The mayor requested a ban for two years to study whether it would have a positive impact on health and whether a permanent ban would be merited.
Dr. Hyman said the National Institute of Mental Health would spend $6 million in the next five years to study whether Ritalin is safe and effective for preschoolers with the impulsive, aggressive traits known as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric disorder in children.
Robert Doar, the city's human resources commissioner, said the New York proposal was different because Minnesota was seeking a permanent change, while New York is seeking a two-year "waiver" to study whether a ban would lead food-stamp users to buy more milk, fruits and vegetables, and whether it would improve their health.
He is one of a dozen researchers across the Northeast involved in a five-year, $3.3 million project to study whether the pathogens, viruses and fungi that are harming the honeybee also affect native bee species.
The objectives of this study were to explore the profiles of care dependency in patients with advanced COPD, CHF, or CRF; to study the changes in care dependency during 1-year follow-up; and to study whether 1-year changes in care dependency are comparable between patients with advanced COPD, CHF, or CRF.
The present prospectively designed 15-year longitudinal research was conducted to study whether locus of control is linked to diagnosis, to major symptoms, to functioning and recovery, and to personality for schizophrenia patients, depressive patients, and patients with other major disorders.
Our purpose was to study whether a 2-year exercise and dietary intervention improves the antioxidative capacity and HSP defence of different skeletal muscle fibre phenotypes in middle-aged obese subjects with impaired glucose tolerance.
The emergency measure places these substances -- mephedrone, methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) and methylone -- under the D.E.A.'s most restrictive category for at least a year, while they study whether they should be permanently banned.
The other decision many year 11s face is whether to study general studies to boost chances of a place at university.
She spent a year studying whether glaring parking-lot lights were impacting the view of the night sky from a field behind the school.
