Sentences with phrase «pilot tests using»

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.

IRRI and its local partners are pilot testing the use of ICT tools and technology transfer models in eight municipalities to accelerate the impact of rice research to improve farmers» livelihood.

The one - year pilot tested the use, function and adoption of e-readers in selected libraries to determine how e-readers affect library patronage, communities, staff, policies and procedures.

Rubix piloted test use cases across the pharmaceutical supply chain including drug safety, drug channels and any end - consumer issues with pharmaceutical drugs.

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Market testing and pilot projects provide valuable insight into how your customers will use your product, what they're willing to pay, what features it lacks and what bugs need to be fixed.

HERZLIYA, Israel, Oct 30 - Lockheed Martin Corp said on Tuesday that it was making progress on resolving technical issues facing the cutting - edge helmet being developed for use by F - 35 fighter pilots, and it cited positive initial reports from night flight tests of the system.

As we reported here on Inc.com a few years back, Kiwi inventor and entrepreneur Glenn Martin has been tinkering with his design for a personal jetpack in his garage for more than 30 years, using his wife as a test pilot.

Test pilots from the Air Force will use it to perform at the 11th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition.»

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is planning a pilot project to test a system that allows individuals to invest in solar energy - generating cells and effectively receive rent from consumers that use the hardware.

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.

We use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques to simulate trials before carrying out pilot tests in a physical plant.

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).

As a result, even if a private sports program that uses town fields, rinks, diamonds, or courts is required to comply with state mandates regarding concussion safety, I believe that there is a huge sports safety gap which, absent voluntary implementation by a private sports program of youth sports health and safety best practices, such as those we are pilot testing in Grand Prairie, Texas this fall as part of our SmartTeams ™ program, can and should be filled by a municipality by exercising its power of the permit.

The county has pilot tested alternative wastewater treatment systems and is currently in the process of finalizing which systems should be available for wider use.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's executive budget contains a public campaign financing proposal with requirements that are essentially unchanged from those used in a «pilot program» last year, even though the governor's office apparently did not seek input from the one candidate who tested the system.

The pilot project tested a dozen or so of the most commonly used gene promoters (regions of DNA that facilitate gene transcription) and segments of DNA that encode ribosome - binding sites (sequences of messenger RNA that control protein translation) to determine whether they behave consistently in different cellular contexts.

Edwards test pilots were the first to fly high enough to see the curvature of Earth, and NASA used the base's runways for 57 of the 135 space shuttle landings.

An operator set the apparatus rolling, pitching, and yawing (video); the test pilot strapped into the center then used the jets to stabilize the simulator.

He adds that only few projects have been implemented and highlights the ones based on nitrogen injection to maintain pressure in the Cantarell and Ku - Maloob - Zaap complexes and the use of steam at Samaria Neogene to lower the viscosity of extra-heavy oil which allows it to flow with more ease, plus some pilot tests with chemicals and gas fields.

The papers also describe key decision points in the curriculum development process and how the pilot test data on student and teacher learning and classroom enactment were used to revise and improve the unit.

Each new test item and the three grade - level assessments will be pilot - and field - tested with students, and a complete statistical analysis of the data will be used to ensure that the tests are valid measures of what students know about energy.

American Aerospace Technologies Inc., a Pennsylvania - based company that creates Unmanned Aircraft Systems for industry use, provided and piloted the test aircraft — an RS - 16 UAS, which can be equipped with a special sensor package to identify threats to pipeline integrity.

CRI provides a pilot grant to Jean - Pierre Mach for preclinical studies to test a new cancer immunotherapy strategy using anti-tumor antibody fragments conjugated to antigenic MHC / peptide complexes.

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.

Even though Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) is a cocky test pilot, he finds himself feeling less than confident when he is chosen by an alien race to join the ranks of the Green Lanterns — an intergalactic squadron that uses the power of a green ring to keep peace in the universe.

Using visual effects sparingly, Kaufman's film grounds its story in relationships between the test pilots and their steely spouses — most poignantly in a dialogue between the wives in which they commiserate on the stresses of Air Force life.

Rather than bet their legacy on a single idea such as universal pre-school or school choice, Kane argues that state policymakers should use the ESSA evidence requirements to create the infrastructure for piloting and testing interventions.

Using this rapid cycle of design - test - iterate, an idea is developed by a group of experts and key stakeholders, piloted in a real world setting, refined, and tested again with a larger group, thereby creating an accelerated method to prepare for scale up at a population level.

• TFA frequently uses outside consulting organizations to analyze its work and then implements pilot projects to test recommended changes.

If California wants to simply identify underperforming schools on the state's dashboard, as its accountability plan suggests, or if Arizona wants to allow schools to use any standardized test that fits their needs rather than a statewide test, as ESSA's pilot option also allows, DOE should move out of the way of these state laboratories.

Piloted in 2014, the test is now being used at different levels in 35 states, but there has been increasing backlash — about everything from the breadth and expanse of materials required, to the reports of unqualified test correctors, to the monetary incentives of Pearson.

We will use the students» responses to the questionnaire to inform our development of the curricula that we will test out in our pilot study.

Some pilot schools opt out of the BPS assignment mechanism and admit students using tests or auditions.

The federal agency could allow the state to simply implement the law and use comparable test results for accountability purposes, or the state agency could work with federal officials to use ESSA's pilot testing provision.

* The state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program, which may give it the opportunity to use a new assessment system in place of state tests for accountability purposes, Politico New York reports: http://goo.gl/696SoR * SUNY presses ahead with tuition increase plan, the Poughkeepsie Journal reports: http://pojonews.co/1J1tzen * Roberts Wesleyan updates...

L.A. Unified is looking to pilot a teacher evaluation program that will use student test data in measuring performance; Deasy made clear that this will come up during the district's contract negotiations with the AFT.

A charter or pilot school contributes application cohorts to our lottery analysis when the school is over-subscribed and therefore runs a lottery, has complete lottery records, and, in the case of pilots, uses a lottery to select students instead of tests or an audition.

With EcoXPT — now being tested in classrooms (see a video from a pilot site below), and available to educators perhaps as early as the fall of 2018 — middle school students use a virtual reality program to investigate why all the large fish in a virtual pond have died.

Some schools in both states piloted programs in which student work instead of multiple - choice tests was used to evaluate their academic progress.

Option 3: Using the ESSA pilot provision, create a state - wide sequence and sequence - based reading tests

They also have the opportunity to innovate: Through a new pilot program that will allow seven states to develop radically new approaches to assessments, states can experiment with performance - based and instructionally embedded tests and use technology to advance testing.

It also dramatically increased the number of tests and used tests that had never been piloted.

Developed and pilot tested by researchers at Mills College, the fractions resource kit provides support for teachers in ways that is similar to those available to Japanese teachers for conceptualizing and teaching fractions, and teachers use the lesson study process to learn about the subject matter and effective instructional practice.

In addition, more than 20 states have begun pilot programs using a new performance test for incoming teachers — the test was developed by the New Jersey - based publisher and test developer, Pearson Inc..

About 20,000 schools among the 22 states intending to use the Smarter Balanced exam next school year are piloting the test this spring, according to Jacqueline King, spokeswoman for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, which designed the tests.

Is there a pilot program to teach ELL students science and math in their native languages and then use a language appropriate test to determine their comprehension?

This dedicated team is using classroom diagnostic test data to advance student achievement, and after - hours time to build and pilot more engaging digital curricula.

All NAEP items are pilot tested to evaluate performance before operational use.

Education technology test beds accelerate education innovation by connecting developers and educators to pilot, evaluate, and ultimately expand the use of learning products that work for students.

Though our program wasn't a blended learning initiative, schools or districts interested in testing out blended learning could use this Academy as a model from which to build a blended learning pilot or program.