Sentences with phrase «field trials which»

He was bred for field trials which I thought was good at the time but he is a bit hyper even though he is 7.

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Nutritional quality: Data from the application show that the plants grown in field trials produce a much smaller amount of carotenoids (3,5 µg / g — 10.9 µg / g) compared to the original GR2 event, which is supposed to produce a maximum of more than 30 µg / g.

Jan 04,2016... Field trials are a fast - growing sport which thrives on the true hunter's love for the out of doors a...

At the great majority of beagle field trials the dogs are run in braces, with the judging being carried out on a points system which can lead to championship status.

To an uninitiated observer a field trial sometimes resembles a ritualistic ceremony in which dogs and people run about, invariably in foul weather, in pursuit of rewards which seem to be far outweighed by the discomfort and cost involved in achieving them.

This led to his work with the Bommarito Performance System Team which prepares NFL players and sprinters to try and qualify for the American Trials and the USA Track and Field team.

• A Randomised Controlled Trial in which depressed pregnant women received twice weekly massage therapy from their partners found those who received the massage reporting less depressed mood, anxiety and anger and better relationship quality than women in the control group (Field et al, 2008).

The field trial, which ran from 2012 to 2015, was led by Distinguished Professor James Dale, from QUT's Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities.

The recent field trial around Dia encouraged Foley because it should be easier for the sonar surveys to pick out vases than it was to find plastic water bottles, which are poor sonar reflectors, he says.

The approach enabled his team to compare, in replicated field trials across various environments, CST among every «super sweet» processing sweet corn hybrid provided by the seed industry, which included 26 hybrids from 8 companies.

A field trial in Australia has shown that genetically modified banana trees can resist the deadly fungus that causes Panama disease, which has devastated banana crops in Asia, Africa, and Australia and is a major threat for banana growers in the Americas.

The latter trial addresses one of the most fundamental questions in the field, which is what should be the first ALK inhibitor that patients receive.»

Last summer, agribusiness giant Syngenta, based in Basel, Switzerland, conducted the first field trials of maize (corn) containing engineered mini-chromosomes, and showed that the mini-chromosomes, which carried multiple genes for insect and herbicide resistance, were stable in the field.

The LCA2 trials are a rare success for the field of gene therapy, which has also cured children with the immune disorder known as bubble boy disease.

However, crops that contain pharmaceutical and industrial compounds, many of which are in field trials, do raise concern, says Norman Ellstrand of the University of California, Riverside.

The field has experienced monumental challenges developing new and effective drug therapies, not the least of which was the discovery that — until recently - clinical trials were conducted where up to 30 % of participants did not have the Alzheimer's disease - related brain change targeted by the experimental drug.

Margenot and his team, which includes researchers from the University of California, Davis and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in Nairobi, investigated the two phosphorus fertilizers in a long - term field trial on a typical Kenyan smallholder farm.

Bernard encouraged anyone interested in getting involved in the field to look into the National Institute of Health's various trials, which require older people with healthy cognitive function to serve in control groups.

Steve Whitehead, a scientist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a co-author of the dengue paper, said that challenge trials have been used in the past for malaria, cholera, norovirus, flu and other diseases «for which there's really urgent, urgent need to move the field forward over time.»

In order to obtain the comprehensive designation, which is the highest ranking the National Cancer Institute (NCI) gives, a center must meet strict criteria that include a strong core of basic laboratory research in several fields, the ability to translate those research findings into therapies that can one day be used to treat patients, a program of high - priority clinical trials, and a commitment to community service and outreach activities related to cancer prevention and control.

This additional non-dilutive EUR 7.5 million will partially fund the clinical trial of our proprietary A2A antagonist drug candidate, which is in the exciting field of cancer immunotherapy.

George Church, a Harvard Medical School geneticist who published one of the early papers on the use of CRISPR on mammalian cells, pointed out that people in his field have been doing genetic modification for decades, and said there are already 2,000 gene therapy trials underway, none of which use CRISPR.

Thanks to field trials financed by SWISSAID, they can prove that local varieties are more economical and respond with greater resistance to climate fluctuations — and yield harvests which are just as plentiful.

The House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee has published its report on GM insects which recommends that field trials begin.

In response, O&N developed the Nutrient Power ™ initiative which marries a consumer education campaign with sponsorship and promotion of nutrient field trials.

The 60 charter schools operating in New York City have provided a unique opportunity for the New York City Charter Schools Evaluation Project, of which we are a part, to conduct a randomized field trial of the impact of charter schools on student achievement.

The study was designed as a gold - standard randomized field trial, in which students were (by means of a lottery) randomly given the opportunity to go to charter schools or not.

Our results came from randomized field trials, which are generally thought to be the gold standard for research on human subjects.

«The Educational Value of Field Trips,» by Jay P. Greene, Brian Kisida, and Daniel H. Bowen, which appeared in the Winter 2014 issue of Education Next, is the first large - scale randomized - control trial designed to measure what students learn from school tours of an art museum, this one in Bentonville, AR.

The NCPI is conducting a randomized field trial in which teachers in the treatment group (who are all middle school math teachers in Nashville) will receive bonuses based on student achievement gains.

The randomized field trial model, in which drugs or therapies are administered to individual patients under explicit protocols, is enormously helpful when recommending interventions for particular medical conditions.

Around 20 English schools and nurseries will take part in a field trial of the OECD's international early learning and child wellbeing study, which is to be run by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) between October and December this year.

The success of the Empiribox field trials, which has involved more than 50 primary schools nationwide — including academy chains and Academy Enterprise Trust organisations — means the enterprise behind the system will now be making it available to all primary schools in England and Wales.

The field trial produced extensive quantities of detailed data, which provided valuable insights for the further development of electric mobility.

The Board may each year appoint standing committees to advance the work of the Club in such matters as dog shows, obedience trials and performance events, trophies, annual prizes, membership and other fields which may well be served by committees.

The Board may each year appoint standing committees to advance the work of the Club in such matters a specialty shows, obedience trials, trophies, annual prizes, membership and other fields which may well be served by committees.

Once the club was formed, field trials became pouplar across the country, which spurred the popularity of the breed across America.

All of these disciplines continue to be promoted by the English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Association, which is still the parent club today with the American Kennel Club.

The Board may each year appoint standing committees to advance the work of the Society in such matters as dog shows, obedience trials, field events, trophies, annual prizes, membership and other fields which may well be served by committees.

However, for many years, AWSC members couldn't agree on whether the breed should be classified as a spaniel or as a retriever, which prevented participation in AKC field trials and hunting tests.

Our goals are to encourage and promote the breeding of pure - bred Golden Retrievers and to do all possible to bring their natural qualities to perfection; to urge members and breeders to accept the standard of the breed as approved by The American Kennel Club as the only standard of excellence by which Golden Retrievers shall be judged; to do all in our power to protect and advance the interests of the breed by encouraging sportsmanlike competition at dog shows, obedience trials, agility trials, hunt tests and field trials; and to conduct sanctioned and licensed specialty shows, obedience trials, agility trials, and field trials under the rules of The American Kennel Club.

Brittanys have more Dual Champions (dogs which are Champions in field trials and bench show competition) than all Sporting breeds combined.

In June 1960 the English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Association announced that Working Certificates would be awarded to Springers which successfully completed tests demonstrating their basic usefulness as a hunting companion.

These events, which draw over three million entries annually, include dog shows and tests of instinct and trainability, such as obedience trials, Canine Good Citizen tests, field trials, agility trials, lure coursing, rally, hunting tests, herding trials, tracking tests, coonhound and earthdog events.

For those of you who aren't too familiar with the term field trials, it is a sport in which the sporting dog competes under hunting conditions.

This contrasts to the state recreation areas which require dogs to be leashed at all times unless participating in organized field trials.

Some techniques that may be appropriate, in addition to medical treatment and managed behavior modification, might include massage therapy to reduce anxiety and stress; training and participation in performance activities such as fly ball, obedience, agility, tracking, utility, field trials, sledding, weight pulling, etc.; possible application of acupressure techniques; use of herbal or other non-regulated supplements or «remedies»; or other forms of exercise and supportive care which might help to promote relaxation, calmness, confidence and comfort.

Performance Events: Dogs are evaluated according to how they perform tasks for which they were bred, e.g., field trials, herding tests, lure coursing.

In early 2011, Trifexis was released after a safety and efficacy trial using only 352 dogs in the field study, only 176 of which received Trifexis.

This stimulation can be reached by through rewardbased training and dog sports which take advantage of the Brittany's aroma detection capabilities for example field trials and tracking events.