In urban areas in particular, cats are one of the most common avian predators (Sims et al. 2008), but their total impact on wildlife is difficult to estimate and varies greatly between studies (Fitzgerald and Turner 2000) and
with study methodology (Krauze - Gryz et al. 2012a).
Not exact matches
This strongly suggests that there may have been issues
with the cognitive testing
methodology or sensitivity of the
study generally, and that the cognitive results ought to be taken as inconclusive.»
In August of 2007, for example, Health Minister Tony Clement referred to one of the RCMP
studies when he told a pivotal meeting of the Canadian Medical Association, «There has been more research done, and some of it has been questioning of the research that has already taken place and questioning of the
methodology of those associated
with Insite.»
Methodology Our
study aims to find the areas
with the most tax - friendly policies for retirees.
The
study was conducted via a web survey utilizing the service Survey Monkey, an independent survey technology service company
with «10 years of experience in survey
methodology and web technology.»
Survey
methodology: MFS Investment Management partnered
with CoreData Research, an independent third - party research provider, to design and field a
study among financial advisors, institutional investors and professional buyers in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia - Pacific.
If you were creating a middle - of - the - funnel webinar discussing the teaching
methodology your horseback riding school follows, and you were targeting an intermediate - level rider, you could include a case
study of an intermediate rider who came to your school and, as a result of your
methodology and training, became one of the top riders in their division and moved on to compete
with more advanced - level horseback riders.
For example, at one point he quotes the distinguished historian of ancient science G. E. R. Lloyd, who said of Greek science: «Much as the Egyptians and Babylonians contributed to the content of these
studies, the investigations only acquire self «conscious
methodologies for the first time
with the Greeks.»
Even Robert Spitzer, whose work is often cited by ex-gay ministries, retracted his own
study in 2012, citing problems
with its
methodology.)
Rather, the difficulty comes
with the authors» resistance to attention to «
methodology» in
studies of Christian identity in theological education.
She has been working
with Duke University to
study the use of participatory
methodologies to address climate change adaptation and has recently piloted a farmer - based workshop that reflects those learnings.
ACF's Guide to Professional Certification, written by Brad Barnes, CCA, CMC, AAC, and Michael Baskette, CEC, CCE, AAC, and published by John Wiley & Sons in 2005, outlines the current strategies and
methodologies of professional certification
with study and practice hints to guide the young culinarian through a lifetime of professional growth and achievements.
They could be explained, said lead author, John O'Kane, MD, of the University of Washington Sports Medicine Clinic, by differences in
methodology (prospective data collection
with weekly interviews in the current
study versus data reported by athletic trainers in the other
studies), and under - reporting in previous
studies that captured concussions only in athletes seeking medical attention.
According to a systematic review, a small body of research suggests that treatment may be associated
with mother - reported improvements in breastfeeding, but the
studies are small, short - term, and rely on inconsistent
methodology.
In this pilot
study, we used simulation as a
methodology with 2 aims as follows: first, to explore the use of simulation incorporating a standardized pregnant patient as an investigative
methodology and, second, to determine similarities and differences in content and style of prenatal counseling between American and Dutch neonatologists.We compared counseling practice between 11 American and 11 Dutch neonatologists, using a simulation - based investigative
methodology.
However, because only a few
studies were graded to be of high quality, we suggest that further research, conducted
with good
methodology and large sample sizes, should be carried out to strengthen the validity of these observations.
It summarises her presentation (co-authored
with Jonathan A. Jones) to the Political
Studies Association Political
Methodology Group Conference at University College, London, on 27 June 2016 (slides available here).
MTA officials have refuted the audit results,
with an agency spokesperson telling the Post that the
study relied on «faulty
methodology» and «excluded from its sample all machines installed after 2011,» causing the results to reflect machines that are more liable to break down.
Methodology: the research had two main components: an interview, survey and observation based
study of senior managers in public and private sector corrections; and a mainly ethnographic and survey - based
study of four matched public and private sector prisons and three additional establishments involving observations of and interviews
with prisoners and staff, and the administration of quality of life surveys to both groups.
He explained that the
study utilized a sample - based
methodology with statistical principles and Information and Communication Technology to observe the elections.
According to Bloomberg news, Airbnb Inc. disputed the
study's findings, calling them «wrong on the facts» and containing «substantive issues
with the
methodology.»
Last week, it found itself at odds
with the Institute for Fiscal
Studies on this very point, in an arid war over
methodologies.
Focusing on the neural pathway from the brain's prefrontal cortex to the amygdala, they combined optogenetics — a technique that uses light to control the activity of neurons in living tissue —
with behavioral testing, a
methodology that allows researchers to
study functional connections between different regions of the brain.
In a groundbreaking
study that provides scientists
with a critical new understanding of stem cell development and its role in disease, UCLA researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research led by Dr. Kathrin Plath, professor of biological chemistry, have established a first - of - its - kind
methodology that defines the unique stages by which specialized cells are reprogrammed into stem cells that resemble those found in the embryo.
A few problems have been raised
with the
methodology of that
study and there's still a lot of debate about the true figure, but Mainland certainly thinks that we've underestimated our abilities.
Then in 2013, a
study with a different
methodology seemed to confirm the effect.
Woodruff, who conducted the
study as part of a Fulbright fellowship, says, «Although our
methodology was well received, our result for the Bungo Channel was met
with a lot of skepticism.
Spitzer's
study is perhaps a case in point, but increasingly in this field we acknowledge we have a problem
with flexible
methodology, meaning that our data analysis procedures are so wishy - washy, it's possible to «prove» anything.
A second letter, from David Hawkes, a viro logist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, and two colleagues argues that the paper «lacks a clear
methodology, adequate controls to control for bias, descriptions of results consistent
with the data presented, or enough information for this
study to be reproduced.»
Will Steffen, a climate scientist and executive director of the Australian National University Climate Change Institute, who was familiar
with the
study, said the research
methodology used was very well - established.
That's the conclusion of a new
study with an unusual
methodology: deploying bright green clay caterpillars around the world.
To conduct the
study, the researchers used the so - called «differences in differences»
methodology to analyze the changing rates of patent activity in the 34 states
with constituency statutes, versus activity rates in the 16 states lacking them.
In their
studies, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the research team developed and used a new
methodology which revealed how exactly flexible proteins interact together and
with RNA.
The
study explores new frontiers in polar science, and the approach used establishes a legacy of data and
methodologies that have the potential to link the Arctic ecosystem
with the global N2O cycle.
But now, after a change of heart about the
study's controversial
methodology, Carney is at odds
with her former collaborator about whether there's actually any power in the power pose.
The work was published recently in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology and is part of the PhD thesis
with international mention by Joan Colom Comas entitled «
Studies of the Molecular features of Three Salmonella Phages for Use in Phage Therapy and of Encapsulation
Methodologies to Improve Oral Phage Administration.»
The
methodology of the current
study was essentially unchanged from that of the 2000
study,
with surveys sent to life science researchers at the 100 U.S. universities that receive the most NIH funding.
«Our
study provides a quantitative
methodology for assessing the relative response rate of ecosystems, either natural ones or those
with a strong anthropogenic footprint, to climate variability,» Seddon explains.
Coming back to the problems
with the
study's
methodology, perhaps the
study's biggest failing is that it considers only the dollar value of subsidies to fossil fuel producers — not their real - world impact on fossil fuel production and investment decision - making.
Development of
methodology to facilitate single cell
studies of structural variation, and integrating state - of - the - art microscopy methods
with single cell sequencing.
You will therefore work
with diverse research teams including space physicists exploiting ground - based instruments and space missions to
study the ionospheres and magnetospheres of Earth and the other planets, and statisticians developing statistical
methodology to understand the behaviour of extreme events in real - life environmental applications.
The
methodology has been applied to the
study of lactose repressor protein (LacI), fluorescently labeled
with Atto532, and detected as it binds to a DNA molecule (trapped between two optical tweezers) containing specific LacI binding sequences (i.e., operators).
More high quality
studies with more transparent
methodology are needed to improve the consistency amongst different
studies.
In 1942, Dr. William Rose turned his attention from rats to people and began
studying the amino acid requirements for humans using basically the same
methodology he had used
with rats.
See one excellent
study with methodology making this point; http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/11/11/1441 The Associations of Diet
with Serum Insulin - like Growth Factor I and Its Main Binding Proteins in 292 Women Meat - Eaters, Vegetarians, and Vegans.
As a biologist and a former «unofficial» (unpublished
study) participant in low - carb (aka ketogenic and cyclic ketogenic) diets, there are many issues
with methodology, conclusions and extrapolation of current
studies in «low - carb» diets.
Methodology is the
study of methods and deals
with the philosophical assumptions underlying the research process, while a method is a specific technique for data collection under those philosophical assumptions.
I realised quickly that
methodologies I had
studied from the likes of Kandinsky, and other forms of art
with a basis in psychology, had really given me a strong platform for getting to grips
with accelerated learning.
And early this month a
study of 10,000 teachers by the nonprofit TNTP said that teacher workshops and training that cost taxpayers billions of dollars each year is largely a waste (although some critics took issue
with the
methodology of the
study).
Methodology: Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Saul Zaentz Initiative partnered
with a Massachusetts - based research firm, Abt Associates, to conduct the first phase of the
study.