ELA is performed as an outpatient procedure and does not require the use of an operating theatre, nor does the patient need a general anaesthetic.

The multiple-choice questions are included on all but the ELA Composition tests and require students to choose one answer from four given answers.

Writing prompts are included only on ELA Composition tests in grades 4, 7 and 10 and require students to respond by creating a written composition.

The Australian Medical Services Advisory Committee ( MSAC ) in 2008 has determined that endovenous laser treatment / ablation ( ELA ) for varicose veins " appears to be more effective in the short term, and at least as effective overall, as the comparative procedure of junction ligation and vein stripping for the treatment of varicose veins.

Complications for ELA include minor skin burns ( 0. 4 %) and temporary paraesthesia ( 2. 1 %).

It also intervened with two long proclamations offering theoretical guidance to the Greek armed struggle and criticizing a non-deadly rival group, Revolutionary Popular Struggle ( ELA ) for poor target selection and operational incompetence.

: Groups: Environmental Life Force, Earth First !, Earth Liberation Front ( ELF ), Earth Liberation Army ( ELA ) Plane Stupid and Camp for Climate Action

Renamed ELA ( later redesignated ELA 1 ), it was used for Ariane 1 and Ariane 2 and 3 launches until being retired in 1989.

The ELA 2 pad (), located at had been used for Ariane 4 launches until 2003.

As of 2008, ELA 3 (), located at, is currently active for Ariane 5 launches.

However, the ELA Soberano or " Sovereign Commonwealth ," a principle based on the development of Puerto Rico's political status based on autonomy has been approved by the Popular Democratic Party, one of the two major parties, for more than a decade after winning the 1998 referendum under the fifth column.

The equilibrium line altitude ( ELA ) is not known for Orizaba.

There is a strong English language program ( ELP ), taught by both tenured and contract faculty English teachers, which was recently embroiled in a contentious curricular reform leading to the name being changed to the ELA ( English for Liberal Arts program ) in April, 2012. ICU

The ELA gun utilized for Cromaclear has an exact beam / mask match ( an elliptical electron beam passes through an elliptical mask opening ) for optimum power transfer from electron beam to screen phosphors.

The convention adopted a translation into Spanish of the term, inspired by the Irish saorstát ( Free State ) of " Estado Libre Asociado " ( ELA ) to represent the agreement adopted " in the nature of a compact " between the people of Puerto Rico and the U. S. literally translated into English, the phrase means " Associated Free State.

Movements such as the Earth Liberation Front ( ELF ) and Earth Liberation Army ( ELA ) also take this form of action, although focus on economic sabotage, rather than civil disobedience.

to the Unabomber to the Earth Liberation Front ,< cite > Terrorism and Political Violence </ cite > 10 ( 4 ): 1-42 </ ref > It was then announced in 2003 that " eco-terrorist " attacks, known as " ecotage ", had increased from the ELF, ELA and the " Environmental Rangers ", another name used by activists when engaging in similar activity.

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The College has a core set of courses known as the Environmental Liberal Arts ( ELA ) curriculum, in environmental and natural sciences, writing, reading, history and philosophy.

The ELA will change depending on the reference pressure used to calculate it.

The ELA can be used, along with the Specific Infiltration Rate ( s ) derived using the LBNL infiltration model, to determine airflow rate through the building envelope throughout the year.

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He never got the chance to reach his potential in Cleveland due to a chronic shoulder injury that would first crop up in 1999, when he went 8-10 with a 6. 06 ERA in 26 starts, and would later require two surgeries to repair, costing him parts of the following three seasons.

In 1947 he joined the major league Indians during spring training but before the regular season started was sent by Cleveland coach Bill McKechnie to Class A Wilkes-Barre Barons of the Eastern League, where he finished with 17 wins and a 3. 24 ERA.

Despite early season shoulder and wrist injuries ( with the latter reportedly caused lifting his wife's suitcase the last week of spring training ) forcing Aguilera to miss 6 weeks early in the season, the veteran battled his way to an 8 – 6 record with a 5. 42 ERA in 19 starts, including a pair of complete games.

After posting a 13. 50 ERA with the Giants in spring training, Williamson was released on March 5, 2008.

Despite dealing All-Star pitcher Bob Welch to Oakland prior to spring training and an injury to Fernando Valenzuela ( 5 – 8, 4. 24 ERA ), the Dodgers were second in the NL in team ERA and runs allowed, and led the league in complete games and shutouts.

He pitched well in spring training, earning a spot in the Indian bullpen, but was designated for assignment on May 12, after he opened the season with a 2-1 record and 5. 79 ERA in 13 relief appearances.

Halsey entered the season as a candidate for the fifth starter slot, but did not pitch well in spring training, going 0 – 3 with a 6. 75 ERA, and lost out to favorite Joe Kennedy.

On March 30, 2010, Lopez was named the Diamondbacks 4th starter after having a wonderful spring training compiling a 2. 35 ERA in 5 games with 4 game starts in 15. 1 innings.

Following spring training Martinez spent the entirety of the season with Trenton, going 5-12 with a 5. 31 ERA.

Following minor-league spring training the Nationals assigned Martinez to the Double-A Harrisburg Senators, but he made just two appearances before being promoted to the Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs, where he went 5-11 on the year with a 4. 48 ERA as a starter.

After a productive spring training in 2005 Bautista was named to the Royals ' starting rotation ; he started seven games, going 2 – 2 with an ERA of 5. 80 before tendinitis in his shoulder put him on the disabled list for the remainder of the season.

Despite struggling in spring training with an ERA above 11. 00, Kennedy was named the fifth starter for the Athletics at the start of the season.

On December 16, 2006, the Detroit Tigers signed him to a minor league deal, but despite a 2. 00 ERA in spring training, Heredia was released.

This prevented him from playing most of spring training, and he logged an 8-11 won-loss record with a 5. 15 ERA.

After pitching in the low minor leagues from 1967-1969 with the Ogden Dodgers, Santa Barbara Dodgers and Albuquerque Dodgers with limited success, Hough's career and fortunes changed dramatically when he learned how to throw a knuckleball in spring training in 1970, leading to a successful season with the Spokane Indians in AAA., where he led the Pacific Coast League in saves and posted a 1. 95 ERA.

Kerfeld made the big league roster out of spring training in 1986, and had a career year posting an 11-2 record and a 2. 59 ERA as the setup man for closer Dave Smith.

In spring training of 2006, Brazelton appeared impressive, going 1 – 0 with a 1. 77 ERA in 5 starts and earned the position of fourth starter in the Padres's four-man rotation, behind Jake Peavy, Chris Young, and Shawn Estes.

Haren was 15 – 9 with a 3. 07 ERA for Oakland in 2007.

* ERA +— Adjusted ERA +: earned run average adjusted for the ballpark and the league average

However, the pitching staff — a strong point for the team in 1995 — was beset by injuries: Bill Swift, who went 9 – 3 in 1995, started just three games, and the staff ERA ballooned to 5. 60.

Kile, who was being paid over $ 8 million for the season, struggled mightily, going 8 – 13 with a 6. 61 ERA, and he wound up being traded to the St. Louis Cardinals following the season.

The 1892 regular season was a success for Young, who led the National League in wins ( 36 ), ERA ( 1. 93 ), and shutouts ( 9 ).

Pitching to Criger, who had also jumped to Boston, Young led the league in wins, strikeouts, and ERA, thus earning the colloquial AL Triple Crown for pitchers.

One of the few socialists to endorse the ERA, she warned that protective legislation for women would mean only discrimination against women.

While Cabrera, Willis, and several others posted very good first-half numbers, Lowell was one of the least productive regular major-league starters, and Leiter went 3 – 7 with an ERA of 6. 64 before being traded to the New York Yankees on July 15 for a player to be named later.

He finished the season 22-10 with a 2. 63 ERA, and he was considered a favorite to win the Cy Young Award for much of the season.

Rollie Fingers had one of the greatest seasons for a relief pitcher that season, saving 28 games in the shortened season and sporting an astonishing 1. 04 ERA, earning him both the MVP and Cy Young awards in the American League.

In 1997, Martínez posted a 17 – 8 record for the Expos, and led the league in half a dozen pitching categories, including a 1. 90 ERA, 305 strikeouts and 13 complete games pitched, and became the only Expo ever to win the National League Cy Young Award.

( However, George King had given MVP votes to two pitchers just the season before: Rick Helling and David Wells ; King was the only writer to cast a vote for Helling, who had gone 20 – 7 with a 4. 41 ERA and 164 strikeouts.

Clemens followed up 1999 with a strong 2000 season, in which he finished with a 13 – 8 record with a 3. 70 ERA for the regular season.

The second Sigal responsum called for a takkanah, or rabbinical edict, " that would serve as a halakhic ERA ," overruling all non-egalitarian provisions in law or, in the alternative, a new approach to halakhic interpretation independent of legal precedents.

Various armies and manufacturers have developed add-on tank armor and other systems for urban combat, such as the Tank Urban Survival Kit ( TUSK ) for M1 Abrams, slat armor for the Stryker, ERA kit for the FV432, AZUR for Leclerc, and others.

Jason Schmidt was the star of the staff ( 18 – 7, 3. 20 ERA, 251 SO ), and the team was constantly looking for a new closer ( Matt Herges and Dustin Hermanson split the role during the season ).

Managed by Bruce Bochy and aided by the talents of players such as Tony Gwynn, Ken Caminiti, Wally Joyner, Steve Finley, pitcher Andy Ashby and premier closer Trevor Hoffman ( 4 – 2, 1. 48 ERA and 53 saves ) – who tied the then-National League record for saves in a single season and finished second in the Cy Young voting that year – the Padres had their best year in history, finishing 98 – 64 and winning the NL West division crown.

Complications for ERA include burns, paraesthesia, clinical phlebitis, and slightly higher rates of deep vein thrombosis ( 0. 57 %) and pulmonary embolism ( 0. 17 %). One 3-year study compared ERA, with a recurrence rate of 33 %, to open surgery, which had a recurrence rate of 23 %.