Sentences with phrase «on the basic science of»

The ESSC is involved in several areas of Earth System research focusing on the basic science of the earth - atmosphere system.

A few weeks ago, I had an unusual — and challenging — assignment: providing a one - hour «tutorial» on the basic science of human - induced climate change to a Federal District Court in San Francisco.

Dr. Lacis, who wrote the comment in November 2005, was referring to the executive summary of the chapter in the Working Group 1 report on the basic science of human - driven global warming entitled Understanding and Attributing Climate Change.

According to Benny Peiser, director of the GWPF, «We are certainly not taking a critical stance on the basic science of the greenhouse effect or the fact that CO2 emissions in the atmosphere are having an effect on the climate.»

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What most of us think of today as modern medicine is heavily dependent on an understanding of genetics, but certainly the term «modern» is relative and those who still think a book of myths beats science might consider pasteurization and basic sanitation the height of modernity.

If we are right, then we lived our lives to their fullest in intellectual honesty, without the fear of some tyrant getting their hands on us after we die, and without having taken some stupid stand against the validity of sound science, or basic human rights.

Failing to teach children basic science leaves them less prepared for any kind of profession that relies on that science.

The American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Howard Hughes Medical Insti.tute (HHMI) published a joint report, ti.tled Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians in which they call for increased emphasis on evolution as one of the basic sciences students learn before they come to medical school.

We, however, have also argued that there is another kind of actual occasion, though at the same scale as quantum events, responding to the elemental and fundamental beats, musical lures, basic rhythms constitutive of cosmic order; in time, we believe that new sciences, such as chronobiology, will shed light on this process.

(Unlike his article on the classics in education, which was in part a strong dissent from the report of the Commission he had belonged to in 1921, the added philosophical material in Science and the Modern World seems to presuppose and supplement the Syllabus; the drastic changes that mark a departure by Whitehead from the basic outline of the enterprise don't appear until 1929).

The only relevant question for the theologian is the basic assumption on which the adoption of a biological as of every other Weltanschauung rests, and that assumption is the view of the world which has been molded by modern science and the modern conception of human nature as a self - subsistent unity immune from the interference of supernatural powers.

This attempt to conjoin and utilize the realm of science, with its accent on empirical and sentient data, and the realm of philosophy, with its accent on the quest for metaphysical truths, is basic to process theology.

These conditions can be largely met if technology is built primarily on natural human and renewable local resources, if it can be linked to traditional skills, crafts and techniques, and if it is geared to production that will meet the basic needs of the poor» (Faith Science and the Future.

Yet in doing so they fail to notice that the most basic concepts of their science depends on matter embodying organised information at every level.

Moreover, within the framework of these rubrics, it does not really make sense why Whitehead from 1912 on wrote and published — in addition to studies in natural philosophy and natural science — a series of what may be called contributions to popular philosophy, a genre which the secondary literature usually passes by In our reconstruction of the development of Whitehead's basic philosophical problem the significance of this phase of his activity becomes obvious.

It should be noted that while medieval scholars relied heavily on final causes in their descriptions of the natural world, modern developments in the natural sciences since the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries have placed almost exclusive emphasis on efficient cause as the basic determinant of physical and biological events.

Basic science is fundamental to progress in research (some of which is literally life - saving) and to America's ability to compete economically and technologically on a global scale.

I still don't understand people's obsession with boxing players in to a specific role... The whole «true DM» is a dying breed, even Coquelin is arguably something else considering the advanced positions he takes up often in front of Santi and takes major risks in winning the ball back for us... IMO, the reason Coquelin has had such a successful integration into the first team is that he focussed incredibly hard on the basics of his role first and foremost before adding other elements to his game (long - balls, driving runs into space, more aggressive ball movement in general) it's not rocket science to tell a player to curb the attacking side of their game and focus primarily on defence before attack... Nor is it that hard to see that playing in a midfield pairing with either Ramsey or Cazorla is going to be different as well.

That's not surprising since she doesn't read it and, because of her deficits in basic science knowledge and understanding of statistics, is literally incapable of interpreting it on her own.

I think there are some basic fundamentals to washing diapers, but I don't think its a science and anyone claiming to hold the secret science of diaper washing is high on their horse.

An occupational therapist turned political philosopher, he holds degrees in occupational therapy and moral sciences, and is currently completing a PhD at the University of Tampere (Finland) on the politics of basic income.

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From its position at the interface of science and government, AAAS maintains a close watch on basic research trends as an important component to the R&D process given the contributions it makes to expanding our knowledge or understanding of phenomena quite apart from any specific applications this understanding may yield.

Pearl's placement in 2002 at the National Science Foundation, an agency that funds nearly a quarter of all the basic research conducted by U.S. colleges and universities, began a touchstone year focused on improving graduate education in science and enginScience Foundation, an agency that funds nearly a quarter of all the basic research conducted by U.S. colleges and universities, began a touchstone year focused on improving graduate education in science and enginscience and engineering.

For example, New York City teachers can attend a 2 - week course on basic computer science principles as part of an initiative by Mayor Bill de Blasio to introduce computer science classes into all schools.

To succeed as a clinician - researcher, a physician - scientist uses his or her mastery of both clinical practice and basic science research in parallel, often drawing on both skill sets to find advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of human disease.

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On the other hand, technology development is a policy in which engineering, the application of science, is supported rather than basic science.

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In the scientific workplace, gossip may be especially risky, because gossip is almost always based on unverified information, which goes against the grain of basic scientific principles if not necessarily the science - workplace culture.

Second, a cognitive psychology approach is needed to conduct basic science research on the mental representations and operations that may be uniquely challenged in the investigation of nanomaterials.»

I spent the next decade completing rigorous basic science research training: completing a high school summer internship, attending the University of Maryland, Baltimore County as a Meyerhoff Scholar, and completing my Ph.D. in the Stanford immunology program, where my work focused on the mechanisms regulating hematopoietic and leukemic stem cells.

This study builds on nearly three decades of foundational research led by teams at Nationwide Children's and Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center and exemplifies the strong basic science and clinical bonds between the two institutions.

A widespread disaffection with Framework has helped kindle support for the creation of an ERC (Science, 2 January, p. 23), a body that would award grants for basic research based strictly on merit.

The study is one of few basic science studies conducted to measure the direct effect of a high - fat maternal diet on the cognitive functioning on offspring.

The business side of science operates on fundamentally different rules than does basic research.

«I do have a lot of interaction with university scientists, and I continue to publish on basic science,» he says, although this work may be related more directly to drug delivery through the skin than to cosmetics.

Our Global Science Scorecard ranks nations as to how productive they are in science — not only on the quality and quantity of basic research but also on their ability to project that research into the real world, where it can affect people'sScience Scorecard ranks nations as to how productive they are in science — not only on the quality and quantity of basic research but also on their ability to project that research into the real world, where it can affect people'sscience — not only on the quality and quantity of basic research but also on their ability to project that research into the real world, where it can affect people's lives.

The bill specifically requires NIH director Francis Collins to spend 90 % of the agency's budget on extramural activities, 10 % on intramural activities and at least 55 % on basic science, and instructs the agency to maintain at least 16,670 training research awards (a category intended for doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows).

Although some basic researchers have complained about the E.U.'s emphasis on applied research — about 15 % of the current Framework budget is dedicated to funding SMEs — Potocnik sees them as key in using science to boost Europe's economy.

We rely on high quality basic and translational respiratory science, such as these latest findings, to develop novel therapeutic approaches for the millions of patients suffering from devastating and often fatal respiratory conditions.

Rather than encouraging researchers to take on problems that serve the public interest — a basic function of science and the fundamental reason that citizens support funding for science — Edwards believes those «perverse incentives» make researchers cautious and only concerned with their own interests.

The widely anticipated plan (Science, 15 January, p. 302) follows up on an August 1998 report from a presidential task force urging a greater investment in the kind of basic computing that produced the Internet and other digital breakthroughs.

The Office of Science would see a $ 900 million cut and is meant, according to the proposal, to focus on «basic science and energy research and development.Science would see a $ 900 million cut and is meant, according to the proposal, to focus on «basic science and energy research and development.science and energy research and development.»

Since the beginning of the Eleventh Five - Year Plan, the school has adhered to major strategic demands of national defense, constantly condensing the direction of the frontier research, focusing on improving the capability of independent innovation, undertaking major national science and technology research and a large number of research projects such as the National Defense Program 973 (which is called the National Basic Research Program of March 1997), Program 863 (which is known as the High - tech Research Development Program carried out by Deng Xiaoping in March 1986), and national defense pre-research and models, winning more than 260 provincial and ministerial awards.

The debate about whether the federal government should spend money on basic research instead of giving more to applied research is an old one, said Melinda Baldwin, a lecturer in the history of science at Harvard University.

Its funding priorities are determined every year based on the Science and Technology Basic Plan, which is a midterm national S&T policy revised every five years, explains Takashi Ohama, director of the Washington, D.C. office of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), one of the major research funding agencies.

In 1944 in an issue of Science, he proposed the term «echolocation» to cover not only «locating obstacles by means of echoes» in bats, but also by people, including via radar, fathometers and submarines using «apparatus working on the same basic principles.»

► This week's issue of Science also includes a brief recap of the 40th annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy, attended by «more than 400 elected officials, government and business leaders, researchers, educators, and others» on 30 April and 1 May in Washington, D.C. «The importance of basic research for the nation's scientific and economic future was a recurring theme,» and «participants delved into the factors driving the tight budget environment» scientists are currently facing.

That suggestion doesn't line «up with the basic science and certainly does not describe our own data on Olinvo,» says Jonathan Violin, a molecular pharmacologist who co-founded Trevena and is now one of its vice presidents.