Sentences with phrase «small number of volunteers»

A phase 1 study is one in which the primary goal of the study is to understand whether the drug is safe in a small number of volunteers.

Two years ago, the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator granted CSIRO permission to test the variety in a short - term trial in a small number of volunteers.

«The findings are intriguing,» says Daniel Ansari, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, but he doesn't find the long - term improvements overwhelming, owing to the small number of volunteers who returned for testing.

We rely on a very small number of volunteers to make that happen.

Tesla Inc. exhorted its factory workers to prove wrong the «haters» betting against the company and is letting a small number of volunteers join the effort to ramp up output of the crucial Model 3 line.

Not exact matches

Our subsequent results, based on a small number of US volunteers, showed the effective conversion of Golden Rice β - carotene, even though all individuals were of normal vitamin A status.

Ours is a people - centered, data - driven campaign that has built small, manageable neighborhood teams run by talented volunteers and supported by amazing field organizers who know the exact number of votes they need to win in their precincts.

Despite the encouraging poll numbers — Spitzer called them «comforting» — the candidate acknowledged that he and the small army of petitioners (some paid, some volunteers) currently headquartered in his father's real - estate building on Fifth Avenue still had some work to do in the final 24 hours to get over the finish line.

A small number of paid canvassers from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in Washington, the campaign arm for House Democrats, and volunteers helped Perez Willams collect 3,200 signatures by going door - to - door across the four - county district in just nine days.

If Floobini asks his volunteer to pick only two stones from the bag and tell him the sum of their numbers, what are the eight smallest numbers that will work?

The reliably high percentage of those who develop viremia following exposure to this challenge virus is another advantage — when most or all volunteers develop viremia or other signs of infection, clinical trials can enroll relatively small numbers of people but still achieve answers to such questions as whether a candidate vaccine protects against infection, she noted.

Project collaborators Holland Shaw and John Bender have volunteered to help expand our small flock of Band - tailed Pigeons to the numbers needed for a successful de-extinction program.

Although the small town enjoys strong parent support, the First Day Holiday has also increased the number of volunteers from the community.

Currently, if you are affiliated with a number of military or government branches, make a small donation to the National Military Family Association or the Voices for America's Troops, or volunteer for the Red Cross, then you're eligible to join.

During Kitten Season, raising orphaned kittens on a large scale has long been considered a job better left to small - scale rescue groups, or achieved in small numbers by dedicated foster volunteers.1 The expansion of feline foster programs and, more notably, the establishment of kitten nurseries to address Kitten Season, are changing the situation for the better.

As a small, local rescue organization with a limited number of volunteers we predominantly complete adoptions in the greater Savannah area including Chatham, Effingham and Bryan counties.

RAIN is a small organization run solely by volunteers and so is limited in the number of animals they can take in.

VHS cares for a large number of animals in a small amount of space with a small number of staff and volunteers.

Every pit bull attack on an animal mobilizes smaller but nonetheless motivated numbers of volunteers.

However, the actual number of volunteers who end up volunteering long - term is very small (approximately 10 % after a year).

The small white birds are part of an intense monitoring program with a tremendous number of volunteers who watch the colonies throughout the six - month nesting season.

And Greenberg led a small group of volunteers who turned it into a classroom for teaching the ABCs — animal birth control — to local vets, the logical next step in reducing the number of wild dogs.

Today a small group of volunteers tends to the five - acre property which includes a collection of bamboos, rhododendrons, Japanese maples and a number of monkey puzzle trees, old and new, including the tallest recorded in North America.

Formed in 2012, the Games On Song choir is made up members of the games industry who volunteer their time and voices to sing and raise money for GamesAid; a UK based video games charity which acts as an umbrella to support a number of smaller charities who help disadvantaged and disabled children and young people.

The majority of China's environmental NGOs, except for a very small number who take an extreme western environmentalist line without considering the country's special characteristics, are positive and healthy, especially the youth groups who are volunteering for the environment.

Heidi serves on and leads a number of volunteer boards and committees, including serving as co-chair of the Women's Bar Association's Solo and Small Firm Section and co-chair of the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Practice Management Committee.