Sentences with phrase «years studying the concept»

You spent three years studying the concept and application of law.

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They were pleased enough with the results that they ponied up another $ 10 million ($ 14 million) for LAPCAT II, a four - year study that launched in October 2008 with a mandate to refine two of the LAPCAT concepts based on engines that would burn liquid hydrogen, and to produce detailed development road maps for producing them.

Psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky first introduced this concept more than 30 years ago in a study that built the foundation for what would become the field of behavioral finance.

Though the concept of a persona, a fictional character used to understand a particular audience segment, has existed for years, this study sought to uncover why organizations fail to create, update, maintain or apply persona intelligence in meaningful ways, rendering them ineffective.

I often take time throughout the year to study the word or the concept it represents, to pray through it, to write through, to look for ways to embody it, to let it be the answer when I'm perplexed.

Folks talk about the soul as a religious item — that it synonymous with religion — But religions don't really explain what a soul is — because they don't know — only a possible destination — Before you get all huffy, please consider where my concept comes from — I am no longer religious — I studied Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs for dozens of years, and determined a different design, for what the glyphs could portend — and found some interesting thought processes hidden within — including what the soul is — for instance: The Ankh symbol represents Life — the charcters for An and kh, I translate as an = thought and kh = soul — Thus Life = the thought of the soul — The soul as described by the AE, is a continuity between 2 or more enti - ties — including the enti - ty Environment — Our environment creates us — some name their environment as god — some believe there is a continuity with their environment — that is soul --

Social media is still a relatively new concept that we're only just understanding the full influence of, even though there are 2.1 billion users of social media with recent studies showing that 90 % of 18 - 29 year olds having an account.

Also interesting that he spent a year in Seattle (not on staff) studying the concepts of the Seattle defense.

Although researchers have been studying this phenomenon for years, it's a relatively new concept in mainstream child - rearing: Wonder Weeks.

Although researchers have been studying this phenomenon for years, it's a relatively new concept in mainstream child - rearing:

The years that I spent studying verbs and what they mean involved a leap of intuition that this would be a way of tapping into human concepts and cognitive framing — in other words, the stuff of thought.

Director of the Henri Poincaré Institute in Paris, France, he studies kinetic theory, the mathematical interpretation of thermodynamic concepts like entropy, and was one of four mathematicians under 40 who won the medal last year.

One year into her Ph.D. in Blanke's Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Lenggenhager helped develop an experimental concept aimed at recreating out - of - body experiences in healthy subjects as a way to study distorted self - consciousness.

A few years ago, cognitive psychologist Axel Cleeremans of the Université Libre de Bruxelles attempted to replicate a classic study by John Bargh of Yale University, in which some participants were primed, without realizing it, with concepts associated with old age.

Pre-class assignments, small group discussions and clicker quizzes improve students» ability to grasp tricky first - year calculus concepts, according to a new study by UBC researchers.

Foy has shown in lab studies that the approach holds promise, and co-founded a research network last year to study the concept further.

To study this concept, researchers evaluated the association between dietary intake of fruits and vegetables in young adults and the presence of coronary artery calcification (CAC) 20 years later.

But Edwards's proposal — laid out in a two - year $ 500,000 study funded by the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts — strikes those familiar with it as surprisingly practical.

30,600 for a 2 - year MBA course, Hannover - based GISMA Business School was described only as a «nonoriginal copy of an American study concept» with a «narrow study profile.»

The International University Bremen (IUB) embarked on its ambitious «transdisciplinary» study concept 1 year ago.

«The last 10 years have been like a proof of concept,» says Justin Sanchez, director of the Neuroprosthetics Research Group at the University of Miami, who is also studying shared control.

Hofstadter has taken part in various studies through the years that have investigated concepts for missions to Uranus which haven't been selected by the U.S. space agency to date, due to severe budget cuts to its planetary science programs.

Although it may be some years before synthetic vaccines are tested in humans, this is an exciting proof - of - concept study which may pave the way for the development of temperature - stable and orally - administered vaccines.

Despite a series of further proposed cuts to the space agency's planetary science budget in recent years by the White House, Congress has nevertheless been much more supportive of a Europa mission, appropriating more than $ 100 million during the same time period for the further development of a mission concept called the Europa Clipper, which is currently under study by NASA.

Awards under Phase II of the NIAC program can be worth as much as $ 500,000 for two - year studies, and allow proposers to further develop Phase I concepts that successfully demonstrated initial feasibility and benefit.

«The news is that the community is forming around the concept of going back to Pluto with an orbiter mission that would stay and study the planet for years, and do it in ways that we could not have in a simple flyby like New Horizons.

The concept of gene therapy is far from new, with initial studies performed over 20 years ago (1).

The 2011 paper «Tracheobronchial transplantation with a stem - cell - seeded bioartificial nanocomposite: a proof - of - concept study» described a first - of - its - kind procedure: A 36 - year - old man with recurrent tracheal cancer received an artificial airway seeded with his own stem cells.

It's sort of proof of a concept, or an idea that's been around for years,» said study author Dr. Hans Bisgaard, of the Danish Pediatric Asthma Center at the University of Copenhagen.

The new study comes on the heels of another study conducted earlier this year, which reinforced the concept that the time of the day in which food is consumed plays a larger role in weight loss efforts than the quantity of calories consumed.

Lenka Jaloviecova, Suddeutsche Zeitung: «In Germany — where a study by online dating site Partnersuche.de revealed that eight million people use online singles sites — the concept filled a gap in the market although it's nothing new in the United States where «virtual dating assistant» services have been up and running for three years.»

Our students study North Carolina history and geography in accord with the eighth grade social studies curriculum, review math skills and science concepts with paper airplanes (it's a Wright brothers centennial year), and develop personal narratives in a travel journal they create on the trip.

Also good to see departmental links between text concepts and the text selection over several years of study.

The concept is simple: A series of influential studies in recent years have shown that teacher quality is one of the most important factors in student achievement, so «good» teachers — as reflected in growth in student test scores — should be paid more than their less able colleagues.

The wide - ranging concept of leadership is one of the most studied topics in all of academia; however ~ the more specific issue of educational leadership has gained attention in recent years due to the increased expectations of public schools to improve student achievement.

He says next year's programs translate into other subjects students may be studying in their respective curriculums, including one show which is rooted in the concept of sustainability.

«We decided several years ago to study rich examples of complex student projects — often arts - infused, aesthetically rich, interdisciplinary, community - connected, long - term studies of important ideas, concepts, and skill sets — to see if they could help us «illuminate» specific standards — making those standards «visible,»» said Steve Seidel, director of HGSE's Arts in Education Program, in a prepared statement.

Although our study was intended as a 1 - year proof - of - concept research design, we have demonstrated sufficiently positive results for other researchers to pursue longitudinal investigations that track preservice teacher behaviors into their first few years of practice.

In these 17 years researchers have begun to explore ways in which technology can support disciplined inquiry in the social studies — particularly in terms of engaging students in historical thinking and providing students with opportunities to demonstrate their understanding of social studies skills and concepts through the creation of content.

No matter what unit the students are studying, or what the lesson of the day will be, the cyclical repetition of these key concepts during warm - up time will help preview or review important material throughout the entire school year.

That class that discovered the term and concept of «dense» for «tightly fit, packed together» in their study of is well prepared to makes sense of the concept of «density» and how it differs from «mass» when they get to that topic in later years.

He has studied organizational culture and climate for more than 20 years and continues to learn and collaborate with other researchers as these concepts evolve.

It is entirely possible that the children in Fuller's study who did not score well at age five on concepts to which they were not exposed in preschool would, at a later age, outscore those children from «academically - oriented» preschools; precisely because they engaged in more play - based learning in their early years.

After years of teasing us with design studies, concept cars, and announcements, Nissan finally delivered on its promises at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show: It unveiled the production version of the all - new GT - R supercoupe.

Both graduated from the College for Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit two years ago and completed their first design together — the Hummer HX concept, which was unveiled at the Detroit show in January.

It was back in 2002 that Mercedes - Benz first unveiled the revolutionary new vehicle concept to the public; less than three years later the study has evolved to reach series - production status.

With the Audi Sport quattro concept show car, Audi is bringing this grand tradition into the present and taking up ideas again that were first seen in the Audi quattro concept study three years ago.

The design study is scheduled to make its full public debut at the Concoso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este show in Italy this weekend, a venue where BMW has a history of revealing awesome concepts (last year, the automaker offered up the slick 2002 Hommage Concept).

The difference is not down to the two extra doors alone: the styling of the five - door concept vehicle is a consistent development of the three - door study, the Audi A1 project quattro from the year 2007.

Presented as the «Le Mans Quattro» concept study two years ago at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the car now has a commitment to build from Audi.