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By diesel V6 standards this is a quiet, off - road - capable SUV — although still marginally noisier than the V8 model tested last year.

The S90 and V90 results surpass the best overall score of any model tested last year and now make Euro NCAP's top - 3 best performing cars ever, all Volvo.

Not exact matches

Nest says that it started from scratch with this new model, to make it much more sensitive than the last one — including to detecting fires from different materials — and put it through laborious testing (the device also self - tests constantly).

Last year's iPad Pro models using Apple's homemade A10X processor (which is based on designs from ARM Holding) outperformed the company's 13 ″ MacBook Pro laptops, which had Intel i7 chips, on some benchmark tests.

Based on this research and clinical testing of the theory, he and his wife Julie Schwartz - Gottman have developed a solid understanding of why some relationships last and why some do not, as well as an effective model for relationship therapy.

While you shouldn't look at this model if you want a sturdy, long - lasting sound machine or a lot of options for sound profiles, it is a great unit for travelers and anyone looking for a semi-permanent or test device.

A new, controversial evaluation system, backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was put in place last legislative session which, through a matrix model, increased the weight of student state test scores in evaluations to up to 50 percent.

At last it will be possible to compare our sun directly with other stars, to put models of stellar evolution to concrete tests, to understand the detailed relationships between alien planets and their suns.

Furthermore, the cells offer a renewable, long - lasting model system for testing drug candidates or gene modifications that may offer new treatments, personalized to individual patients.

Engel declined to say how many pre-orders the company has received in China for the i3 since the model was unveiled at the Beijing auto show last month, but said more than 28,000 people have requested a test drive in a sign of public interest.

Both companies tested the market with isobutane models last year, using advertisements that stressed the greenhouse dangers of HFCs.

But we may be unlucky and, as you know, for example, in particle physics, we have this amazing standard model which has survived the test of, unfortunately, of all experiments, over the last 30 years without really telling us yet what the fundamental physics is and we are hoping that the Large Hadron Collider will tell us the answer to that.

(A team of researchers published the results of California's Regional Earthquake Likelihood Models test of quake forecasts last month in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.)

Over the last few years, scientists have been able to recreate accurate models of human organs by embedding living tissue onto chips, allowing them to study the effects of drugs and diseases without testing on animals or humans.

To help determine how long a bone marrow (stem cell) graft will last, researchers at Sanford - Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford - Burnham) have developed a mathematical model that predicts how long a stem cell will live and tested those predictions in a mouse model.

Last week, Stephen Sawchuk reported that delegates to this year's NEA Representative Assembly approved a resolution which directs the union to draft model legislative language that would prevent districts from punishing students who opt out of standardized tests.

This plan, announced in September last year, sought to place Australian students amongst the top five highest performing nations in rigorous international performance tests through a combination of additional, targeted funding using a model mirroring the Gonski proposal, new initiatives in teacher training and accountability, personalised student learning plans, greater school autonomy, and a raft of other Commonwealth initiatives.

Statisticians began the effort last year by ranking all the teachers using a statistical method known as value - added modeling, which calculates how much each teacher has helped students learn based on changes in test scores from year to year.

Growth will be determined using a simple linear regression model in which current test scores are regressed on last year's test scores.

By following individual students» growth across grade levels, value - added models can circumvent NCLB's «cross-sectional» analyses whereby test scores of this year's crop of 4th graders, for example, are compared with the test scores of last year's crop of 4th graders.

Last year, however, two studies — one by a Stanford University research group and the other commissioned by the Gates Foundation — found that some low - income schools using personalized models had positive outcomes on test scores, college prep course completion, and other measures.

This includes, for example what I still believe is the best video yet on all of these issues combined — HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on Standardized Testing (which includes a decent section, also, on value - added models).

Within the last year, three influential organizations — reflecting researchers, practitioners, and philanthropic sectors — have called for a moratorium on the current use of student test score data for educator evaluations, including the use of value - added models (VAMs).

BYD is also looking at making inroads in the U.S. — it showed its S6 and F3 models at last year's Detroit show, has begun discussions to sell its cars to Hertz for its fleet in New York City, andopened a service center near Los Angeles for the test fleet of cars currently being used by the City of Los Angeles Housing Authority.

I know the Audi Allroad, having been the primary driver for Motor Trend's year - long test of the last A4 version, a 2013 model built on the B8 platform.

The new generation is just came out and, like the previous model, it is finishing in last place in comparison tests.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last rated the Q5 for the 2010 model year, before NHTSA's more stringent tests took effect for 2011.

The model, which debuted at the Los Angeles Auto Show last November, currently is being road - tested in the U.S. and Japan, along with plug - in hybrid versions of the Accord and Inspire.

Based on photos from hot - weather testing we saw last year, we don't anticipate a huge change to the Tacoma's well - established platform, but many have speculated that the truck will receive six - speed automatic and manual transmissions for all models, replacing the old four - and five - speed automatics.

Now here we are in the summer of 2009, and the Quattroporte has evolved into three distinct models after last fall's facelift: the base car, still powered by the 4.2 - liter V - 8; the 4.7 S, which was our test car, with a new 4.7 - liter version of the V - 8, and the Sport GT - S, also powered by the 4.7 - liter V - 8 but with a sportier suspension and a bit more horsepower.

As with last year's BMW M Party, we selected the five best RS models currently available and enlisted our very own Bathurst winner Luke Youlden to track test them at Wodonga TAFE.

Aston's last production DB model, the DB9, was launched 13 years ago and was hailed in its Autocar road test as «extraordinarily desirable and supremely capable».

Updated, after a year: We spent several weeks researching and test driving different cars before deciding on the Sonata, and then at the last minute saw the value in bumping up to the Sport model with sunroof and other goodies at a bargain.

Over the last decade Giorgio Sanna, who was born in Rome, has been actively helping in the development of both Lamborghini production models and special versions, starting with the Murciélago over the Gallardo, Aventador and now the Huracan... since 2009 he was the chief test driver that was behind the wheel of the racing cars under development in Sant «Agata.

My 2014 Dynamic model averaged 11.4 L / 100 km overall, which may be a far cry from the 8.4 L / 100 km Natural Resources Canada claims for the baby Range Rover, but about 1.0 L / 100 km less than the last Evoque I tested in similar conditions.

The EPA has approved sales of BMW diesel models for the 2017 model year after a delay due to unspecified testing logistics last month, Reuters reports.

The 2018 Ford Mustang hasn't taken its crash tests yet, but it's likely that the coupe and the convertible will maintain similar ratings as last year's model.

The Mercedes E63 AMG S - model with 585 hp and four - wheel drive was recently timed at 7:55 minutes, while the Audi RS 6 Avant was last tested with 8:05 minutes.

Our Lexus GX tester was a 2010 model (it wasn't available in time for last year's test; neither was the LR4), so the base pricing of $ 51,970 may not reflect 2011 pricing.

The Sedona has earned good ratings in the five main crashworthiness tests since the 2015 model year, when it was last redesigned.

Output is rated at 201 horsepower and 195 pound - feet of torque, up 63 ponies over the model that we tested last year and 72 pound - feet of torque.

Then again, due to the EPA's ill - defined testing procedures, CVT - equipped WRX models will wear last year's underwhelming 19/25 figure on their window sticker, though Subaru assures us that selecting the transmission's default i - Mode will return fuel economy numbers in the neighborhood of 23 city and 30 highway under normal driving conditions.

While the Yeti has been on sale in Australia since 2011, this test vehicle is a minor power upgrade (from 77kW to 81kW) that has been introduced subsequent to the face - lifted model that arrived last year.

Compared to the last two models we've seen, there's also a small change up front, that goes back to the black model we say testing back in May of 2016.

That rating appeared in published 1973 model year Pontiac literature, which had been printed prior to the «pre-production» engines «barely passing» emissions testing, and the last minute switch to what became the production engine.

Our 2013 Honda Accord EX rang up a $ 26,195 as - tested price, which is only $ 200 more than last year's model.

This simple system, relying on an electromechanical valve that stiffens the hydraulic dampers, was in the European - model Scirocco I tested last year.

You also already know the new model's price, which range from RM37k to RM51k, and read our first impressions test drive report that surfaced before the official media preview and accompanying Bezza story blitz last Saturday.

We tested last year's model and got a 0 - to -60-mph time of 2.9 seconds, so we'd expect this to be a tad quicker.

Second, though the Forester is rated a «Top Safety Pick» by the IIHS for all model years since its last redesign for 2009, after the NHTSA strengthened its crash - testing program for the 2011 model year, the Forester received a middling 3 - Star side impact rating.