Sentences with phrase «significant research reports»

Both groups expect that high school graduates can complete a significant research report and apply the higher - level math concepts historically taught in Algebra II, for example.

Not exact matches

«To the researchers» surprise they found there wasn't a statistically significant correlation between the ratings the participants received when they were aged 14 and the ratings they gave themselves at age 77, or the ratings they received at age 77 from a friend or relative,» reports the British Psychological Society Research Digest Blog.

Earlier on Wednesday, the U.K.'s National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) reported Brexit would have «significant and damaging» effects on British companies by restricting their ability to employ migrants.

Valeant shares, down 10 % on Monday after a Wells Fargo research note said its board and management «have made decisions that may have put Valeant at significant business and reputational risk,» took another hit when Bloomberg News reported CVS's decision.

The result, according to a 2013 report by industry research firm HSZ Media, is «one of the most significant paradigm shifts in the history of executive recruiting.»

But a new report from the Pew Research Center says that for those who visit Reddit regularly, the site plays a significant role in their news consumption: Almost 80 % of its users say that they get their news there.

Still for those of us who like the process of picking stocks, read research reports, track the financial news daily and like to dig down to ratios & statements, it's too much fun to just pass — I don't think the index outperformance would be significant though in the long run, if you factor in the extra hours of work though!

Due to increasing complexity and length of annual and quarterly financial reports, meeting these criteria requires a focused effort and, perhaps, significant changes in the way research is created by most firms.

In a report issued to investors on Friday, Deborah Weinswig, an analyst at Citi Research, said she doesn't believe that the pending sale will be a «significant overhang» for Penney given the solid demand seen when Pershing Square sold 39.1 million shares.

The poll report, by the Public Religion Research Institute, identified Obama's religion «dilemma,» as the institute called it, as one of three significant emerging religious issues to watch toward the 2012 election cycle.

However, these differences do not reflect significantly impaired day - to - day functioning, said Dr. Tom Schweizer, head of the Neuroscience Research Program and a co-author of the paper, noting that the athletes in this study did not report significant health problems and were all active varsity athletes.

This position is consistent with current research which reports that successful VBAC results in significant benefits and fewer risks for women and infants than repeat cesarean delivery (2000).

She also noted that a report sent out last fall by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council revealed a significant lack of data regarding concussions — especially among the youth.

The Report highlights the significant shift since 2010 in DFID's international development strategy to increasingly promote private sector involvement in the design and delivery of education services, despite the fact that DFID's own research evidence questions the impact of such interventions in relation to education quality and equity for learners.

Amidst the debate about immigration in the U.S., a recently - published report prepared by several research partners, including one from the University at Buffalo, challenges the claims that immigrants are a significant influence on the crime rate.

T. abini «is a significant find» that shifts the fossil record of tree - dwelling birds significantly back in time, says paleontologist Gerald Mayr of the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt, Germany, who led the team that reported on the penguin fossils.

... Buried within it, the plan describes a few significant policy changes,» including the end to the 10 % budget set - aside for AIDS research, as Kaiser reported last Friday.

► How intellectual property (IP) ownership is awarded to academics can have a significant effect on their commercialization efforts, according to a paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research that Mervis reported on (subscription required), also in this week's issue.

However, as has been discovered by a team of Frankfurt - based researchers, these cells do have a weakness: In the current edition of the high impact journal «Cancer Research,» they report that the enzyme 5 - lipoxygenase (5 - LO) plays a significant role in the survival of leukaemic AML stem cells.

An international research project, led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI - MUHC) in Montreal, reports that a new oral medication is showing significant progress in restoring vision to patients with Leber congenital amaurosiresearch project, led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI - MUHC) in Montreal, reports that a new oral medication is showing significant progress in restoring vision to patients with Leber congenital amaurosiResearch Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI - MUHC) in Montreal, reports that a new oral medication is showing significant progress in restoring vision to patients with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA).

In a research note about yesterday's announcement from Deutsche Bank AG, which was reported by Bloomberg, the authors struck a bullish tone, writing: «Based on the preliminary work on the economics of stationary storage, we believe that this has the potential to be more significant» than Wall Street analysts expect.

«Postdocs from all social backgrounds reported significant declines in interest in faculty careers at research - intensive universities and increased interest in nonresearch careers,» compared to their feelings early in grad school, write Kenneth Gibbs, Jr., of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland; John McGready of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland; and Kimberly Griffin of the University of Maryland, College Park.

The research team also reported significant national percentages of non-greenhouse gas effects attributable to the healthcare sector, including acidification (12 %), smog formation (10 %), and respiratory disease from particulate matter (9 %).

Recent research reported that one in every 13 Canadians suffers from a significant food allergy.

Sludge reduction and regulatory compliance are also significant drivers for the food and beverage industry, which is pushing more companies to process wastewater on site rather than just sending it directly to municipal treatment facilities, according to a report from Global Water Intelligence (GWI), a water industry market research firm based in England.

«Barring any significant policy changes by other nations, China - based companies are poised to increasingly dominate as clean - tech employers,» according to an October report from Clean Edge, a research firm in Portland, Ore..

The fact that only just over a third of men and women reporting a problem meeting all three criteria had sought professional help in the last year, suggests that a huge number of people experiencing dysfunction are not receiving help — around 1.2 million in the UK and 5.8 million in the U.S. Overall, this study helps demonstrate how the DSM - 5 diagnostic criteria impose a focus on clinically significant symptoms, posing promising applications in both clinical and research contexts.

Laure Haak, editor of Next Wave's Postdoc Network, reports that editorial board experience can be a significant asset for career progression in the research sciences.

The final report notes that the investigated research projects, which involved taking tissue from more than 6000 people from the 1950s to the early 1990s, produced significant data published in peer - review journals.

«Findings like those reported in this paper provide significant evidence of the value and need for continued behavioral, cognitive and neurogenomic work with this important species,» said William D. Hopkins, Ph.D., professor of neuroscience at Georgia State and associate research scientist at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory Uniresearch scientist at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory UniResearch Center, Emory University.

Species living in coastal regions could face a significant future threat from reduced levels of oxygen in the marine environment, according to research published in Scientific Reports.

The report urges more research on both the benefits and risks of marijuana, but notes that researchers who want to study the drug face significant obstacles.

Co-author Rupert Bourne, Professor of Ophthalmology at Anglia Ruskin University's Vision and Eye Research Unit, said: «The report has shown that having diabetes doubles your risk of being diagnosed with a cataract, and that this risk is six times higher if a diabetic patient has significant diabetic retinal disease, called diabetic maculopathy.

Galen Barbose, a research scientist with LBNL's Electricity Markets and Policy Group and the report's lead author, said in a statement that the findings mark the fifth consecutive year of significant price reductions for distributed PV systems in the United States.

The report recommends beefing up forecasting systems for ocean and ice conditions, infrastructure for supply chains for people and equipment to respond, field research on the behavior of oil in the Arctic environment, and other strategies to prepare for a significant spill in the harsh conditions of the Arctic.

In terms of toxic exposures, the authors note, six out of seven research studies have found «significant associations between self - reported pesticide exposure and GWI.»

Ehret, a research associate in Chakravarti's lab, crunched the numbers from all the study sites and found variants at 66 sites in the genome — 17 of them newly reported — that had statistically significant associations with blood pressure levels.

The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and two partners reported significant progress in their mission to develop technologies that will bring advanced biofuels to the marketplace.

«Findings like those reported in this paper provide significant evidence of the value and need for continued behavioural, cognitive and neurogenomic work with this important species,» said Dr. William D. Hopkins, professor of neuroscience at Georgia State and associate research scientist at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory Uniresearch scientist at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory UniResearch Center, Emory University.

Treating HIV: Although hematopoietic stem cells have been used since World War II to treat victims of radiation, a potential, significant new application was reported just last year: Hematopoietic stem cells were used to successfully treat a patient with HIV, although the procedure is currently risky and much additional research is necessary for it to be widely accepted and used.

Significant co-funding opportunities within all areas covered by SFI's legal remit will be considered, including the 14 areas of national priority as defined in the Report of the Research Prioritisation Steering Group.

Mike Wallace's talk was about the «National Research Council Report on the «Hockey Stick Controversy»... The charge to the committee, was «to summarize current information on the temperature records for the past millennium, describe the main areas of uncertainty and how significant they are, describe the principal methodologies used and any problems with these approaches, and explain how central is the debate over the paleoclimate record within the overall state of knowledge on global climate change.»

Clarke, working at the Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI), a partnership between PNNL and the University of Maryland, was acclaimed by the group for his skillful and tireless leadership to ensure the significant work of the Integrated Assessment Modeling (IAM) community was objectively and prominently represented in the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Research from Loma Linda University found that adding half of a Hass avocado to meals resulted in a significant boost in self - reported satiety among study participants.

This research supports findings published in the Journal of Fertility and Sterility in 2002 where researchers reported significant improvement in insulin levels among women with PCOS who took 1.6 - 3g / day of NAC and who had elevated insulin levels before the start of study.

Demonstrating this point, a Spanish research group reported that adding about an ounce of mixed nuts into the diet for 12 weeks led to significant improvement in blood sugar control in a group of people at high risk of developing diabetes.

According to a detailed report published by the the Center For Science In The Public Interest there is significant research linking these artificial food dyes to cancer risk and many other harmful health conditions.

Vouchers versus class size The statistics reported in Dan Goldhaber's otherwise thoughtful article (see «Significant, but Not Decisive,» Research, Summer 2001) inadvertently tilted the comparison between vouchers and class - size reduction in favor of vouchers.

«Significant amounts of commercial activity» are already taking place in public schools in Australia, said Dr Greg Thompson, who is Associate Professor of Education Research at the Queensland University of Technology and one of the co-authors of the report.

Whilst these results only reflect the recent sports tours survey, our other surveys and independent evidence from research by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, reports by Ofsted and the diverse wealth of research made available by the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom support the proposal that learning outside the classroom, in all its forms, has significant benefits for school managers to consider.