Sentences with phrase «often test issues»

Psychological experiments often test issues in artificial ways that can't be extrapolated to real life.

Not exact matches

The office issued a series of cease and desist orders on February 2, targeting herbal supplements that, according to genetic tests, don't contain what they claim to and often contained ingredients that don't appear on the label.

Webb does not put much stock in those financial literacy tests, either, since they often focus on arcane issues that have little bearing on the basics of saving money.

QUESTION: Does anyone know if or how often SC Justices are tested for dementia (among other issues) and if there are mechanisms for removal other than voluntarily stepping down?

How often we seek to apply an untenable «litmus test» to satisfy ourselves on issues related to faith which have absolutely nothing to do with true fellowship with God.

This isn't an issue for me since all this recipe testing uses up leaveners long before they can go flat, but for those who don't bake often, it's good to keep an eye on it.

Often, this type of testing can reveal an underlying issue and even intelligence testing can show you how your child thinks and attempts to solve problems.

Labor is often induced because a doctor may think that the baby is too big (tests determining this are often wrong), mom is tired of being pregnant, there are scheduling issues for doctor or mom, or for a genuine medical reason.

But opponents often associate the standards with other contentious issues, namely teacher evaluations, testing and student - data collection.

In lab tests, prototype multilayer lenses have shown they can release ciprofloxacin (an antibiotic often used to treat eye and other infections) for up to 100 days, according to a study published in the July issue of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science by researchers from Children's Hospital Boston, the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary's (MEEI) ophthalmology department, Schepens Eye Research Institute in Boston, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (M.I.T.) chemical engineering department.

«More than 90 percent of those in the United States who know they are at risk for HD because of their family history have abstained from genetic testing, often because they fear discrimination or don't want to face the stress and anxiety of knowing they are destined to develop such a devastating disease,» says H. Diana Rosas, MD, of the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MGH - MIND), lead and corresponding author of the paper that will appear in the March 11 issue of Neurology and has been released online.

A new test may reveal which patients will respond to treatment for graft versus host disease (GVHD), an often life - threatening complication of stem cell transplants (SCT) used to treat leukemia and other blood disorders, according to a study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published online today in the journal Lancet Haematology and in print in the January issue.

Offering HIV testing and counseling for breastfeeding, family planning and other issues in the homes of study participants made it twice as likely the male partners — who often report feeling uncomfortable making clinic visits but are key to reducing HIV transmission — would be tested.

Although reanalysis of the available evidence is important, the ability to properly control for bias and confounding [factors that can influence outcomes] in observational studies is often limited, and without randomized controlled trials specifically designed to test the hypothesis, the issue of nonspecific effects of vaccines may remain subject to continuing debate.»

In the June 2008 issue of Quality & Safety in Health Care, the researchers report that medical testing errors led to lost time, lost money, delays in care, and pain and suffering for patients, with adverse consequences affecting minority patients far more often.

Premature babies often face medical issues that require diagnostic tests and procedures, even as they grow older, the study noted.

Labor is often induced because a doctor may think that the baby is too big (tests determining this are often wrong), mom is tired of being pregnant, there are scheduling issues for doctor or mom, or for a genuine medical reason.

For those individuals with persistent reflux issues that are resistant to typical approaches involving lifestyle, diet and natural supplements, I will often recommend that we do a trial H. pylori eradication, even if lab tests are negative.

The very very last thing that I add in and sometimes it can be a good 12 - 15 weeks before I add in this component is chronic competitive motion where it's okay, we're actually going out to go on a bike ride or swim or run or something that is metabolic conditioning roadwork because that's the stuff in someone that is overtrained who often times has their parasympathetic nervous system really really beat up you know, if you test their heart rate variability, the number called there high frequency is really really consistently low you know usually because there are triathletes or marathoners that's more often I'm dealing with those people with adrenal fatigue than I am with like a cross fitter who's kind of an opposite sympathetic nervous system fatigue issue but with those parasympathetic nervous fatigue, the last thing we add back in is the swimming and the biking and the running because it's important to realize that when you're trying to recover from adrenal fatigue or overtraining, even if you're doing like an easy swim or an easy bike ride or an easy run, if you're a triathlete or a marathoner or a swimmer or a cyclist, those easy sessions send a message to your body that you're training, that you're running from a lion and you still get that hormonal depletion and it's so easy for you to just turn into a depletion session and so that's the very very last thing that I'll add back in so that's kinda like the crow's eye view of you know, the type of things that I'll implement in a program for overtraining recovery, you know and you know, this is something that people hire me to walk them through.

Testosterone testing is often just the beginning for our patients — we want to look at all your hormones (and other health markers) to see if there are additional issues.

The mindset that I would encourage for histamine intolerance, and that I often encourage when it comes down to figuring out root causes for issues, is all about testing.

Current state tests were missing several important opportunities — they often did not measure the full range of what students should know, focusing on easier skills and ignoring hard - to - measure standards, and most states did not include writing in their assessment systems (to name just a few of the issues with the current market of tests).

The cross-country comparative approach provides a number of unique advantages over national studies: It can exploit institutional variation that does not exist within countries; draw on much larger variation than usually available within any country; reveal whether any result is country - specific or more general; test whether effects are systematically heterogeneous in different settings; circumvent selection issues that plague within - country identification by using system - level aggregated measures; and uncover general - equilibrium effects that often elude studies in a single country.

And when the field talks about «over-testing,» it's often not talking about the same kinds of tests or the same set of issues.

When people study for the GRE exam, they often forget about the two Writing tasks, the Analyze an Issue Task and the Analyze an Argument Task, facing them on test day.

Issues of «fairness» arise when a test, or more likely its summative (i.e., summary and sometimes consequential) and formative (i.e., informative) uses, impact some more than others in unfair yet often important ways.

She blamed the «obsession with paperwork, the obsession with teaching to a test» for some of the workload issues faced by staff, and said school leaders often had the solutions, but needed more support.

Aspiring and new teachers often have a desire to engage students in issues of social justice but find themselves overwhelmed when presented with scripted curriculum, high stakes test prep, and mentors without the drive or experience of doing it themselves.

Yet, as often is the case, the issue of teacher evaluation, particularly the use of student testing data, is never quite as simple as we make it sound.

Across the country, more and more educators are headed to court to quash test - based evaluations that have been shown to be unfair and often riddled with errors, offer little guidance, and put educators at risk of being punished or fired, which are the same issues playing out in New Mexico.

Over-emphasis on closing gaps in test scores to the neglect of other issues has led to the development of accountability systems that can overlook the impacts of poverty on students» scores and often result in penalizing the very schools and teachers that are struggling the most and that need the most support.

She continued: «Our students often deal with bigger issues, and those issues are bigger than MEAP tests,» referring to the Michigan Educational Assessment Program, the state's standardized test.

That is, bias (a highly controversial issue covered in the research literature and also on this blog; see recent posts about bias here, here, and here), does also appear to exist in this state and particularly at the school - level for (1) subject areas less traditionally tested and, hence, not often consecutively tested (e.g., from one consecutive grade level to the next), and given (2) the state is combining growth measures with proficiency (i.e., «snapshot») measures to evaluate schools, the latter being significantly negatively correlated with the populations of the students in the schools being evaluated.

It is important to recognise that this is a very early test, often riddled with issues.

He then assigned himself tasks like detailing our Four Seasons test cars as if it was his life's work, filling birdfeeders, updating issue indices, and assisting on photo shoots, all with humility, grace, and a beatific smile not often seen at the minimum - wage level.

In a statement issued today, the company acknowledged that the IIHS sets testing procedures that often are more severe or specialized than what is required by federal testing.

We make usability testing part of production; we put it in the hands of people who don't use iPads that often and see how they interact with it before we take the issue live.

And while I will often recommend a great natural product like Zymox Otic with Hydrocortisone to help with chronic ear issues, it is important to have pets with chronic ear issues examined by a veterinarian so appropriate lab testing can be done which can help better guide specific treatment.

These are extremely beneficial, as we often see senior cats return to a more youthful state of being when blood tests identify an issue that can be easily treated.

In addition, since some dogs will get urinary tract infections, and older female dogs often have pre-existing bladder control issues, it is often worthwhile to have your veterinarian perform a urine test to look for infection or other causes for abnormal urinations.

Since German Shepherd Dogs often have additional medical issues such as hip dysplasia or irritable bowel syndrome, we often accrue other high medical costs for x-rays and diagnostic tests.

Good - intentioned people who buy from pet stores, puppy mill websites, or even local backyard breeders (people who breed as a hobby or an «oops» but do not actually know their breed inside and out, nor do they test for health and temperament before breeding) often face serious veterinary bills associated with genetic issues that arise as these puppies grow.

Blood chemistries, complete blood counts (CBC), electrolytes, thyroid testing, fecal analysis and urinalysis can often tell us if your furry family member may have an issue that can not be seen from the outside.

Once your cat's blood glucose level has been stabilized, having a blood Free T - 4 and a urine microalbumin test is a good idea since elderly cats often have multiple health issues.

BYB dogs are not health tested and puppies often have health issues from poor breeding stock and / or treatment after they are born.

This test is performed most often with general wellness visits or when your pet is encountering a digestive issue.

This and features like crafting being added so late caused severe problems for testing, and resulted in the game's many glitches and problems, according to Preludes: «So the (massive and disjointed) test teams were often sitting on their laurels waiting for more content while the thousands of issues they had already flagged were marked as «Won't Fix» due to time constraints.»

Issues are whittled down, often through several beta tests.

As a former professor, senior civil servant and current CEO, I know that solving large problems involves the thoughtful, careful application of science, but I have come to respect the fact — a word I don't use lightly — that there are often a multitude of non-science issues that keep possible solutions from ever leaving the computer or test bench....

While doctors often effectively have an «agenda» of issues to work through in a consultation, such as taking a history, performing an examination and ordering tests, issues of importance from a patients perspective can often be left out, so patients need to think about their own agenda, and what they would like to get out of any consultation.