Sentences with phrase «test plot for»

Today, Aquiares is the main test plot for an ongoing project between the CIRAD Institute from France and CATIE University from Costa Rica.

Most of the grains we are consuming now are likely tainted with GMOs in some way because Monsanto and other seed companies have test plots for these crops everywhere and contamination is eminent.

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When Jeff Bezos isn't plotting how to blast himself into outer space or test - driving a 13 - foot Transformer-esque robot, he's hunting for the next startup that will bolster his Amazon arsenal.

Low Inflation Tests World's Central Banks Inflation is slowing across the developed world despite ultralow interest rates and unprecedented money - printing campaigns, posing a dilemma for the Fed and other major central banks as they plot their next policy moves.

In 2012, at the Central Institute for Cotton Research in Nagpur, I saw a new variety of GM cotton carrying two so - called «stacked» Bt genes in one test plot, while a nearby plot was testing a variety of cotton using organic methods — for some farmers the premium prices for organic cotton make it worthwhile.

I have a dreamy plot afoot for a court test to be decided on Saturn wherein the Constitution and Bill of Rights would be made to apply to fish and mammals.

Funnel plot, Begg's test and Egger's test were used to check for publication bias.

Funnel plots, the Egger (weighted regression) test, and the Begg and Mazumdar (rank correlation) tests for funnel plot asymmetry were conducted to examine the relation between sample size and observed mean differences in blood pressure by infant feeding group (21).

Funnel plots and tests for small study bias and publication bias were carried out for all associations.

Begg and Egger tests for funnel plot asymmetry were performed throughout, but there was insufficient power for these to show any significant findings (39, 42).

Using a six - square - mile test plot, they found that the organic carbon comes from shallow ponds that were dug to provide soil for flood protection.

The researchers also tested their prediction models on the validation set, and this resulted in ROC (receiver operating characteristic) plot points with an AUC (area under the curve) of 91.6 percent for general responsiveness, 89.7 percent for TNFi response and 85.7 percent for rituximab response.

Bowman intentionally made mistakes on one test plot — «areas where we didn't apply enough nitrogen fertilizer, where we simulated mistakes in the applicator, where we shut the boom off for a short period of time or plugged it up and ran for a while,» Bowman said.

In 2012, at the Central Institute for Cotton Research in Nagpur, I saw a new variety of GM cotton carrying two so - called «stacked» Bt genes in one test plot, while a nearby plot was testing a variety of cotton using organic methods — for some farmers the premium prices for organic cotton make it worthwhile.

With its lightweight puzzles and plot, The Turing Test is one of those «Great - For - An - Afternoon» games, the ones that scratch a specific itch and go down easy.

Just as his original movie from that year used nuclear bomb tests as the impetus for the plot, this new Godzilla also mines contemporary issues to find its storyline.

Language: English Genre: Action / Thriller MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Sam Mendes Actors: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Rhys Ifans Plot: Loyalties will be tested as M finds herself at the mercy of part of her past she had thought was done for good.

Director: Matt Reeves Cast: Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Kirk Acevedo and Toby Kebbell Plot: The apes encounter humans for the first time in two years, sparking a debate about their plan of action, putting Caesar's (Serkis) leadership to the test.

Stakes are further complicated when Kai realizes Eagle has been plotting a violent revenge against his supervisor Li Jianguo for over a decade, and his loyalties are put to the test.

In fact, «Tallulah» is «at its best when the plot [which involves Page's young drifter stealing a baby and moving in which her ex's mother] recedes and we get to see Page and Janney's characters testing their tolerance and eventual affection for one another.»

Director: Rupert Wyatt Cast: James Franco, Andy Serkis, John Lithgow, Freida Pinto, Tom Felton, Brian Cox, David Oyelowo Plot: When testing a potential cure for Alzheimer's on monkeys, Will Rodman (Franco) accidentally heightens the brainpower of a primate called Caesar and begins the Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

However, I'm going to have to hedge a recommendation, as the thriller elements, which constitute the bulk of the running time, are average at best, and at worst, a real test of one's ability to suspend disbelief (again, that whole «training to be Bobby Z for no apparent reason except for story convenience» portion is a plot contrivance too ludicrous to ignore).

DVD release date: 07/17/2018 Theatrical release: 04/27/2018 Language: English Genre: Drama / Romance MPAA rating: R Director: Sebastián Lelio Actors: Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz, Alessandro Nivola Plot: Years after being shunned by a community for an attraction towards a childhood friend, a woman returns home only to find the passion rekindled in a relationship that will test the bounds of faith and sexuality.

Plot: The Transparent creator's new show centres on a married couple whose relationship is put to the test when they both fall for the same professor.

*** Includes 129 original reading passages and comprehension questions *** *** Includes 30 fluency passages *** *** Includes 11 Reading Posters *** - character, setting, realism and fantasy, main idea and details, cause and effect, author's purpose, compare and contrast, sequence, plot, theme, and drawing conclusions *** Includes four level charts for teachers, parents, or students, so that they can keep track of their progress *** *** Includes a roster - words correct per minute for each student / child for fall / winter / spring *** Skills addressed in this resource: # 1 - think and search # 2 - author and me # 3 - analyze text structure # 4 - identify setting # 5 - identify character # 6 - identify plot # 7 - make and confirm predictions # 8 - cause and effect # 9 - compare and contrast # 10 - retell # 11 - classify and categorize # 12 - alliteration # 13 - rhyme and rhythmic patterns # 14 - onomatopoeia # 15 - similes # 16 - repetition and word choice # 17 - sensory language # 18 - study skills # 19 - text features # 20 - genres This is GREAT practice for testing while also providing a lot of fluency practice!

We examined five outcomes for students: knowledge of play plots and vocabulary, tolerance, Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET), desire to participate in theater, and interest in viewing theater.

Using a virtual Garden Planner, students may test their landscaping skills or prepare for the planting of an actual garden by designing a garden plot.

A sample question (not from SAMs paper) Spellings and vocabulary A few pages dedicated to plot (cloze test, table of contents for each scene and a comic strip) Gap fill for characters My students found this booklet invaluable - they really benefitted from having the text broken down into manageable chunks.

For each table you will also be able to download a corresponding graph which has the PIRA tests marks plotted against the national test scores, for easy referenFor each table you will also be able to download a corresponding graph which has the PIRA tests marks plotted against the national test scores, for easy referenfor easy reference.

I can't promise this test will unravel the plots and plotting, but by its end we will know for sure whether there's any substance left behind the high - gloss but fragile - looking Lotus façade.

Beta readers, who test your book for any readability issues and plot holes, are also a crucial step for indie authors when preparing to get their book ready for publication.

Brandon and I have worked on comics of several different lengths — standard 20 - and 22 - pagers, 10 - pagers, a 140 - page graphic novel, so looking at our overall plot and figuring out how to trim off the fat and boil it down into easily encapsulated 16 - page issues wasn't a huge difficulty.â $ ¨ â $ ¨ «Frost» is drawn by Giovanni Timpano, who posted some test pages for «The Shadow» on his blog.

So, as I started figuring out the basic plot for Duty from Ashes, the sequel to Vengeance from Ashes, I thought I'd finally put Scrivener to the test.

Simple examples for testing a hypothesis and setting up experiments in chemistry and physics are integrated into the plot.

She has both the science background and a eye for detail, so she acts as a litmus test for plot holes, scientific plausibility, and consistency.

The initial mixed model split - plot ANOVA Type III Tests for Fixed Effects demonstrated that number of hours a dog worked (F = 3.53, d.f. = 1,50.46, p - value = 0.0661) and number of searches performed (F = 5.32, d.f. = 1,50.22, p - value = 0.0253) could have a statistically significant impact on energy requirements.

The New Colossus may confuse you and test your limits for zigzagging plots, but you certainly can't forget it.

Meanwhile, Pantheon is plotting a stream on December 9th, Ship of Heroes became the fourth City of Heroes spiritual successor (and has crowdfunding on the way), Star Citizen began testing alpha 26, Richard Garriott donated an in - game skull to a tavern in Shroud of the Avatar, and The Exiled kicked off its closed alpha (for which we still have keys!).

It's tried and tested plot fodder for the series, offering an excuse for the mass slaughter, and enough explanation for those unfamiliar to the source material.

To test this, we plotted the results of the top 10 most expensive neighborhoods to find out what was most important for higher priced apartments.

Ricke Kress of Southern Gardens Citrus has high hopes for his secret plot of test trees, some of which are genetically modified.

After you watch this video statement made by Bruce Tolentino, a deputy director general at the International Rice Research Institute shortly after the test plots were destroyed, read on for excerpts from the pieces by Harmon and Lynas, along with fresh thoughts on Golden Rice from Michael Pollan, the popular author and ag - industry critic:

This statistic measures model performance by plotting the sensitivity values — the true positive fraction of test points — against 1 - specificity — the false - positive fraction for all available probability thresholds [53].

The problem is their test, which is simply plotting an OLS trend since 1997, is not a valid test for determining if global warming has continued or stopped.

While North Dakota's proposed rules would require farmers to secure a permit from the DEA before their licenses would become effective, there is precedent for this as the DEA permitted a test plot of industrial hemp in Hawaii from 1999 to 2003.

Recently, West Virginia's governor signed into law a bill to allow hemp cultivation, and Hawaii's governor is expected to sign legislation that will extend for 5 years the one - acre hemp test plot research program in that state.

We also tested for field significance in plots a, b, and d and the differences were found to be highly significant.

As shown in Figure 1, simple slopes tests of the plotted regression lines revealed diabetes conflict with mothers was associated with poorer adherence for Caucasians, but the slope was not significantly different from zero for the Latinos.

Trim and fill: A simple funnel - plot based method of testing and adjusting for publication bias in meta - analysis

If you have a large plot that would captivate potential gardeners, an inspector can also test for soil contamination.