Sentences with phrase «scale research study»

Dr. Gottman's research on new parents began in 1999 in Seattle, Washington, as a pilot and later grew into a full - scale research study that concluded in 2005.

Currently, CEL is providing group training, one - on - one coaching and PLC support for a large - scale research study funded by the U.S. Department of Education examining the impact of professional development on principals in eight districts around the country.

For example, while we have not seen any large - scale research studies in this regard, we would predict that crimini mushrooms grown on composted materials that had previously been contaminated with residues of pesticides, heavy metals, or other unwanted substances would end up absorbing some of these contaminants into the brown button mushroom that we eat.

Although a large number of genetic alterations that drive the development and progression of many types of cancer have been identified through large - scale research studies, some tumor types have not been deeply characterized.

A number of wide scale research studies have confirmed these observations, indicating that soy can help lessen the frequency of hot flashes in menopausal women.

Sure would make the substance for some large scale research studies, as in the prostate cancer study.

This simple and replicable research affirms everything that we know about student success and collaboration between the teacher - librarian and teaching colleagues, set as a guideline for us as early as 1982 with the ground - breaking Ontario guideline Partners in Action through to Together for Learning and Leading Learning, and affirmed by many large - scale research studies.

While multiple meta - analyses and large - scale research studies have found that models following the bilingual approach can produce better outcomes than ESL models, as measured by general academic content assessments or measures of reading comprehension or skills, other studies indicate that the quality of instructional practices matter as well as the language of instruction.

Taylor, Pressley, and Pearson (2002) summarized findings from five large - scale research studies on effective, high - poverty elementary schools, which were published between 1997 and 1999 (Charles A. Dana Center, 1999; Designs for Change, 1998; Lein, Johnson, & Ragland, 1997; Puma, Karweit, Price, Ricciuiti, Thompson, & Vaden - Kiernan, 1997; Taylor, Pearson, Clark, & Walpole, 2000).

The FLEET division provides the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of driver risk reduction programs validated by large - scale research studies, refined by decades of experience with some of the world's largest blue - chip corporations, and backed by 40 case studies, 60 published research papers and over 70 global safety awards.

With respect to developmental research, findings from many large - scale research studies of child care influences are highlighting the complex, multidimensional influences that guide socioemotional and cognitive development in the early years.

Not exact matches

Although Milkie's research — a large - scale, longitudinal study — didn't dispute the positive and necessary benefits of sharing meals or one - to - one time, it did find that the quantity of time parents spent with their little ones mattered little.

«Our study demonstrates the power of mobile health tools to scale and accelerate clinical research so that we can derive the evidence needed to inform clinical practice and improve patient care,» she said.

But the kickbacks for Putin's cronies are on the scale of billions

Mark Galeotti's study of Russian organised crime, the product of three decades of academic research and consultancy work, is more than timely.

The research that underpins PETA's claim is based on two small - scale studies.

My decision to apply for a Churchill Fellowship followed on from case study research I was involved in with Griffith University (see the Burton pdf attached) in 2012, exploring the scale and nature of urban agriculture in Melbourne.

(As I point out in the book, a recent study by the National Center for Education Research found that none of the many large - scale character - education programs in use in American schools produces any significant positive outcomes.)

Together we interviewed 25 obstetricians in 6 cities and plan to publish the results in an article, and later to expand this research to a full - scale study of the social movement for the humanization of birth in Latin America, focusing on Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico.

Third, efforts to augment existing home visitation services with mental health interventions aimed at preventing and treating maternal depression should be further tested with rigorous research studies and scaled up as appropriate.

While the practice has been studied, the kind of research doctors prefer — large - scale studies of pregnant women randomly assigned to have either a conventional or underwater birth — are difficult to complete.

«While the small - scale study suggests that beta - blockers may reduce the risk of breast cancer returning, more research is needed in this area to determine the effectiveness and safety of the treatment before it can be routinely offered to breast cancer patients.

«Recent studies found that scale insect populations increase on oak and maple trees in warmer urban areas, which raises the possibility that these pests may also increase with global warming,» says Dr. Elsa Youngsteadt, a research associate at NC State and lead author of a paper on the work.

A large - scale genetic study published in The Lancet in 2012 found no relationship between gene variants that increased HDL and the likelihood of heart attack (though this research did not evaluate the SCARB1 variants).

In the study, scientists from the Potsdam - based Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, and Harvard University show that sea surface temperatures reconstructed from climate archives vary to a much greater extent on long time scales than simulated by climate models.

While large - scale climate research models offer a systems view of what the transport sector, for example, could contribute to climate protection in comparison to the energy sector, the study presented in Science, however, examines transport - related issues within the sector by using more recent and more specific data on how people commute and travel.

This variability from site to site and state to state inspired the research team to conduct this study on a much larger scale.

A study led by scientists at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel shows that the ocean currents influence the heat exchange between ocean and atmosphere and thus can explain climate variability on decadal time scales.

Last spring a research team led by Michael Tippett, associate professor of applied physics and applied mathematics at Columbia Engineering, published a study showing that the average number of tornadoes during outbreaks — large - scale weather events that can last one to three days and span huge regions — has risen since 1954.

«I never considered that weather events tens of kilometers high in the atmosphere significantly influence the decadal - to century - scale circulation kilometers deep into the ocean,» says climatologist Judah Cohen of Atmospheric and Environmental Research in Lexington, Massachusetts, who did not take part in this study.

To maintain its foothold in large - scale, world - class research, Japan has launched its own Brain Mapping by Integrated Neurotechnologies for Disease Studies (Brain / MINDS) project, in line with the increasing interest in brain - mapping projects around the world, such as the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative project in the United States and the Human Brain Project (HBP) inresearch, Japan has launched its own Brain Mapping by Integrated Neurotechnologies for Disease Studies (Brain / MINDS) project, in line with the increasing interest in brain - mapping projects around the world, such as the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative project in the United States and the Human Brain Project (HBP) inResearch through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative project in the United States and the Human Brain Project (HBP) in Europe.

Professor Jim Haywood, from the Mathematics department at the University of Exeter and co-author of the study added: «This research shows how a global temperature target such as 1.5 or 2C needs to be combined with information on a more regional scale to properly assess the full range of climate impacts.»

Based on these points, Dr. Canli suggests a major research step would be to conduct large - scale studies with depressed patients, controls, and infectious - disease related protocols to determine the association or causal nature of infectious disease and depression.

Joseph Berry, senior research scientist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, who studies solar cells but was not involved in the research, said the research project is interesting because the device scales well and targets a specific part of the solar spectrum.

Nearly two years to the day after the Deepwater Horizon incident, scientists from the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE), based at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, conducted a drifter experiment in the northern Gulf of Mexico spill site to study small - scale ocean currents ranging from 100 meters to 100 kilometers.

The agreement exempted «small - scale scientific research studies».

First, the research team asked over 200 volunteers to fill out a survey about «recent affective experiences;» what the volunteers didn't know was that a well - known measure of depression — the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES - D) scale — was embedded within this survey.

«There is currently an imbalance, with most research initiated by individuals and small groups, and few resources devoted towards larger - scale synthetic thinking and study.»

Previous research had suggested that green tea reduces the risk of heart disease, but Kuriyama and colleagues say their large - scale study adds strong support.

The study, published in the American Geophysical Union's Geophysical Research Letters, is the first to document fine - scale changes taking place on the ice shelf that help maintain its natural balance with the surrounding ocean waters.

The research team was able to study the evolution of the large scale structure in the Universe by comparing the mass distribution in the Universe and the distribution of the galaxies.

Led by Julie Demuth, a scientist from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the study, «Explicating experience: Development of a valid scale of past hazard experience for tornadoes,» characterized and measured people's past tornado experiences to determine their impact on the perceived risks of future tornadoes.

Large - scale conservation genetics studies on wild jaguars spanning across several range countries assessing these threats are rare and suffer from low sample sizes for this region,» said Claudia Wultsch, the lead author of the paper, a scientist in the Museum's Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, and a conservation research fellow at Panthera.

Their research, which also shows how chemical reactions can be studied on a microscopic scale using tools of physics, is reported in the journal Science.

The study, «Scaling and Sustaining Effective Early Childhood Programs Through School - Family - University Collaboration,» was conducted by Dr. Arthur Reynolds, a University of Minnesota professor of child development, and colleagues in the Human Capital Research Collaborative (HCRC).

Until now, those landscape changes have never been studied on a national or international scale, Schimel said, adding that research suggesting a climate impact, either global or local, is «kind of a new thing.»

Its lean budget — $ 1 million per year over the next 5 years — will likely preclude large - scale studies, but backers hope it will demonstrate the value of publicly funded gun research and perhaps help build support in Congress for a similar federal effort.

The research led by Professor Helena Teede and Dr Anju Joham, from the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University analysed a large - scale epidemiological study, called the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health, which revealed the findstudy, called the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health, which revealed the findStudy of Women's Health, which revealed the findings.

These were the findings of a large - scale study by a research team at the University of Basel that focused on determining the gender - dependent relationship between emotions, memory performance and brain activity.

English - speaking mothers living in the City of St. Louis who scored above 10 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) were approached to join the study by members of the research team.

«Micro-scale 3D models are an important tool for many areas of science, but for most micro or nano - scale objects only a portion of the object can be seen in the field of view,» says Gopala Mulukutla, a research scientist in the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space at UNH and the study's lead auStudy of Earth, Oceans and Space at UNH and the study's lead austudy's lead author.