Sentences with phrase «certain number of tests»

As the Pound Report states, «The objective is to improve the efficacy of testing procedures and other anti-doping activities, not merely to rely on having performed a certain number of tests.»

Some organizations require that cats must complete a certain number of test visits as a gauge of their behavior prior to certification, according to Love on a Leash.

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At last year's Brainstorm Health conference in San Diego, Bergh found himself sitting at dinner with Othman Laraki, the cofounder and CEO of Color Genomics — a company that extracts the DNA from a customer's submitted saliva sample and then looks for a set number of gene mutations known to be associated with increased risk for developing certain hereditary cancers or heart conditions (depending on the test).

One of the key ways cognitive scientists test your brain's processing power is through what's called a digit symbol coding test — they equate a number with a certain symbol, then give you a string of numbers and ask you to convert them to the correct symbols.

When the testing numbers of a certain player stand out starkly from the numbers I expected from their film, I'll go back and grind some more tape, to see if I need to adjust my tape score.

With the rise in the number of tests has come a series of reports showing that certain ones have already hurt people by delivering misleading results.

One of the journal's studies, conducted by researchers at the University of Paris 13, found that among test subjects, higher numbers on the Literature - based Adherence Score to the Mediterranean Diet were associated with higher odds of meeting certain healthy aging criteria.

The panel cited a number of «promising» treatment studies, including those testing certain dietary supplements, intranasal insulin, and continuous positive airway pressure to ease fatigue and pain and improve cognitive function.

I can't say for certain that after undergoing advanced lab studies (LDL particle number and size, markers of inflammation, tests for genetics like homocysteine, MTHFR and clotting, lipoprotein a, fibrinogen, and ferritin levels) that I would have found one or several defects to treat in Felicia's husband, but it is likely.

The latter test involves changing your diet to eliminate a number of common food allergens, only to re-introduce those foods after a certain time period to see if symptoms reappear.

While few clinical trials have tested the health effects of Cissus quadrangularis, a number of preliminary studies suggest that it may offer certain health benefits.

At one point, it looked like Congress might limit the number of tests mandated under the NCLB law (that's annual tests in reading and math in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school, plus science tests in certain grades).

Companies who are compliant with these standards have met a certain number of conditions, including: demonstrating that their confidential destruction premises are secured and managed in the appropriate way — avoiding contamination or security breaches, having a clear and accurate process in place to ensure all contracts with clients, suppliers and sub-contractors are up to standard, informing clients wherever sub contractors are used, undergoing staff screening and vetting against British Standard BS7858, and having in place tested, secure and appropriate processes for the collection, retention and destruction of confidential material.

Because of the mounting political pressure and a certain amount of test anxiety, a number of other states are considering ways of distancing themselves from the Common Core and the new assessments.

Some of these schools are adding significant numbers of new students and new grades each year, and there are limitations in both the state data due to redaction rules that impact certain grades and subjects, and the Northwest Evaluation Association's Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) data, since we don't test all grades in every school.

The voucher schools do have to administer a national standardized test, but it doesn't matter which one and the school is not required to report those results to the state unless it has a certain number of voucher students.

However, you may also set goals around attendance, spelling test averages, publishing a certain number of pieces in a class journal, or reading a certain number of books.

That accountability said if your students didn't meet certain targets on standardized tests, you had to to take a number of harsh measures or lose your federal funding.

I had a credential in math, a credential in physics and high test scores but that was all trumped by the requirement to let go a certain number of first year teachers.

To answer your question, it takes a certain number of specific condition «drive cycles» to complete the so - called «monitor» tests.

The goal of the national CDL program is to reduce the number and severity of commercial motor vehicle crashes in the United States by requiring states to conduct knowledge and skills testing before issuing a CDL, maintain a complete and accurate driver history record for anyone who obtains a CDL, and impose appropriate disqualifications against any driver who violates certain offenses.

His car, the Chrysler Millennium, wouldn't let him.The car was equipped with a sobriety test: To start the engine, the driver had to punch a certain set of numbers into the car's computer - specific numbers in a specific sequence within a specific amount of time.

With Amazon, we can assume a few challenges have been met: 1) the testing of Wi - Fi / 3G connection with the new Kindles has been completed; 2) Japanese - language functionality with Mobi / KF -8 have been verified; and 3) the availability of a certain number of Japanese titles has been assured.

The test requires you to be physically present in the U.S. for a certain number of days.

A certain number of pet products which have been tested by The Ecology Center for are listed on the Healthy Stuff Archived Pet Supply Data page.

The results of this test kit has been used a number of times in court cases to show the characteristics of certain breeds of dogs that helps to keep misguided judgments at bay.

I believe eventually they will post a database for Cavalier breeders to resource, but there may be a certain number of Cavaliers that must be tested before they can accurately report the top 40 %.

A minimum number of tests are performed to rule out certain parasites and infections.

If diarrhea is the only symptom, a minimum number of tests are performed to rule out certain parasites and infections.

The courts will apply a number of tests which look at certain factors such as economic dependency, permanency, control, and risk of loss / profit among other factors to establish whether there is an employment relation.

Under 49 C.F.R. § 382.305, motor carriers are required annually to administer random drug and alcohol testing on a certain minimum percentage of its average number of driver positions.

The insurer will also expect a certain number of surgeries, medical tests, accidents, and other possible medical needs for each of its profiled patients.

The applicant or his / her spouse has to go undergo certain number of medical tests for purpose of consideration of proposal.

If fail to pass the exam, your test provider may allow you retake the exam up to a certain number of times before you are required to retake the course.

In most cases, life insurers will ask a number of health related questions, as well as require a blood and urine test in order to check for certain health conditions.

The research also revealed that a key trend among a lot of the countries is the condition that learner drivers must spend a certain number of hours or years learning before they can take a test for a full licence.

We put certain devices against the J2 2016 and tested the dialer, camera, gallery and number of default apps.

The new support is in testing now and only available on a certain number of channels, though some of them are quite popular ones.

Our testing showed that it can last slightly longer than the eight hours it's rated for, but that number may drop down after a certain number of Quick Charge sessions.

Maintenance Man — A + Maintenance & Remodeling — October 2011 — June 2014 • Provided a number of landscaping services for over 20 commercial clients, which included snow removal and tree trimming • Tested equipment after installation to guarantee it worked exactly as promised • Treated water supply after installing new pipes to make sure everything met safety guidelines • Painted over 100 buildings during course of employment, including siding and roofing • Installed a number of Energy Star products to make dozens of buildings in the Nashville area more energy efficient • Outsourced certain projects to other parties after running routine diagnostics to determine what needed to be repaired

Professors Caroline de Costa and Jan Dickinson wrote an editorial in the MJA calling for the test to be more widely available Professor de Costa told the ABC that «one of problems with existing technology is that there are a certain number of false positive results.»

After I reached a certain number of contacts that had been tested and completed, momma got a new pair of shoes.