Sentences with phrase «commercially available tests»

What investigators found is that these «early adopters» are using end - of course exams, commercially available tests (e.g., the Galileo assessment system), and Student Learning Objectives (SLOs), which are teacher - developed and administrator - approved to hold teachers accountable for their students» growth.

Verify that commercially available tests of pedagogy actually align with state standards.

The three - year, $ 1 million study, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and released here last week, found that only a handful of the questions on major commercially available tests in mathematics and science, as well as on tests included in textbooks, measured the kinds of conceptual knowledge and problem - solving abilities reformers say should be integral to...

There are, of course, commercially available tests, and many of the districts use them already, but in a very difficult financial climate, that's obviously a challenge for some districts.

Earlier commercially available tests such as SpermCheck and Trak could measure sperm count and sperm concentration, but these were either expensive or offered less detailed results, says Kristian Almstrup, senior scientist at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen who was not involved with the study.

As a result, Walgreens couldn't compare results from the Theranos machine to any commercially available tests.

Testing — While there currently is not a commercially available test to detect the presence of oats, the product must be tested to verify it contains less than 20 parts per million of gluten.

Fanta and his team used a commercially available test to analyze levels of the genes ERCC1 and TS in 41 patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Although these studies suggested potential for assessing genetic predisposition for FISS, there is no commercially available test that will reliably predict which cats will develop tumors.

You should also know how to perform blood glucose testing using commercially available test kits.

Not exact matches

Genetic testing startup Color Genomics announced Monday that it would be making genetic tests for BRCA1 and BRCA2, whose mutations significantly increase the risk for breast or ovarian cancer in women who carry them, available commercially for $ 99.

Fully autonomous cars are being tested on roads today, and the first commercially available semi-autonomous cars could be on the road in the next 1 - 2 years.

:) The only commercially available potato - free blend that I know of is Tom Sawyer (glutenfreeflour.com), but if you look at my flour test results for Tom Sawyer, you'll see that it doesn't work at all in yeast breads.

The presentation will give an overview of analytical methods commercially available and address the benefits and limitations of rapid analytical methods in food allergen testing.

My grandson is already GF / CF and recently tested positive for sensitivity to brown rice / brown rice flour, white potato / potato starch / potato flour, so we can no longer buy the commercially available GF flour mixes as they usually contain one or more of those ingredients.

We have found that even wheat and other grains certified organic, or marketed as GMO - free (there currently is still no approved GMO variety of wheat commercially available in the market), will test for the presence of glyphosate, sometimes at levels nearly the same as conventional wheat.

Moreover, home fertility tests of urinary FSH are commercially available.

In the case reported here, the compounds were commercially available for testing.

A comprehensive new test that pits the performance of traditional computers against quantum ones reveals that the machine marketed as the first commercially available quantum computer holds no speed advantage in its ability to solve a certain type of problem.

These methods can be used during a battery's normal operation without impeding its performance and it has been tested on commercially available automotive - class batteries.

This same company has also been testing the effectiveness of a different mosquito species, Aedes aegypti, also carrying bad - dad Wolbachia, near Key West, Fla. (These mosquitoes are not commercially available.)

CHOMPING AT THE QUBIT IBM announced two new advances to its quantum computing hardware (cooling system and other infrastructure shown): a 20 - qubit processor that will be available commercially and a 50 - qubit prototype currently undergoing testing.

To test their technology, Millán and colleagues created a telepresent robot by modifying a commercially available bot called Robotino.

Toyota, currently the world's largest producer of hybrid vehicles by far thanks to the success of its Prius, announced that it expects to have a commercially viable plug - in hybrid available to consumers as early as 2010 and is now testing prototype versions of plug - in hybrids at two California universities.

While there are a number of portable tests for cocaine commercially available, these are mainly based on antibody reagents, which can not offer quantitative data and — since the cocaine antibody can bind to something that is not cocaine — can give false positive results.

While rapid point - of - care tests for diagnosing sexually transmitted infections are commercially available today and used within developing regions, they tend not to be affordable or accurately quantify the concentrations of the disease markers within a sample, which help to determine the stage of the infection.

In a 2007 evaluation, WHO, along with UNICEF, the United Nations Development Programme, and the World Bank, concluded that the 19 commercially available blood tests were highly unspecific and insensitive.

«We tested the crystals we made alongside commercially available products that are 99 percent pure, and ours is either of identical or superior quality.»

This study tested the accuracy of four commercially available heart rate apps (randomly selected) using two phones, the iPhone 4 and iPhone 5.

Later testing showed that these fibers are stronger than commercially available viscose and feel similar to lyocell.

The researchers tested medical students» comfort in using a 3 - D - printed model, compared to commercially available models, to simulate ultrasound - guided access through the femoral artery in the groin.

Ferri and his colleagues tested a diet containing 100 grams per day of dark chocolate, in the form of commercially available «Ritter Sport» bars sold by Germany - based company Alfred Ritter.

Pigs will be tested at different developmental stages using adjuvants that are commercially available and / or undergoing evaluation, from human and veterinary vaccine companies.

Testing for additional genes in the pathway and in a number of pathways is done through a number of commercial resources; the only other clinically relevant test is the homologous recombination defect assay, which is commercially available from Myriad Genetics.

However, despite the major advances in pharmacogenomics and several commercially available pharmacogenomics tests, its application in routine patient care remains very limited.

Antibody Cross-Reactivity Testing Using the HuProt ™ Human Proteome Microarray Analysis of several commercially available antibodies against nearly 75 % of the human proteome.

Plus, unlike commercially available lubes, they haven't been tested by the FDA.

In the early 1970s, Swedish researchers showed vitamin D3 to have a substantially higher affinity for human DBP than vitamin D2.49 Their sample size was not reported and probably very small, and they unfortunately could not test the calcidiol forms of these vitamins because 25 - hydroxyvitamin D3 was at that time not yet commercially available.

50 - 60 % was the highest purity commercially available until recently, so has been the standard used for testing.

We bought commercially available conventional (non-organic) wheat products from Canada, Montana, and South Dakota, and sent them to a well - known and respected laboratory to test for glyphosate.

We have found that even wheat and other grains certified organic, or marketed as GMO - free (there currently is still no approved GMO variety of wheat commercially available in the market), will test for the presence of glyphosate, sometimes at levels nearly the same as conventional wheat.

Dr. Janossy launched the first commercially available stem cell testing opportunity at the University of Toronto, and is the developer of the first natural anti-malaria product.

So, starting in 1997, all students in grades 2 through 11 were required to take the Stanford 9, a commercially available, nationally normed test.

Districts choose from commercially available standardized tests to measure students against national norms.

Today, for instance, there is essay - grading software, commercially available from companies like Vantage Learning or the Educational Testing Service, that can quickly and efficiently analyze pieces of writing on dimensions such as sentence construction, language, and mechanics.

Rasinski also has developed a commercially available 3 minute reading test that includes the use of his rubric and a simple comprehension check.

Over the next few years, Google hopes to test the autonomous vehicles on a more widespread scale, potentially further paving the way for a mainstream, commercially available self - driving car.

Highly Effective In tests performed on heavily contaminated food and food surfaces, the combined strength of the two mists killed virtually all Salmonella, Shigella, or E. coli bacteria, making this spray combination more effective at killing these potentially lethal bacteria than chlorine bleach, or any commercially available kitchen cleaner!

Unfortunately, the SDMA test is not commercially available yet and there is no information about when IDEXX will release the test at this time.

The test is currently being used but is not commercially available (contact Dr Breen for more information).