Sentences with phrase «low research spending»

Frustrated scientists in Chile have taken to the streets to protest against low research spending, frail science institutions, poor career prospects — and what they see as the government's overall disregard for science.

► «Frustrated scientists in Chile have taken to the streets to protest against low research spending, frail science institutions, poor career prospects — and what they see as the government's overall disregard for science,» Tania Rabesandratana wrote in another Monday ScienceInsider.

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«International research has found that highly indebted households cut back their spending to a greater degree in response to declining house prices than those with lower debt levels,» he said in a letter to the House finance committee this month.

In researching for his upcoming book on fulfilling work, Schulich's Burke found that Johnson & Johnson saw at least a $ 4 return on every dollar it spent on employee wellness initiatives in terms of lower health - care costs, less absenteeism and higher productivity.

Research from IDC Canada shows that tablet sales in the Canadian market are expected to decline in the low double digits by the end of 2015 as consumers look elsewhere to spend their money on technology.

That doesn't necessarily mean Uber's operating costs were low — they spend money on everything from research and development to discounting worldwide to hiring lobbyists — but it did mean that Uber figured out a way to avoid adding drivers» employee benefits and car ownership, maintenance and insurance to those costs.

In other words, over the next five years, this government is planning to spend more money on income splitting for a small number of well off families, a promise made during the 2011 election, than on supporting economic growth and job creation through new spending on research and infrastructure and lowering taxes on investment.

Critics contend that's bad for innovation and growth because sending money back to shareholders reduces investments in equipment, technology and research and development, and lowers corporate spending and aggregate demand for goods and services.

«In the short to medium term, Angola may have to struggle with a weakening current - account deficit, lower fiscal revenue and likely cuts in government spending,» says Abiola Rasaq, head of research and strategy at Lagos - based financial institution Associated Discount House.

Representing 2.8 per cent of group sales, Kerry is at the lower end of ingredients industry spending on research and development, that for some can tip in excess of 12 per cent.

This special edition Research Report provides insights regarding the modern - day American consumer by including the following: snapshots of the overall macroeconomic environment, data that spotlights spending trends, the potential impact of lower gasoline prices and opinions on the near and medium - term outlook with implications for the US dairy marketplace.

We found an amazing doula, and I spent my time researching and making plans for a low intervention hospital birth.

A modelling exercise for the Resolution Foundation by the Institute for Employment Research and the Institute for Fiscal Studies finds that on the basis of annual average UK growth of 2.5 per cent from 2015 - 2020 — an optimistic scenario — and no further cuts in public spending, living standards will fall for low and middle income households by between 3 and 15 per cent (Brewer et al., 2012).

Elizabeth Lynam, deputy research director at the Citizens Budget Commission, which advocates for lower spending, said it might be difficult for lawmakers to swallow such a change.

Research has shown that low - income households will spend their grocery money first on meats, eggs, cereals and bakery products, and that educating consumers to include some weekly meals that do not contain meat, poultry or seafood but do include extra virgin olive oil, vegetables, and a starch will decrease food costs and improve food access and body weight.

Any review of Obama R&D spending priorities must start with low - carbon energy technology, particularly efficiency and renewables, and grid research.

Vom Saal has spent several decades researching the potent effects of everyday low - dose exposure to chemicals like bisphenol A (BPA) that are known as endocrine disrupters.

Overall, the president's budget would bring total federal investments in scientific research spending to a 40 - year low.»

Federal spending on research stayed flat or worse, at least in the United States, forcing paylines down, likely to record lows.

In previously published research, Cheney and co-workers showed that females lived longer, had lower stress hormone levels, and had more surviving offspring when they had close, long - lasting relationships with other females (characterized chiefly by spending time together and grooming).

«Low - cost, high - volume services make up big portion of spending on unneeded health care: Research suggests a reduction in «low - value» services can safely cut expenses.&raqLow - cost, high - volume services make up big portion of spending on unneeded health care: Research suggests a reduction in «low - value» services can safely cut expenses.&raqlow - value» services can safely cut expenses.»

Low - cost, high - volume health services account for a high percentage of unnecessary health spending, adding strain to the health care system, new UCLA - led research suggests.

Dr Genevieve Healy, senior research fellow at the School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Australia, who led the study, said: «We found that time spent standing rather than sitting was significantly associated with lower levels of blood sugar and blood fats.

Panel Republicans also used their four - vote majority to win passage of an amendment by Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R — CA) that would lower by another $ 50 million the amount NSF is authorized to spend in 2015 on social, behavioral, and economic sciences (SBE) research.

Scientists are now worse off than ever and government spending on basic research is lower than in any comparable industrialised nation (O. 24 per cent of GDP in the UK, against 0.33 per cent in France and O. 4 per cent in the US).

Research conducted in Nantucket, Massachusetts suggests that educational interventions can lower the incidence of Lyme disease between 20 % and 60 % depending on the length of time people spend outdoors in areas where ticks are active.

A researcher with access to a low - cost knockout mouse that has been extensively phenotyped can focus his or her time and research budget on more in - depth research questions rather than spending it on producing a knockout mouse about which the researcher has limited information.

The team published its findings «Ensoulment, Entrapment, and Political Centralization: A Comparative Study of Religion and Politics in Later Formative Oaxaca,» after spending several years conducting field research in the lower Río Verde valley of Oaxaca, Mexico's Pacific coastal lowlands.

Research has shown that spending time in the great outdoors lowers our blood pressure and eases muscle tension.

Research shows that spending 20 minutes under the trees can lower blood pressure, reduce the presence of stress hormones and increase concentration — not to mention it simply feels good.

Spend at least 20 minutes each day in the sun This helps increase your levels of Vitamin D. Research shows that postmenopausal women with the highest levels of Vitamin D had a lower risk of developing breast cancer when compared to those with the lowest levels.

Research shows the younger a child begins spending time in front of the screen, the lower they score on language tests, despite being taught language on educational videos or television.

This is basically just a VLCD (Very Low - Calorie Diet) and a research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition back in 1992 found that your body will always tap into your glycogen storage before spending fats.

I spend a lot of time researching the best prices for supplements on the internet, and in my opinion the lowest price for high quality digestive enzymes can be found here.

To my benefit, since so much of my time has been devoted to keeping my lower arms healthy, I have spent a lot of time researching and putting into practice many methods for injury prevention and recovery.

I spend a lot of time researching the internet for the best prices for high quality supplements, and in my opinion the lowest price for high quality chromium supplements, whether picolinate or GTF, is here.

Getty ImagesPeople who spend a full year on a strict low - carbohydrate diet can lose weight, but they might be happier — and lose just as many pounds — if they focus on reducing fat intake instead of carbohydrates, new research suggests.

Other research has shown that virtually all professional endurance athletes obey this «80/20 Rule,» yet the typical recreational endurance athlete spends only 50 - 70 percent of his or her total training time at low intensity.

Because prior research has shown that children from low - income families may be more sensitive to changes in school quality than children from more - advantaged backgrounds, we also separately examine the effects of spending on low - income and nonpoor children.

The research showed that regardless of the intervention used or the amount of money spent, persistently low - performing schools stubbornly remained that way.

Low - income families have less money and time to spend on extracurricular enrichment than middle - income peers, and the research has documented a dramatic gap.

Research from several parts of Africa and south Asia finds that children in low - cost private schools are from families that are better - off, get more help from parents with homework and have spent more time in pre-school.

In researching the effects of school - finance centralization in California, Harvard economist Caroline Hoxby found that increased centralization of school financing led to lowered per - pupil spending.

Citing research evidence about the lack of a relationship between spending and educational outcomes and about the ineffectiveness of previous court - mandated funding, the Supreme Court said that the lower court should also consider other school programs.

It is no coincidence then that research has shown students who spend their full K — 12 education career in public schools in states that require collective bargaining with teachers unions earn less money, work fewer hours, are more likely to be unemployed, and are more likely to be employed in lower - skilled jobs than are their peers in states without collective bargaining laws.

The trend of increasing racial and economic segregation is a nationwide trend — not just in Alabama and other Southern states.55 The South, however, was the only region in the country to see a net increase in private school enrollment between 1960 and 2000, and where private school enrollment is higher, support for spending in public schools tends to be lower.56 A growing body of rigorous research shows that money absolutely matters for public schools, especially for the students from low - income families who attend them.57 What's more, private schools in the South tend to have the largest overrepresentation of white students.58 In fact, research has shown that the strongest predictor of white private school enrollment is the proportion of black students in the local public schools.59

Research has shown that students who spend less time in the classroom are more likely to have higher dropout rates and lower earning power.

Reardon's research revealed that the achievement gap between high - income and low - income students has widened in the past three decades largely because income inequality has increased, affluent students arrive to kindergarten better prepared than poor students, and affluent parents spend more on enrichment and tutoring.

The effort — announced by the new School Finance Research Collaborative — will build on a report released last summer that concluded Michigan's system of funding schools is becoming increasingly unequal and the state needs to spend more to educate students who are low - income or speak little or no English.

And, although there are many low - cost and no - cost ways to get publicity and to market your work, unless you are able to pay someone to find these ways for you, you will need to spend time doing the research, trial - and - error, and trying again that it will take to discover ways that might work best for you in marketing and promoting your book.