We are changing some of our directions and we're focusing a lot of our attention on research in epidemiology, in the prevention areas, as well as, certainly, a heavy emphasis on basic research, which is really where all the cures are going to come from.
It also called for a more theoretical approach to political science with emphasis on research methods rather than activism and ideology.
John O'Leary, part of the board that compiled the latest ranking and editor of the Times Good University Guide, says a greater emphasis on research has helped make world-beaters of a handful of UK universities.
Economic thinking, in fact, seems to be behind Bill Gates' current emphasis on vaccine research.
The current emphasis in the research community is on cure, prevention, and treatment.
Another popular argument for the continuing emphasis on original research at top schools is that it moves the teaching away from anecdote and opinion and onto a far more solid foundation.
As technology becomes more sophisticated, expensive and research and development-intensive, greater emphasis is placed on finding differentiation through innovative, regionally appropriate development of core processes and products to address those end markets, as well as our own.
It could be argued that this is a moment of great change in business education, not unlike that which led to the Gordon-Howell report, as the research-practical application debate, the emphasis on ethics and the demand for MBAs provoked by the financial crisis come together.
Funding for Aids research and treatment has been a topic of emphasis for recent Democratic and Republican presidents.
More broadly, the academic research on the effectiveness of aid suggests that the emphasis should be on choosing the right countries and programmes, rather than on quantity.
Many believe the emphasis should be placed on adult stem-cell research, which poses fewer ethical questions.
It certainly seems that federal agencies will quite reasonably place more emphasis on assessing the risks of a piece of research before agreeing to fund it.
Ms Harney recently took delivery of a new report on enterprise strategy by a committee chaired by Eoin O'Driscoll, managing director of Aderra, which argues not only for more emphasis on high-value-added sectors and scientific research but also for greater efforts in marketing and promotion, in which Ireland has been weak.
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Without a strong emphasis on educating young people, attracting and retaining foreign scientists, increasing federal research funding and incentivizing private sector innovation, Gates reasoned, the U.S. will not be able to keep pace with technological developments from abroad.
In 11 years of research he has collected anguilline myths, lore and recipes from all over the world, with particular emphasis on eel-worshipping in New Zealand and Polynesia.
Meantime, a downtown medical college run by Dr. Freida Law, a pediatrician schooled in Australia, tries to put students in clinical settings from the outset, to foster appreciation of patient care and suffering. (Li hasn't forgotten his father's struggle with tuberculosis.) Again the emphasis is on contact with the wider world, using the Li Foundation's global medical research ties as a bridge.
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