In one of these, an exploding-wire device to study systems thermodynamically up to 6,000 Af and 100 atmospheres pressure, a major goal was achieved.

Under pressure from parents, the majority of Brooklyn College girls major in education since that co-ordinates best with marriage plans -- limited graduate study requirement and convenient working hours.

One study examined the physical health of mothers who volunteered over a 30-year period and found that 52 % of those who did not belong to a volunteer organization experienced a major illness while only 36 % of those who did volunteer experienced one.

The term " Altaic ", as the name for a language family, was introduced in 1844 by Matthias Castrén, a pioneering Finnish philologist who made major contributions to the study of the Uralic languages.

The French Historical Revolution: The Annales School 1929 – 89, ( 1990 ), the major study in English excerpt and text search

A third major topic in the study of aesthetic judgments is how they are unified across art forms.

It has been claimed by one study that abiotic stress causes the most crop loss of any other factor and that most major crops are reduced in their yield by more than 50 % from their potential yield.

Charles Grob directed the first major study of the effects of ayahuasca on humans with the Hoasca Project in 1993.

All three major international scholarly associations relate archaeoastronomy to the study of culture, using the term Astronomy in Culture or a translation.

In 2005 the US government body NIMH published the results of a major independent ( not funded by the pharmaceutical companies ) multi-site, double-blind study ( the CATIE project ).

In 2010 the Ministry of Defence completed a thorough study of the defence policy and issued a White Book, or a White Paper on Defence, calling for a major overhaul of the structure of Defence Forces.

The study of phase transition and the critical behavior of observables, known as critical phenomena, was a major field of interest in the 1960s.

A major question in the study of cognitive development is the extent to which certain abilities are innate or learned.

Christian eschatology is a major branch of study within Christian theology.

The area of study examines issues such as how each major form of business entity may be formed, operated, and dissolved ; the degree to which limited liability protects investors ; the extent to which a business can be held liable for the acts of an agent of the business ; the relative advantages and disadvantages of different types of business organizations, and the structures established by governments to monitor the buying and selling of ownership interests in large corporations.

While there is not a large body of academic work examining the relationship, Hironaka's statistical study found a correlation that suggests that every major international anti-secessionist declaration increased the number of ongoing civil wars by + 10 %, or a total + 114 % from 1945 to 1997.

Later a group consisting of the three major servants of Dalai Lama, eminent officials and troops will collect the boy and his family and travel to Lhasa, where the boy would be taken, usually to Drepung Monastery to study the Buddhist sutra in preparation for assuming the role of spiritual leader of Tibet.

A study published in 2009 took into account data sets from major world economies and correlated them with inequality indices.

In a study of the use of econometrics in major economics journals, McCloskey concluded that economists report p values ( following the Fisherian tradition of tests of significance of point null-hypotheses ), neglecting concerns of type II errors ; economists fail to report estimates of the size of effects ( apart from statistical significance ) and to discuss their economic importance.

It is a major theory of film study today.

A major problem confronting the study of the early history of gunpowder is ready access to sources close to the events described.

As a mathematician, Galileo's role in the university culture of his era was subordinated to the three major topics of study: law, medicine, and theology ( which was closely allied to philosophy ).

Students at Harvey Mudd are encouraged to take classes ( acceptable for academic credit at Harvey Mudd ) at the other four Claremont colleges, especially classes outside their major of study.

The study of religion is important because religion has been a major force in many human cultures.

" He is also Director of Foundation for Jewish Studies, which " offers in-depth study programs for the adult Washington Jewish community that cross denominational lines.

A Reading Room is a bookstore and place for quiet and prayerful study of the Scriptures and the church ’ s denominational textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures written by the Discoverer, Founder, and Leader of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy.

the student will certainly want to explore more deeply into the fascinating study of immature individuals, struggling to meet their developmental needs, and at the same time trying to learn the rules of the game in the ever-expanding number of groups in which they hold membership.

One denomination had a membership of 1,419,833 at the beginning of the period under study, and twenty years later its membership stood at 1,541,991 -- a net growth of only 122,158.

In a seminal 1986 study, McMillan and Chavis identify four elements of " sense of community ": 1 ) membership, 2 ) influence, 3 ) integration and fulfillment of needs, and 4 ) shared emotional connection.

Hallpike said Rushton's theory failed to take into account that many other traits, ranging from age, sex, social and political group membership, are observably more important in predicting altruistic behavior between non-kin than genetic similarity, and John Hartung criticized him for failing to conduct an adequate control group study and for ignoring contradictory evidence.

A study by Ronald Hutton compared a number of different sources ( including membership lists of major UK organizations, attendance at major events, subscriptions to magazines, etc.

While Sunday services in most congregations tend to be spiritual in nature ( as different from theological ), it is not unusual for a part of a church's membership to attend pagan, Buddhist, or other spiritual study or worship groups as an alternative means of worship.

Many congregations require pre-bar mitzvah children to attend a minimum number of Shabbat prayer services at the synagogue, study at a Hebrew School, take on a charity or community service project, and maintain membership in good standing with the synagogue.

Association membership requires four years of APAC accredited undergraduate study.

After much deliberation and prayerful study, the merged membership made the decision for a new building on a new 3. 5 acre site on the North side of town.

* Collegiate secret societies in North America, organizations in which membership is limited by year of study

In a study exclusive to teachers in online communities, results showed that membership in online communities provided teachers with a rich source of professional learning that satisfied each member of the community.

In 2002 the Labor Policy Initiative published a study presenting evidence that states with Right-to-work laws have enjoyed faster economic growth than states which allow employers to make union membership a condition of employment.

Although György Lukács and Karl Korsch both attended the Arbeitswoche which had included a study of Korsch's Marxism and Philosophy, both were too committed to political activity and Party membership to join the Institut, although Korsch participated in publishing ventures for a number of years.

The first study found a roughly linear relationship between length of membership and abstinence with reduced anxiety and increase self-esteem While the NA sample had higher anxiety than the non-addicted comparison groups, these levels were equivalent for those with three or more years membership, which is consistent with the hypothesis that NA membership reduces anxiety as well as substance use.

Kingsley Amis noted in his study, The James Bond Dossier, that on M's salary his membership of the club would have been puzzling.

The plan resulted from a five-year study which analyzed maintenance costs, priest availability, parish income and membership before recommending closure of 43 parishes.

The Institut de droit international (" Institute of International Law ") is an organization devoted to the study and development of international law, whose membership comprises the world's leading public international lawyers.

Many are elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, and have received awards, including Brooklyn College ’ s Tow Travel Fellowship and Furman Travel Fellowship for undergraduate international study and research, and the nationally competitive Beinecke Fellowship and Mellon Humanities Fellowship for graduate study.

Greek life has been a part of the NDSU campus since 1904 when the first social fraternity was formed offering membership to men in all fields of study.

NDSU presently has 15 national fraternities and sororities, 12 of which are open to individuals in any field of study and 3 that restrict membership to students in specific professional disciplines and / or areas of career interest.