"Consider the consequences of continuing to subject young people to an education system rooted in the Victorian era as a preparation for a post-school period of study and work in a digital age, " she said.
This was obviously a case for a committee of literary detectives or for a study of the criminal mind at work on fiction.
And earlier this year the evidence against many hours of sitting expanded further: The American Journal of Epidemiology published a study finding that those who work a sedentary job have almost twice the risk of a specific type of colon cancer.
It is named after the eminent author, politician, social analyst and fervent advocate of democratic values and a culture of peace, whose work made a remarkable contribution to the study of social and political processes in the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean.
After a period of study and early work in Brussels, Ensor at the age of 20 retreated to the quiet seaside town of Ostend.
Indeed, a study of gender and discipline at work, by Leanne Atwater, a professor at the School of Management at Arizona State University, and two colleagues, finds that women dislike being told off by another woman even more than men do.
Your life has been a nonstop ride of work, study and fun.
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Even Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan has joined the fray, and recently commissioned a study assessing the possible impact of a work stoppage.
The reasons aren't entirely clear, but a recent study adds to the body of scientific work suggesting some autistic people get better.
And especially the young people who are here, we need you to act with a sense of urgency -- to study and work and create as if the fate of the country depends on you -- because it does.
Mr Lieven's impressively broad sweep is well complemented by a more tightly focused study of Russian imperialism at work: an excellent, meticulously researched biography of Prince Gregory Potemkin, who in the late 18th century was the most powerful man in Russia.
While Board of Directors, CEOs, and CFOs these days are demanding proof that marketing dollars work, a new study reveals that 57% of CMOs are simply going with their gut feeling when setting marketing budgets, without any consideration for Return On Investment analysis.
Andreas Kazamias from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a work that critically analyzes the challenges of this field of study and its prospects for the future.
In fact, a recent study suggests that a majority of employers are responding to the economy by expecting employees to work longer hours than before the recession.
All someone had to do, in order to get a fair share of the wealth of our economy, was study and learn a valuable skill, and then work all day long.
As in any field of work or study, a lot of people provide sizzle without much steak.
The study also noted the importance of a work environment that is supportive of and recognizes the role of fathers as both workers and parents.
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Dr Jepson's work was part of a study funded by NHS Health Scotland to look into the levels of physical activity in minority ethnic groups.
Fifty years from the date of his first breakthrough study of tobacco, Sir Richard was able to enjoy the fruits of a lifetime of groundbreaking work.
He added that it was rare to get a forensic insight into the remains of medieval kings - and that this study and the work done on the remains of Richard III, who was recently found buried under a car park in Leicester, were unusual.
In their final study, MBA students with a minimum of three years work experience reflected on the last business unit leader they worked under.
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The author cites a study by Microsoft stating that people work an average of 45 hours per week, but of those, 16 hours are unproductive.
Because of the internal travel restrictions, people who want to move from one Palestinian city to another for work or study must register a change of address to make sure they can stay there.
Madelyn Blair, author of Riding the Current: Dealing with the Daily Deluge of Data, shared a case study from her work at the World Bank where she was a Division Chief in the Information Technology department for ten years.
While more companies are allowing employees to work when and where they want to, they increasingly are limiting people's ability to take a leave or work part-time, the Families and Work Institute found in its 2012 National Study of Employers.
Obese workers filed twice the number of workers' compensation claims, had seven times higher medical costs from those claims and lost 13 times more days of work from work injury or illness than other workers, according to a Duke University Medical Center study of the health records of more than 11, 000 Duke University employees.
Fresh ideas were needed, he said, to finance road improvements at a time of tight government finances and set the Treasury and Department for Transport to work on a feasibility study.
My company LRN conducted an independent statistical analysis of how things actually work at companies, small and large, derived from a lengthy and rigorous empirical study of observations from 36, 000 employees in 18 countries conducted by the Boston Research Group, The Center for Effective Organizations at University of Southern California and Research Data Technology, Inc.
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My OneMBA global study team was a mirror image of my global team at work.
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