Sentences with phrase «than testing for»

Variety states that earlier rumors connected Scott Eastwood to the role, but he opted instead for a guaranteed «Suicide Squad» supporting part rather than testing for «Wonder Woman.»

12/8/2008 Interactive Gene «Networks» May Predict if Leukemia is Aggressive or Slow - Growing Rather than testing for individual marker genes or proteins, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) and the Moores UCSD Cancer Center have evidence that groups, or networks, of interactive genes may be more reliable in... More...

In both Korea and Japan, some students enter a vocational training system at the upper secondary level and take tests to qualify for vocational credentials rather than the tests for entry into university.

The test for resisting motions to dismiss actions for delay at a «show cause» status hearing and for restoring actions to the trial list is tougher than the test for setting aside registrars» administrative dismissals.

In examining the case law on family status, the Tribunal took issue with the existence of a different test for family discrimination (the Johnstone test) than the test for discrimination on the basis of other protected grounds.

The irony in the steep drop in seeking approval for wiretaps is seizure of private communications by local, provincial, and national police is now likely higher than ever and the legal hurdle is arguably much lower than the test for what are known as Part VI authorizations under the Criminal Code.

Not exact matches

The PGS platform promised genetic risk reports for more than 250 disease at the time — but, after the FDA smackdown, 23andMe was forced to stop marketing the service and pursue a piecemeal strategy of winning regulatory approval of individual tests.

The list is composed of the top 12 foods — including spinach, strawberries and tomatoes — that «tested positive for a number of different pesticide residues and contained higher concentrations of pesticides than other produce,» according to the EWC.

Rather than pay up, Uber got into a lengthy debate with the state in which Anthony Levandowski, vice president at Uber's Advanced Technologies Group (and founder of the self - driving startup Otto that Uber acquired) argued Uber wasn't actually testing «autonomous vehicles» because all its vehicles had human drivers aboard and would for the foreseeable future.

It's so much easier to administer and grade a useless multiple choice test and to inflate every kids» grades for their college applications than it is to create challenging course work that excites, engages, and challenges them.

Cobb Tuning — now 35 employees strong and headquartered in Salt Lake City, which allows for weather - friendly product testing — brings in more than $ 6 million annually.

We've fired it for 100 seconds — it could fire much longer than 100 seconds, that's just the size of the test tanks.

For more than a year, Finland has been testing the proposition that the best way to lift economic fortunes may be the simplest: Hand out money without rules or restrictions on how people use it.

MONTREAL — Bombardier Aerospace has delayed delivery of its first new CSeries commercial aircraft by several months and potentially more than a year, saying it needs more time for testing and preparation.

The company has received approval for one test and is certified to operate lab testing facilities, but the FDA's assessment of the company's other tests — more than 240 are listed on Theranos» website and they say they've submitted over 130 for approval so far — is still pending.

In an editorial about Theranos in the journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine earlier this year, Eleftherios P. Diamandis, the head of clinical biochemistry at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, argued that fingerprick tests are not necessarily any more painful than needle draws — though there still might be an appeal for someone afraid of needles.

The consensus from psychologists is that the test — invented more than 50 years ago by mother - daughter duo Katharine Briggs and Isabel Myers — is too rigid and fails to provide context or leave room for people to change.

The recent FDA approval for its herpes test was the first public sign the company is making headway on this goal, though the company and the FDA declined to comment to the WSJ on the status of the more than 130 other tests it has submitted to the agency.

«We can perform hundreds of tests, from standard to sophisticated, from a pinprick and tiny sample of blood, and we have performed more than 70 tests from a single tiny sample,» a representative for the company told Tech Insider in April.

Home sales across the country have dropped in the wake of several government policy measures, including a stress test for home buyers with a down payment of more than 20 per cent, that were implemented to cool the country's hot housing market.

He says it's more critical that a client get a quality product to market for testing than obsessing too soon over costs and margins.

Holmes and Theranos made waves in Silicon Valley and the diagnostics industry two years ago, when investors lined up to boost the valuation of a company that claimed it would soon offer more than 1,000 varieties of blood diagnostics tests without the need for a syringe.

The company shut down the affected plant for testing and scouring, and recalled more than 200 products.

A certified financial planner, certified fund specialist and chartered financial consultant with more than 30 years» experience, Carson authored «Tested in the Trenches» and co-authored The New York Times best - seller «Avalanche: The 9 Principles for Uncovering True Wealth.»

The CS100, which is expected to make its maiden test flight this fall, burns up to 15 % less fuel, and is also far quieter than a traditional jet engine — a perfect fit for Porter's business model, and its home airport.

In a similar fashion, the Body Shop got skewered when a magazine article questioned its claims about animal testing, alleged that the company used petrochemicals in some of its «natural» products, and charged that its Trade Not Aid program accounted for less of its supplies than it had claimed.

Test - takers no longer will lose points for wrong answers, a feature meant to discourage guessing but that produced agonized complaints that the exam was more an exercise in strategy than a measure of college - readiness.

The trial was one of three scheduled for the first half of this year over claims that Volkswagen deceived customers with the deliberate rigging of emissions controls to perform differently when being tested than they do on the road.

I, for one, typically favor shoes that feel barely - there but still leverage technology to give better energy return (and protection) than bare feet on pavement can — like the Adidas Ultra Boost X or new Nike Epic React Flyknits, which I've tested and now regularly rely on for my 5 - 7 mile runs.

In total, more than 170 athletes, including over 40 Russians, have tested positive for the drug since it was banned.

The Air Force has not disclosed many details about the space craft other than to say it's designed for «low Earth orbit altitudes where it can perform long duration space technology experimentation and testing.»

It is far more important to get a minimal viable product in the marketplace for testing than to perfect it.

In late May, when Edward Yruma of Keybanc Capital Markets downgraded the stock, his reservations had more to do with its shares already being priced for perfection at a time when its strategy seemed to be shifting toward testing new products and markets more than driving sales in its yogawear stronghold.

That doesn't tell us how much faster it is than the A9 used by the previous iPad, though, or even the A8X chip used by the iPad Air 2, so we'll have to reserve judgment until we get the new iPad in the lab for testing.

The latest vehicle for China's aviation dream, the Comac C919, has just completed its first test flight after Beijing decided to take a different path: buying parts from European and US aviation companies rather than stealing their technology.

The black leather seats in our test car felt soft to the touch and offered more than adequate bolstering for both leisurely jaunts down the highway and dynamic drives on twisty country roads.

Apple is said to be testing screens that are larger than the standard 4 inches for iPhones and as large as 13 inches for the iPad, which currently has a 9.7 - inch screen.

While it may be more complicated than the usual hiring routine of reviewing someone's resume and bringing them in for an interview, Lemonis emphasizes that it's important to create the opportunity to see someone carry out tasks associated with the job, either by interacting with them in the field, or by creating a test you incorporate into the interview process.

Clinical tests have been encouraging, and they're certainly more comfortable for patients than a CPAP device.

Other than making vague promises to place more police officers on the streets, encouraging DNA testing for death - row inmates and calling for the need to reduce recidivism by investing in «proven community - based law - enforcement programs,» the Democrats» policy solutions over the past eight years have done little to dismantle the carceral state that they helped create.

For instance, couldn't a test that asks people to match pictures of faces with words for emotions end up measuring people's verbal knowledge rather than their level of empatFor instance, couldn't a test that asks people to match pictures of faces with words for emotions end up measuring people's verbal knowledge rather than their level of empatfor emotions end up measuring people's verbal knowledge rather than their level of empathy?

The U.S. Patent Office granted Myriad's patent for the two genes and the assay in 1997 and more than 250,000 patients have used Myriad for BCRA1 and BCRA2 gene testing.

In May, Microsoft announced it was testing a new pricing model where, rather than selling the Xbox 360 outright for $ 250 or more, consumers could opt to buy it at a company - owned store in the U.S. for $ 99.

A spokesperson for Roots declined to comment, other than to say its Tmall presence is a «preliminary test to help determine whether we decide to develop this further.»

According to a Wall Street Journal story, Theranos uses machines made by Siemens for many of its blood tests, rather than its own machine, dubbed Edison.

«In 2014 and 2015, Medicare paid $ 1 million or more for drug - related tests billed by health professionals at more than 50 pain management practices across the U.S.,» they report.

Freenome says its tests do better than the current options for diagnosing prostate, breast, colorectal, and lung cancers.

Previously, such stress tests weren't required for fixed - rate mortgages longer than five years.

Like many, he points to the CSeries, which is expected to be ready for test flights in June, as far more important to the company's long - term success than a handful of big deals in the business line.

So Pyongyang's renouncement of land - based nuclear tests, for now, appears to be motivated by more than mere diplomatic concerns.