Sentences with phrase «most academic authors»

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Where copyright led to books being priced as luxury goods in the U.K., the threat of piracy forced German publishers to produce cheap editions for the masses alongside their premium - priced editions, resulting in a period that Höffner believes may have been the most lucrative ever for authors — he discovered, for example, that an obscure Berlin chemist earned more in royalties for a tract on how to tan leather than Mary Shelley did for writing Frankenstein — prompting more academics to publish their findings, and encouraging the spread of practical manuals in fields like medicine, engineering and agriculture.

The academic assessments of QE are mixed at best depending on the author and what school of economics most influences their thinking.

Most of the writings about the kingdom of late are of an academic nature, trying to discern from the biblical foundations a view which the author regards as the true one.

In no uncertain terms, the authors of The Wellness Impact: Enhancing Academic Success Through Healthy School Environments, summed up what most School Nutrition readers have known for years.

«Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths [after lung cancer] in the United States and is an enormous health problem around the world,» said the study's lead author, Robert J. Mayer, MD, faculty vice president for academic affairs, medical oncologist and colorectal cancer researcher at Dana - Farber.

The academic establishment, too, disdains gifted programs, one professor at a top university telling the authors that «his school's placement office wouldn't think of sending graduates anywhere but into the most troubled and disadvantaged settings.»

11, director of digital communications strategy, shared a list of some of his most memorable interviews that have included academics, actors, authors, astronauts, and even the Queen of All Media.

The authors found that even in districts that were identified by NCPI as having merit pay plans, «most were so weak that they represented no meaningful change from traditional compensation systems,» which typically are based on the number of years on the job and academic credentials.

http://www.rti4success.org/ Implementing Response - To - Intervention at the School, District, and State Levels: Functional Assessment, Data - based Problem Solving, and Evidence - based Academic and Behavioral Interventions Howard M. Knoff, PhD This groundbreaking new resource from national expert Howard M. Knoff, PhD, represents the most comprehensive, up - to - date single - authored volume on RtI and published as an e-book to minimize cost and improve access.

He is the author of several books, including Reading for Academic Success: Powerful Strategies for Advanced, Average, and Struggling Readers, Grades 7 — 12; Reading for Academic Success, Grades 2 — 6: Differentiated Strategies for Struggling, Average, and Advanced Readers; and Teaching What Matters Most, as well as the author of many articles.

A judge's recent decision brought an end — for now — to the Authors Guild v. Google court case concerning copyright issues as they pertained to Google's attempts to preserve and provide access to millions of global titles, most of them locked away in far - reaching international and academic libraries.

As an academic myself I have seen that most of the Deciders in academia due to both age and disposition may be aware of the issues in some general way but lack any real direct experience with digital reading so they are ill equipped to set policy in any meaningful way even if they agreed with most of what advocates such as this author say.

The author discusses several academic studies (including some of his own work) that show how analysts add no value in predicting future earnings and how most mutual funds under perform the market.

Still, my personal agenda in the I.P.C.C., and I would say, that of most authors as well as of the I.P.C.C. as a whole, is simply to help prepare the best possible assessment of the relevant academic literature, in a way that is useful for policy and decision - makers.

Dr Sherwood Idso was the most cited academic on the list, having authored or co-authored 67 of the 938 papers, seven percent of the total.

Hansen has been the target of many claims of ethical and academic dishonesty, most prominently by author Christopher Horner, who accused Hansen of manipulating data.

What these authors share seems to be a willingness to deviate a bit from the traditional strictures of legal writing (admittedly a scary prospect for a pre-tenure academic, or a lawyer composing a brief for a yet - to - be-named panel of judges) as well as a willingness to infuse their work with something of their personal style (rather than blindly imitating the expository style that sucks most legal writers in like a tractor beam).

In a survey conducted by the Academic Law Libraries section of the American Association of Law Libraries, Berring was named the author of the most influential work on the profession of law librarianship from 1957 to 2006.

Kiyosaki told REIM recently that he has personally implemented, invested and done all the things he writes about in all of his books and is not writing or speaking as an academic as most authors» do.