Sentences with phrase «changes to the tests in»

State education officials have made a number of changes to the tests in recent years in an effort to make them more palatable.

Not exact matches

A company that designs tests that it uses only in its own labs, as Theranos does, doesn't need to get them approved, but the FDA is considering changing its policy.

Analyzing someone's blood test could theoretically show changes in certain characteristics that indicate an illness or a bad response to certain types of drugs.

For TaskRabbit, the biggest change came in 2013 when it began operations in London and used the expansion to test out a new model.

Unfortunately, this cautious and limited test is too little, too late for a Dunkin' Donuts brand that has been slow to respond to dramatic changes in the beverage market over the past decade.

Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward - looking statements due to these risks and uncertainties as well as other factors, which include, without limitation: the uncertain timing of, and risks relating to, the executive search process; risks related to the potential failure of eptinezumab to demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical testing; Alder's ability to conduct clinical trials and studies of eptinezumab sufficient to achieve a positive completion; the availability of data at the expected times; the clinical, therapeutic and commercial value of eptinezumab; risks and uncertainties related to regulatory application, review and approval processes and Alder's compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; risks and uncertainties relating to the manufacture of eptinezumab; Alder's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights, and operate without infringing on the intellectual property rights of others; the uncertain timing and level of expenses associated with Alder's development and commercialization activities; the sufficiency of Alder's capital and other resources; market competition; changes in economic and business conditions; and other factors discussed under the caption «Risk Factors» in Alder's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 26, 2018, and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Apple (aapl) said California should revise how companies report self - driving system «disengagements» and said the state should change a proposal «that may restrict both the design and equipment that can be used in test vehicles to further develop autonomous technologies.»

Tree — who said the policy change restored a price support for growers by reintroducing a «federal risk premium» — told Business Insider that while consumers in states were marijuana was legal were probably used to a high - quality and tested product, he suspected cracking down on legal marijuana production and sales would incentivize trafficking of lower - quality marijuana to states where the drug is still illegal.

That's an apt description of Fluid Life, which in the past eight years has changed its core offering (moving from increasingly commoditized testing services to include a suite of consulting activities), expanded its Brampton, Ont.

After testing beta versions with friends, they launched their student loan payment app ChangEd in April 2017 and also took their idea to a January 2018 episode of «Shark Tank,» where they received an offer from Mark Cuban.

«We regularly test new features and changes to existing features to see what resonates well with our fans,» the company said in a statement to Fortune.

But a change atop the U.S. central bank still adds to the uncertainty in the market, and the pullback could test whether Powell's leadership will provide a «put» that supports stock prices as had been the expectation for investors under past Fed chairs.

He proposes a multi-step process for boat burning that includes testing the proposed tool or model, running a pilot, communicating the change, training people in the revised system and creating a support squad to solve problems along the way.

Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.

If you think changing specific elements could enhance your design, create another version based on your hypothesis and run an A / B test to see if there is any improvement in checkout rates with the new design.

New features in the vehicles being tested in San Francisco include the ability to drive on hills, change lanes and share the road with bicycles.

While the results can't conclusively prove that all those second screens are causing the changes to the brain (differences in brain structure could also lead people to be more likely to multitask), the researchers suggest that the results should nonetheless serve as a red flag for fans of multiple devices while further studies are carried out to test causality.

And like their famous predecessors, the business breeders profiled in these pages — a gamut that runs from manufacturers of goods as low - tech as stuffed beavers to services as specialized as psychological testing — began with pocket change.

You start with the model, stress test it, and that gives you insight into the changes you may need to make in your business to maintain or grow revenue, profits and cash.

But it's important to test and validate information in changing conditions rather than assuming that it is fact.

This post was originally published in April 2017 and has been updated to reflect changes to the DNA tests.

Davis said the company had to «make some changes» because of cuts in Medicare reimbursements for urine tests and other medical services.

As with many things in ecommerce, one size does not fit all, so it is important to measure and test the success of changes you make to your online store's pricing strategy.

HubSpot was part of a live landing page optimization test in which the audience was given a control page and asked to build a treatment page by incorporating changes that could positively affect conversion rates.

«But there's currently a bit of an arms race between the two tests, with both making changes to be more reflective of the critical thinking necessary in business school.»

The GRE, administered by Educational Testing Service, is rolling out significant changes to its content, design, scoring and format next August, while the GMAT is adding a new integrated reasoning section in June of 2012.

Making use of the high frequency changes in productivity growth over one - to five - year periods, we run a series of regressions to test this link more rigorously.

As Don Braid wrote in the Calgary Herald, «Alberta has become a kind of social laboratory, unique in North America, to test whether a near - majority of women in a government caucus makes a change in style and substance.

In September 2017 it fell to a multi-year low at $ 1.70 just a few days before its name change triggered a pre-market rally in the mid-teens that tested the prior higIn September 2017 it fell to a multi-year low at $ 1.70 just a few days before its name change triggered a pre-market rally in the mid-teens that tested the prior higin the mid-teens that tested the prior high.

So perhaps the most important test for this budget was whether Canada would stick to its guns, or whether Trump's influence would spur a change in course.

The Federal Reserve has decided to rescind a technical change in the way it calculates the CCAR stress testing calculations for large banking organizations, a decision that averts a major increase...

All the animals completed a series of cognitive tests at the start of the study and were injected with a substance that allows scientists to track changes in their brain structures.

With the appointment of new chair Ian Scott and vice-chair of broadcasting Caroline Simard, the established stakeholders will unsurprisingly test the new leadership to see if a change in approach is on the way.

For example, MSCI reflects regulatory changes in its accessibility assessment only after international institutional investors are able to provide meaningful feedback — in other words, only after they have fully tested and absorbed the changes.

Among the likely changes to Dodd - Frank: raising the threshold for tougher oversight from the current $ 50 billion in assets to $ 250 billion; exempting small banks from the so - called Volcker rule, which currently bars them from speculative trading; reducing the amount of financial reporting, particularly racial and income data on mortgage holders; lowering the frequency of regulatory exams; and easing the conditions of stress tests.

Our diplomatic tone did change somewhat in tune with Ottawa's multilateral inclinations; condemnations of Pyongyang's tests now have appended sentences encouraging dialogue as the only path to a long - term solution.

To test whether mortgage rates in Pennsylvania change according to city, we asked the state's biggest lenders for purchase mortgage rates in four cities, based on the same $ 170,000 loan profile used abovTo test whether mortgage rates in Pennsylvania change according to city, we asked the state's biggest lenders for purchase mortgage rates in four cities, based on the same $ 170,000 loan profile used abovto city, we asked the state's biggest lenders for purchase mortgage rates in four cities, based on the same $ 170,000 loan profile used above.

In addition, any testing by us conducted in connection with Section 404, or any subsequent testing by our independent registered public accounting firm, may reveal deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses or that may require prospective or retroactive changes to our financial statements or identify other areas for further attention or improvemenIn addition, any testing by us conducted in connection with Section 404, or any subsequent testing by our independent registered public accounting firm, may reveal deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses or that may require prospective or retroactive changes to our financial statements or identify other areas for further attention or improvemenin connection with Section 404, or any subsequent testing by our independent registered public accounting firm, may reveal deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses or that may require prospective or retroactive changes to our financial statements or identify other areas for further attention or improvemenin our internal controls over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses or that may require prospective or retroactive changes to our financial statements or identify other areas for further attention or improvement.

Change the ITC standard for obtaining an injunction to better align it with the traditional four - factor test in eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, to enhance consistency in the standards applied at the ITC and district courts.

It takes time to get test results, and in the meanwhile customer preferences and market sensibilities are changing, along with the season and your stock.

(NOTE: MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON THE TEST NETWORK THROUGH METAMASK) Once you are live, you won't be able to make any changes; the contract will be sealed in.

This time he thinks the Tories can be convinced to make changes, in addition to not increasing the annual contribution limit, like setting a lifetime limit on holdings that would be tax - free and making sure withdrawals count against income - tested programs like old age security and guaranteed income supplement.

Changing the views of many skeptical young Koreans could depend on whether Lee and others implicated in the scandal are in fact held accountable for any criminal wrongdoing in a trial that some have deemed to be a test for rule of law [6] in South Korea, or whether they will continue to enjoy the status of being untouchable.

As a separate (investor - oriented) test, we relate monthly change in expected annual inflation to next - month total returns for SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) and iShares Barclays 20 + Year Treasury Bond (TLT).

The only way to be in alignment with changes is to see and evaluate the potential and timing for these changes in an ongoing manner, subjecting the analysis to various acid tests along the way.

Health Canada began to change those rules in August, giving the labs the right to test legally for registered medical patients.

Ultimately, however, it is related to the search for new jobs and higher living standards in a changed and more testing world environment.

Ethereum continues to show strength following the trend change in the ETH / BTC trend, and the coin is now testing the resistance zone near $ 450 after triggering a short - term buy signal yesterday.

Update to the recent ad rotation change — Google announces an increase in the ad rotation to 90 days in response to petition, as well as test of an opt - out on the AdWords blog.

Their test methodology employs monthly inception - to - date regressions of annual change in LEI4 versus next - month bond return for an out - of - sample test period of 1990 through 2011.