Sentences with phrase «than academic interest»

Thus, measurement of mass balance is of more than academic interest.

Along with a more than academic interest in shape objects and Swiss army knives, Nicki is also drawn to Videodrome, but wants to be a participant rather than part of the audience.

You might think that this fact is of little more than academic interest, but actually these 4 - D shapes are incredibly important.

Although scholars and professional theologians might be condescending toward it, and look to Germany for intellectual guidance, for the American Christian community as a whole, the «theology» imported by scholars was of little more than academic interest.

These events will probably have little more than academic interest to non-believers, and the latter will often cast doubt on the objective historicity of some occurrences such as the Exodus or the resurrection of Christ.

Not exact matches

Dec 14, 2015: In a November poll of academic and business economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal, 92 % said they expected the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December, the first such hike in more than nine years.

Our interest in the events of his life, and above all in the cross, is more than an academic concern with the history of the past.

Sometimes the most secular of scholars found that what Frei was doing, with his attention to narrative and his interest in the language that shapes a particular community, made more sense to them than the work of many theologians much more systematically concerned to address other academic disciplines.

To treat them as though they were less serious and less interesting than this is to misunderstand and mistreat them, as interreligious dialogue and much of the academic study of religion typically do.

Of the kernel of history which transcends the myth, Bultmann can speak only in negative terms: «Our interest in the events of his life, and above all in the cross, is more than an academic concern with the history of the past.

Save the World on Your Own Time by Stanley Fish Oxford University Press, 208 pages, $ 19.95 Here is Stanley Fish, writing Save the World on Your Own Time: «Not only is the genuinely academic classroom full of passion and commitment; it is more interesting than the alternative.

The discussion as to the real range of Whitehead's notion of creativity, is more than of purely academic interest.

It might be a community of quasi-clergy related to Christian congregations in the way in which clergy are supposed to be related to the congregations they lead, yet distinct because it is constituted by academic interests of special interest to clergy rather than constituted as a church.

I am less interested here to press my description of the particular values that inhere in academic life than I am to insist that, whatever their identity, they are built into the institution's spatial and temporal forms, its patterns of behavior, and its ideological set; and that value, both systemic and sentient, has a profound socializing effect.

Whether they were interested in sports or academics or had a hobby, that a good night's sleep was going to do more than warm up exercises.

As much as it thrills my heart to see her interested in letters and numbers, my uneducated belief is that spending her time playing is of equal or greater value than any «academic» pursuit, at least right now.

In their white paper on academic integrity, Ms. Levine and Challenge Success have a series of suggestions for parents (and educators) interested in fully supporting the message that honesty is more important than grades.

Finally, employers are investing in their future work force by supporting breastfeeding; some studies have indicated that breastfed babies have potentially higher IQ's and better academic accomplishments than bottle - fed babies.Because of the far - reaching positive ecological, health, and social impact breastfeeding can make on our planet, it is imperative for anyone interested in protecting our children and our environment to do whatever possible to support, protect, and promote breastfeeding.

More than 60 people — academic researchers, industry partners and interested members of the community — joined the staff at the International Open Facility Advancing Biotechnology (BIOFAB), at a meeting on July 19 and 20 to discuss the facility's progress so far and its aims over the next few years.

Because Britain and Ireland had an important role in the historical development of geology as a subject of academic and popular interest, we have more than a hundred public museums, with excellent geological collections.

Their interest is more than purely academic, because triggered tremors - if that is what they are - may warn that a really large quake is on the way in the same place.

In a survey of nearly 6,000 doctoral students in a broad range of fields, more than a third of the students with plans to pursue postdocs said they had more interest in careers outside of academic research.

Academic deans say it is in their interest to help couples because they are likely to stay longer and be more productive than if they have a commuter relationship.

Dave Asprey: It's kind of crazy, and the reason I wanted to talk with you today and to share your knowledge with our guests is that last time you were on the show, you talked about your new book, Always Hungry, which is... If you guys haven't checked out this book, if you liked the bulletproof diet, if you're interested in what fat can do for you, here's the guy with about ten thousand times more academic credentials than I have, who has some good stuff to say about fat.

I mostly agree that we need to study real foods; using supplements and other forms of reductionism, however, can be useful for understanding the mechanisms of how things work, which is of academic interest to some people and is of general utility in better understanding how to restore people to health who have lost it, which might require more than mere return to a traditional diet sometimes.

«Bear in mind that likeability is more attractive than academic achievement and that a profile that appears genuine is more likely to generate interest.»

Crudo's academic approach to the mechanics of the film's smoke - and - mirror wizardry are far more interesting than anything actually happening in film.

The report, released Nov. 16 by the New York City - based Public Agenda research group, found that low - income parents and those who are members of racial and ethnic minorities are more interested in an academic focus than are wealthier and white parents.

As the recent history of the school district has shown, special interest groups have been a hindrance, rather than an asset, in the drive for academic success.

If constituents are willing to accept less - than - perfectly - integrated schools in the interest of better serving different constituencies and drawing on teacher strengths, it will be crucial to monitor those schools for resource equity and academic quality and to provide students with frequent opportunities to interact meaningfully with students from the other learning communities.

While the article raises some interesting points, the headline should not be misinterpreted to mean that a Growth Mindset is more important than academic results.

For more than a decade, there has been a growing interest in and focus on accountability including the measurement of students» academic achievement.

«Any school that puts forward a pupil for early entry, for any other reason than their academic best interests, is gaming.

CN Times Books is the New York City - based U.S. subsidiary of Beijing MediaTime Book Co. LTD, a leading Chinese trade publisher that publishes more than 600 fiction and nonfiction titles per year, including books for children and titles of scholarly and academic interest.

As an academic, I am more interested in disseminating my work than earning money.

During my academic career I remained interested in fiction, but did little more than collect ideas and make notes.

If the FAFSA isn't filed, your only loan options for the next academic year will be in the private sector — which typically come with much higher interest rates than federal student loans.

Worse, this CFPB announcement comes on the same day as the announcement that interest rates on new federal student loans for the coming academic year will jump by more than half of a percentage point.

Both of us have scores way well above 700, which entitles one to the lowest interest possible from most lenders, so the difference is more academic than practical.

Computed tomography (CT) is becoming a widely accepted alternative to dental radiography in specialty and academic facilities.1, 2 CT allows 3 - dimensional reconstruction of the skull, viewing of finer detail than can be seen on radiographs, and isolation of areas or teeth of interest.1 CT is especially advantageous for evaluating intranasal structures, surrounding soft tissue structures, abscesses, and neoplasia.1

More than 1,500 applicants were evaluated based on several criteria, including academic excellence, professional interests, financial need, diversity, leadership and potential for contribution to the veterinary profession.

More than 1,700 applicants from universities throughout the United States and Caribbean were evaluated for academic excellence, financial need, diversity, sustainability, leadership and career interest.

Working in academic administration and on various capital projects for more than a decade at Pratt Institute's Media Arts Department and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, he developed a strong interest in organizational design, applied technology, and the power of creative collaborations to affect institutions and society.

I post a lot academic painting too, which supports my fervent conviction that the important Salon art of the nineteenth century is VASTLY more interesting than almost anything done today — anything that we who toil in the contemporary art world are supposed to be interested in and perhaps really are.

With four floors of artists» obsessions, the collecting impulse on view is more manic and compulsive than merely an academic archival interest.

Cramming down more rote learning won't help much because it is soon forgotten as it is not connected to anything of interest to the student, other than passing exams to get some academic position or good salary.

The «details» are important and interesting, and may in fact be of key importance to society (rather than just of academic interest... for example the stability of the Greenland ice sheet), but they are called details for a reason.

It really points to very serious widespread problems in the U.S. academic and journalistic professions — you can't do research on renewable energy in the U.S. academic system, because of fossil fuel influence, and you can't get honest coverage of renewable energy initiatives in the U.S. press, also because of undue influence by vested interests — and more often than not these days, those vested interests are in finance, not in industry.

Each of the four authors of the Science Bulletin paper has a lively and expert academic interest in our subject, and we wrote our paper because we considered — rightly, as events have turned out (for there have already been more than 22,500 downloads either of the abstract or of the full paper)-- that other researchers would find our simple model of the climate interesting and helpful.

In light of that, I don't think it can be established that the problems in pharmaceutical research are worse than the problems in academic research, or that they are traceable to the influence of commercial interests.