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Here we've compiled a list of seven fascinating individuals whose careers will be worth watching in 2014 — some are new at their job, while others have major tasks on the horizon that will test them in significant ways.

While individual VC's inside venture firms specialized in particular domains (PC's, peripherals, semiconductors, test equipment, operating systems, applications, etc.,) their investments had roughly the same time horizon and were focused around things that used electrons — primarily computing and computing infrastructure.

That's why, for the second year in a row, Zillow Group is sponsoring employee registrations for Tough Mudder — a 10 - mile obstacle course designed to test mental and physical strength while prioritizing teamwork over individual rankings.

In a nutshell, the Social Security earnings test sets limits to the amount of money individuals who have not yet reached full retirement age can earn while simultaneously collecting a Social Security retirement benefit.

While I have traditionally always invested in index funds in my SEP IRA, over the past few months I have been considering using my SEP IRA to also trade stocks, with a focus on building a dividend growth portfolio, as well as testing my own individual strategies.

While I don't pretend application of this test was always uniform or was never applied to suppress legitimate art, nonetheless, in principle, it sought to protect those individuals particularly susceptible to becoming addicted to smut — basically, teenage boys and putative dirty old men.

While Hiddink may well have received some criticism for not starting the younger players in his squad to give them an opportunity to gain experience, the senior individuals were tested by their opposition at various times of the game.

While counselors might have to spend a lot of time focusing on individual education plans, testing, and other educational issues, school personnel should also be available to talk with children about emotional issues that affect their performance and demeanor at school.

For the aggregate - level data this relationship is tested across the past four electoral cycles (from 2005 to 2017), while individual - level data comes from an extensive cross-national survey done in 2003 - 2004.

We test our hypotheses with data from the European Social Survey (ESS), which includes consistent regional - level identifiers allowing us to match individual and regional information while working with adequate sample sizes.

Yesterday's Siena poll found 43 percent of New Yorkers would prefer moving beyond a test program (as proposed by Cuomo) to legalize the use of pot by seriously ill individuals, while 37 percent agree with the governor that the more limited test route is the way to go, and 18 percent want to keep the drug completely illegal.

offers a useful summary of the effects of commonly - abused drugs, while making it clear that seafarers may be subject to testing for drugs under individual company policies..

However, some 326 individuals, constituting 6.1 percent failed or absconded from the examination, while 92 persons on interdiction, representing 1.7 percent could not write the test.

The coupling of sensory physiology (single - sensillum derivatives) and gas chromatography allows for the examination of individual sensilla, while numerous odors found in a fruit or a leaf are tested by means of gas chromatography simultaneously.

These experiments are innovative because they seek to improve a mouse model based on current knowledge from human disease, while also testing novel therapies that could be of benefit for affected individuals.

«While this individual did test positive for Zika virus, the exact cause of death has not been determined, and it may not be possible to determine how the Zika infection contributed to the death,» the health department said in a statement.

Well, a blood test at the beginning of the study measured participants» estrogen and testosterone levels, then, individuals were exposed to images that could potentially evoke positive, negative, or neutral emotions while undergoing MRI brain scans.

Few studies have been done on herbal therapies for SIBO, but one did find that 46 % of individuals who opted for herbal therapy tested negative after one round of treatment, while only 34 % of rifaximin (an antibiotic commonly used for SIBO) users tested negative.

While an element of the unexplained variability will likely have arisen though measurement error, it is more likely that the variation occurred primarily through variation between performances within individuals, as snatch, clean and jerk, and total 1RM varies by around 2.3 — 2.7 % in elite Olympic weightlifters (McGuigan & Kane, 2004), although test - re-test reliability of the 1RM power clean is nearly perfect in adolescent male athletes, with ICC = 0.98, a standard error of measurement (SEM) of 2.9 kg and a smallest worthwhile change (SWC) of 8.0 kg (Faigenbaum et al. 2012).

It is dedication to these principles that inspired Alanna to begin The Kaivalya Yoga Method ®, a fresh take on yoga that emphasizes the individual path of the modern person while honoring the time - tested tradition.

While healthcare professionals regularly apply the art and science of manual muscle testing, biofeedback and other hands - on assessment and therapeutic activities, there are tens of thousands of other individuals who learn to use these important techniques everyday.

While its use varies with individual practitioners, there is one common feature among all using it: muscle testing is a form of biofeedback.

While there are conflicting views about whether these kinds of tests really work or not, most individuals do not mind taking them.

Recently, mounting evidence has suggested that measures of individual cognitive skills that incorporate dimensions of test - score performance provide much better indicators of economic outcomes — while also aligning the research with the policy deliberations.

He offers lively, personalized examples of states and school districts (and employers) using test scores to decide whom to promote, whom to graduate, and whom to hire, while often ignoring other evidence of an individual's competence.

While students were given international tests in math and science, their teachers were asked what percentage of the overall class time was being spent on lectures, and what percent was being spent either on individual problem - solving or problem solving under the guidance of the teacher.

«If the goal is rich feedback at individual or school level, portfolios of some sort are indispensable while tests are of minimal use as they provide far too little information.»

While interest in judging school performance based on the gains individual students make over time is high, the best way to do so is not even part of the current debate, one veteran testing expert argues.

While the overall results for U.S. students on this year's PISA exam were not good, some individual high schools got good news about the performance of their students on the test.

While standardized tests provide an effective means of holding schools more accountable for achievement levels, the report says, they «usually do not provide information useful for improving individual or school performance.»

While the correlation between group and individual intelligence tests is quite high for average scores, in this study that correlation almost disappeared for gifted scores.

«The adaptive nature of online learning allows instruction to address the individual needs of students,» said Dr. Murray, «Students like Mark McLean, an autistic sixth - grader living in Santa Cruz County tested at the basic or below basic levels while in public school.

A critical test for the voucher lawsuits will come on Friday, though, when attorneys for the individuals, groups and boards of education challenging the «Opportunity Scholarship» Program ask the court to delay its implementation while the judge considers its underlying constitutionality.

And while I may disagree with some very smart people (and yes this makes me nervous) about how they should be used (I lean towards principals using them on a micro level, districts and beyond using them at the macro, ie not to evaluate individual teachers, but schools, districts, etc) I don't think anyone can disagree on this hard fact: not every K - 12 classroom will be tested every year in a way that is rigorous or consistent enough for value - added analysis.

While teachers could easily see student performance indicators and test scores, they could not dig deeper into those measures to see exactly where individual students were struggling or successful.

While it was a project broader than just one, individual state, Norton shared with the committee news of the first comprehensive study ever undertaken to ascertain the true extent of mandatory testing in the nation's schools.

It masks the substantial issues involved in generating meaningful credible actual test scores... whether students have sufficient actual instruction on common core standards prior to operational testing to permit valid test scores, or the fact that while Smarter Balanced may have generated enuf qualified test questions to deliver an actual full test spring 2015 [the so - called «field» test was not an actual test, but rather an exercise to try - out test questions for potential inclusion in an actual test], it still needs actual test scores from spring 2015 to generate credible scoring rules for the test (i.e., «cut scores») for valid reliable fair individual student and aggregate group scores.

While all individual students are ostensibly still expected to reach proficiency in core subjects, some states have adjusted their «annual measurable objectives» for schools so that the percentage of students that must show progress on standardized tests varies by race and ethnic group.

While the consortia develop their own tests, they will also collaborate to ensure scoring comparability across both assessments (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, 2012) to allow student proficiency comparisons across states, marking a significant shift in how an individual state as well as the country benchmarks students» readiness for college and careers.

While value - added models based on student test scores are problematic for making evaluation decisions for individual teachers, they are useful for looking at groups of teachers for research purposes — for example, to examine how specific teaching practices or measures of teaching influence the learning of large numbers of students.

Mental health issues such as attention difficulties, delinquency, and substance misuse are associated with lower academic achievement and attainment.91 Likewise, trauma is associated with lower standardized test scores and an increased risk of being diagnosed with a learning disability or behavioral disorder.92 While mental health and traumatic events can be devastating to individual academic achievement, research indicates that traumatic events also affect the entire class.

Ratings are provided for both of the individual seating positions in the side - barrier crash safety test, as well as a combined rating for both positions, while the side - pole rating is based on a test of the frontal seating position only.

In some cases, one or two kittens will test positive for FeLV while the others test negative, but there is no way to know an individual kitten's status without testing individually.

While our doctors» recommendations are customized to each individual pet and family, certain factors can help us determine a baseline for the preventative tests and treatments we feel best serve our clients and patients.

UC Davis VGL performs the genetic testing service, while BetterBred.com analyzes the UC Davis VGL data and provides owners and breeders with the actual genetic information about individual dogs, breeding pairs and possible litters prior to making breeding decisions.

So while temperament testing can be extremely valuable, it is important to remember that while we may not be able to change an individual dog's genetic history, we can still help shape his attitude towards people, animals, things and places that he will encounter in life, in addition to managing the dog's behavior.

While staying with us, your pet will receive additional individual attention, a separate boarding area, a full physical daily, as well as daily blood and urine tests and more.

While it goes without saying that breeders should be testing breeding stock, it may be wise for owners of individual dogs to have their OES tested.

Key features of WWE SuperCard include: · MASSIVE WWE ROSTER — Players collect their favorite WWE Superstars, Divas, Legends and more while building their rosters to compete online in multiple game modes and match types; · FAST - PACED ACTION — Players will take individual Superstars, tag teams or five - person teams online against other players to test their skills, while winning matches enables new cards to join their rosters; · CUSTOMIZABLE TEAMS — Players will discover cards of different rarities and use them to assemble the ultimate WWE roster.

In every scene tested so far, a native resolution of 720p is the consistent result found in each pixel count test — so while there's every possibility of individual render targets operating at higher resolutions, basic geometry that we're able to measure hands in a 720p result as things stand.»