Sentences with phrase «narrowly focused studies»

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The tendency of philosophy to migrate from the philosophy faculties into social science, cultural studies, gender studies and elsewhere has also been evident in Britain, and in several universities narrowly focused philosophy departments are supplemented by a more diverse philosophical diet in theology and religious studies.

U.S. communities and states that have implemented alternatives to extended producer responsibility (EPR) policies are achieving high municipal solid waste recycling rates at reasonable costs, while also addressing a wider spectrum of the waste stream than narrowly - focused EPR mandates, according to a new study conducted by consulting firm SAIC for the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA).

That associate is likely to study attendance lists from meetings of the Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology or American Chemical Society, to read the blogs of dozens of scientists who come from that sector, and to participate in narrowly focused LinkedIn groups.

A new study in the journal Motivation and Emotion found that people who «narrowly focused» on the finish line — rather than taking in their surroundings — had better event times, felt that exercise was easier, and thought that the distance to the finish line was shorter.

All the studies that I have seen seem to support my beliefs and the ones that I have reviewed that support meat eating are flawed or narrowly focused.»

Many studies are narrowly focused; some do not meet the standards for high - quality academic research.

The authors added that their motivation for this study was a concern that many school districts are too narrowly focusing on rating teachers based on short - term test gains and they wanted to try to understand what kinds of teaching produce long - term learning benefits.

Besides, my impression was that this study was narrowly focused on the test of whether natural pathways exist, examined through an attempt to match brines found in water with brines believed to have come from deep below.

Langcake finds that one study deducing warming from changes in the timing of the seasons fails to prove these variations are caused by CO2 build - up and is too narrowly focused on CO2 to the exclusion of other atmospheric compounds.

Advances in prevention in public health2 provide a model for prevention of adolescent health - risk behaviors by focusing on risk and protective factors predictive of these behaviors.3, 4 Research on the predictors of school failure, delinquency, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, and violence indicates that many of the same factors predict these different outcomes.5, 6 Recent research has shown that bonding to school and family protects against a broad range of health - risk behaviors in adoles cence.6 Yet, prevention studies typically have focused narrowly on a specific outcome, such as preventing substance abuse, and on attitudes and social influences that predict that outcome.7, 8 Previous studies on prevention have not sought to address the shared risk and protective factors for diverse health - risk behaviors that are the main threats to adolescent health.