Sentences with phrase «alternative test methods»

Instead, companies may use non-animal alternative test methods, many of which they already use to comply with testing bans in Europe, India, Israel, Norway and other countries.

Wherever possible, alternative test methods are used.

Further discussions of REACH and alternative testing methods will be addressed at the 7th World Congress on Alternatives & Animal Use in the Life Sciences held in Rome, Italy, August 30 to September 3.

Not exact matches

Pamela investigated more than 450 financial strategies seeking an alternative to the risk and volatility of stocks and other investments, which led her to a time - tested, predictable method of growing wealth now used by more than 500,000 Americans.

Just develop the methods for empirically testing the non-materialist alternatives.

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Hunts would be eligible to register if they could show that hunting was undertaken for purposes specific to pest control (the utility test), and that it would cause less suffering than any alternative method of pest control (the cruelty test).

[46] James Green - Armytage tested four ranked - choice methods, and found the alternative vote to be the second - most - resistant to tactical voting, though it was beaten by a class of AV - Condorcet hybrids, and did not resist strategic withdrawal by candidates well.

Electrophysiological testing to measure peripheral nerve conduction properties is not a viable alternative because current methods lack the sensitivity required to detect damage to small, unmyelinated fibers, especially in early stages of disease.

The best testing ground for alternative voting methods may be among scientists themselves.

NAVS hopes that with the continued development of alternative methods, «animal tests, like the slide rule, will someday be made obsolete by advancements in technology.»

Jonathan Miller, MD, a neurosurgeon, Director of Functional and Restorative Medicine at UH Case Medical Center, and Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and colleagues, tested a potential alternative method, called the «Electric WADA,» with patients who received deep brain implants.

An inexpensive blood test to diagnose schizophrenia could be made available within two years, offering a groundbreaking alternative to conventional methods that rely on conversations between patients and doctors.

The new method — called the Alternative Pyroshock Test — used a nitrogen - powered gas gun to shoot a 100 - pound steel projectile into a steel resonant beam, which then transfers energy through a resonant cone attached to the part being tested.

Using molecular - genetic methods, a German - Chinese research team has now tested an alternative colonization hypothesis on lazy toads (Pelobatoidea).

Research into alternative methods to animal experimentation and testing is more than ever a necessity.

Because of these limitations, scientists have been seeking alternative methods, such as DNA - based sensors and mass spectrometry, to do this testing.

When epidural methods are used, clinicians can not give patients easy - to - use, high potency blood thinners, but must instead use alternatives, which in some require frequent monitoring of blood parameters via a test called International Normalized Ratio.

Ultimately, this is a classic case study of the scientific method: examining alternative hypotheses, finding ways to test them, and ruling them out one - by - one.

Alternative methods, such as readout of gene sequences, which is also done in paternity tests, are very time - consuming and expensive.

They are also valuable for helping to avoid animal testing through the use of alternative methods.

The Münster immunologists found a test - tube alternative for this, too: they used the molecular biological method of genome editing to systematically «cut out» the gene segment relevant for VLA4 and produce the appropriate «deficient» immune cells.

Miyaki used an alternative method: genetic testing.

The method, successfully tested in heart muscle cells from patients, offers an efficient alternative to the daunting task of developing an individualized molecular treatment for each gene mutation that causes DMD.

Where no alternative method is recognised by the legislation of the Union, the numbers of animals used may be reduced by resorting to other methods and by implementing testing strategies, such as the use of in vitro and other methods that would reduce and refine the use of animals.»

Standardized exploration of physiological functions, scientific and ethical considerations, study design, analysis and data management, alternative imaging method tests / Preclinical approaches with mouse models, a first step toward the man, interest and limits

Hospitalists typically work in shifts; therefore, within the same hospital, patients treated by hospitalists are plausibly quasi-randomized to a given physician based on when patients become sick and based on hospitalists» work schedule.34 We defined hospitalists using a validated approach: general internists who filed at least 90 % of their total evaluation and management billings in an inpatient setting.35 Second, to evaluate whether our findings were sensitive to how we attributed patients to physicians, we tested the following 2 alternative attribution methods: attributing patients to physicians who had the largest number of evaluation and management claims and attributing patients to physicians who billed the first evaluation and management claim for a given hospitalization.25, 36,37 Third, within some hospitals, male internists may be more likely to work in intensive care units and have severely ill patients.

All youʼd really have to do is start studying EVERY resource available on old - time physical culture and gymnastics, read every training journal and periodical you can get your hands on, study for and attend dozens of advanced exercise, nutrition and bio-chemistry seminars, seek out and learn from the worldʼs leading alternative exercise method gurus, and put all that knowledge to the test, 40 hours per week, on a variety of in - person clients from all walks of life.

(The results did not change when we tested alternative methods for standardizing GPAs, such as omitting remedial course grades or accounting for students» 10th - grade test scores.)

How might we develop a «Research and Development» branch of our district specifically designated to test these alternative teaching methods?

There are alternatives that could have been discussed: Some education reformers insist that student portfolios are a better basis for assessing student learning than standardized tests, and researchers using ethnographic methods sometimes come up with insights that we do not find in standard statistically based research.

Members of the State Board of Education approved today multiple alternative assessment methods for determining third grade reading proficiency, which were put forth by local school districts in an effort to reduce the burdensome testing methods that have...

Today's testing regimes and their ineffective status quo alternatives like «student portfolios» are failed methods to fit a failed system.

Ms. Magee urged parents to opt out of the tests to subvert the rating system, though state education officials said districts would have to come up with alternative methods of evaluating teachers who did not have enough test scores.

If fewer than 16 tests are available to apply to a teacher's score, however, which appears quite likely in many cases this year, districts will have to produce an alternative rating method, such as using the scores of other students in the school.

So that's — and the third one is just getting the research into the hands of the policy makers, because I believe that teachers and educators, when they see these connections that it's true that you can keep kids in school, pursue an alternative method of discipline and improve test scores, improve climate, improve graduation rates.

Performance assessment is one alternative to traditional methods of testing student achievement.

Design work began in 1979 when Akio Yoshida from Toyota's testing department started to evaluate alternatives for engine placement and drive method, finalizing a mid-transverse engine placement.

Answer: You can easily create an Alternative Strategy and test different stop loss methods without much extra work.

HSUS President and CEO Wayne Pacelle discusses developing alternative methods to replace animals in harmful research and testing.

These alternative treatments are unsupported by statistical or scientific method as to their effectiveness and are generally referred to in «Testimonials» with little, if any, scientific evidence or statistical testing to back up such claims.

The findings from our study show that research facilities should continue to evaluate modern alternative research methods including the use of non-animal testing techniques.

Promoting replacement of animal used in research, testing and teaching with alternative methods, refinement of techniques, and reduction in numbers.

I can suggest several tests: whether the researcher uses SOP, whether the researcher uses the best data, whether there is thorough robustness analysis (concerning methods and data alternatives), whether the discussion seems balanced, whether the data and programs are made available to other researchers, and whether the researcher is associated with an advocacy organization.

Re # 78 Let's see a comparative plot of the performance (% correct inferences) of the Kendall test vs. some alternative parametric method, where performance degrades differentially as a function of p (autocorrelation) and n (some index of noise variance).

Besides, he said, the technology is not being developed as an alternative to the carbon capture and storage methods currently being tested for large - scale use on coal - fired power stations.

(Sec. 213) Amends the EPCA to: (1) revise the definition of «energy conservation standard» to include energy efficiency for certain covered equipment, water efficiency for certain covered equipment, and both energy and water efficiency for certain equipment; (2) allow the adoption of consensus and alternative test procedures for purposes of the Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than Automobiles; (3) require the Secretary to prescribe a new test method for televisions; (4) expand the list of criteria for prescribing new or amended energy conservation standards, including requiring Energy Guide labels to include the carbon output of each covered product; (5) require manufacturers of covered products to submit annual reports and information to DOE regarding compliance, economic impact, annual shipments, facility energy and water use, and sales data that could support an assessment of the need for regional standards; and (6) require state and local building codes to use appliance efficiency requirements that are no less stringent than those set by federal standards.

Nevertheless, the authors are to be congratulated on bringing the partial least squares method to the attention of a wide audience of climate scientists, for the thoroughness of their methods section and for making pre-processed data and computer code readily available, hence enabling straightforward replication of their results and testing of alternative methodological choices.

Cloud - seeding scientists may soon have a new tool at their disposal, with researchers in the US successfully testing a cloud - seeding drone aimed at offering a cheaper and safer alternative to current methods.

The Chief Electoral Officer has consulted, with registered parties, with electors and with experts on the subject of voting methods, about the alternative voting method, the test under section 4.1 and its results.