Nuclear weapons that are tested to be as safe, secure, and controllable as can be achieved by state-of-the-art technology.
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For example, breast cancer patients are tested to see if their tumour is positive for 'Her2', a protein that can accelerate the growth of malignant cells.
Robotic screening machines, for example, in which hundreds of compounds in tiny wells are tested to see if they react with a particular biological target, can analyse thousands of compounds in a day.
He predicts that very soon all patients with colon cancer will be tested early on for kras status in the same way the breast cancer patients are tested to see their estrogen receptor status.
"Persons who are tested prior to six months after exposure and are found to be negative should be tested again at six months after exposure to assure they are negative, " the statement advised.
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Bug-for-bug compatibility is a problem, but breaking backward compatibility would be a much bigger problem, so even as the lowest layers of the operating system are revised and rewritten, the layers that applictions talk to (the application programming interface, or API) are carefully tested to ensure that no changes are visible to the application.
At the end of the assembly line, these assembled goods are standardized tested to see if they meet certain criteria before they are moved to the next advanced assembly line.
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Zeneca's switch-hitting maize plants are now being tested to see how useful they are for hybrid-seed production.
Emergency crews from the Thames Valley, Surrey and London are to be tested for their response to mock "catastrophic flooding" in the South East.
All of those systems are to be tested for Year 2000 problems before Dec. 31, but the FAA said the additional tests are necessary to ensure that the airports identify and address any unforeseen problems with date-sensitive airfield equipment and systems.
Except for hospitalized patients, others with flu-like symptoms are not being tested to confirm they have swine flu, since "virtually all of the influenza that's circulating right now in the United States is the 2009 H1N1 strain, " Schuchat said.
Firms that produce pesticides, and the authorities that regulate them, are aware of the importance of bees to food production, and new products must be tested to make sure they are not fatal to helpful insects.
"I think that would be misleading to the public as all medicines are tested on animals - that does not mean they have to be tested on animals, " he said.
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No matter how hard we are tested, we look to our faith and our faith in one another.
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"The environment remains challenging, '' he said, "and we are sure to be tested as we go through the year.
School meals in Worcestershire are to be tested for horsemeat, experts said.
Fluffing a company, pushing the limits of regulations, hyping the public are time-tested roads to fast money, though of course they contribute nothing in terms of value creation.
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For example, swimmers are unlikely to be tested for beta blockers - which can help calm the nerves but do not aid endurance - but divers definitely will be.
He said more than 700 employees at the building are being tested for exposure to anthrax -- an important step in helping to determine what areas of the office building were most affected.
The new and controversial stipulations of the JOBS Act, signed by President Obama in April, are about to be tested by an IPO filling by San Francisco based real estate search service Trulia.
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The government cites this as the reason why 1m eligible pensioners fail to claim means-tested benefits to which they are entitled.
There are also generics, which have to be tested to make sure levels of a drug are absorbed properly into the body--the same kind of test used to ensure that generics in the U.S. are safe.
In addition to time-tested oldies groups, promoters are also turning to concert versions of popular television shows to bring fresh material to the stage.
Larger payroll service companies are also likely to have tested and effective systems in place to serve employers.
Our assumptions about relative risks and benefits must be tested if we are to be informed in important health care decisions.
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Now we are just hours or at most a handful of days until the various valves of the Production Tree are fully tested and declared ready to go.
For example, the literacy levels of people aged 52-60 when tested in 1995 are used to estimate the competencies of 17-25-year-olds in 1960, and hence the human-capital investment that had just been made in the course of that cohort's education.
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Project Glass has been a secret initiative for many months and, although the glasses are still not available to the public, they are now being tested by the firm with founder Sergey Brin regularly appearing in public wearing the prototype.
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Usually, just 5 of every 1, 000 are tested, and the rest sent to dealers.
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