Sentences with phrase «number of field studies»

This pulled together conclusions from a number of field studies in which researchers recorded bat fatalities while experimenting with cut - in speeds.

As Dr. Dodds points out, since the testing of vaccines is performed primarily in controlled laboratory situations and a very small number of field studies, it's impossible to reproduce the kinds of reactions we see in the real world.

Not exact matches

Several Canadian universities offer specialized degrees in actuarial studies to enter the financial and insurance business; there are a smaller number of master's degrees cropping up aimed at applying data sciences to a wider range of fields, along with some certificate programs aimed at professionals already working in business.

Colorado alone will need 30,000 more workers in the construction field in the next six years, a number that does not account for those who will retire, according to a study by the Association of General Contractors.

I join a number of mission thinkers in insisting that missiology is a complementary discipline and could not exist independently from other fields of theological study.

An even larger number are studying in one of the traditional theological fields.

We have in the sociological literature a rich tradition of field work, including in recent years a large number of participant - observer studies conducted in new religious movements and an increasing number of congregational studies, many of which have paid close attention to the ways in which religious symbols (both verbal and behavioral) are patterned.

It always pays to be ahead of your time — but this computer dude was THE pioneer in studying everything from: number of first downs, home field advantage, common opponents, etc..

In 2011, I also studied at Old Dominion University (ODU) in Virginia, after receiving a full sports scholarship and competed as part of the Old Dominion Field Hockey, who were ranked number one nationally and that year were named CAA (Colonial Athletic Association) champions.»

She stated that, securing a scholarship package for constituents in not easy, particularly looking at the number of people who are brilliant and looking forward to be awarded scholarship to undertake a programme in a field of study.

WOMEN IN SCIENCE Progress has been made on closing the gender gap in science - related fields, but it may be decades or even centuries before some disciplines have equal numbers of men and women, a new study suggests.

Studying itching sensations is a relatively new field, but if we look at the number of diseases where itch is a major symptom, it includes not only atopic dermatitis but also nervous system disorders such as multiple sclerosis, as well as infection and end stage kidney disease.

Many of them feel that there are more opportunities for them in China than in West and in the United States, but I think the overall numbers still show that most of these students, who go overseas to study, especially in science and technology field end up staying overseas.

If signed into the law, the bill could increase significantly the number of veterans studying science and related technical fields, including many members of groups underrepresented in science.

To determine the effectiveness of numbers and traffic lights, the authors conducted a field experiment in which employees at Humana, a large health - care company, were asked to place lunch orders through an online platform designed especially for the study.

The study of fluids in motion, she says, enables understanding of a huge number of phenomena in a vast range of fields, including biology, meteorology, medicine, astronomy, geology, oceanography, sports, animal behavior, and even highway traffic.

The team, once their film work was done, carried out a number of research simulations with Thorne, studying how the swirling spacetime distorted star fields behind the black hole (above).

Now, a study of nearly 1 million engineering paper co-authorships puts hard numbers on the problem in this male - dominated scientific field, and finds a paradoxical trend: Female engineers are publishing in slightly more prestigious journals on average than their male colleagues, but their work is getting less attention.

Studies show that women are significantly underrepresented in the IT field, and the number of women who've graduated with degrees in computer and information science have plummeted from 37 percent in 1985 to 18 percent in 2011.

Most of us in this field tend to use the newer numbers from the larger studies.

The number of postdocs studying in science and engineering (S&E) fields at U.S. degree - granting institutions grew 18.6 %, from 36,158 to 42,889, between 1994 and 2001, respectively.1 Over the same interval the number of S&E doctorates holding tenure - track positions increased 6.1 % (from 36,830 to 39,080).

The study shows an association between the belief in the need for genius in an academic field and the numbers of women in that field.

Postrel's claim was only that there was a spike in the number of people applying to study the weird little field of forensic science — not Science as a whole; that latter figure, in the U.K., is indeed declining, and in the United States is merely holding steady even as the pace and scope of science explodes.

Bismuth is a historically interesting element for scientists, as a number of important discoveries in the metal physics world were made while studying it, including important observations about the effect of magnetic fields on electrical conductivity.

«We're very interested in bilayer graphene because of the number of states we are detecting and because we have these mechanisms — like tuning the electric field — to study how these states are interrelated, and what happens when the material changes from one state to another.»

Past studies had relied on either one year or a limited number of years of data with projections and did not estimate the effect of field of study on lifetime earnings for those who have an advanced degree.

Offering a field of view 100 times larger than that of the iconic Hubble Space Telescope, WFIRST is meant to study dark energy — the mysterious force driving the universe's accelerating expansion — as well as large numbers of planets orbiting other stars, among many other scientific objectives.

Overall, studies in the field indicate that children from low - income families tend to show the most gains from social emotional learning interventions, but results for other groups of students are more mixed, although a number of studies show positive effects.

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The explosion in the number of known exoplanets in recent years has made the study of them one of the most dynamic fields in modern astronomy.

«Furthermore, numerous field studies have shown that even untreated bed nets provide a considerable overall benefit to non-users 2, because while their share of remaining biting burden is increased, the overall number of infectious mosquitoes in the population is dramatically reduced3, 4.

The results of the present study have shed unexpected light into the mechanisms of vascular Ang / Tie signalling that may help to answer a number of enigmatic questions in the Ang / Tie field and that may have implications for the therapeutic exploitation of Ang - Tie signalling, particularly in the context of tumour angiogenesis.

Studying the number of impact craters to calculate the age of these regions on the surface, scientists estimated that the planet's magnetic field is very ancient — at least 3.7 billion to 3.9 billion years old.

Building on related studies in a number of field sites, we will develop and utilize a novel integration of several established remote - sensing methods to quantify behavior and biopsy sampling to measure stress hormone levels in three delphinid species that are common and frequently exposed to Navy mid-frequency active sonar (MFAS) off California.

A slowly increasing number of experimental, field and modeling studies has suggested that plant leaves can also directly take up gaseous elemental mercury from the atmosphere.

Audience members work and study in a number of different fields, such as biology, computer science, electrical engineering, neurosurgery, philosophy, physiology, bioengineering, rehabilitation medicine, mechanical engineering, and of course, neural engineering.

«In our sample, I expected to see a large number of negative tweets based on traditional news coverage of the topic and because HPV can be portrayed as controversial because it brings together the fields of sexually transmitted infections, immunizations and cancer prevention,» said study co-author Philip Massey.

They have a number of doctors on staff at eHarmony Labs who are experts in their fields of study and whose purpose is to research and improve the matching system.

Outgoing Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb highlighted the fact that although the need for STEM expertise is growing, data show the number of youngsters opting to study STEM disciplines in secondary school, and going on to tertiary level studies in these fields, is declining in Australia.

The findings, part of a study of first - and second - year teachers in New Jersey, also show that 46 percent of the state's new teachers are mid-career entrants to the field, suggesting that mid-career entrants are becoming teachers in roughly the same numbers as first - career entrants.

The findings, part of a study of first - and second - year teachers in New Jersey, also show that 46 % of the state's new teachers are mid-career entrants to the field, suggesting that mid-career entrants are becoming teachers in roughly the same numbers as first - career entrants.

Pupils, for example, have studied and worked on the numbers of individual grains requiring planting through to the number of loaves a 1m2 field could produce.

While the need for STEM experts is growing, the Office of the Chief Scientist reports that the number of students studying STEM disciplines in senior secondary school has been declining in Australia, leading to fewer students pursuing post-secondary study in STEM fields.

The case study is an important contribution to a relatively new field, examining how one successful charter authorizer is advancing student achievement and increasing the number of high - quality charter seats available.

In addition to the many education practitioners that participated in the study, the Best Foot Forward project team engages a number of industry experts in this field as partners in the process.

«There were a number of field trials during the late 1980s and 1990s to study the disorder.

The study found a serious shortages of new doctoral graduates compared with the number of available faculty positions in the field due to relatively few doctoral programs and low numbers of enrolled students.

While empirical research in the field of digital technologies and social studies was limited, a small but growing number of cheerleading and how - to articles (Friedman & VanFossen, 2010 p. 53), alongside calls to wake the metaphorical «sleeping giant» (Martorella, 1997), in order for social studies to remain a relevant field of study in the information age (Fontana, 1997) emerged within the literature.

The number of field tests for each lesson in this study varied from 3 to 13 field tests.

The limited number of field experience credit hours in this case study restricted the type of tasks that could be included.