"standalone research" is an acceptable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to refer to research that is conducted without collaboration or aid from others. For example, "I conducted extensive standalone research on the species of bird before I wrote my report."
But Mr. Graham said that if a firm could provide quality offerings, it could survive or even thrive as a standalone research shop.
This project is a spin-off from ETH in Switzerland and is a standalone research project turned programming utility.
These standalone research findings will make a novel contribution to translating findings into policy and practice.
A standalone research database is not suitable for supporting this difficult task.
We compiled a database of included studies from each systematic review and for each study we recorded author name, year of publication, category of qualitative study (mixed methods or standalone), research design, and components of methodological quality, findings and recommendations of the studies (see additional file 1).
While it became a standalone area of research and practice, it evolved hand in hand with the deep debate on teachers' professional development (TPD) of any educational level and the perceived need of continuously support their processes of professionalization (Hendriks, Luyten, Scheerens, Sleegers, & Steen, 2010; Twining, Raffaghelli, Albion, & Knezek, 2013).
It's a bit like the interactive maps in the latest Need For Speed titles or of Los Santos in GTA Online, but on a grander scale – and Bungie is developing a smartphone/tablet app that will reproduce your Director interface as a standalone service allowing players to research new quests as well as set-up co-operative missions with friends.
"CenturyTel's wireless business is moderately good as a standalone concern," says Andrew Hamerling, senior research analyst at Banc of America Securities, "but for a national carrier it would be a great acquisition".
Moreover, the current research suggests that standalone DHTs have limited long-term impact and high attrition rates, although there is evidence that adding mobile prompts improves the effectiveness of computer-based DHTs.
Detailed reviews of research on these standalone online alcohol SBIs are provided in articles by Carroll and Cronce in this issue and suggest that, at least among college students and adults, these programs tend to yield small to moderate effects, which are greatest at followups less than 3 months, gradually declining to little or no effect by 12 months (Donoghue et al. 2014).
Even under these circumstances, PET/MRI research and/or additional standalone MR examinations would likely be needed to completely fill the capacity of the PET/MRI installation.
