For example, research has shown that, given the same qualifications, physically attractive applicants are considered more suitable for a particular job.
With depression, for example, research suggests patient preference influences how well someone is able to both start and engage a treatment.
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Consider, for example, research based on human cancer cell lines.
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For example, research shows that people may hold an unconscious bias against creativity because it represents uncertainty unless they are able to perceive that uncertainty in a positive light.
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For example, research has shown that, even in the US, many firms would prefer to reduce wage costs by eliminating some staff rather than affect morale and productivity by introducing across-the-board wage cuts.
For example, research has shown that a dollar invested in a high quality home visitation program to support first time mothers in challenging circumstances can save more than five dollars over time in social services that the family would otherwise require.
For example, the research and development headquarters of Switzerland-based Novartis AG is based in Cambridge, Mass.
For example, research done by DDI shows that women are under-represented in accelerated leadership development programs.
For example, other research has found that higher adherence to the diet seems to protect against hypertension, also associated with these brain problems.
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For example, much research has shown that subject students retain more if seated in a classroom with others students who appear to be listening attentively.
For example, the research and development headquarters of Switzerland-based Novartis AG (nyse: NVS - news - people ) is based in Cambridge, Mass.
Just as an example, one research paper a few years back pointed out that the average German woman does more working hours in total than the average American one.
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We found, for example, in research from the Rand Institute that the density of fast food outlets in areas was not necessarily correlated with how fat children were in those areas.
Yet this piece of research offers a clear example of the possible benefits of scientific research methods: rigorous research which reveals unintended consequences to expose the true nature of a business practice.
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For example, little proper research has been done on the reliability of handwriting analysis.
And in a stunning example of true journalistic research, a story from my old next door neighbours.
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Here is an example of how this research should influence decision making.
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It suggests that governments should not merely encourage the supply of innovation (for example, by funding research) but also try to stimulate demand.
For example, interesting research is coming out about Facebook.
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Most studies instead point to the importance of more general traits, like autonomy or a sense of competence (see, for example, the voluminous research literature on Self-Determination Theory for more on such findings).
Using Newmont Mining as an example, Aldis cited research by Stifel Nicolaus analyst George Topping who said over the last 10 years, Newmont production has fallen from 7.5 million ounces annually to a little less than 5 million ounces.
The term first appears in peer-reviewed scientific periodicals in 2000, but geosciences journals are a little slower to adopt it: the first use of the term in the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research for example seems to have been in 2008.
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Peter and Neal Larson's Black Hills Institute of Geological Research is one example.
For example, regulations say a research project doesn't qualify for the credit if its outcome is "readily determinable and applicable" at the onset.
The London-based Centre for Economics and Business Research, for example, believes there is a 60% probability the euro will break up this year.
For example, a new Pew Research Center poll finds 63 percent of U.S. adults opposed to overturning Roe, compared to 60 percent in 1992.
One example she has rehearsed involves research into people's energy use.
For example, most of the research behind the iPod was done by other firms, but Apple reaped huge profits from its skill in design, systems integration and marketing.
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