Sentences with phrase «certain points its test»

Meanwhile, at certain points its test scores lag behind those of low labor - productivity countries such as Hungary, the Slovak Republic, and Thailand.

Not exact matches

Spurs could have their own tough test tonight against Bayer Leverkusen and they are by no means certain to qualify from their group as they are second with just four points from the first three games and with the Germans just a point behind them.

man city is a real test we will get to see if they can hang at the highest level an a certain Chilean miner will hopefully be back to dig us outta there with 3 points

Al - Haiqi points out, however, that success rates are mostly from tests of keystroke - deciphering techniques in controlled settings — assuming that users hold their phones a certain way or sit down while typing.

I've run certain clinical trials but mostly at this point partner with some of my clinical colleagues to test the hypotheses generated in the lab in the clinic, in actual patients, and then actually try to analyze tumors from those patients to see whether the patterns that we identified in the laboratory in fact hold true in patients.

«This is why, for our test, we produced special antigens — using certain point mutations, we altered the area of the antigens that is the same for all flaviviruses, effectively shutting it off.

The researchers assessed social cognition through game - based tests, in which they hid treats and toys and then communicated the hiding places through nonverbal cues such as pointing or looking in a certain direction.

The thing I want to point out about you, Ben, is TrueHealthLabs only offers certain panels and certain tests on their website, but in the case of you, Ben, we asked them and said, «Can you get this run for us,» and they can get almost anything run.

For example, testing insulin levels at a certain point may yield one level, depending on certain things that happen.

The FDA's statement points to research that links exposure to inorganic arsenic early in life to decreased performance on certain developmental tests.

At a certain point, however, Tris returns to Erudite HQ, where she is hooked to a «sim» machine that will test her mettle, and tousle her pixie coif.

Some schools set IB entrance requirements — a certain grade point average or standardized test ranking — in the belief that a student must show at least some academic commitment and competence to succeed.

From this point forward, more and more states may reason that ACT is likelier to have its tests ready to go come spring 2015 at a price that is certain and without all of the potential problems inherent in a multi-state procurement - practice - policy initiative.

It involves awarding points, badges and achievements when learners do certain things (such as complete a piece of learning or get full marks on a test) and it works to reinforce the learning and motivate them to continue learning more.

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).

In certain multiple choice tests, points are deducted for incorrect answers.

Instead, those initial findings — often statements of correlation from A / B tests or RCTs — will be the starting point of a deeper inquiry into why certain approaches work for certain students.

The School's three teams, each comprised of four pupils per team, will now go on to represent the School in the next phase of the challenge, where they will be awarded points for accurately predicting the closing price of certain assets on a weekly basis, testing a whole new skillset.

For example, if a certain test is particularly challenging or important, it would have a higher points value.

What is interesting to point out here is that with No Child Left Behind (NCLB), Governor turned President George W. Bush's brainchild, the focus was entirely on student - level accountability (i.e., a student must pass a certain test or face the consequences).

In a certain sense, however, teaching the test is the whole point.

At a certain point, you have to consider basic, grade - appropriate vocabulary fair play for test content.

Students are choosing books from certain ZPDs (based on a score given from a computerized reading test) and then they read these books, take comprehension tests and earn points.

I have not even started on what the system is doing to our young people and forcing teachers to teach in a certain way - from the moment they enter the education system our children are been squashed into a box, filled with facts, tested, tested, tested and stamped with a number / level / expectation / progress point and we as teachers are allowing it - we do not want to, we want to teach.

As the Lexus RC has yet to be officially crash tested by the NHTSA, we can't say for certain how safe the car is, though it's worth pointing out that the Lexus IS and GS sedans (which share a lot of mechanical components with the RC) were each awarded a five - star safety rating Despite the good equipment levels, there are quite a few optional extras you can choose from.

If she tests negative and is exposed at a certain point during pregnancy, that's where the trouble lies.

However, starting prevention without testing can be harmful, because once the heartworms reach a certain point in development, the killing off of the microfilaria in combination with juvenile or adult heartworm in the system can be damaging to your dog's cardiovascular system.

Our testing internally has shown this to be pretty minor, and is only measurable on certain games, so we didn't want to make it a «selling point» for the new console.

Now so far I've talked about certain specs and comfort but it's time to talk about the audio quality, the microphone is an omnidirectional mic with «crystal clear chat» when I first used this headset I plugged it into a turtle beach adapter on my controller, at this point it was feeding game audio and chat audio through the headset and I managed to set the chat and game audio levels perfectly obviously this is a chat headset and was designed simply for party chat audio in mind, I plugged the headset into my Xbox controllers 3.5 mm port and tested out its functionality, I could hear the party just as clear as I would a more expensive gaming headset but obviously this time no game chat was fed through, when asking how my microphone sounded to other members of the Xbox party it was noted that it sounded superior when coming through the turtle beach adapter rather than straight into the controller but both were above acceptable especially for a chat headset.

It has certain requirements for play in order to make it fair, such as an artificial level assignment and a cap on your party's base strength (via a point system), but in adding these requirements it allows you to test your skills instead of your grinding ability.

At certain points on each track, you'll encounter drifting, high speed, and racing line tests that pit your score against that of another online player — either a friend or a random.

Ability points can be removed from a certain skill and reassigned to another one whenever you want, which leaves room for testing different combinations.

Being able to cherry pick certain points in time to set a scene (and create outlandish, danger - filled dimensions) was superb, and I really enjoyed thinking up new and peculiar ways to test Dirk Davies» survival skills.

For example, in order to test the prediction that light from a distant star would be «bent» by the gravitational field of the sun, one had to make certain assumptions regarding the behavior of light — namely, that it takes the «straightest» path between any two points.

If that increase, coupled with points assigned by other scoring tests performed, makes an email's score rise above a certain level, it will be blocked.

In addition, the defense experts were permitted to give their opinions on the actual time that certain blood tests were performed and the results received, even though they were not expert on the procedures at the hospital, and even though the factual evidence on those points was in dispute.

They point to the «Three - Step Test» under the TRIPS agreement where exceptions to copyright are to be limited to certain special cases that do not conflict with the normal exploitation of a work and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of rights - holders.

While the legal meaning and extent of the terms «handicapped» and «undue hardship» are constantly being tested before tribunals at all levels, the concept is uncontroversial — an employer must adapt the workplace to accommodate a disabled employee to a certain point.

But nothing is certain at this point, and as ever, we'll just have to wait and see if Microsoft actually goes ahead and implements this new app testing program.

I continually study and test the job market to see exactly how employers are responding at certain points of the year and how quickly responses take.

He pointed out the incongruity of using standardized psychological and intelligence tests, such as IQ tests and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, for certain jobs.

Mortgage companies with affiliates must count title charges and certain escrow charges such as insurance when calculating fees and points under the 3 % cap on fees and points in the QM test.