The principal aim of the research is to describe the folk model of psychiatric disorder in the context of British Honduran society, and to interpret the local attitudes and beliefs which influence it.
Not exact matches
In a recent work (Hesse 1974, pp. 6 - 7) she has defended the attempt to explicate a logic
of science on the grounds that its function is three-fold: Such a logic (i) provides criteria for «good science» and is thereby normative as well as descriptive; (ii) as normative, it can show the
aim of methodology and the adequacy
of methodologies in terms
of fulfilling that
aim; and (iii) it has as its
principal aim understanding, not the suggestion
of research techniques.
Together, Vitae's biennial Careers in
Research Online Survey (CROS) and
Principal Investigators and
Research Leaders Survey (PIRLS)
aim to keep track
of the progress made by higher education institutions toward implementing the Concordat to Support the Career Development
of Researchers.
«We observed that a multifaceted audit and feedback intervention
aimed at health professionals results in a slight reduction in the rate
of caesareans for low - risk pregnancies, without adverse effects on maternal and neonatal health,» revealed Nils Chaillet,
principal investigator
of the QUARISMA trial, researcher at the CHU de Québec - Université Laval
Research Centre and professor at Université Laval's Faculty
of Medicine.
Dr. Peden is also currently a
principal investigator and program leader
of a new multi-institution
research effort, funded by the Basic Energy Sciences Division
of the U.S. Department
of Energy,
aimed at developing a fundamental understanding
of oxide - supported transition metal oxide catalysts.
It is part
of a
research project that
aims to conduct a longterm study monitoring school
principals and deputy / assistant
principals» health and wellbeing annually.
Future
research should
aim to further understanding
of principal learning in PPLCs and how central office and other leaders can productively facilitate the process.
To this end, we are developing an extensive,
research - based suite
of tools
aimed at supporting central office leaders as they guide and support school
principals» instructional leadership efforts.
Noguera recently received awards from the Center for the Advanced Study
of the Behavioral Sciences, from the National Association
of Secondary
Principals, and from the McSilver Institute at NYU for his
research and advocacy efforts
aimed at fighting poverty.
Two articles by Education Northwest staff in the April 2013 edition
of Principal Leadership focus on this challenge, offering lessons and
research aimed at more equitable outcomes.