Sentences with phrase «using similar tests»

This too has implications for validity in that, again, teachers or teachers» value - added estimates should fall in the same ranges, if and when using similar tests, if any valid inferences are to be made using value - added estimates.

The authors are hopeful that, because we can use a similar test across species, improvements will translate as well.

Not exact matches

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.

Users of the service can connect their LinkedIn or Github profiles and take a short aptitude test, similar to the ones many companies already use for recruitment.

One of the drones Amazon is displaying is apparently similar to the drone the company used in December for a drone delivery test in England.

Supporting both iOS and Android platforms, the platform is very similar to the web - based testing that Rainforest does, letting you set direct tasks and workflows using natural language testing to direct an available 24/7 group of testers to make sure things do what they're meant to.

But even the tiny cars use software and sensors that is similar to the technology used by big tech companies and well - funded startups road - testing full - sized cars, he said.

The projections we are laying out today are similar to those from October, because we were already testing the new models then and used them to form our judgement.

Barring this one logically inappropriate means of testing the reliability of models, the metaphors of religion lie open to evaluation along very similar lines to the models used in the sciences to represent a subject matter that lies beyond our powers of direct inspection.

This could include a desktop audit, similar to that used in the VITAL ® Program, which concludes that the allergen is not likely to be present under normal Good Manufacturing Practice, possibly supported by periodic product testing using an appropriate sampling program.

If you have a corn allergy, you can proabably use tapioca syrup, brown rice syrup, or golden syrup since they have a similar texture, but I haven't tested them.

I am trying to make my own «homemade» test, similar to the methods used by Wilbur Scoville, to use on subjects.

I haven't tested this recipe using date paste yet, but I would guess you could replace the dates with 1 cup of date paste with similar results.

The mark assures that the product contains less than 10 - ppm gluten (5 - ppm gliadin) and similar proteins from rye and barley as measured by using testing methods that are accepted for gluten testing by analytical associations such as the Association of Analytical Communities (AOAC), testing researchers and other such agencies.

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-.

We begin by learning more about your child's medical history and using tests to rule out other diseases that may cause similar symptoms.

Using this ultra-supportive nursing pillow will help — so much so that I went and bought one myself after testing it out, even though I had received a similar product as a gift.

After determining that the 2 groups were similar on all measured sociodemographic variables using χ2 tests, data obtained at the 12 - week follow - up observation point were analyzed.

The state was prepared to use part of its federal Race to the Top money to pay Wireless Generation to develop software to track student test scores, achievement and so on, creating a system similar to the Achievement Reporting and Innovation System, or ARIS, that it developed for the city schools.

The researchers found similar effects in female rat offspring in the tests used.

A group in Japan hopes to test a similar approach in humans using stem cells from reprogrammed adult cells within the next three years.

Ground - breaking research by the University of Strathclyde, and the MRC / CSO Institute for Hearing Research (IHR)-- Scottish Section at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, will test an innovative design using a miniature directional microphone — similar to the ear of an insect.

Similar tests have been used for a few years to track the expansion of the Asian carp in the United States.»

«They are using this information to test state - of - the - art climate models under conditions of high atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, similar to those expected by the end of this century.»

Using patient blood serum samples, the test accurately discerned early Lyme disease from the similar southern tick associated rash illness, or STARI, up to 98 times out of 100.

Similar fall detection technologies in various stages of testing include SafelyYou, which uses wall - mounted cameras and software algorithms to detect falls, and UnaliWear's Kanega watch, which combines fall detection, voice - assisted emergency aid and medication reminders.

The identification and successful cloning of these special antibodies enables the researchers to make sufficiently large quantities for further testing, similar to the way a medicine used to prevent or treat HIV would be tested.

Similar improvements were seen at the county level in a test using data from Virginia.

Using patient blood serum samples, the test accurately discerned early Lyme disease from the similar southern tick associated rash illness, or STARI, up...

The invention could boost water supplies in the driest regions, say experts, and a similar setup could be used to precisely control the flow of tiny amounts of fluids for sensitive diagnostic tests.

Previously, Young used a similar online peer support model to encourage a group of homosexual men in Peru to get tested for HIV.

As other infectious diseases emerge around the world, similar strategies potentially could be used to develop tests to detect the presence of viruses that may become problematic, according to the researchers.

A similar device might be ready for use in premature human babies in three to five years if additional animal tests pan out, study coauthor Alan Flake estimates.

Funded by the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, Rufford's Small Grants for Nature, and the National Geographic Society, Parusnath is developing and testing microsatellite markers similar to those used in human parentage tests to establish the genetic relatedness of Sungazers in different populations across the species» distribution.

Using a two - piece prototype device, the test works this way: A patient sticks a finger with a lance similar to those used by diabetics to produce a droplet of blood.

«Patients could use this device in a way that's very similar to how diabetics use glucose - monitoring devices, but this will be even simpler because this is a visual - based test that doesn't require an additional electrical device to analyze the results.»

Using an extinction protocol, which is similar to exposure - based therapy, the researchers repeatedly presented the tone without the shock to test whether the mice could unlearn the association between these two events and would stop freezing in response to the tone.

If the vaccine also proves safe and effective in subsequent tests in humans, it might be possible to mount a containment strategy similar to that used in the past against smallpox.

«Our epigenetic stem cell signature was clearly superior to similar tests that have been used,» said Dr. Steidl.

Dr Jamshidi said: «These findings can be used for diagnostic testing of people with symptoms similar to those described in this study and where the gene responsible for their condition is not known.

That could mean that any genetic material on Mars is similar enough to DNA that we have a chance of finding it using standard tests.

The researchers then tested their scoring method using data on 688 AML patients in three different clinical trials, In each of these groups, patients with low scores (methylation patterns similar to normal HSCs) had approximately twice the median survival time of patients with high scores.

This reflects the fact that while the warm colors and cool colors occupy a similar amount of space in a chart of the 80 colors used in the test, most languages divide the warmer regions into more color words than the cooler regions.

Brumback explains that a real - world activity such as using keys to unlock a door is similar to manipulating a peg on the Pegboard Test.

As a test, the Scottish team soon plans to use a similar process to create a common painkiller, ibuprofen.

Supported by comparative control testing, in which the researchers induced inflammation using very similar antigens not matching the specific T - cell, they were able to prove that T - cells only migrate into tissue inflamed by their specific antigen.

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have tested a genetically - modified (GM) soybean oil used in restaurants and found that while it induces less obesity and insulin resistance than conventional soybean oil, its effects on diabetes and fatty liver are similar to those of conventional soybean oil.

The research team tested the TaOx / SiO2 core / shell nanoparticle (TSN) glue and found that it is clearly visualized by real - time imaging modalities and exhibits adhesive properties similar to that of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)- approved cyanoacrylate and Lipiodol (CA - Lp), a mixture of a tissue adhesive and radiopaque oil used in the clinical practice.

«The dose of D - glucose is similar to that used for diabetes testing and is much cheaper than the metallic agents.»

The researchers hope to start testing a partially spiralled satellite dish within the next few days, then to use a similar device to transmit a twisted radio beam several hundred metres across the lagoon in Venice three months from now.