Trivial contributions are obviously excluded by the substantial-effect test.
They find a a positive effect on test scores, compulsary school grades, choosing an academic high-school track, high-school grades, probability of attending college, and average education by age 24.
Ms Mayer found that although doubling the income of poor families would lift most children above the poverty line, it would have virtually no effect on their test scores and only a slight effect on social behaviour.
This time the agency asked for a new study to test the effect of a high dose of the drug on heart rhythm.
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There will be an upgrade for the first race, so there are some changes that will come into effect at the Bahrain test.
While the study didn't test the effect of shrimp on people with high cholesterol, health experts say moderate amounts of shrimp should be fine for them too.
Merck's (nyse: MRK - news - people ) decision is based on new three-year data from a clinical trial designed to test the effect of Vioxx on preventing colorectal polyps.
Having established the principle, Dr Huang and Dr Galinsky went on to test the effect of posture on other power-related decisions: whether to speak first in a debate, whether to leave the site of a plane crash to find help and whether to join a movement to free a prisoner who was wrongfully locked up.
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HPS2-THRIVE, most agreed, would provide a more definitive test of the effect of niacin.
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Once the new test comes into effect, it will become clear that carmakers no longer meet the regulatory targets set for them.
The fourth test is about the effect of joining the euro on Britain's financial services .
The females who took the test did not show this effect, Fiske said.
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They found that they got the effect whichever visual field they presented the test to, but it was stronger when the presentation was to the right one (ie, to the left-hand, language-processing side of the brain), than to the left one.
New sunscreen labels in effect this year require a pass-fail test for UVA and UVB protection.
For somebody with my background and record with respect to coronary artery disease and previous heart attacks, there is that possibility of abnormal heartbeats and about two weeks ago we did a test that's, in effect, an electrocardiogram that you wear for a long period of time.
The cases will test a new insolvency regime which took effect in September 2004.
Detecting any effect would require that both the control group and the test group were enormous.
The case is set to be a big test of China's new bankruptcy law, which came into effect in 2007 but has rarely been applied to overseas-listed companies with assets in China.
His move to England, which is expected to take effect after the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand during the autumn, will further test Wales coach Warren Gatland's desire to have his players based in Wales.
Furthermore, a test of the drug against her cancer cells in a petri dish showed no effect.
The Bush administration does not support the treaty, but the test moratorium and too many other Clinton-era nuclear weapon policies remain in effect, nonetheless.
Kallis' absence may force the selectors to reconsider their options, having elected - to little effect - to choose spinner Paul Adams ahead of accurate seamer David Terbrugge for the last Test.
Kruger, who failed a routine pre-season test in Durban on 24 January, has been suspended from all rugby with immediate effect.
Federer, who has been in fine form in Rome, was given a stern test by Paire, particularly in the first set, but used his experience to good effect to set up a repeat of his 2006 final in the Italian capital against Nadal.
Arena Pharmaceuticals' experimental obesity drug passed a crucial safety test, but it may take at least six more months before worries about a potential side effect really start to abate.
"This is the first time we have been able to state that administration of the vaccine is going to have an effect on cervical cancer, " says Eliav Barr, the Merck official who is running the program to test the vaccine in 25, 000 patients.
The research team plans another clinical trial to test whether letting children take RAGE Control home, to play with parents and siblings, will increase its effect.
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