Sentences with phrase «review of studies by»

Review of studies by the National Resources Defense Council and Argonne National Laboratory regarding the net energy gain from the production of corn ethanol, reveal that some studies indicate some gain and one study indicates a net loss of energy.

However a review of the study by the Maryland Department of Legislative services found those recommendations largely invalid because the study was, in their words, incomplete.

The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) originally received a final program rating of No Effects based on a review of the study by Gottfredson and colleagues (2006).

Not exact matches

The EPA fracking study was commissioned in 2010 by the US Congress and stands as the most comprehensive review of the controversial mining technique, which releases natural gas by injecting a high - pressure mixture of water, sand, and chemicals into rock formations deep below ground.

A peer - reviewed study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University, published recently in The International Journal of Drug Policy, pegged the retail value of marijuana consumption in B.C. alone at between $ 443 million and $ 564 million.

The government said in March that it was studying the dangers posed to wildlife and the environment by the plastic microbeads, and on Thursday said the scientific review was still underway by Environment Canada along with an assessment of triclosan and phthalates.

«I do not believe that any new policy decision is appropriate until that study is complete and thoroughly reviewed by the Secretary of Defense, our military leadership, and the Congress,» he said.

Another study by James Bovard, a military and national security authority that appeared in the libertarian Reason Magazine, offers a highly critical and skeptical review of what he calls «The High Price of Security Theater.»

As a 2006 study in the American Sociological Review found, the number of close confidantes a typical individual has shrank by a third between 1985 and 2006, to about two from three.

A study conducted at Stanford and University of Pennsylvania revealed that when books penned by unknown writers were reviewed in the New York Times, sales of their work increased by a third, even if the reviews were negative.

In fact, a study by Harvard Business Review found that 72 percent of employees rank recognition given for high performers as having a significant impact on employee engagement.

Hoback suggested any review of the Canada's proposed legislation could be speedy because the original Trans - Pacific Partnership, which was signed in October 2015 by the previous Conservative government, has been heavily studied.

The IARC evaluates substances suspected of causing cancer in humans, and arrives at its classifications by convening a working group of international experts to review and assess the strength and quality of the evidence — in this case, more than 800 studies.

According to a recent study released by Harvard Business Review, one of the most stressful parts about a business trip is the preparation and departure period for it.

By studying reviews, collecting feedback, and making our customers a part of the product improvement / selection process, we are able to continuously deliver value in a way that makes all parties feel good.

The Comptroller General of the United States (referred to in this section as the Comptroller General) shall conduct a study addressing the effectiveness and overall impact of the following priority review voucher programs, including any such programs amended or established by this Act:

We did not review the primary studies included in each meta - analysis and can not comment on whether any of these studies were funded by organisations linked to the coffee industry.

In fact, a study conducted by Reevoo found that the presence of bad reviews actually improved conversions by 67 %.

According to a 2016 study published by the Harvard Business Review, including more than one woman or member of a racial minority in a finalist pool helps combat unconscious bias among interviewers and increases the likelihood of a diverse hire.

Conducted by The RBL Group and the University of Michigan, the Human Resource Competency Study (HRCS) is the most comprehensive review of the HR profession around the globe, helping to define and shape the role of HR as a strategic contributor to the business.

We perform an out - of - sample test of the Sell in May effect studied by Bouman and Jacobsen (American Economic Review, 2002).

According to a Harvard Business Review study, women in emerging markets reinvest 90 % of every dollar earned into «human resources» — their families» education, health and nutrition — compared to only 30 to 40 % of every dollar earned by men.2 In other words, Kiva's loans have helped countless families and communities in over 80 countries escape a vicious cycle of poverty.

A study by Ernst & Young found that 63 percent of emerging growth companies elected confidential review.

Research from several sources, including a study by the American Sociological Review, has found that people with flexible schedules report that their overall sense of well - being increases with flexible work options.

As a result, I revised Article 4.1 to cite instead a review by Vanguard using a Morningstar study for the differences between individual investor returns and the returns of the funds themselves.

A 2016 review of 130 studies in 10 countries, published in Epidemiologic Reviews, found that new legal restrictions on owning and purchasing guns tended to be followed by a drop in gun violence — a strong indicator that restricting access to firearms can save lives.

The research supports gun control: A 2016 review of 130 studies in 10 countries, published in Epidemiologic Reviews, found that new legal restrictions on owning and purchasing guns tended to be followed by a drop in gun violence — a strong indicator that restricting access to guns can save lives.

In a meta analysis of 225 academic studies by Sonja Lyubomirsky, Laura King and Ed Diener (as reported in the 2012 Harvard Business Review) it was shown that happy employees have a higher productivity rate by 31 %, increased sales by 37 % and are 3 times more innovative and creative.

A new study by ServiceMaster Restore reveals another surprising fact: fewer than 20 percent of owners review their property insurance policy prior to a weather emergency.

There is a 1939 paper by Nicholas Kaldor (The Review of Economic Studies, Vol.

Highlights the recent article in the MIT Sloan Management Review co-authored by Andrew King, which argues «the majority» of Christensen's 77 case studies did not fully fit his theory.

What I refuse to do is accept some external force based on the mere stories of man, especially when those men a) never met b) lived in a time when stories were largely passed verbally and c) those stories have been shown to be wrong by studies that have been peer - reviewed.

The study, by the National Registry of Exonerations, reviewed cases that happened over the last 30 years throughout the country and found that in addition to black people being wrongfully convicted, it took significantly longer for them to be exonerated than it did any other group, with black people having to wait an average of three years longer.

See also: Robert Hanlon and J.W. Brown, «Microgenesis: Historical Review and Current Studies,» Brain Organization of Language and Cognitive Processes, edited by Alfredo Ardila and Feggy Ostrosky (New York: Plenum, 1989) and Cognitive Microgenesis: A Neuropsychological Perspective edited by Robert Hanlon (New York: Springer - Verlag, 1991).

For example, books reviewed in the first months of 1910 included Herbert Croly's The Promise of American Life; Education in the Far East, by Charles F. Thwing; a philosophical study titled Religion and the Modern Mind, by Frank Carleton Doan; Jane Addams's The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets; The Immigrant Tide, by Edward Steiner; Medical Inspectors of Schools (a Russel Sage Foundation study); A. Modern City (a scientific study of that phenomenon), by William Kirk; The Leading Facts of American History, by D. H. Montgomery; and Jack London's collection of short stories, Lost Face.

It was written for China Review International, the Journal of the Center for Chinese Studies, University of Hawaii, February 10, 2014 by Franklin J. Woo.

The past two years have seen the appearance of an informative Encyclopedia of the American Constitution (4 vols., edited by Leonard W. Levy [Macmillan]-RRB-, several outstanding studies on its intellectual background (including Forrest McDonald's Novus Ordo Seculorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution [University Press of Kansas] and Morton White's Philosophy, The Federalist, and the Constitution [Oxford University Press], at least one pathbreaking effort to trace the document's role through the years (Michael Kammen's A Machine That Would Go of Itself The Constitution in American Culture [Knopf]-RRB- and a gaggle of good books on its religious themes (see Martin Marty's review in The Century [«James Madison Revisited,» April 9.

Reinforcing the fact that this book is historical fiction and not a precise biography, my friend Dalia Mogahed (executive director of the Center for Muslim Studies at Gallup and member of President Barack Obama's Advisory Council on Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships) rightfully noted in her review that this «is not a book recounting Muhammad's life, but a beautiful story inspired by it... There was editorial license and creativity, and while many of the words and events have been recorded in authentic sources, many have not...»

A review of a book by Donald Wiebe attacking present day religious studies as less than the objective science they were originally supposed to be.

The survey is part of a larger study conducted by the Princeton Review, a Massachusetts - based educational services company, for its new book, «The Best 376 Colleges: 2012 edition.»

Again start with the studies of Professors Crossan and Ludemann followed by the epic NT review by the RCC approved tome by Professor Father Raymond Brown (878 pages) where he reviews the authors of all the NT documents, gospels and epistles.

Several recent studies by research organizations, among them Biblical Archaeology Review and Pew International, have revealed that atheists and agnostics have a more substantial knowledge and understanding of the Bible than True Believers.

[Editor's note: This response to David Pailin's review of Ford book, Transforming Process Theism, was commissioned by the editor of Process Studies after David Pailin had written his review of Ford's book.

Darren Sherkat was indeed the scholar engaged by the editor of Social Science Research, James Wright, to conduct an internal audit of the review process that led to the publication of Regnerus's findings in the New Family Structures Study.

Several churches I know of have a mid-week «Pastor's Study» which is taught by the pastor, and is devoted to reviewing the sermon that was preached the previous Sunday, and answering any questions that people might have.

But then one more train of thought: Just as I was swamped in the raging Galilee and the issues it raises, I ran across Scott Stossel's review of Stumbling on Happiness, a book by Daniel Gilbert, a Harvard professor of psychology who studies happiness (New York Times, May 7).

See a parallel account in Cobb's «Intellectual Autobiography,» Religious Studies Review 19 (1993): 9 - 11; and the reviews of his contributions by Delwin Brown and Linell Cady in Religious Studies Review 19 (1993): 11 - 17.

In terms of own price elasticity values, a recent meta - analysis estimated an average own price effect for carbonated sugar sweetened drinks (a near equivalent of the category non-concentrated sugar sweetened drinks, which predominantly includes carbonated drinks) of − 0.93, larger than our value of − 0.81.51 Our estimated value is also at the lower end of the range of own price elasticities frequently cited for sugar sweetened drinks of − 0.8 to − 1.0, based on one large review.52 Our own price estimate is comparable to experimental data (a 25 % reduction for a 35 % price rise) in a canteen study.53 However, all these estimates may be influenced by US studies in which higher estimates may reflect higher levels of consumption.

The journals of the American Diabetes Association work toward these goals by publishing high - quality and timely peer - reviewed diabetes research articles, review articles, case studies, and patient information.

This case study was submitted by Kasey Harris, John Laughead, and George Parmenter (Delhaize America) with input and review by Liz Goodwin, Craig Hanson, Richard Waite, and Kai Robertson (representatives of WRI), as well as FLW Protocol Steering Committee representative Scyllia Ahlouwa (The Consumer Goods Forum).