A characteristic expression of such concern and inquiry is found in Joseph P. Lyford's Introduction To The Agreeable Autocracies, a recent paperback study of the institutions of modern democratic society.

A contrast of the scripture reading of, let us say, St. Augustine, John Bunyan, and Thomas Jefferson, all three of whom found in such study a real source of enlightenment, can tell us a great deal about these three men and the age that each represented and helped bring to conscious expression.

Michelangelo found the rabbi in the room of study, a gentle old man with a white beard and luminous grey eyes, robed in black gabardine with a skullcap on his head.

Although Miller noted in 1907 that a difference in the pleural blood supply existed between animals, nowhere in his published works is it found that he did a comparative study of the intrapulmonary features of various mammalian lungs other than in the dog and cat ( Miller, '13 ; ;

Individual differences in Kohnstamm reactivity to controlled Kohnstamm situations were found among the subjects used in the study.

One study, which involved 1,524 pupils in grades one to six, found that 12 percent of the pupils were seriously maladjusted and that 23 percent were reading a year below capacity.

One study found that slightly altering photographs so that they more closely resembled the faces of study participants increased the trust the participants expressed regarding depicted persons.

Another study found more cooperative behavior the greater the number the perceived kin in a group.

In the study published in the February 2007 print issue of Nature Neuroscience, researchers have found a part of the brain that behaves differently for altruistic and selfish people.

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.

A study on adults ages 55 + found that during the four-year study period, people who volunteered for two or more organizations had a 63 % lower likelihood of dying.

For example, one study on volunteerism found that feeling overwhelmed by others ' demands had an even stronger negative effect on mental health than helping had a positive one ( although positive effects were still significant ).

" A small pilot study has found no benefit from packing of simple cutaneous abscesses.

The nature of classifiers and their constructions allows the speaker to use them more frequently in narratives ; one study found this to be 17. 7 %.

A study in 2008 found that both adults and children could detect images of snakes or spiders among a variety of non-threatening objects more quickly than they could pinpoint frogs, flowers or caterpillars.

The study found that the sensory scores of the taste, odor color and texture decreased with increasing amounts of amaranth.

In 1610 Pietro Della Valle found a Scot, George Strachan, resident at Anah ( to study Arabic ) as physician to the amir ( i. 671-681 ).

One study on respiratory tract infections found " physicians were more likely to prescribe antibiotics to patients who appeared to expect them ".

A 2003 study by TD Bank Financial Group found the corridor is the only Canadian urban centre to amass a U. S. level of wealth while maintaining a Canadian-style quality of life, offering universal health care benefits.

The study found GDP per capita in the corridor was 10 % above average U. S. metropolitan areas and 40 above other Canadian cities at that time.

An international study of almost 6, 000 men and 11, 000 women found that persons who reported that they drank more than 2 units of alcohol a day had an increased risk of fractures compared to non-drinkers.

A 2002 randomized controlled UK university study of 93 people with clinically confirmed idiopathic Parkinson's disease found that participants who received Alexander Technique lessons reported sustained improvements in their physical functioning, as well as reporting themselves to be less depressed and to have improved attitudes towards themselves.

A 1996 Tel Aviv hospital study of 67 patients with back pain of more than three months duration found patients benefited from a multidisciplinary approach to treatment that included back schooling, psychological intervention, and treatment by acupuncture, chiropractic, the Alexander Technique and a pain specialist.

In October 2010, John Graham-Cumming started a campaign to raise funds by " public subscription " to enable serious historical and academic study of Babbage's plans, with a view to then build and test a fully working virtual design which will then in turn enable construction of the physical Analytical Engine.

It was here he was to perfect himself by a study of the most splendid relics of antiquity, and to put his talents to the severest test by a competition with the living masters of the art.

covers statistical study, descriptive statistics ( collection, description, analysis, and summary of data ), probability, and the binomial and normal distributions, test of hypotheses and confidence intervals, linear regression, and correlation.

We can only study their behavior ( i. e., by giving them our own Turing test ).

A 2007 study suggests some important steps are needed in creating a quality and effective test environment for software development.

Allowing users to test developing products can have its limits in effectiveness, as the culture of the industry and desired outcomes can affect the effect on CRM creation, as a 2008 case study suggests that the responsiveness of test users can vary dramatically depending on the industry and field of the user.

A related 2007 case study noted that test users were able to describe roughly a third of the usability problems.

In this desire to seek to establish Biblical truth and test out orthodox Christian beliefs through independent scriptural study he was not alone and, amongst other churches, he also had links with Adventist movement and with Benjamin Wilson ( who later set up the Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith in the 1860s ).

From these hypotheses predictions about specific events are derived ( e. g., " People who study a word list while listening to vocal music will remember fewer words on a later memory test than people who study a word list in silence .").

There is anecdotal evidence that the use of nitrox reduces post-dive fatigue, particularly in older and or obese divers ; however a double-blind study to test this found no statistically significant reduction in reported fatigue.

In another study, data from a sample of white, Christian men and women were used to test the hypothesis that traditional, church-centered religiousness and de-institutionalized spiritual seeking are distinct ways of approaching fear of death in old age.

The only way to compare the difficulty of two versions of a test is to conduct a study in which the same subjects take both versions.

Researcher Richard Gray, commenting on the study, also mentions the computer culture diminishing reading books as well as a tendency towards teaching to the test.

The study examined data on the efficacy of hypnotherapy across the board, though studies included mainly related to psychosomatic illness, test anxiety, smoking cessation and pain control during orthodox medical treatment.

A 2005 study stated that " differential validity in prediction suggests that the WAIS-R test may contain cultural influences that reduce the validity of the WAIS-R as a measure of cognitive ability for Mexican American students ," indicating a weaker positive correlation relative to sampled white students.

Guanyin, after having a discussion with Shancai, decided to test the boy's resolve to fully study the Buddhist teachings.

In a 1946 to 1948 study in Guatemala, U. S. researchers used prostitutes to infect prison inmates, insane asylum patients, and Guatemalan soldiers with syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases ( STDs ), to test the effectiveness of penicillin in treating such diseases.

Sleep apnea is diagnosed with an overnight sleep test called a polysomnogram, or " sleep study ".

The diagnosis of sleep apnea is based on the conjoint evaluation of clinical symptoms ( e. g. excessive daytime sleepiness and fatigue ) and of the results of a formal sleep study ( polysomnography, or reduced channels home based test ).

** a third test prepared by each examining board based on the programmes of all the subjects of the last year of study

A statistical hypothesis test is a method of making decisions using data, whether from a controlled experiment or an observational study ( not controlled ).

Similar to an in-lab study, an asynchronous remote usability test is task-based and the platforms allow you to capture clicks and task times.