Sentences with phrase «science effort with»

This was a citizen science effort with a mix of team members, including a diversity of academics from all over the world.

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Well, whether we like it or not, it requires conversations with those data - driven folks whose job it is to put the «science» around PR, advertising, and any marketing efforts.

The city's efforts to position itself as a hub of the global high - tech entrepreneurial community will be showcased this week with its five - day Digital Life Design (DLD) festival, driven by the mission to create a network of innovation, digital prospects, science and culture.

As science suggests, those memories are bound to make you happier than you expect, but Rubin also notes that «we tend to write down the happier things,» which also focuses the mind on the positive aspects of life, boosting joy with very little effort.

Swiss drug giant Novartis is partnering with California - based Science 37 in an effort to expand clinical study participation (while lowering the costs of such studies) through «virtual» trials.

If you want to raise kids with real grit, this same science shows, the right approach is to foster «a growth mindset,» or a belief that our mental capabilities aren't fixed and can grow with effort.

It gained traction in the sciences with its annual SciFund Challenge, an online effort to fund science projects.

Last June, the internet giant debuted its Made with Code campaign in an effort to get young women excited about computer science — a field that less than one percent of high school girls think of as part of their future.

American Girl said it teamed up with NASA to create Luciana in an effort to encourage youngsters to pursue careers and interests in science, technology, engineering and math.

The Jenkins Panel promotes a higher proportion of direct funding support for innovation commercialization while retaining traditional tax credit based support for science and technology R&D efforts, more in keeping with what most other countries do.

Sarawat Panupong (Financial Consultant), who graduated from Amsterdam University of Applied Science, is charged with client development and reach - out efforts in the Aramco project.

Toronto, May 21, 2009 — Toronto's MaRS Discovery District has combined the creative genius of science and technology with the drive of entrepreneurs and capital to create a marriage that will see more Canadian ideas commercialized in this country and for those efforts it has won the Canadian Urban Institute's 2009 Creative City Award to be granted to MaRS on June 5 at the Urban Leadership Awards in Toronto.

I think more effort and resources would be more effectively and more critically placed into keeping our government secular, keeping Creationism out of the science class, and religious fundamentalism away from interfering with women's reproductive choices — just to name a few priorities.

Mr. Hawking wins easy battles against uneducated (in science) religious persons, but taking his statement on perspective, He is based on assumptions with serious underlying problems, basically everything from mathematics, to the incompatibility of quantum mechanics and relativity, and the lack of proof and evidence for string theories, he is launching a very aggressive statement, probably his last effort on life to counter the anthropomorphic ideas of God, and this is very common in all scientists.

As an atheist, I prefer Catholicism to evangelical / fundamentalism, the Catholic church while having some rough spots with science, arts, and literature in the past has made strong efforts to co-exist with the science / educated community (they were some of the best scientists, writers, artists, etc).

The degrading of learning in the US is almost entirely due to vigorous efforts by christians to ram their belief systems into the school system and replace topics like science with non-thinking dogma.

The universe itself, as described by science, may be seen as our Mother but it can also be a capricious Tyrant who could destroy all of us in the blink of an eye and with less effort at any moment (supernova, asteroid, etc).

Certainly Catholic Christianity has had the ability to engage the issue with seriousness, with respect for the integrity of science, and with fidelity to the biblical narrative and Tradition of the Church, as evidenced by the efforts of Pope Pius XII (Humani Generis, 1950) and Pope John Paul II [Address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, October 22, 1996).

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

In a 1989 conference of theologians and communication scholars held in Rome, some efforts were made to link the ecclesial concept of communio with communication sciences.

The effort to secure action by state legislatures to require the teaching of creationism as science along with evolutionary theories has already succeeded in two states.

Whether these efforts provided the centripetal force for a new «school» per se is open to various modes of interpretation, but the attention to the Whiteheadian system and its many implications, to interdisciplinary routes of inquiry, to the latest insights from the emerging sciences, and to process - relational modes of thinking identified Chicago with a progressivism and excitement in theological study which many found appealing.

But the reason was because people had incorrectly interpreted the Bible in an effort to link it with science.

Indeed, it was precisely his effort to incorporate the cosmic vision of Whitehead (especially the idea of experiencing all of reality as a single complex datum) into his own interpretation of religious experience that created such tension in his efforts to effect a union between religious experience and scientific method; for the task of science is to «prune down the objects [of experience] to the limits of its own powers of definition and minute examination,» while «religion must deal with the total concrete fact...» (RESM 53).

The company builds relationships with universities to fund science advancement programs, like protein engineering, in an effort to try to move them toward commercialization.

I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our work in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching poor farmers today; our innovative integration of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach farmers in ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4 rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partnership.

Think - tank Activities SOAAN will progress in stepwise fashion in order to develop the outputs mentioned above: Step 1) Review existing science and actions: An overview or survey of the existing science on the topic, including a discussion of the limitations of scope, empirical data, and their reliability and applicability to the organic sector's understanding of best practice; Step 2) Actors engagements: Identification in both public and private sectors of the institutions and individuals active on the topic and their respective roles and networks, so that SOAAN and the organic sector then moves to engage them, along with think tanking activities; Step 3) Think tank: Development of the model, the strategy and promotional / advocacy tools through think tank efforts including piloting cases to gain experience and showcase practicability; Step 4) Synthesis: Publication of the results, tools and recommendations.

With a lack of Champions League football to go with the inability to compete financially with the League's big - spenders, it certainly is not rocket science to figure out that making every possible effort to hold on to these players is Arsenal's best chance to avoid spiraling down into mid-table obscurWith a lack of Champions League football to go with the inability to compete financially with the League's big - spenders, it certainly is not rocket science to figure out that making every possible effort to hold on to these players is Arsenal's best chance to avoid spiraling down into mid-table obscurwith the inability to compete financially with the League's big - spenders, it certainly is not rocket science to figure out that making every possible effort to hold on to these players is Arsenal's best chance to avoid spiraling down into mid-table obscurwith the League's big - spenders, it certainly is not rocket science to figure out that making every possible effort to hold on to these players is Arsenal's best chance to avoid spiraling down into mid-table obscurity.

Both the sanctuary and Living Observatory will be offering opportunities for volunteers to engage with citizen science monitoring efforts.

She wrote briefly for Open Salon, where she took issue with Amnesty International's research on maternal mortality, and had a mutual parting with the blog Science Based Medicine («mutual efforts between the editors and Dr. Tuteur to resolve our differences came to an impasse,» managing editor David Gorski wrote in the announcement).

Ghana's annual space exploration expenditure has been 1 % of its gross domestic product (GDP) for support research in science and technology and in 2012 Ghana was elected to chairman the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (Comsats) and Ghana has a joint effort in space exploration with South Africa's South African National Space Agency (science and technology and in 2012 Ghana was elected to chairman the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (Comsats) and Ghana has a joint effort in space exploration with South Africa's South African National Space Agency (Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (Comsats) and Ghana has a joint effort in space exploration with South Africa's South African National Space Agency (SANSA).

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is in the North Country, touring Myriad RBM, a biotech company, in Saranac Lake at 9 a.m., joining Rep. Bill Owens for a roundtable on cross-border commerce at 11 a.m. (SUNY Plattsburgh), and announcing an effort to spur science and tech job growth with Clarkson President Tony Collins at 1:30 p.m.

He has been a lifelong volunteer for causes he believes in, including conducting climate change science field research with the Harvard Department of Forestry in Southern Africa, working on get - out - the - vote efforts for John Kerry, Barack Obama and Zephyr Teachout, building agricultural databases for USAID funded international projects all over the world, and providing technical assistance to schools in Senegal (for which he was awarded the President's Volunteer Service Award by the Obama administration).

With the scientific community still reeling from the University of East Anglia email hacking scandal, it is clear that a concerted effort needs to be made to ensure that climate science is seen to be robust and open to scrutiny.

Presented in collaboration with Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo Public Schools, City of Buffalo, Erie Community College, Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Praxair, State University of New York (SUNY), SUNY Buffalo State and University at Buffalo, this collaborative effort continues to underscore the critical importance of STEM fields to future employment in Buffalo's emerging life sciences and advanced manufacturing industries.

Jeanne Zaino, a professor of political science at Iona College, said de Blasio's difficulties in Albany can be traced to his difficult relationship with Cuomo but also to his failed efforts to elect a Democratic majority in the Senate.

She provided attendees with historical context on AAAS's involvement in education since its 1848 inception its commitment to science literacy for all students that Project 2061's efforts are working to realize.

To combat that, Holt and Ornstein said, scientists need to make a special effort to reach out to lawmakers with a history of backing science and scientists to provide them with fact - rich narratives that they can use in defending scientific programs and policies.

His efforts exemplified the vision and mission of the S&T Policy Fellowships to improve policy with the application of science, and to develop and execute solutions to address societal challenges.

AAAS presented Kokabee with the 2014 Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award in absentia «in recognition of his willingness to endure imprisonment rather than apply his scientific expertise for destructive purposes and for his efforts to provide hope and education to fellow prisoners,» said Alan Leshner, then AAAS CEO and executive publisher of Science in a letter to Ayatollah Khamenei requesting Kokabee's release.

Since then, she has continued her outreach efforts, visiting Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Md. with other EHR colleagues to share her experience in science.

In raising our frustration with this problem to faculty members from other departments at our university, as well as to chairs of science departments across the country, it became painfully clear that a concerted effort by an applicant to connect their expertise and interests to a specific faculty opportunity was rare.

This effort has been discussed on several occasions in the Public Engagement with Science Group on Trellis, the AAAS online communication platform for the scientific community (request to join here).

This is a fellowship program designed for genetics professionals with an advanced degree who are early in their careers and interested in the development and implementation of national genomics literacy efforts, informal science education, science education policy, program development, or science education research.

As I admired the gilded allegorical ceiling panels representing science and excellence, I couldn't help thinking, corny as it may sound, that the building's namesake — whose innovative experiments included, along with the Declaration of Independence, an improved plow, a portable copying machine, an encryption device, and an outstanding institution of learning (the University of Virginia), and who sent Lewis and Clark on one of history's most daring research expeditions — would have approved of this educational effort, too.

In the long - term, this effort may expand to include collecting data from across these surveys to draw conclusions about public engagement with science more broadly.

After the passage of the American's With Disabilities Act in 1990, the Project on Science, Technology and Disability turned their efforts to encouraging science education among handicapped students and the publication of the Resource Directory of Scientists and Engineers with DisabilitWith Disabilities Act in 1990, the Project on Science, Technology and Disability turned their efforts to encouraging science education among handicapped students and the publication of the Resource Directory of Scientists and Engineers with DisabiScience, Technology and Disability turned their efforts to encouraging science education among handicapped students and the publication of the Resource Directory of Scientists and Engineers with Disabiscience education among handicapped students and the publication of the Resource Directory of Scientists and Engineers with Disabilitwith Disabilities.

The claims have come amid a shift in focus in nutrition from fat to sugar, with warnings about the artery - clogging risks of butter and beef taking a backseat to new efforts to tax sugar - sweetened beverages - even as debates continue over the science of obesity prevention.

Principal investigator Cari Herrmann - Abell and her colleagues plan to expand on their previous efforts to develop multiple - choice test items by developing a set of constructed or open - ended response items that can be used in combination with the multiple - choice items to measure students» understanding of core disciplinary ideas, science practices, and crosscutting concepts — the three dimensions of science learning that are central to the vision of NGSS.

Toward High School Biology is designed to align closely with a new set of science education standards, called the Next Generation Science Standards, which were developed with help from 26 states and organizations like AAAS and the National Research Council, in an effort to teach students to read scientific texts, analyze data and construct coherent explanations of scientific phescience education standards, called the Next Generation Science Standards, which were developed with help from 26 states and organizations like AAAS and the National Research Council, in an effort to teach students to read scientific texts, analyze data and construct coherent explanations of scientific pheScience Standards, which were developed with help from 26 states and organizations like AAAS and the National Research Council, in an effort to teach students to read scientific texts, analyze data and construct coherent explanations of scientific phenomena.