Sentences with phrase «take development studies»

When Kent Julian graduated high school, his SATs scores were so low he had to take Development Studies to have a chance of getting into college, on probation.

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That remains a lofty hurdle in a field where it can take decades of research and development before a team can enrol its first study participant.

A mechanical engineer by training, Burns, who proved herself a quick study and an outspoken colleague, blew through the ranks — taking on product development, business planning and a series of managerial roles that in 2000 put her at the center of Xerox's restructuring efforts.

We decided to add some perspective to our massive study by taking a look at development and job creation plans on the local level.

A study by researchers from the universities of Texas, Harvard and Yale published in June found that flextime requests were most likely to be granted to senior male employees who were using the time to take professional development courses.

Over the past three decades, the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development has estimated both the cost and the years it takes for companies to develop new medicines.

Although at first it takes a little getting used to, pupils soon learn to appreciate the strong religious emphasis of the College, and find it a source of inspiration and support in their studies and in their personal development.

More recent studies, particularly those informed by the war in Vietnam and concurrent critiques of neocolonialism and dependency, have taken a more pessimistic view of economic development.

The main objectives of this Consultation were to analyze globalization and its impact on human rights; to study ethical and theological considerations with regard to globalization; to search for alternative development paradigms; to study the policies of developed nations on development and trade policies in the context of globalization; to gain inputs on the experiences of indigenous people, workers and farmers who are affected by globalization; to consider the response of the Churches to the challenges posed by globalization and to study and identify concerns that the Asian churches can take up in order to address the adverse impact of globalization in the Asian context.

What we look for in studies of religion and the state depends greatly on the stance we take in relation to these two extreme interpretations of the development process.

Studies conducted during the 1950s and early 1960s often took an optimistic view of economic development and, in keeping with this outlook, showed how traditional religions were adapting to westernization and saw value in the accompanying cultural shifts toward rationalization and individual piety.

In Modern Fantasy: Five Studies (Cambridge University Press, 1975), C. N. Manlove has argued that the use of the supernatural — and I would include magic — is not simply a possibility in the fantasy tale; it is a driving force in the story and takes a central role in the development and shaping of characters as well as plot.

The article recounts how an ambitious team of research psychologists undertook to study the entire group of children born in 1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, beginning with prenatal histories taken from the mothers and following up on each child's development at ages one, two, ten, eighteen, and again at thirty - one or thirty - two.

As to method, the older view was rooted in the traditional ecclesiastical theory of Mark's derivation from Matthew — which modern Synoptic study completely reverses — and it took for granted a conception of «Paulinism» which made the Apostle to the Gentiles responsible for everything in primitive Christianity which could not be squared with a crass, reactionary Christian Judaism; it completely ignored the development of a Gentile type — or types — of Christianity apart from and even prior to the work of Paul.

Nevertheless, it takes seriously the developments in critical Bible studies, the new insights gained from the social sciences of cultural anthropology and sociology, the impact of technology and political theory in rapid cultural change and the issues raised by cross-cultural communication on a global scale.

It was recognised that in the fields of Biblical and theological studies, there had been new insights and developments that needed to be taken seriously by the missionary movement.

In the case of New Testament studies a similar though less remarkable development is taking place.

One study took a close look at the role of bacterial microflora in the gut and the occurrence of colon carcinogenesis, or cancer development.

The study also found the amino acid leucine (which is known to activate muscle building) in Oryzatein ® was absorbed better than leucine from whey protein, which means that it takes less leucine in rice protein than whey to activate the same muscle development.

• In Norway, two early in - depth studies of «leave sharing couples» found that when fathers take leave «there is a redefinition and redistribution» of tasks at home (Brandth and Kvande, 1998) and «a development of competence» in childcare (Brandth and Kvande, 2005).

Even in the follow - up study in one year, there was no difference in the motor or intellectual development of the babies who were breastfed by mothers taking marijuana.

She also enjoys photography, studying early childhood development and breastfeeding, spending time with her friends, family and taking long walks with her dog Brooklyn.

One study cites a 26 — 31 % decrease in the development of breast cancer in females who had been breastfed as babies; if you or she takes no other preventive measures against breast cancer, breastfeeding her alone sets your baby girl up for a nearly 1/3 lower likelihood of developing breast cancer later in her life (Freudenheim et al., 1994).

Then, after fives years as the Seattle Waldorf School administrator, I took a year off both to travel and to study at the Social Development Center in England.

A number of studies have shown possible links between birth defects and taking aspirin during early pregnancy, however none of these studies are conclusive — most of your baby's development takes place in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy so it is best to avoid aspirin during this time.

One study they reviewed, which was published in the journal Development and Psychopathology in 2012, took into account pairs of sisters whose fathers» involvement in their life differed.

Taking as their theme «Leading the Way», a number of influential speakers will present case studies from across Great Britain and Ireland which will highlight innovation and leading edge developments across the broad spectrum of the highways and transportation agenda.

Students enrolled in public pre-kindergarten programs in New York City are more likely to take the city's exam for entry into gifted and talented programs, according to a new study by researchers at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development.

The debate, which was held in four major public universities, commenced in March 2016, and has already taken place at the University for Development Studies Tamale campus, University of Cape Coast, and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi.

Dr. Nawaane, however, admonished the beneficiary students to take their studies seriously so as to excel and become responsible future leaders contributing their quota to national development.

The first debate took place on the 12th of March at the University of Development Studies (UDS) campus in Tamale.

Many studies suggest that risk - taking behavior in teens is due to the slow development of brain function that controls impulsivity.

While the study provides clear evidence that aerosol particles affect the development and intensity of storms, Thornton says it can not be directly generalised to the air above land because there are other factors that need to be taken into account.

While I don't think my daily yogurt will have me doing Russian dances on tables, a new study suggests that it may prevent the development of a real problem for many people — diarrhea caused by taking antibiotics.

A study in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment shows that the birds that took down U.S. Airways Flight 1549 were migrating geese, not a local N.Y.C. population — important info for development of aviation bird avoidance techniques.

Attending public preschool is linked to an increase in students taking the admissions test for gifted and talented programs, reducing the disparity in test taking between disadvantaged students and their peers, finds a study of New York City students by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

But a new architecture study report released on 20 November concluded that the plan could not work without NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), a heavy lift vehicle that is still in development but should be ready to take humans into space by 2021.

However, the researchers in today's study suggest their work could help archaeologists to take a fresh look at the development of urbanisation in early civilisations.

In this article, Dr David Kristensen and colleagues from Copenhagen University Hospital, review the findings from three individual rodent studies that evaluated the effects of paracetamol taken during pregnancy on the development of the reproductive system in female offspring.

In this way our study took a very different approach as we have used chemistry to mimic genetic mechanisms that are able to block the development of Ras - dependent cancers.»

Of the 54 families who took part in the study, 28 were randomly allocated to receive a minimum of six home - based visits from a therapist who used video - feedback to help the parents understand and respond to their baby's individual communication style to improve infant attention, communication, early language development, and social engagement.

The results of Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development, which has taken place for more than 40 years, have been summarised in the book Human development from middle childhood to middle adulthood: Growing up to be middle - aged (London: Routledge) to be launched on 15Development, which has taken place for more than 40 years, have been summarised in the book Human development from middle childhood to middle adulthood: Growing up to be middle - aged (London: Routledge) to be launched on 15development from middle childhood to middle adulthood: Growing up to be middle - aged (London: Routledge) to be launched on 15 June 2017.

«The most important message is that if you take the occasional paracetamol, it's not going to do your baby any harm,» says Richard Sharpe of the University of Edinburgh, UK, who was not involved in the study but who investigates the causes and origins of fetal sexual development in boys.

The exhibition takes the form of six case studies: the preservation of Greek medical literature in the Islamic Empire; the development of European interest in Islamic medicine; Western adoption of indigenous Indian medical knowledge and the history of colonial medicine in India; the case of smallpox; Western exposure to the Far Eastern techniques of acupuncture, moxa and feeling the pulse; and the adoption of Western medicine in the Far East.

«We hope that our findings will foster development of a personalized strategy for the prevention and treatment of multiple sclerosis, one that takes into account the gender - specific contribution of galanin gene variants to susceptibility and disease progression,» said Dr. Victoria Lioudyno, lead author of the study.

«Taken together, these two studies suggest that the new scalable vaccine formulation is likely to prove as effective as the original formulation — which would make it the first protective TB vaccine in humans since BCG, which was introduced almost a century ago,» said Professor Ajit Lalvani, Director of the Tuberculosis Research Centre, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London and a member of the DAR - 901 development team.

«I think this is an extremely important — and solid — paper,» says stem cell researcher Robert Lanza, vice president of research and scientific development at Applied Cell Technology, a regenerative medicine company headquartered in Alameda, Calif., who did not take part in the study.

This New York State — based environmental research organization since 2004 has studied wildlife in and on the banks of the Hudson River as well as the toll development has taken on the 315 - mile (500 - Kilometer) waterway, which runs south from the Adirondacks to the Atlantic Ocean.

«Anything that takes a driver's eyes off the road can be dangerous,» said study co-author Bruce Simons - Morton, Ed.D., M.P.H., of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the NIH institute where the study was conducted.

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