Sentences with phrase «subjected a group of»

Researchers from the University of Montreal subjected laboratory mice to a low - fat diet for a period of about six weeks, and subjected another group of mice to a diet rich in fats for the same length of time.

Les Redesseurs de Calavi (2011) takes as its subject a group of young men in the city of Abomey - Calavi — whether gangsters or righteous vigilantes is perhaps a matter of perspective — and the gym where they cultivate the physiques that give them their authority.

Not exact matches

CNBC's upcoming documentary on the subject, «A Billionaire's Bet: The Best & Brightest,» which airs Sunday, June 25 at 10 p.m. ET, profiles a small group of the chosen scholars as they embarked on the one - year program at a fascinating and precarious time in U.S. - China relations.

Running speed was reduced for both groups of phone users in comparison to non-users, while subjects who used their phones for solely music performed at a higher speed and intensity than any of the other groups.

Recent research has looked into the health consequences of that mismatch, tracking a group of study subjects for more than six years.

While hedge funds are pressuring Tim Hortons Inc. to reconsider its U.S. growth strategy, the donut - maker's largest group of institutional investors are staying mum on the subject, raising the notion there may be a conflict brewing over which direction the donut - maker should follow.

In a German study, researchers gave two groups of subjects, one well - rested and one sleep - deprived, a math test.

The project is called the Grant Study, and the group of subjects included President John F. Kennedy and Ben Bradlee, who later became editor of The Washington Post during Watergate.

Haiti's fledgling garment industry, with some 31,000 workers, has been the subject of criticism by Nova's group — unfairly, its representatives contend.

Crossroads GPS spokesman Jonathan Collegio responded to critics by sending an email message with the subject line «Snarky comments» that pointed out that some of the group's critics are nonprofits that also don't disclose their donors.

A group of scientists from Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany recently found that they were able to identify what kind of films a group of subjects viewed — whether it was funny, sad or suspenseful — based on the different combinations of chemicals, or peaks of one in particular, such as carbon dioxide, that were found in the air in the theater.

To examine the effect of strategic laziness on memory, the scientists asked a group of study subjects with brain injuries resulting in memory damage to try and memorize a list of words.

While the experiments varied slightly, all of them included a group of undergraduates (ranging from 108 to 343 subjects depending on the experiment) spending 15 minutes alone, and one of the experiments had participants do this every day for a week.

The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Sydney and examined three groups of students, who were tasked with completing an «alternate uses» test — a common creativity drill wherein subjects are given an object and asked to come up with as many uses for it as they can.

Potential drawbacks of being a large group: We are subject to the «pay or play» rule — provide coverage that meets the requirements, or pay a penalty — as well as automatic employee enrollment upon hire and at renewal.

Many of these go to e-mail groups that I'm subscribed to through our corporate mail server, and they often include status keywords (such as «got it») in the subject line.

Hank Freid, CEO and founder of Impulsive Group, knows a thing or two about the subject.

For example, small groups» coverage must now provide for essential health benefits, such as pediatric services, maternity care and substance abuse treatment, and is subject to maximum deductible and out - of - pocket limits.

The biggest downsides if we're a small group: we'd be subject to detrimental community ratings, and maximum deductible and out - of - pocket limits would drive up costs across the board.

This group of substance abusers is the subject of a new book called Almost Addicted that Dr. Boyd co-authored with Eric Metcalf.

To find out the researchers rounded up a group of 500 Swiss and German study subjects and presented them with a series of questions about how much they worked, how exhausted they felt, and how much guilt they experienced after indulging in some couch potato time.

PsyBlog explains the research on the subject: «In the study, one group of participants were allowed to get a full nights» sleep, while another had to stay up all night.

CMC offers more than 30 majors and 10 sequences — a group of courses on a subject but not a full major.

Miranda said the group is aiming for a ratio below 2 times EBITDA in 2018, excluding proceeds from the sale of Fibria, which is still subject to approval by antitrust authorities.

The series of studies tested the effects of power hierarchies on team productivity by creating teams with either a mixed propensity towards leadership — in one case some participants were primed to feel powerful by thinking of a time they wielded power over others while others subjects were asked to envision a time they were bossed around before joining the group — or teams made up entirely of hard charging leadership types or participants primed for a meeker, go along, get along approach.

Rights group Amnesty International has said it had received credible evidence of detainees being subjected to beatings and torture, including rape, since the coup attempt — accusations roundly rejected by Turkish officials and the justice ministry.

This morning, we'll tackle that issue head on — in what I'm expecting will be a fun, raucous conversation with the always - engaged Chip Bergh, the charismatic CEO of Levi Strauss & Co.; Dr. Nicholas Gettas, chief medical officer of Cigna — who has some very cool and thought - provoking ideas on this subject; Amy McDonough, VP and General Manager of Fitbit Group Health and Rick Valencia, president of Qualcomm Life — both of whom have great insights into the technologies that may shift the wellness paradigm; and a full roster of Brainstorm Health delegates to join the discussion.

While you can use a different subject line to share the same tip with any number of tagged groups, I recommend creating an editorial calendar to keep track of what you sent to whom.

That payment is the subject of criticism from the watchdog group Common Cause, which filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission and the Department of Justice alleging it violated campaign finance rules.

The money, which Mr. Cohen has said came from his own personal funds, is the subject of complaints lodged by the group Common Cause with the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department.

Facebook had been the subject of a months - long investigation into its practices after complaints first raised in 2011 by a user group in Austria.

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The SEC has clearly said many times that posting of information behind a password protected site (like SeedInvest) only available to accredited investors, subject to some other conditions, will not constitute general solicitation so that may be safe ground for angel groups and other that may be concerned.

Twitter is also about small groups of subject specific influencers, and what they do with the links they learn about.

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Regulatory capture was the subject of a Senate hearing in November following complaints by Carmen Segarra, a former examiner at the New York Fed, who said her colleagues had been too easy on Goldman Sachs Group Inc..

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These individual - level accuracy maps were then smoothed with a 3 - mm FWHM kernel, warped to Talairach space, and the group of subjects» maps was submitted to a directional one - sample t test against 0.25 to determine whether any regions reliably encoded information about the identity of the agent or patient across subjects.

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Then there's the sizable group of companies (including a number of recent IPOs) that are apparently not subject to conventional valuation methods.

SDR LSE — April 28, 2016 FTSE 100 investment manager Schroders plc has been the subject of public criticism from shareholder groups since its announcement that chief executive Michael Dobson would transition to non-executive chairman from April 4, in contravention of the recommendations of the UK Corporate Governance Code.

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An Asset Class is a group of securities that exhibit similar characteristics, behave similarly in the marketplace, and are subject to the same laws and regulations.

Now Baird himself has been subjected to a vicious homophobic attack by a fringe «women's group» (they don't speak for me or for any woman I know) that had earlier enjoyed the blessing of the Harper government.