In recent years, bioplastics composed from plant resources gathered greater attention as an effective measure to reduce the depletion of petroleum resources and alleviate global warming.
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But Professor Pat Troop, chief executive of the HPA, said the agency was waiting for more evidence to see if screening of migrants on arrival would be an effective measure.
Yum, operator of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC restaurant chains, forecast a 4% fall in fourth-quarter China same-store sales, an effective measure of financial health, as well as popularity, because it strips away volatile results from newly opened or closed locations.
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That could mean there is a genetic difference that determines whether the vaccine works, and that an assay might measure how effective the vaccine is in a particular patient.
They also created something called a carbon monoxide re-breathing test, which they believe is the most effective way to measure how much hemoglobin an athlete is carrying.
In a review of the Swedish supercar the Koenigsegg Agera R, I displayed ignorance regarding a common measure of an engine's volumetric efficiency, the Brake Mean Effective Pressure.
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The tool helps teach nonliterate children and adults how to read by creating an individual reading tutor for every child, coupled with an accountability system to measure learning, and assistance for teachers to incorporate more effective literacy into the classroom.
Many dream that an effective vaccine could also be administered after HIV infection as a treatment, not a preventative measure.
Ten states have announced an increase in their minimum wage effective January 1, mostly because their legislation requires an adjustment to the Consumer Price Index inflation measure.
He said that the combination of an ageing population and fire service cuts meant that "the installation of sprinklers is perhaps the single most effective measure in protecting occupants of dwellings from fire".
Starting in 2009, the Gates Foundation supported a project known as the Measure of Effective Teaching, or MET, which worked with 3, 000 teachers to come up an evaluation and feedback system that helped teachers improve.
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"We were looking through a peephole, " says Nelson, who is one of 3, 500 primary care doctors in an Aventis-funded study of the drug that will use the A1C test to measure which diabetes treatments are most effective.
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