs are 20 times more likely to favor the sponsor's drug.

Because this new study, funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation, shows that glaciers pre-existed the gullies, it seems likely that melting snow and ice are behind the gully formations.

Baroness Delyth Morgan, Chief Executive at Breast Cancer Now, which funded the study said: «That analysing the architecture of lymph nodes could help predict whose breast cancer is likely to spread, and ultimately help guide treatment, is a highly exciting prospect.

A separate Nov. 2016 study, lead by Schillinger, found that industry - funded studies are significantly less likely to connect sugar or sugary beverages to bad health outcomes than studies funded by independent researchers.

According to a 2011 U.S. National Institutes of Health - funded study of 2,000 adults, people who regularly walked their dogs were more physically active and less likely to be obese than those who did not.

A 2007 study found that research on health drinks that was funded entirely by beverage companies was between four and eight times more likely to find a favorable result than research with no industry support.

This stands in opposition to a study funded by eHarmony, which found that online relationships were stronger and less likely to lead to divorce.

Children who enter reception with poor English language skills — whether it's their first language or an additional language — are more likely to struggle academically and have social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in later years, finds a new study co-authored by UCL and Royal Holloway and funded by Wellcome.

Although a thorough, well - funded study like this signals promise, findings like these do not reliably tell us why some portion of students or certain classes likely didn't fare as well whereas others fared far better.

To the extent that panel participants knew their work was likely to be used to advocate for additional funding for the state's public schools (or that panel participants» predispositions reflect CBE's and / or KEA's mission and values), there is an obvious bias injected into the Verstegen and Associates study from its inception.

The studies conclude that virtually any amount of added funding is likely to be swallowed up without a trace of improvement in student achievement and without significant changes in the rules, regulations, and incentives.

First - Generation Students Most Likely to Have Been Encouraged by New Funds Education Northwest has released a study that shows Oregon Promise, a new state grant...

A study of 639 charter school applications in four states found that those identifying an external funding source were 7 percentage points more likely to be approved than those that did not.

«I would argue that my study is evidence that we might take funds used for an expensive and likely deleterious policy and use them for earlier, pre-school interventions and... supplemental services... to help get a student up to speed.»

The study — funded by the Department of Education and the National Institutes of Health — found first - grade teachers with a higher percentage of students with math difficulties in their classrooms were more likely to use student - centered instructional methods (such as the use of calculators, or movement and music to learn math) that have not been associated with achievement gains.

For example, African American children born in poverty who participated in early childhood education programs had higher graduation rates, higher adult earnings, and fewer arrests than their peers.102 A similar study found that students who participated in early intervention programs maintained higher high school GPAs, were two times more likely to have attended a four - year college, and were more likely to hold a job than their peers.103 Furthermore, research finds that participation in state - funded preschool programs improves children's language, literacy, and mathematical skills.104

The study also found that parents are more likely to pull from their retirement savings than from their kids» college funds and that funding their children's education is the second most likely reason they pull from their retirement savings, with paying off debt in the lead.

The studies of Fama, French and many others have convinced splitters that they are likely to receive higher risk - adjusted returns by spreading their investments among several low - cost index funds that invest in the four size / style quadrants of the market: Large Growth, Large Value, Small Growth and Small Value.

If the condo board doesn't set aside enough money for future expenses, then there will likely be a special assessment for each condo owner when the 5 year reserve fund study is done.

Men tend to be less likely to use the pre-baked portfolio options, target date funds, asset allocation funds, which was discussed in the Vanguard study.

We study the equity portfolios of mutual funds and individual investors, which are likely to be constrained.

Overall, about a third of current ETF users in the study plan to increase allocations to the funds in the coming year, and significant shares of non-users say they are likely to start investing in ETFs in the next 12 months.

Although there's never any certainty in investing, the studies indicate that fine tuning your asset allocation beyond that of a typical target - date fund is likely (but not certain) to provide a higher return in the long run.

An outside scholarship is most likely to affect campus - based aid, such as the FSEOG grant, Perkins loan and Federal Work - Study, and the Federal Stafford loan and the college's own student aid funds.)

For example, this study shows that 5 - star funds rated by Morningstar are actually less likely to outperform compared to 1 - star funds.

What's more, the Pet Care Trust is on the verge of releasing the final results of a study that it funded along with the Human Animal Bond Research Institute and American Humane Association, which will likely reveal the direct benefits of classroom pets on students» socialization and academic performance.