Sentences with phrase «than conventional methods such»

That is far faster than conventional methods such as sputum tests, which examine secretions from the lungs and bronchi and can take days — sometimes weeks — to return results.

Not exact matches

Various on - line dating sites claim that their methods for pairing individuals produce more frequent, higher quality, or longer lasting marriages, but the evidence underlying the claims to date has not met conventional standards of scientific evidence including: (i) sufficient methodological details to permit independent replication; (ii) open and shared data to permit a verification of analyses; (iii) the presentation of evidence through peer - reviewed journals rather than through Internet postings and blogs; (iv) data collection free of artifacts, such as expectancy effects, placebo effects, and confirmatory biases by investigators; and (v) randomized clinical trials (3, 9).

So - called alternative methods to kill heartworms, such as Paratox, are no safer than conventional drugs, since they rely on the exact same action — they kill the larvae / worms in the bloodstream.

Not to mention the increasing body of research, from both academics and intergovernmental agencies, such as the International Energy Agency, shows that expanding the use of natural gas will do nothing to prevent climate change, and that natural gas obtained by fracking has radically higher greenhouse gas emissions than gas obtained through conventional methods.

Some climate activists believe that biochar may offer a more environmentally friendly method of limiting global warming than do conventional forms of geoengineering, such as spraying sunlight - reflecting aerosols into the atmosphere.

So, someone who becomes a specialist in an area of law might lessen their dependence significantly through repeated exposure to the existing caselaw such that he or she would no longer be required to refer to past information, and might be able to keep up with things by reading printed material published in the conventional ways (although this implies that the field isn't moving more quickly than these methods can).