Sentences with phrase «conducted test groups»

With this new information I proceeded to conduct test groups all around the United States to see if this jet lag protocol would have any positive impact on pediatric sleep.

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You have tested your concept by conducting online surveys, focus groups, trade show demonstrations or through some other means to determine if potential customers will buy your product or service.

You should test your ad copy and other marketing via surveys, polls, informal focus groups conducted with a handful of your best customers, and direct attempts at selling face to face or to small groups brought together for that purpose, as well as split tests of headlines, offers, and prices via online and offline media.

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.

The 2011 study, conducted by a team of psychologists at Columbia, Wisconsin - Madison and Harvard universities, put groups of students through four cognitive and computer - based experiments designed to test recall and word recognition.

NetScientific PLC (LON: NSCI), the transatlantic healthcare IP commercialisation group, said today that its portfolio company, ProAxsis, had conducted its first sale of NEATstik ®, the company's point - of - care test for measuring neutrophil elastase.

The best way of testing this (putting aside ethical concerns for a moment) would be to conduct an experiment in which one group did not have access to confidential abortion and another did, and then we could monitor the differences between them.

The group developed the first set of national standards for birth centers, conducted a two - year pilot program to develop and test the optimum mechanism for evaluating the quality of birth centers, and consulted with the Commissioner on the JACHO (currently the Joint Commission) on the best structures for the CABC (www.birthcenteraccreditation.org/about-commission-accreditation-birth-centers, 2013).

A controversial soccer field opened Saturday in Lincoln Park, but a residents» group opposed to the project insisted they aren't done fighting and called on the Chicago Park District to conduct testing of the field's artificial turf.

We also categorized these 2 proportions into 3 groups (< 33 %, 33 % -66 %, and > 66 %) and conducted a log - likelihood ratio test for the nested models with and without all 2 - way interactions between them.

In order to study all aspects related to the topic, we used a reference questionnaire prepared by nutrition and breastfeeding experts, which had been tested, modified and validated two months before our research team1 started the study (following a pilot study conducted on 20 women to determine whether the questions were clear and understandable), and then administered in a standardized fashion to women in both groups (intervention group and control group).

Funnel plots, the Egger (weighted regression) test, and the Begg and Mazumdar (rank correlation) tests for funnel plot asymmetry were conducted to examine the relation between sample size and observed mean differences in blood pressure by infant feeding group (21).

Basically, a new committee of teacher volunteers from across the state would review all exam questions after the items had been tried out on a pilot basis in «field tests» conducted among sample groups of students statewide.

IGD also conducted focus groups to test consumer - facing messages that could help bust the myths that many shoppers hold.

Since older people have greater potential for improving their fitness than younger people, a follow - up study conducted by a research group headed by doctor and molecular biologist Helmuth Haslacher from MedUni Vienna, in collaboration with Robert Winker's team from the Health and Prevention Center of the Healthcare Institution for City of Vienna employees, took blood samples from 47 marathon runners before an ergometer test, in order to carry out laboratory tests to determine levels of analytes, including inflammatory markers, muscle and liver parameters.

To conduct the study, researchers started with two groups of chimps: one with little exposure to social and cognitive testing and no trading experience, and one with extensive bartering practice and language training.

Van Lommel conducted lengthy interviews and administered a battery of standard psychological tests to his study group of cardiac - arrest patients.

Sadoff says clinical tests of spray - dried BCG could begin as soon as late 2008, when his group plans to conduct mid-stage trials of several new forms of the vaccine.

One research group is exploring how local topography, like the rugged mountain where the North Korean government conducts its tests, puts its imprint on the seismic signals.

Julia Lewis, MD (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine) and her colleagues in the Collaborative Study Group conducted a 441 - patient randomized clinical trial to test the potential of a compound called ferric citrate to bind phosphorus, increase iron stores, and reduce the usage of IV iron and ESAs.

This study, conducted by the Gynecologic Oncology Group, a cooperative group funded by the National Cancer Institute, was the second to test bevacizumab under these conditions (first chemotherapy for platinum - sensitive recurrence), a use for which bevacizumab is not currently approved by the Food and Drug AdministraGroup, a cooperative group funded by the National Cancer Institute, was the second to test bevacizumab under these conditions (first chemotherapy for platinum - sensitive recurrence), a use for which bevacizumab is not currently approved by the Food and Drug Administragroup funded by the National Cancer Institute, was the second to test bevacizumab under these conditions (first chemotherapy for platinum - sensitive recurrence), a use for which bevacizumab is not currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

To test that hypothesis, Gächter and his team conducted similar experiments involving 207 participants divided into 69 groups of three.

These findings were revealed in the 6th blind test of crystal structure prediction, an exercise conducted by twenty five international research groups that was organised by the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC).

Snyder - Mackler and colleagues first placed monkeys into groups of five and observed the social hierarchy they established, while conducting tests on gene expression and immune system function.

Study co-author Nahum Sonenberg, PhD, of McGill University previously linked memory and eIF2 alpha in genetic studies of mice, and his lab group also conducted the memory tests for the current study.

The report, compiled by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), is based on an analysis of tests of more than 35,000 samples of fruits and vegetables conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

A group of scientists conducted tests in 2014, which showed the negative effects of heated vegetable oils and the risk factors associated with heart disease by constant use.

Independent laboratory tests conducted by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) detected BPA in over half of 97 cans of name - brand fruit, vegetables, soda, and other commonly eaten canned goods.

1 In a 10 - day study conducted at Ohio State University on 31 weight - trained test subjects randomly assigned to one of three groups, subjects consuming the same form of creatine found in Six Star ® CreatineX3 ™ with a training program increased their strength capacity on the bench press by 18.6 % compared to baseline (6,658 vs. 5,613 joules).

1 In a 10 - day study conducted at Ohio State University on 31 weight - trained test subjects randomly assigned to one of three groups, subjects consuming the same form of creatine found in Six Star reatineX3 ™ with a training program increased their strength capacity on the bench press by 18.6 % compared to baseline (6,658 vs. 5,613 joules).

The Environmental Working Group recently conducted a three - year study that assessed 20 million drinking water quality tests performed by water utilities since 2004.

The pilot study, conducted by Dr. Keiko Abe of the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, showed that healthy laboratory rats fed a diet in which some of the carbohydrate was replaced with pure maple syrup from Canada, yielded significantly better results in liver function tests than the control groups fed a diet with a syrup mix containing a similar sugar content as maple syrup.

4) Double - check that your profile will be appealing to the opposite sex and test it out — conduct your very own focus group!

We also conducted preliminary analyses to determine whether age was associated with participant sex, residence (rural vs. urban), or relationship status (i.e., those demographic variables with large enough cell sizes across categories to permit tests of differences in age between groups).

The group, Peacefire, conducted an Election Day test of N2H2 Bess and CyberPatrol, two popular brands of filtering software.

The Heschong Mahone Group, a green - building consulting firm, has conducted numerous studies over the last decade that indicate that lighting and other aspects of physical comfort can lead to improved test scores.

The average NAEP reading score for Hispanic students in Florida (on a test conducted in English mind you) is now higher than the overall average scores (for students from all racial and ethnic groups) of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Each year I hosted an afternoon training [session] with my grade - level team that began with a group meeting and ended with parents rotating through teachers rooms and the school office learning various activities like using the copier, working with small groups, and conducting fluency testing.

«First, I had group leaders conduct review sessions for the upcoming test, which resulted in an immediate jump in scores.

Assessment activities at UNI are conducted by academic, administrative, and student affairs departments and units and may take the form of surveys, standardized tests, program evaluation forms, focus groups, student projects, student reflective activities, or any of a variety of other mechanisms.

This year, they change the student groupings frequently as they monitor test scores and conduct formal and informal observations.

In addition, Bronson and Merryman point to a study conducted at Princeton University, which invited two groups of students from high schools under - represented on the prestigious campus to answer questions about their backgrounds (to remind them of their outsider status) and then take a short math test.

In addition to conducting national pilot tests, developers oversee numerous reviews of the assessment instruments by internal NAEP measurement experts, by the National Assessment Governing Board, and by external groups that include representatives from each of the states and jurisdictions that participate in the NAEP program.

Additionally, there is a two - part lesson plan to coincide with each topic, a formal unit test in standardized test format, and a «Reality Inc.» enrichment activity that merges all the content knowledge from the unit and culminates in a robust collaborative project promoting critical thinking where students research topics, conduct informal experiments, and discuss findings in small groups and with the whole class.

IIWPG conducted extensive research and testing to develop the procedures for the dynamic tests and evaluation criteria used by member research groups, including the Institute, to rate the performance of seat / head restraint combinations in vehicles sold in a number of world markets.

A group of moderately priced midsize cars outperformed most of their luxury counterparts in a challenging new frontal crash test conducted by IIHS on 2013 models.

ARLINGTON, Va. — A group of moderately priced midsize cars outperformed most of their luxury counterparts in a challenging new frontal crash test conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) on 2013 models.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the group in charge of conducting these tests.

The insurance - industry - funded group recently conducted side tests of eight large family cars.

Public Citizen and other groups have asked a federal court to review NHTSA's decision to conduct unbelted airbag testing at 25 mph.