Sentences with phrase «who funded the study»

Identify who funded the study.

«Only high - quality studies will be included in the final summary, regardless of where the authors were employed or who funded the study,» said Gray, a biologist in the reproductive toxicology division at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Dr Doug Brown, Director of Research at Alzheimer's Society who funded the study, said: «Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is often misunderstood as being a mixture of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, but this confirms it's actually a unique condition.

Who funded the study?

Who funded those studies?

They are the ones who funded this study, but apparently see nothing wrong with the absurdity of the study's results.

Not exact matches

The study was conducted among 90 female venture capitalists and founders who've raised funding for their startups.

The study is patient - funded; participants, who range in age from late 30s through 80s, must pay $ 8,000 to take part, and live in or travel to Monterey for treatments and follow - up assessments.

A recent Commonwealth Fund study co-authored by Collins looked at how much low - income people, who would otherwise be eligible for Medicaid if their state had expanded the program, would pay in premiums and out - of - pocket health costs if they enrolled in «silver» Obamacare plans and if they were «medium» users of health care.

Now those of you who have studied the process of federal budget making might interject that Uncle Sam doesn't do much in the first place to fund kittens.

We use advertising revenue to subsidize the cost of providing journalism to the campus, and to fund over fifty students who are on our work - study program.

Ecologist David Schindler, who energetically led the ELA for more than two decades, convinced the group to fund ELA to study the issue.

The gist of these studies is this: Over time, investors who buy and hold long - term investments, and specifically low - cost index funds, earn more money than investors chasing the latest investment trend.

This is based on an in - depth study conducted by a good friend of mine who works at a public pension fund.

A colleague of mine who works at a pension fund did a study last year in which he concluded that, because of the extreme degree of public pension underfunding, a 10 % decline in the stock market for a sustained period — i.e. more than 3 or 4 months — would cause every single public pension fund to blow up.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

At the same time, climate - denier funding from family and corporate foundations — say, Exxon's foundation — has declined, according to Robert Brulle, a sociologist at Drexel University who studies the climate change «counter-movement.»

The Foundation is funding a pilot study that will benefit investors who would like to proactively invest in gender diversity.

The study emphasizes controlling for any self - selection bias associated with the type of investors who seek advice, and focuses on common stock holdings to avoid any conflicts associated with mutual fund incentives.

The introductory networking session for the scholars on Monday afternoon was a fantastic way for students to meet their assigned mentors, who acted as guides, role models and network contacts; we learned of the Crawford Fund programs and affiliated organisations such as RAID, ACIAR and Scope - Global who offer volunteering and post-graduate study opportunities overseas.

• The Rural Technology Fund, founded by a tech executive who had limited access to computers when he was growing up in rural Kentucky, helps out - of - the - way schools get equipment and books to help ignite a «spark» for studying electronics, programming or engineering; and gives scholarships to students from rural communities who hope to pursue careers in technology.

It is up to parents, whether it be individually or as members of a booster club, «Friends of Football,» or PTA, to raise money to (a) fund the hiring of a certified athletic trainer (who, as we always say, should be the first hire after the head football coach); (b) consider equipping players with impact sensors (whether in or on helmets, in mouth guards, skullcaps, earbuds, or chinstraps); (c) purchase concussion education videos (which a new study shows players want and which they remember better); (d) to bring in speakers, including former athletes, to speak about concussion (another effective way to impress on young athletes the dangers of concussion); and (e) to pay for instructors to teach about proper tackling and neck strengthening;

Our study is the first evaluation to include a significant proportion of all women who chose publicly funded homebirth in Australia.

«Look at who's funding every study: If it's a pharmaceutical company, don't even read it — it's propaganda.»

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This particular meta - study reported that breastfeeding provides up to a 28 % decrease in risk of developing breast cancer at any age (pre - or post-menopausal) for women without a family history of the disease, who breastfed for 12 months or longer (World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research, 2007).

And while the science may be disputed, depending on who is funding the study, as to whether commonly used food dyes such as Yellow 5, Red 40 and 6 others made from petroleum pose a «rainbow of risks» that include hyperactivity in children, cancer (in animal studies), and allergic reactions, because of the problem of hyperactivity, the Center for Science in the Public Interest petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to ban the use of these dyes given that the British government and European Unionhave taken actions that are virtually ending their use of dyes throughout Europe.

The study, which is part funded by Sands, is comparing what happens before and after maternity units start to follow a specific pathway of care for responding to women who say their baby's movements have reduced.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

Blood samples from infants who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) had high levels of serotonin, a chemical that carries signals along and between nerves, according to a study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health.

One NIH - funded study looked at more than 13,000 women who gave birth by elective cesarean delivery (C - section) at 37 weeks or later.

Professor Culpeper, who is ERSC funded, studied 500 diary reports of incidents of impoliteness experienced by people living in Britain, Germany, Finland, Turkey and China.

Professionals who are in close contact with elderly people could soon be in a better position to spot if they are being financially exploited, for example through a lottery scam or by a deceitful relative draining the bank account, thanks to a pioneering new study funded by the UK Research Councils» New Dynamics of Ageing programme (NDA)

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

Universal Pre-Kindergarten teachers who are working toward their certification should have funding for the support and teacher training they need to provide quality education while they are studying for their certification.

«The government has a marvelous way of exempting itself from something like this,» Schramm said, since most students who work in Food Services are funded through federal work - study, he added.

As public sector prisons move towards the thin staffing level model of profit - making institutions, with their high turnover of personnel who are less connected to their occupation, a study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) warns of a potentially detrimental impact on prison quality.

This quote, from one of the 2,000 people we fund each year to study distance learning courses like GCSEs, A-levels and degrees, proves just how vital books are for prisoners who want to educate themselves.

Senator Betty Little of Queensbury, who helped organize the forum, said the state legislature will create a task force to study tick - borne illness, and that she believes legislation should be passed to introduce more funding for disease research, and to require health insurance companies to cover treatments associated with symptoms of Lyme and other diseases.

In the past couple of years, he said, she's secured $ 162,000 in grant funds, benefiting flood analysis studies and other town projects, which include streamlining a solar application process, and finalizing a six - figure FEMA hurricane claim to pay local contractors who have been waiting four years for reimbursement, among other accomplishments.

Older people and those who work non-standard hours are less likely to feel integrated into society, according to a study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

«It is not an option to cut CUNY funding,» echoed Shirley Jackson, USS's Vice Chair for Graduate Affairs, who said that despite living with «a severe disability,» she had been able to ahead to pursue her studies with the help of specific CUNY programs.

Despite that contribution, and despite more than $ 300 million in state and county funds sought for the construction, the university refused to share its study with key decision makers who were asked to support the deal.

Miner is still waiting for a copy of SU's feasibility study and for answers to the questions she has raised about how the arena would be funded, who would own it and how it would affect the near east side of the city, Carroll said following the meeting.

The prime minister, Gordon Brown, will join the schools secretary Ed Balls to promise extra tuition funding for primary school pupils in England who fall behind with their studies in English and Maths.

State Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside), who secured the funding during the budget - making process earlier this year, said the study will address a growing lack of transportation options his constituents face.

«We're interested in determining patients» sleep patterns,» says John Kane, head of schizophrenia research at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, N.Y. Kane, who is conducting a Proteus - funded pilot study, says, «For certain mental illnesses, changes in sleep patterns are an early sign that an illness is accelerating.»

The financial support came from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) training grant that Weir, who was studying the genetics of sex ratios in mice, had won to fund graduate students — a grant, it turned out, that was intended only for American citizens and permanent residents.

«Right now just about everyone» is funding network science, says MIT sociologist Damon Centola, who studies how beliefs and behaviors — from religious extremism to vaccination — spread in large social groups.

Matthew Thomas, a professor at The Pennsylvania State University who is studying the impact of climate change on the transmission of infectious diseases, says that his group had applied for funding in late 2008.