At the end of their binges, all the rats were injected with leptin, in order to test the adipose tissue's response.
In order to test the theory they analyzed whether their data fit the predictions of a well-known theoretical model of short-termism developed by Harvard economics professor Jeremy Stein, who was recently named to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Rory Collins, co-director of Oxford University's clinical-trials service unit (which demonstrated the efficacy of aspirin against heart disease) has managed to piggy-back on a commercial trial in order to test the notion that folic acid, a food-supplement commonly given to pregnant women, may also prevent heart attacks.
And what does that say about the moral probity of the New York Board of Regents when it deliberately eliminates or weaken exams in order to prop up test scores in a thinly veiled attempt to keep the philanthropic gravy train from corporations, nonprofits, and the federal government rolling right along?
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Mitsukoshi, Shiseido, and Fujitsu have teamed up to bring a virtual, real-time makeover machine into Japanese department stores in order to give women a chance to test out a smorgasbord of shades on their virtual face before throwing down their hard earned loot.
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You really need to know enough about watches in order to perform the Rolex Submariner test, so in a larger sense, you need to know about watches a bit before people able to compare them.
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New York City has long been known as the place where the most talented go in order to take their final test.
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Boeing did receive one spot of good news this week: The Federal Aviation Administration gave the company the OK to fly test flights of the Dreamliner in order to gather more data on the battery problems.
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Mr. ANDREW STENGEL (People for the American Way): If you're redesigning a test in order to encourage people to understand civic values, do that.
The concept should then lead to the development of maps to be technically specified and made available to the selected end-users who will have to test the products and deploy them in order to achieve higher societal benefits in the area of disaster risk prevention and reduction.
For the second type of entrepreneur, Spanos advises them to build a prototype and test it out on potential customers in order to determine whether the initial hypothesis about the opportunity is right or should be changed.
For most of this year, the Bush strategy was to neutralise his perceived disadvantage on policy matters, in order to turn the election into a test of character and leadership.
He is likely to share the new ball with 20-year-old Shafiul Islam, who impressed in New Zealand by taking seven wickets at a cost of only 23 runs each, but is thinking over his future in Test cricket in order to save himself for the limited-overs game.
The Replicator ships with a small plastic square its makers use to test the printer in order to make sure that everything is running well.
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The first wild beaver in more than 400 years has been trapped at a Perthshire nature reserve in order to perform health checks and a DNA test.
In order to train for her job as a test driver for the Formula One team Marussia, Maria de Villota puts on a weighted helmet and does a couple hundred head rolls.
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In order to win over manufacturers, Fenelon had to test his invention seven ways to Sunday.
Four-year-old deCode has made news since its founding for its intention to test Iceland's citizenry in order to find genes at the root of common diseases.
If they missed school, the schools would lose money, and the teachers would panic about impact on test scores that they need in order to keep their jobs.
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Mango contradicted the Phantom executives, saying it was in talks with the factory to place a test order but that it hadn't yet authorized it to do the work and hadn't yet begun an audit.
In many cases, it's quicker to simply order a test or prescribe a drug, which takes seconds, rather than go into the pros and cons of a treatment path.
In order to be useful, Tautigian says, a prostate cancer test would not only have to test for at least two genes, but both genes would have to predict the likelihood that a patient will develop cancer with similar certainty.
And, Rohit Sharma, the chosen successor to replace Laxman in the middle order, was denied his Test debut when he twisted his ankle playing football in the morning warm-up.
In a selfless act, Hussain decided to drop himself a place in order to give Vaughan the vital number three slot for the first Test of the 2001 summer against Pakistan.
He has assumed greater responsibility in the middle order following Aravinda de Silva's decision to retire from Test cricket.
Alongside Marcus Trescothick, he must be the right choice for now to open for his country, allowing Michael Vaughan to drop down the order as he has done in Test matches.
Lohi and his colleagues developed a genetic test for breeders to test their sires and dams for the mutation in order to ensure that two carriers aren't allowed to mate and have puppies.
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However, in order for the unhappy event to be firmly cast into distant memory the upcoming third Test between the sides at The Oval needs to pass off competitively, but calmly.
She has now gone to the University of Toronto in Canada to work with Professor Terence Picton in order to compare results from standard hearing tests for adults, compared to the electrophysiological test.
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