Sentences with phrase «controlled field test»

The ultimate goal is to conduct a controlled field test.

In the meantime, the researchers are putting the altered bacterium through its paces in a controlled field test in sealed huts in Guatemala.

Not exact matches

The field test Oxitec wants to run — in Key Haven, Fla. — would assess whether that actually happens and estimate how much the overall aegypti population is suppressed at the trial site compared with a control area.

Under Muhlhauser — who joined the company in 2005 and became CEO the following year — Celestica is focused less on such «commoditized» products and instead establishing itself in new, higher - margin fields where major players currently do the majority of design, testing, manufacturing and quality control themselves.

The new system now demonstrated will soon allow further experiments on phase transitions in classical systems and in the quantum universe as well as tests in the field of nonlinear physics (e.g. solitons) to be performed in a well - controlled comparative system.

Biologists control the electric fields around fake flowers (purple disks) to test how bees use them while navigating.

With the left or right parietal cortex numbed, the test subjects were less able to detect objects placed in the visual field controlled by the numb side of their brain and did even worse still if there was also an object in the functioning half of the field.

But at a workshop cosponsored by AAAS, experts said the crisis also was an inflection point, leading to agreements to limit nuclear testing and curb proliferation and driving a cohort of scientists and engineers into the fields of arms control and science diplomacy.

Once genetically modified mosquitoes resistant to dengue are developed, scientists would test them in large field cages to see how they compete with wild mosquitoes in very controlled experiments.

A field worker in a vector control district collects and prepares mosquito samples, which are then sent to a lab for testing using sophisticated PCR techniques.

Field trials of GM insect control have been under way for some time, including a recent test of Oxitec's mosquitoes in the Brazilian city of Jacobina, where mosquito populations plummeted by 79 per cent between June and December last year, the company claims.

Scientists from Oxitech Ltd., a UK company, recently field - tested a novel solution for the control of the mosquito that carries Dengue fever, using genetically modified sterile mosquitoes.

Compared to vehicle - treated controls, rats treated with aminoguanidine (150 mg / kg; i.p) displayed a significantly faster recovery of function in the open - field test during the first 4 weeks of the 6 - week study.

We still leave the control in the hands of the users but we also offer what we see as the best matching tests and services that are on the market, developed for us by Dr. Helen Fisher, one of the major researchers in the field of romantic interpersonal attraction and the author of «Why we Love».

A successful undergraduate teacher in, say, introductory biology, not only induces his or her students to take additional biology courses, but leads those students to do unexpectedly well in those additional classes (based on what we would have predicted based on their standardized test scores, other grades, grading standards in that field, etc.) In our earlier paper, we lay out the statistical techniques [xi] employed in controlling for course and student impacts other than those linked directly to the teaching effectiveness of the original professor.

He draws on long experience as a superintendent and special education consultant to offer a number of field - tested practices for taming out - of - control special education spending while serving students better.

Included in the Capitol Update this week: * Thank You Senator Liu * Local Control Funding Formula FAQ * CDE Smarter Balanced Assessments Field Test Update * LAO Forecast: State's Fiscal Position is Strongest in a Decade * Happenings: Updates and Deadlines

And three towns, two of them under the control of «Special Master» Steven Adamowski, decided they'd just make their students take all the various tests ensuring that all instructional activities in those communities came to an abrupt end in March when the Connecticut Mastery Test and the Smarter Balanced Field Test would begin.

The Malloy administration's concerted effort to mislead parents into thinking that they lacked the right to opt their children out of the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Field Test of a test is just the latest example of his lack of respect for the rights of parents and the importance of local control of public educatTest of a test is just the latest example of his lack of respect for the rights of parents and the importance of local control of public educattest is just the latest example of his lack of respect for the rights of parents and the importance of local control of public education.

During the first four years of the CREATE study, researchers developed individual interventions and tested them in tightly controlled experiments and randomized field trials with classroom teachers in the middle grades.

Though only one year of data is available for analysis at this point, the study has involved a randomized field trial of over 400 teachers and administrators broken into test and control groups.

Controlled research studies and field testing have demonstrated the gains that students make in their reading skills after completing Headsprout Early Reading.

VDD breeders follow strict guidelines from Germany, and are not allowed to breed a dog until it has passed the VDD field tests, and the VDD group can control what dogs a breeder can breed his dog to.

As Dr. Dodds points out, since the testing of vaccines is performed primarily in controlled laboratory situations and a very small number of field studies, it's impossible to reproduce the kinds of reactions we see in the real world.

I helped to field - test and validate neuter / return in 1991 - 1992 as an effective means of humanely eradicating feral colonies with minimal ecological impact, and as an effective approach to rabies control in the path of the mid-Atlantic raccoon rabies pandemic of 1976 - 1993.

They invented lure coursing as a safer, more controlled sport for sighthounds that would recreate the physical requirements of open field coursing, allowing them to continue testing the functional abilities of their sighthounds.

Another story from KTLA - TV (perhaps from Thursday, though it's unclear) suggests that this isn't all about typhus: «Orange County Vector Control will be out here at Willard Intermediate... and El Sol Science and Arts Academy not only to trap feral cats and test them for typhus, but to also help control the population, which they say they've fielded a lot of complaints about lately.Control will be out here at Willard Intermediate... and El Sol Science and Arts Academy not only to trap feral cats and test them for typhus, but to also help control the population, which they say they've fielded a lot of complaints about lately.control the population, which they say they've fielded a lot of complaints about lately.»

To make more realistic projections, DeLucia and several UIUC colleagues built a large - scale field apparatus that used a system of gas tanks, pumps, and computerized controls to test how rising levels of heat - trapping carbon dioxide would affect soybeans and corn — two mainstays of Midwestern farmers — grown in the open field..

I think the IPCC's largest negative contribution to the discussions, has been a glossing over of the uncertainties, attempting to portray the current state - of - the - art as being as reliable as other fields of science which * do * have the ability to conduct controlled tests.

The team also highlights concerns around the validity of the field tests used to approve these new pesticides, suggesting that it may be almost impossible to set up «control» colonies out in the field that are not exposed to neonicotinoids.

On top of the Spot are buttons for controlling volume and four far - field microphones, which in my tests are able to hear my voice commands just as well as the seven - microphone arrays on Amazon's other Echo devices.

QC Chemists (Quality Control Chemists) are employed by manufacturing or pharmaceutical fields and are in charge for testing materials and samples.

Based on our collection of resumes in the field, main job requirements are clinical laboratory testing expertise, infection control, time management, accuracy, reporting, and teamwork.

The Resident Field Service Technician Controls & Instrumentation is responsible for technical direction and safe site leadership of onsite installation, operational maintenance, testing and start up...

Sample resumes in this field showcase such responsibilities as developing test software for actuators, seat control modules, switch controls, and touch screen devices; and testing firmware to ensure they meet requirements and needs; and developing Android applications for touch - screen devices using eclipse and a Linux OS.

Understanding the differences in field and laboratory acoustic testing allows me to explain to both the owner and / or architect, contractor in plain language what they can reasonably expect in sound control performance in their project.

Project managed and administered multiple projects to 700K including, estimating, field surveys and coordination with property owners / managers and the public, construction planning and field engineering, development of scope / BOM's, onsite management, performance testing, quality control, as - built and closeout documentation, invoicing and billing support

Focused quality control in performance of tests according to institutional and field best practices and associated governing regulations.

CAREER FOCUS * Seeking a full time job in the field of electrical control, testing and design validation Strong classical and intelligent control theory with hands - on building and testing circuits experience.

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• Experience in the field of Electronics control systems & Instrumentation development & testing and implementation, troubleshooting of systems.

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