Sentences with phrase «common use of test»

The most common use of the test is if a dog has an adverse reaction, and is found to carry the gene, then dosing with these drugs should be modified, or used with greater caution.

If we explored the most common use of test scores — examining the level of proficiency — there are no credible researchers who believe that is a reliable indicator of school or program quality.

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Apple is working with partners to test whether its smartwatch can be used to detect common heart conditions, an effort that would make its device a «must have» for millions of people worldwide.

To come to their findings the research team asked 78 kids aged nine to eleven to list as many uses as they could think of for common household items like a tin can or newspaper (a standard test of creativity in psychological research).

For example, of the 16 Myers - Briggs personality types, four dominate leadership roles; the most common in big business and politics is the extroverted, intuitive thinker, or, to use the tests lingo ENTJ.

The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Sydney and examined three groups of students, who were tasked with completing an «alternate uses» test — a common creativity drill wherein subjects are given an object and asked to come up with as many uses for it as they can.

Studies have also shown that most of the common intelligence tests have a social class bias; the vocabulary and thought patterns used in them generally follow a middle class pattern, thus putting the socially and economically more privileged in a preferential position.

Such a problem can be discussed fruitfully within the Christian Church, using the Christian words, and referring to the common body of Christian experience, even among those who may differ on the problem of the tests of Christian truth.

What I then propose to do is, briefly stated, to test saintliness by common sense, to use human standards to help us decide how far the religious life commends itself as an ideal kind of human activity.

I've heard varying reports on what people are actually doing with it — the most common is served with cheese and crackers as an appetizer (this method has been me - tested and wholeheartedly approved), but I've also heard that it's been mixed with Dijon mustard for a marinade, and I've even gotten a report or two that it's been used in a grown - up version of a classic PB&J.

Baseline pre-injury and post-injury neuropsychological or neurocognitive testing is now commonplace at the professional and collegiate level, and has become more and more common at the high school level as well, with a recent study showing computerized neuropsychological testing being used to assess fully 41.2 % of concussions at schools with at least one athletic trainer on staff in the 2009 - 2010 year, [2] an increase of 15.5 % from the 25.7 % of concussions in which such testing was used in assessing concussions during the 2008 - 2009 school year.

One reason foot props are not common on U.S. car seats is because of the crash testing methods used in this country.

This list of common types of standard scores can help you estimate your child's performance on tests using these types of scores.

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Ultrasound is a common test during pregnancy that uses high frequency sound waves to look at the anatomy and structures of the developing baby.

I was part of that group but have enough common sense to obviously not use something that wasn't tested for the manner in which it was suggesting to be used in that group when that is not the intended use of the product.

Apply the common sense test here: if a particular food caused all babies problems, then women who live in an area that use that food heavily as part of their local cuisine would have very unhappy babies!

Choose an obstetrician or health care provider Interview potential doctors Contact health insurance company about coverage Start and pregnancy and birth budget Discuss financial effects of pregnancy and baby with partner Stop smoking Stop drinking Stop using street drugs Talk to your physician about any prescription medications Drink at least 8 glasses of water every day Visit the doctor at least once per month or every 4 weeks Do not dye or perm hair Stop drinking coffee and other caffeinated beverages Exercise daily Start taking prenatal vitamins Eat foods rich in folic acid Eat iron rich foods Increase daily intake of whole grains, fruits and vegetables Nap as much as possible as fatigue is common Eat fish with low levels of mercury no more than 2 days per week Do not eat undercooked meats Do not eat unpasteurized dairy producs Do not eat cold cut deli meats Allow someone else to clean out the kitty litter, if applicable Limit exposure to chemicals Try to limit stress and tension Complete all prenatal tests — HIV, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Anemia, Blood Typing, Sickle Cell Anemia, Urine Screening and Rubella.

The bill reflects an unusual alliance of Republican lawmakers who see the Common Core Learning Standards as a federal intrusion on local decision - making and Democratic lawmakers who oppose the use of standardized tests to sanction teachers and schools.

For example, in the current state budget, Cuomo and lawmakers enacted amendments to the Board of Regents» implementation of the Common Core, specifically prohibiting students» standardized test scores from being included on their permanent records or used in promotion decisions.

The Board of Regents, on recommendation from Cuomo's Common Core task force, put in place a moratorium on the use of test scores in teacher and principal evaluations through the 2019 - 20 school year.

A four - year moratorium on use of student scores on Common Core state tests to evaluate job performances by teachers and principals gained quick and overwhelming preliminary approval Monday from the state Board of Regents.

New York City schools and a handful of districts statewide have used the standardized tests under Common Core for grades 3 through 8 as a factor in promoting students to the next grade.

In a series of interviews with Capital, members said they want to decrease the amount of time students spend preparing for and taking tests, and ultimately, reverse course on the use of the Common Core standards.

He criticized Cuomo's efforts to improve the implementation of the standards during this legislative session, which included new laws that prevent Common Core - aligned tests from being used for students» permanent records or in promotion decisions.

The state Board of Regents, which sets education policy, already decided in February to advise school districts against using results of Common Core tests in decisions regarding students» promotion and class placement.

ALBANY — A deal is being negotiated to place a two - year moratorium on the use of student tests based on the Common Core for grade promotion in public schools.

But her stance on Common Core could factor into Rosa's relationship with state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, who has supported the move toward higher standards, as well as the use of student test scores in teacher evaluations.

Rosa has garnered support from the state's teachers unions as well as test refusal leaders, but Common Core advocates are fearful that Rosa will undo the work of her predecessor, Tisch, who championed the Common Core and the use of student test scores in evaluating teachers.

The budget banned the use of Common Core - aligned tests on students» transcripts and from use in promotion decisions.

Dr. Vanden Wyngaard and district staff will provide an overview of state exams and how the Common Core Learning Standards are changing instruction for students at all grade levels, as well as information about how the tests are used in the new statewide evaluation systems for teachers and principals.

Leadership in both houses of the state Legislature support a two - year moratorium on using Common Core - aligned test scores to evaluate teachers and principals or to make decisions about student placement or promotion, a plan supported by teachers» unions.

The City of Buffalo says testing of water sources in common use areas of the City's 27 community centers, prioritized by where young children attend daycare and spend time after school and on weekends, is nearing completion, while the analysis for lead and copper at more than 150 city - owned buildings by the end of the year is on track.

The Common Core has been one of the educational and political struggles of the year, with the fights over its standards and the tests used to study how well students are doing with its material.

«He has also been a leading voice for banning standardized tests for our youngest students, supported a three - year moratorium against the use of Common Core testing for student promotion and placement, and has backed giving the city and state Comptrollers the power to audit charters, particularly charter practices that limit the enrollment and retention of high - needs students.»

The new law expressly forbids the federal government from mandating the use of tests scores in teacher evaluation and from mandating the use of Common Core standards.

Not satisfied with a state Board of Regents decision to put a hold on the use of test scores in teacher and principal evaluations, New York State Allies for Public Education is urging its members to opt out of local exams that will be taking the place of standardized, Common Core - aligned tests used to evaluate teachers.

Later that same day, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Common Core task force released its recommendations, including a four - year moratorium on the use of state - provided growth scores based on state tests in evaluations.

That's the result of Common Core tests being used when students weren't prepared.

While this process goes forward, the task force recommends that the results from state tests aligned to the current Common Core standards not be used as part of student and teacher evaluations before 2019.

«Because BX795 targets a common pathway that many viruses use to replicate inside the cell, it could be a new kind of broad - spectrum antiviral that might be used to treat other viral infections, including HSV - 2, which primarily affects the genitals, and HIV, although we have not yet tested it on viruses other than HSV - 1.»

Jeff Elias, MD, of the University of Virginia Health System, pioneered the use of focused ultrasound for essential tremor, the most common movement disorder, and is now testing it for Parkinson's tremor.

To test the safety and effectiveness of microdosing, the researchers delivered a common drug ophthalmologists use to dilate the pupil and examine the back of the eye.

Novavax says that during Phase IIa of seasonal flu vaccine testing, which began in May, it was able in the majority of people tested to surpass the FDA's requirements for producing enough antibodies to protect the body from the H3N2, H1N1 and B viruses — all of which were common enough a year ago to be used to develop flu vaccines for the 2008 to 2009 flu season.

For the study, researchers measured the level of calcium in the coronary arteries during stress testing using two common diagnostic tests — positron emission tomography, or PET, and computed tomography, or CT — to determine a patient's risk of heart disease.

Hughes's winning research proposed using microarray techniques to compare the genomes of a variety of vertebrate animals to test for common regulatory elements that determine gene expression.

Although limited by differences in the quality of the studies included in this review, these findings have important implications: they suggest that women living in regions where HIV infection is common should be offered repeat HIV testing during pregnancy and in the postpartum period to detect incident HIV infections, and that preventing HIV transmission during pregnancy and the postpartum period should be prioritized, for example, by counseling women about the need to use condoms to prevent transmission during this period of their lives.

«Our study shows that when the creatinine level is elevated in the blood of a kidney transplant recipient, use of our urine test would differentiate the common causes of kidney dysfunction that led to the elevation in creatinine, hence benefiting many patients by allowing them to avoid the need for an invasive needle biopsy,» said Dr. Muthukumar.

To test this hypothesis, Roberts and colleagues used an approach common in psychophysics experiments — estimating relative magnitudes — to gauge how people's moment - to - moment experiences vary when they view different types of stimuli.

If any of the thousands of chemicals in common use today adversely affect the human hormone system, the EPA's testing program should catch them — but only if Sprague Dawley catches them first.