But Contador's case has been controversial since the beginning, and he has vowed to appeal the ruling, saying that the widespread use of plasticizers in the environment has clouded
the testing efforts of the sport's doping police.
Not exact matches
Facebook is stepping up its
efforts to compete with Twitch and YouTube for video game streaming: The company is now offering select video gamers a chance to monetize their gameplay live streams on Facebook by giving their audience a way to tip them as part
of a
test of new monetization options.
While it will take months, possibly even years,
of tweaking and
testing before you have a fully optimized campaign, you'll find the
effort worth it.
Apple is working with partners to
test whether its smartwatch can be used to detect common heart conditions, an
effort that would make its device a «must have» for millions
of people worldwide.
The sanctions are the latest against third - country companies and individuals in an
effort to exert greater economic pressure on Kim Jong Un's regime, which has conducted regular missile and nuclear
tests in defiance
of United Nations resolutions and has developed weapons that may be capable
of hitting the continental U.S.
That research will be crucial: An earlier
effort by another company, Pathway Genomics, to create a «liquid biopsy» for cancer was greeted in September by a stern letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning that the agency had «not found any published evidence that this
test or any similar
test has been clinically validated as a screening tool for early detection
of cancer in high risk individuals.»
Since then however, virtually all
of the world's major automakers have ramped up self - driving car
efforts and are currently
testing prototype vehicles with various levels
of autonomous capabilities.
Depending on the invention, you may also need to build and
test it, documenting all
of these
efforts in your notebook (and having them witnessed as well).
The work is still in it's early stages — «Any
effort to use electric current for stimulating the brain outside the laboratory or clinic could be dangerous and should be strongly discouraged,» Green cautions — but there are already places where the idea
of electrical stimulation is being
tested out in the real world.
Together over the course
of the past year, Uber and Lyft have spent up to $ 9 million in a vain
effort to overturn the city's proposed safety measure, viewing Austin as an important
test case in the broader struggle between local regulators and Silicon Valley upstarts with novel business models and global ambitions.
Test how the logo will look on your website and marketing materials before putting the time and
effort into the final draft
of your logo.
The social network on Tuesday announced it has started
testing ads in its news feed, which is an
effort to take advertisements out
of users» side bars and right into their main column
of updates.
This way they had the possibility to
test all its features — issuing
of invoices, reports with lots
of data — with minimal
effort and cost
of time.
«Our decision to suspend nuclear
tests is part
of the world's important steps for nuclear disarmament and our republic will join global
efforts to completely suspend nuclear
tests,» Kim said.
Unfortunately, that's the very nature
of research: despite
efforts to accelerate innovation, basic research takes as long as ever because
of the thoroughness, rigorous
testing, and extended time required for commercialization.
In addition, Amazon Web Services has one
of their largest and most frequent
testing regions in Northern Virginia along with their Government Cloud
efforts.
Citing data management as a process bottleneck and a significant driver
of cost, Alberta Blue Cross chose Delphix to accelerate development and
testing for a modernization
effort that needed to be successful.
Testing takes careful observation and a strong pool
of results to truly understand how the small changes you make might ultimately impact your overall content optimization
efforts, as well as specific pieces
of content.
China is leading an
effort to water down the World Bank's most popular research report in a
test of the development institution's new president, Jim Yong Kim.
The consumer groupâ $ ™ s challenge comes amid reports that Waymo has provided all the necessary information to the DMV as part
of its
efforts to secure a permit to
test driverless cars on public roads.
The
effort by Ant Financial, the payments affiliate
of the internet giant Alibaba, was seen as a
test of the Trump administration's political and regulatory approach to China.
The 2014
effort was part
of a high - tech form
of voter persuasion touted by the company, which under Bannon identified and
tested the power
of anti-establishment messages that later would emerge as central themes in President Trump's campaign speeches, according to Chris Wylie, who left the company at the end
of that year.
We researched and
testing different paints styles with various vendors as an
effort to increase the durability
of the product.
The so - called Howey
Test established that an investment contract is defined as any scheme in which a person invests in a common enterprise with a reasonable expctation
of profit via the managerial
efforts of others.
Applying the 71 - year old Howey
Test, this qualifies as an investment in a «common enterprise,» in which investors are led to «expect profits» that are «generated from the
efforts of others.»
For example, if a lot
of visitors land on a certain page but always leave without taking the intended action,
test different messaging options in an
effort to retain those visitors.
In a blog post on Medium Friday, chief technology officer Chris Urmson announced that effective immediately he was leaving the team after shepherding Google's pioneering
effort through seven years and 1.8 million miles
of road
testing.
The ensemble methods that came out
of our stress -
testing efforts performed better across history than any other approach we had ever
tested (including against holdout validation data), but we missed a market rebound in the interim.
Wal - Mart is
testing the use
of facial recognition software to support loss prevention
efforts by scanning shoppers as they enter the store and cross referencing the images with a database
of alleged shoplifters.
«Having had our first
efforts with STA turn our brilliantly, with the hiring
of a candidate that we have very high hopes for over the coming years, I am please to say that STA passed the
test with flying colours»
The company has shown interest in the use
of a web - based front - end for the company's EDI systems to support the simplification
of testing efforts.
Chairman Giancarlo's
effort to balance the CFTC's goals
of promoting innovation while also protecting the derivatives markets from fraud, manipulation and other abusive practices has passed the first significant
test.
Mr. Levandowski leads Uber's Advanced Technologies Center in Pittsburgh, the epicenter
of the company's
testing and self - driving
efforts.
The
test checks whether there is (1) an investment
of money (2) in a common enterprise (3) with an expectation
of profits (4) which are derived solely from the
efforts of the promoters or third parties.
The section should also include a discussion on how you will evaluate the effectiveness
of your marketing
efforts, including the use
of marketing surveys, A / B
tests and social media analytics.
Now, Samantha, who is also a filmmaker, is using a Kickstarter campaign in an
effort to reunite with Anaïs (and perform DNA
tests to find out if they are in fact twins) as part
of the documentary to be called Twinsters.
While
efforts to reduce someone s grieving may seem justified as acts
of love, and motivated only by a wish to minimize another's pain (and thus are difficult, especially for the bereaved, to challenge), they fail the first
test of love: they do not show respect.
The method was an
effort to say what it is in the way
of epistemology, procedure
of thought, and
test of truth, that justifies what Charles Darwin, George Gaylord Simpson, and Steven Jay Gould call «this view
of life.»
When the people refuse to commit themselves, Elijah proposes an empirical
test, which, despite the best
efforts of Baal's own prophets, the Canaanite deity fails, and the LORD alone passes.
In doing so, the Federal Government always pursued the goal
of reaching a compromise proposal that builds on tried and
tested foundations, whilst also providing answers to the specific new challenges
of the globally booming organic sector since it regards the safeguarding
of a clear, appropriate and reliable EU legal framework as a key instrument in
efforts to promote organic agriculture.
Each beverage company may undertake additional activities including: introducing and expanding new lower - calorie products and smaller - portion packages; product placement such as end aisle and checkout displays featuring only reduced - calorie beverages; merchandising
efforts such as repositioning reduced - calorie beverages on shelves; providing coupons and other incentives promoting no / lower - calorie options; and taste
tests / sampling programs in and out
of store.
Many
efforts brought PhilRice to this point with Golden Rice: getting permits
of approval for the first confined
test, engaging the support
of local community leaders, establishing the field experiment, monitoring the experiment daily, and managing the harvested area for weeks afterward.
We have put a lot
of love, time and
effort into developing and
testing these recipes, so we decided to sell them inside the app.
As part
of IFA's Franchising Gives Back
effort, the IFA Women's Franchise Network Atlanta Chapter recently volunteered at the Atlanta Community Food Bank on Nov. 4 from 1 to 4 p.m. Volunteers from Shane's Rib Shack, We Sell Restaurants, Any Lab
Test Now, Adfinitely and Loud & Clear PR helped the non-profit organization inspect, sort and package food for those in need.
His set - piece deliveries were very hit and miss, but Eriksen covered a lot
of ground and
tested Ospina with a couple
of long - range
efforts.
Certainly the university's
efforts to turn Erickson into a scapegoat for the failure
of your drug -
testing policy is itself a plea
of guilty to the most - dreaded charge a university administrator can face from the NCAA: «lack
of institutional control.»
Honda was
testing a new specification engine at the Sakhir circuit in an
effort to cure some
of the reliability and performance issues which have plagued the team all year.
Ashley Barnes came on, and then Gudmundsson, but only a couple
of efforts from Wood
tested the goalkeeper while at the other end they did force a good save from Nick Pope with a shot that took a deflection.
There was no lack
of effort or desire but a distinct lack
of urgency as our boys huffed and puffed throughout the first half, creating a couple
of decent chances but ultimately failing to really
test Martin Fulop in the Sunderland goal.
On the 21s, I was at OT tonight, a really good turn out over 13k cheering on the reds, top support for a 21 game, Was not really surprised chelsea won, we were big underdogs going in, we did not really
test their keeper that often which was a shame, still been a top season for Warren Joyce side, a makeshift defence most
of the season and a lack
of striker options for most
of the season as well, so a great
effort just to be in the final, shame we couldnt win it.