Sentences with phrase «tested on their ability»

All CFESA technician training programs include classroom and hands - on education, and testing on the ability to identify, troubleshoot and repair problems on many types of equipment.

Students in the study looked at photos and were tested on their ability to recognize the emotions of those pictured.

Then the mice were placed in a different arm of the maze and tested on their ability to remember the location of the platform based on the environmental cues.

The students are tested on their ability to «do» the subject in context, to transfer their learning effectively.

Whether you are in a high school or undergraduate class or are going for an MBA, your professors will definitely test you on your ability to think critically, which is an essential skill as we get older.

They were then tested on their ability to select the «correct» visual.

The working terriers informally know as «dirt dogs» — a designation that covers Dachshunds, Jack Russell Terriers, Patterdale Terriers, West Highland White Terriers, Cairn Terriers, Norwich Terriers, and many other breeds — are routinely tested on their ability to quarry and «work» small rodents.

You will be tested on your ability to watch for proper position in the road while turning in bends and roundabouts.

On this section of the Corrections Written Test, you are tested on your ability to clearly and logically organize information.

This is because you will be tested on your ability to handle people and ensure their safety.

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For several hours each day, unbeknownst to those employees, the researchers raised and lowered the amount of carbon dioxide in the air, and then tested everyone on nine different kinds of cognitive ability, like responding to a crisis, strategic thinking and applying their knowledge to a practical task.

Managers of ordinary ability, focusing solely on acquisition possibilities meeting these tests, have achieved excellent results in recent decades.

According to people's scores on multiple - choice vocabulary tests, most of us don't reach our peak wordsmith - ing abilities until we're in our late 60s or early 70s.

Swokowski said, further, that being transgender has no effect on ability or performance, noting that she maxed the Army Physical Fitness Test while serving.

Gross says focusing on video games was as much about the science of tracking and collecting information about patients» vision, as it is about the psychology in having a testing format that appeals to a wide range of ages and cognitive abilities — from children through elderly — regardless of reading or language skills.

The test includes sections on cultural awareness, the ability to resist extremism, and whether students can identify fake news.

He recruits an assistant and starts his own agency, focusing on his one remaining client: a disgruntled football player who puts Maguire's resolve and abilities to the test.

Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward - looking statements due to these risks and uncertainties as well as other factors, which include, without limitation: the uncertain timing of, and risks relating to, the executive search process; risks related to the potential failure of eptinezumab to demonstrate safety and efficacy in clinical testing; Alder's ability to conduct clinical trials and studies of eptinezumab sufficient to achieve a positive completion; the availability of data at the expected times; the clinical, therapeutic and commercial value of eptinezumab; risks and uncertainties related to regulatory application, review and approval processes and Alder's compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; risks and uncertainties relating to the manufacture of eptinezumab; Alder's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights, and operate without infringing on the intellectual property rights of others; the uncertain timing and level of expenses associated with Alder's development and commercialization activities; the sufficiency of Alder's capital and other resources; market competition; changes in economic and business conditions; and other factors discussed under the caption «Risk Factors» in Alder's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 26, 2018, and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Mounting volumes of data were testing the technology in place there, challenging the company's ability to keep Coke products on store shelves.

In other words, the two groups both said they were testing Twitter's predictive ability; in reality, they both examined the accuracy of predictions using tweets and additional data sources like movie openings in theaters and film ratings on International Movie Database and Rotten Tomatoes.

The governor of Arizona on Monday suspended Uber's ability to test self - driving cars on public roads in the state following a fatal crash last week that killed a 49 - year - old pedestrian.

Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.

New features in the vehicles being tested in San Francisco include the ability to drive on hills, change lanes and share the road with bicycles.

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 - The Republican - controlled U.S. Congress approached a major test on Thursday of its ability to enact sweeping tax cuts, as lawmakers prepared for their first full - scale vote on tax legislation.

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 - The Republican - controlled U.S. Congress was approaching a major test on Thursday of its ability to enact sweeping tax cuts, as lawmakers prepared for their first full - scale vote on tax legislation.

Additionally, he can test new ideas on his projects, giving him the ability to deliver great results for his clients.

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 - The Republican - controlled U.S. Congress was approaching a major test on Thursday of its ability to overhaul the federal tax code, as lawmakers prepared for their first full - scale vote on sweeping tax legislation.

Known as a stress test, the check - up looks at a bank's ability to withstand a future crisis and comes as the ECB takes over as a banking supervisor on November 4.

First of all, we want to test his quant skillset, check his ability to read a code, analyse the model, listen to his judgement on the

And whereas some psychologists find that high scores on certain cognitive tests correlate in older people with the ability to keep their spirits up, other researchers hypothesize that happiness in later life is an effect of cognitive losses — which force older people to concentrate on simpler, happier thoughts.

In each regime, they test the ability of a lagged multi-indicator sentiment index to forecast equally weighted hedge portfolio returns, focusing on stocks most likely susceptible to mispricing (small - capitalization stocks, stocks without positive earnings, growth stocks and stocks that pay no dividend).

Another ACCS report noted the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has failed to sufficiently test its ability to thwart cyber attacks on its weapons systems.

With the need to meet ongoing operational requirements and deliver on future procurement needs at a time of budget stress, the ability to earmark resources to build Canada - China cooperation will be a true test of priorities.

«In the best interest of the people of my state, I have directed the Arizona Department of Transportation to suspend Uber's ability to test and operate autonomous vehicles on Arizona's public roadways,» Ducey wrote in his letter.

The by - election will test whether the PCs have the ability and appeal to hold on to one of their nine remaining seats in the Legislative Assembly.

Sylvia Fu, e-commerce director at confectionary company Hershey's, told attendees that the ability to test new products on the platform provides valuable insights into consumer preferences and «helps us define our next - stage innovations.»

The Skills Tests were just what I needed to show potential employers my abilities as well as refresh myself on the information.

Based on decades of cognitive science research at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute, the quick and accessible Cogniciti brain health assessment (www.cogniciti.com) is designed as a series of game - like tests that tap into cognitive abilities (such as memory and attention).

The 1938 report Doctrine in the Church of England says that «every individual ought to test his or her belief in practice and, so far as his or her ability and training allow, to think out his or her own belief and to distinguish between what has been accepted on authority only and what has been appropriated in thought or experience».23 Such an emphasis has to allow for variety of belief and view within the community.

We hold that the test for actuality is the ability to act, to exert power and influence on the coming to be of individual quantum events and larger societies of occasions.

To demonstrate that Sarah's achievements were not based on perception of look - alikes but on her grasp of abstract relations, Premack tested Sarah's ability to reason analogically, involving relations of change in size, color, shape and marking, as well as actions such as cutting, opening and marking.

The term IQ, or Intelligence Quotient, generally describes a score on a test that rates the subject's cognitive ability as compared to the general population.

Here's what these researchers found when they tested the effects of known bone super foods on women's ability to build bone.

Performance testing was analysed based on participants» ability to identify healthy food products in both of the choice tasks.

Changes to competition laws (milk wars discussion and recommendations relating to MMP (introduce effects test), predatory pricing (recommend Minister direct ACCC to investigate Coles for breach of s 46 relating to predatory pricing), unconscionable conduct (suggest it be defined), statutory duty of good faith, unfair contract terms (seeks «recognition of the competitive disadvantage faced by farmers» and extension of unfair contract terms protection to small business), collective bargaining (seeks relaxation of public interest test for boycott approvals in agriculture markets, increase «ability for peak bodies to commence and progress collective bargaining and boycott applications» on behalf of members - and further dairy specific recommendations, ACCC divestiture power (wants ACCC to have similar divestiture powers to Comp Commission in UK - «simpler process of divestiture», ACCC monitoring powers (wants Minister to direct ACCC to use price monitoring powers to «monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of drinking milk») and mandatory code of conduct (wants mandatory code and «Ombudsman with teeth to ensure compliance»)-RRB-.

The actual physical space was one motivator but I've also yearned for the ability to experiment with warmer proof temperatures (45ºF and above) to test the effect on the resting dough overnight.

That ability will be tested in the months ahead, as O'Brien prepares for his next meet, in Talence, France, on Sept. 4 and 5.

The only semi-compelling argument behind teams testing for pot is itself a rationalization — that the testing is simply an «intelligence test» to see if the player will follow (or successfully skirt) an arbitrary rule that has no bearing whatsoever on their ability to do their job at a high level.

If true it could effect his ability to take part in pre-season testing, which gets underway on the 27th of February.

But if high school swimmers are refused the right to test their ability against others in competition on a national level, what incentive will there be for them to continue?