In addition teachers, engineers and executive mentors support the teams directly (in person or by utilizing a social network) as the students progress through the idea-research-implementation competition phases.
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Even the fact that additional research on BPA is in progress was not enough to dissuade the NRDC from its litigious strategy.
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Cole, who is married to Maria Cuomo-Cole, the sister of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and TV journalist Chris Cuomo, speaks with pride about the progress in AIDS research without ever taking credit.
For example, it notes that in Tanzania, child mortality in the richest fifth of the population fell from 135 to 90 per 1, 000 births over the research period, while the poorest fifth saw hardly any progress with a modest fall of 140 to 137 per 1, 000 births.
President GEORGE W. BUSH: Do you realize that economists say that as much as half of our nation's economic growth in the last half-century is directly due to technological progress, fueled by research and development, the kind of research and development you can do right here?
As the briefing explains, Brazil's progress has been underpinned by the state agricultural-research company and pushed forward by GM crops.
"It's now getting to the point where enough companies have been intimidated and have refused to transport animals that we can see a potential worldwide impact of having problems of transporting animals between labs that will massively impact on the collaborative nature of research and will slow research progress, " he said.
Think about that: one-half of the progress of our economy is due to research and development.
Obama's move will be hailed by advocates for those suffering from a host of afflictions, ranging from diabetes to Parkinson's disease, who believe that an expansion of stem-cell research could boost medical progress toward eradicating the debilitating diseases.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, there have been significant reductions in mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the U.S. Research has also shown that progress is possible through targeted prevention programs that are effective in reducing risky behaviors among HIV-positive and HIV-negative women.
It's an assertion that's backed up by academic research highlighting the importance of physical proximity in driving scientific progress.
Earlier today, Stifel Niclaous analyst Jordan Rohan asserted in a research note that progress is being made behind the scenes at Yahoo.
While a study is currently in progress at this point in time with the same research group linked below, specific to those with autism spectrum disorders, the linked research suggests that language development delays in the general population are associated with high levels of prenatal testosterone among males but high levels of prenatal testosterone among females provides a protective effect for language development.
In the end progress hinges on government policy that encourages scientific innovation and research.
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Over the past few decades, there have been steady improvements in cancer survivor rates in the U.S. as a result of extraordinary progress in research and development.
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James Vaupel, director of Duke University's Population Research Institute, is sceptical of the argument that obesity may reverse future progress in life expectancy.
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Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster asserts in a research note that the long-term impact of the case on the progress of Android will be limited.
Progress in EHS research is occurring on many fronts as the NNI EHS research agencies have joined together to plan and fund research programs in core areas.
The research also confirms that the areas where women are most likely to make progress in top management are still largely the retail and banking sectors, as opposed to the City or engineering sectors.
According to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute, 14 states and the District of Columbia have made "significant progress" toward implementing reforms, while another 19 states have made "moderate progress, " leaving 17 states -- or about a third -- that have yet to change their laws or take other steps toward implementation.
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Some experts believe that studying the behaviors or biological changes that cut across multiple disorders is a way to accelerate research progress.
Dr. DON CATLIN (Executive Officer, Anti-Doping Research Institute in Los Angeles): The fact that we're making solid progress is very, very exciting to me.
It is only through more research, supported by risk capital in the private sector, that we will make progress in addressing these diseases and their costs.
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This year's RAE results are another milestone in our progress towards the vision of UWE as an institution carrying out world-class research in areas of strength.
The research was supportive of the work of further education colleges, but was sceptical about reports of progress.
Then, in December 2012 EPA issued a progress report that managed not to answer any of the key questions, promising continued research.
Teams that make the most progress are those with a clear idea about where the technology derived from their academic research could be most usefully deployed.
But for Allen Weiner, a research director at analyst firm Gartner and someone who has followed Yahoo's progress since the early years, the future of search is not going to be purely about the technology powering it.
The Council of Great City Schools, a research and policy group that represents large districts, commissioned a study that found districts making the most progress had stable leadership, high academic goals for students, quality professional development for teachers and data analysis that helped alter teaching.
An annual report, to monitor progress and capture evidence on continuing examples of research misconduct, would be circulated to all the institutions concerned, including all research funding bodies.
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