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The broad conclusions of that pioneering work remain undisturbed, but subsequent research has expanded and somewhat altered their empirical support, has suggested important revisions in the general analytic frame of reference, and has sharpened the meaning of particular analytic concepts in this area.
They were reflecting trends in research and discourse initiated by Feminists in the academy, although they excused themselves from commenting specifically on those pioneering critics.
Florey credited Dubos with pioneering the approach of deliberately and systematically searching for antibacterial compounds, which had led to the discovery of gramicidin and had revived Florey's research in penicillin.
Since the first pioneering efforts of Florey and Chain in 1939, the importance of antibiotics, including antibacterials, to medicine has led to intense research into producing antibacterials at large scales.
Because of its pioneering efforts, Acadia is a laureate of Washington ’ s Smithsonian Institution and a part of the permanent research collection of the National Museum of American History.
However in the United Kingdom, pioneering research into painting materials and conservation, ceramics, and stone conservation was conducted by Arthur Pillans Laurie, academic chemist and Principal of Heriot-Watt University from 1900.
It was during this time that Barnard first became acquainted with Norman Shumway, who did much of the pioneering research leading to the first human heart transplant.
Rogers is widely considered to be one of the founding fathers of psychotherapy research and was honored for his pioneering research with the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions by the American Psychological Association in 1956.
Over the past three decades ECMWF's activities and wide-ranging programme of research and development have played a pioneering role in the remarkable advancement of weather forecasting and data assimilation systems.
These include: In 1959 he became a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ; in 1967 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences ; the ACM's Turing Award for making " basic contributions to artificial intelligence, the psychology of human cognition, and list processing " ( 1975 ); the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics " for his pioneering research into the decision-making process within economic organizations " ( 1978 ); the National Medal of Science ( 1986 ); and the APA's Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology ( 1993 ).
* pioneering research into the decision-making process within economic organizations
Some of the major research ventures undertaken by these schools include the pioneering work done by the School of Environmental Studies in highlighting the presence of arsenic in groundwater in countries like India and Bangladesh and the development of the first alcohol based car by the School of Automobile Engineering.
Export markets opened up after World War II thanks to pioneering research into the transportability of the fruit by John Pilkington Hudson and others at the agriculture department in Wellington.
Challenger was named after HMS Challenger, a British corvette that was the command ship for the Challenger Expedition, a pioneering global marine research expedition undertaken from 1872 through 1876.
After Von Laue's pioneering research, the field developed rapidly, most notably by physicists William Lawrence Bragg and his father William Henry Bragg.
In the field of organometallic chemistry, the X-ray structure of ferrocene initiated scientific studies of sandwich compounds, while that of Zeise's salt stimulated research into " back bonding " and metal-pi complexes .< ref > Finally, X-ray crystallography had a pioneering role in the development of supramolecular chemistry, particularly in clarifying the structures of the crown ethers and the principles of host-guest chemistry.
He is best known for his pioneering work in the development of modern atomic theory, and his research into colour blindness ( sometimes referred to as Daltonism, in his honour ).
This pioneering project, which linked all computers and workstations on campus, set the standard for educational computing and established Carnegie Mellon as a leader in the use of technology in education and research.
In other pioneering research, Arrow investigated the problems caused by asymmetric information in markets.
Charles Lapworth completed this pioneering research in the Southern Uplands while employed as a schoolmaster for 11 years at the Episcopal Church school, Galashiels.
Twenty-two Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Washington University, nine having done the major part of their pioneering research at the university.
The UAB is a pioneering institution in terms of fostering research.
The TX-0 and its direct descendant, the original PDP-1, were platforms for pioneering computer research and the development of what would later be called computer " hacker " culture.
The same year saw the establishment of the U. S. Army Biological Warfare Laboratories ( USBWL ), responsible for pioneering research into biocontainment, decontamination, gaseous sterilization, and agent purification.

pioneering and continued
He continued with a series of pioneering projects, culminating in his two European masterworks: the temporary German Pavilion for the Barcelona exposition ( often called the Barcelona Pavilion ) in 1929 ( a 1986 reconstruction is now built on the original site ) and the elegant Villa Tugendhat in Brno, Czech Republic, completed in 1930.
AACE continued its pioneering work and in 2006 released the first integrated process for portfolio, program and project management ( Total Cost Management Framework ).
His association with Amnesty continued throughout the 1980s and beyond and he was a pioneering participant in many of Amnesty's Human Rights Concerts – a series of music events and tours staged by the US Section of Amnesty International between 1986 and 1998.
Although he continued pioneering work in this field ( the La-176 was the first Soviet supersonic aircraft ), his aircraft consistently placed second in competitions with other design bureaux, notably that of Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan.
" The pioneering and enterprising Leidesdorff did indeed have her raised and refitted as a schooner, the Rainbow, and she continued to run on the Sacramento River after the discovery of gold.
Here, Molina continued Rowland's pioneering research into " hot atom " chemistry, which is the study of chemical properties of atoms with excess translational energy owing to radioactive processes.
Like The Who's Tommy and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus is critically regarded as a landmark of art rock, with a tapestry of literary themes about the fragility of life and the complexity of the human experience, illustrated by recurring lyric " life has just begun ", and continued the group's pioneering exploration of environmental issues in their lyrics ( cf.
617 Sqn continued its pioneering heritage by becoming the first RAF squadron to fire the MBDA Storm Shadow cruise-missile, during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
IX ( B ) Squadron continued its pioneering history by becoming the first squadron to receive the Tornado GR4 in 1999.
Under the leadership of the founder ’ s grandsons Albert and Gerrit Jan Heijn, the company continued to make a significant impact on food retail in the Netherlands in the next four decades, pioneering self-service shopping, and the development of own brand and of non-food as a grocery store category.
In 1859, Mitchel accepted the position of astronomer of the Dudley Observatory in Albany, New York ( a position which he held until 1861 ), where he continued his pioneering work on the development of telegraphic determination of longitude.
Together they continued the pioneering work at ABE.
On Davis ' 1970 release, Bitches Brew, Macero continued to expand his innovative practices, and " Bitches Brew not only became a controversial classic of musical innovation, it also became renowned for its pioneering use of studio technology.
His pioneering research into plankton distribution and abundance is continued by the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science ( SAHFOS ).
While Dimension 5's later musical releases — mostly singalong albums featuring Nelson — may lack the iconoclastic spark of the early records, Nelson and Pandel's continued work reveals the depth of their friendship with Haack, a distinctive and pioneering electronic musician.
KPRI continued with its MOR format, supplemented by a progressive rock show hosted by pioneering underground disc jockey OB Jetty.
Andover continued its association with pioneering the use of helicopters in Britain when the Joint Helicopter Unit, which was a joint Royal Navy, Army Air Corps and Royal Air Force unit exploring operational helicopter roles, was based at the station from 1958 to 1959.
He became most prominent, however, as a reporter for This Day Tonight, a pioneering current affairs show on the ABC which began in 1967 and continued through the late 1960s and into the 1970s.
He had continued composing even in prison, and after his release immediately returned to performing with a pioneering professional classical guitar trio, the freshly formed “ Trio Raúl Borges ”.
After leaving the Drifting Cowboys in 1948, Pennington continued to perform and recorded several pioneering rockabilly singles on the Federal Records label in the mid-1950s.
They continued on to Kanpur and then travelled overland to Delhi, visiting Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Mathura on the way ; the following April they made a pioneering tour to Srinagar and Garhwal in the Himalayas.
Nucleus were a pioneering jazz-rock band from Britain who continued in different forms from 1969 to 1989.

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