Sentences with phrase «conducting pilot tests»

AECOM environmental scientists and engineers are conducting pilot tests using nZVI for cleaning up sites with contaminated groundwater, and AECOM's Toxicology Laboratory in Fort Collins, Colorado, has performed preliminary investigations on the aquatic toxicity of nZVI and other nanomaterials.

In 2013, Smarter Balanced conducted a Pilot Test in schools across the consortium.

In spring 2014, CORE conducted a pilot test of its SEL measures with approximately 9,000 students and more than 300 teachers from all grade levels.33 The districts found that on average, students» self - reported survey responses on all four competencies were correlated with GPA and standardized test scores in English language arts and mathematics.

For purposes of conducting a pilot test, participating carriers will be able to register their drivers in a prototype system.

Cointelegraph The government of Russia has announced that it is advancing its plans to conduct a pilot test of Blockchain technology in the local -LSB-...]

Vermont researchers performed a study with the purpose of conducting a pilot test of the feasibility and effectiveness of an innovative obesity prevention intervention with the parents of preschool Native - American children.

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Pilots have been calling on the government to conduct tests of what would happen if a drone went through a plane's windscreen or got sucked into one of its engines, and this incident — where the drone struck the front of the plane — will likely prompt a greater sense of urgency.

In addition, the price boost has likely been encouraged by the fact that several major Japanese credit card companies announced that they would be conducting test pilots using ripple for projects that include international payments.

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).

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).

Development of the ResQu Index involved five distinct phases: 1) generating items and a weighted scoring system; 2) conducting expert content validation via a quantitative survey and a modified Delphi process; 3) testing inter-rater consistency; 4) assuring compatibility with established research quality checklists and 5) piloting the ResQu Index in a large systematic review to assess instrument usability and feasibility.

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.

Organisers of the pilot scheme claim that the random drugs tests are relatively easy to conduct and can boost the performance of pupils, who can refuse to be tested.

Over the past few months, pilots have conducted several test flights of the space - launch vehicle Eve.

Specifically, Doug Rodante, president of Green Flight International (a company in Florida that promotes alternative aviation fuels), and chief test pilot Carol Sugars, a senior pilot with the United Parcel Service (UPS), conducted extensive fuel tests on the ground, beginning with a 20 percent blend of biodiesel and normal jet fuel (kerosene known as Jet A) and progressing to 100 percent biodiesel (B100) as their confidence increased.

Monell researchers will begin the collaboration by conducting a pilot study with 1000 BHR participants to confirm their ability to self - administer olfactory tests using a mailed scratch and sniff test card with an online response format.

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.

After piloting the collection of measures of those skills in a small number of schools during the 2013 - 14 school year, including conducting multiple experiments to compare the performance of alternative survey items, CORE conducted a broader field test involving more than 450,000 students in grades 3 - 12 the following spring.

Following development, a pilot study will be conducted to test the model's potential effectiveness on students» reading performance.

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.

The person who makes your crossover safer: Brian Bautsch Senior Engineer and Crash Safety Leader, Honda R&D Americas I lead a team that did the crash - safety work for the 2016 Honda Pilot, and we were responsible for setting crash - safety targets, engineering solutions, and conducting tests.

From small simulations to full - scale simulations, we conducted 553 virtual tests for the 2016 Pilot.

This assessment will be conducted through analysis of information collected from members of the public who volunteer to serve as pilot test participants.

To further analyze the system, an 18 - month pilot test will be conducted.

The research and testing conducted in Kansas as a part of this pilot program, will allow DOT to develop policies that provide a safe airspace, while simultaneously promoting innovation.

Based on commissioned third - party testing conducted by DEKRA at the DEKRA Test Center in Narbonne, France versus the MICHELIN ® PILOT ® Super Sport in tire size 255 / 35ZR19 using a 2015 Audi A4, 2.0 TDI, FWD.

In the early days of flight, airmail pilots conducted dry runs or «pathfinder» flights to test the flying schedule, survey landing strips and facilities at intermediate airfields, and acquaint themselves with the full length of the route.

He said the decision had been made during the evaluation meeting to discuss reports from the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG), the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) and the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) in Darwin as well as pilots» observation and tests conducted at the airport.

The NTSB's final recommendation was that manufacturers conduct more tests and gather more data before allowing drivers to freely use the auto - pilot feature.

This permit comes after Jump conducted a test pilot last year with 100 bikes in the Bayview neighborhood in San Francisco.

Pilot tests conducted in Shanghai and Beijing will reveal the actual demand of this currency form for being used in the fiat mode and the level of education that is required to be imparted amongst the general public for empowering them to use the same.

Responsible for guiding the pilot scale fermentation process and conducting a wide variety of chemical and biological test

Having conducted solid research on FedEx's pre-employment examination, we compiled practice materials that will make pilots ready for the personality test and will help them prove their suitability for the position.

A pilot test was conducted, involving 71 respondents in a convenience sample of three schools.

Prior to MCS administration, psychometric testing of our English translation of the short - form Italian BFQ - C20 measure of personality dimensions was conducted using the data obtained from 645 children during pilot testing of the survey in 2014, with subsequent revision of 5 of the 25 items assessing these dimensions in the MCS.

We conducted a pilot randomized trial with 65 families and tested an adapted version of the Strengthening Families Program: For Parent and Youth 10 — 14 that infused mindfulness principles and practices against the original program and a delayed intervention control group.

A pilot test was conducted to provide preliminary data on the efficacy of the StandUp program in a U.S. high school.