It is also involved in the International HapMap Project, a five-country initiative launched in October, to follow up the Human Genome Project with a large-scale study of human genetic variation and its relation to disease.
Realizing he had bigger ambitions, he enrolled in a university to study human-computer interaction with the intention of becoming a researcher.
FORBES: How Alex Ljung Conceived SoundCloud And Plans To Make It Rain
Ms Munnell and Mr Sass cite a study of human-resources professionals indicating that older employees were valued for their loyalty and reliability but less highly rated in terms of flexibility, showing initiative and understanding technology.
One factor that the study quantifies is human-capital endowment, meaning the brainpower created by parents, formal education and training, and on-the-job learning.
According to a recent study by a human-resources consultancy, not only are German executives the best paid in Europe, but the component of their bonuses linked to short-term targets is higher even than that of their counterparts in America.
"Thus, E-4 appears as a risk factor for both heart disease and Alzheimer's disease, two major causes of mortality and morbidity at advanced ages, " Francois Schachter and his colleagues at the Center for the Study of Human Polymorphisms, a genetic-research center in Paris, conclude in a report.
WSJ: A Gene Gives a Hint Of How Long a Person Might Hope to Live
The same study noted that customers were more satisfied with human-run checkout lanes.
The results were surprising, and may be disappointing for people who believe mothers and fathers should share equally in the caregiving for their children, said Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, co-author of the study and associate professor of human development and family science at Ohio State University.
FORBES: Dad's Off The Hook? Study Says Fathers Should Be A Little Less Involved In Parenting
I'm a senior at New York University where I study a range of topics- from government to human nature and economics to entrepreneurship.
FORBES: Samantha Smith - Innovation, Govt & Entrepreneurship - Archive
But making embryos for reproduction would require more advanced, complex techniques than were used in the new study -- and serious scientists do not endorse human cloning for reproduction.
The Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) published a study that put the total death toll at 1, 419, including 1, 167 "non-combatants, " of which 255 were uninvolved police officers and 318 minors.
CNN: Rights group: Israeli offensive killed mostly civilians
These pig cells were able to co-exist safely with the human cells for the 25 weeks of the study.
Schneider CK, Melmed RD, Barstow LE, Enriquez FJ, Ranger-Moore J, Ostrem JA. Oral Human Immunoglobulin for Children with Autism and Gastrointestinal Dysfunction: A Prospective, Open-Label Study.
He has pioneered the use of technology to study cancer-associated genes and to construct animal models of many human cancer types, including cancers of the lung, pancreas, brain, and ovaries.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
As a study by UCLA found in 2007, the human brain is wired to over-estimate the size of risks, underestimate your ability to handle them and downplay the costs of not taking them.
FORBES: Sheryl Sandberg is Right. Women Must 'Lean In' to Risk
Alan Beck , director of the Center for the Human-Animal Bond at Purdue's School of Veterinary Medicine and a principal investigator in the study, says they placed Aibo, a robotic dog made by Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ), in the homes of isolated senior citizens to determine whether the robotic pet can improve quality of life.
Writing in Evolution and Human Behaviour Victoria Reyes-Garcia, of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and her colleagues describe a study they carried out on the Tsimane', a group of Amerindians who live in Bolivia's slice of the Amazonian rainforest.
According to an oft-cited 1996 University of Virginia study led by psychologist Bella DePaulo, lying is part of the human condition.
Researchers in the department currently have one on-going study funded by Nu Skin related to the identification of master regulators and epigenetic changes to human skin aging.
Just one-quarter report directly to the CEO, while the rest answer to human resources or another department, according to a recent study by the Institute for Corporate Productivity, a membership-driven research organization.
应用推荐