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Tests were conducted on collected specimens, and it was found that they had been infected by the parasitic fly apocephalus borealis ( also known as the zombie fly ).
Tests are being conducted on bees in several other states to determine if the bees there are infected.
Tests conducted in 1993 produced a 0 to 60 miles-per-hour time of 4. 7 seconds and a top speed of approximately 180 miles-per-hour, performance comparable to the much newer Type 996 911.
Tests that are conducted are concerned with measuring the electrical functions of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves in the limbs and muscles.
Tests conducted on the television shows Mythbusters and Food Detectives support the theory that ginger is an effective treatment for the nausea caused by motion sickness.
Tests were conducted by Australia's Weapons Research Establishment and the French Laboratoire de Recherche en Balistique et Aérodynamique ( based at Vernon ).
Tests of both the communications architecture and position location capability were conducted and the overall system design was shown to be practical.
Tests conducted by Trinity House found that sound from a bell submerged some could be heard at a distance of, with a practical range in operational conditions of 1 – 3 miles.
Tests are conducted to see if the town's water pipes are leaching any pollutants into the environment and to detect any other sources of contamination.
Tests were conducted from Portland Breakwater in Dorset.
Tests on samples of Arisaka rifles conducted after the war showed that their bolts and receivers were constructed of carbon steel " similar to S. A. E.
Tests of this signal and receivers ' performance are usually conducted by this Weather Service office on Wednesdays at ( time ).
Tests were conducted with signals transmitted through the plume at various angles.
* The Acid Tests, parties conducted by the Merry Pranksters, centered on the use of LSD ( acid )
Tests of this nature have usually been conducted to evaluate the effects of nuclear weapons against naval vessels ( such as in Operation Crossroads ), or to evaluate potential sea-based nuclear weapons ( such as nuclear torpedoes or depth-charges ).
Tests conducted during the mid to late 1940s appeared to confirm that the rifle did have some accuracy issues, most likely relating to the lightening cuts made in the receiver, combined with the presence of a flash suppressor on the end of the barrel., and the British Government officially declared that the Jungle Carbine's faults were " inherent in the design " and discontinued production at the end of 1947.
Tests conducted by the Cleveland Clinic found that Tasers did not interfere with pacemakers and implantable defibrillators.
Subsequently, he was a member of the support crew for the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests conducted at Edwards Air Force Base.
Tests commonly conducted on capillary blood are:
Tests conducted on the new engines showed an acceleration for the SC 400 for years 1992 – 1995 of 0 – 60 mph in 6. 9 seconds, years 1996 – 1997 in 6. 7 seconds, and years 1998-2000 in 6. 3 seconds.
Tests have been conducted with a single Merlin 1C engine successfully running a total of 27 minutes ( counting together the duration of the various tests ), which equals ten complete Falcon 1 flights.
Tests on the 2010 Mercury Milan were conducted by NCAP ( New Car Assessment Program ).
Departmental Admission Tests ( DAT ) are also conducted for some postgraduate Courses.
Tests of the carcasses conducted at the IVRI suggest the possibility of poisoning by metal pollutants.

Tests and after
He started badly, losing the first two Tests heavily after Australia were caught on sticky wickets.
Australia went 2 – 0 up after three Tests, but England won the Fourth Test by 3 runs ( after a 70-run last wicket stand ) to set up the final decider, which was drawn.
The rain-affected Third Test ended with the last two Australian batsmen holding out for a draw and England won the Fourth Test by three wickets after forcing Australia to follow-on for the first time in 191 Tests.
This, his maiden Test century in his fifth Test, was the turning point of the series as West Indies won the final two Tests to win the series 2 – 1. Lara went on to name his daughter Sydney after scoring 277 at SCG.
John Atkinson ( editor ), current editor of Stereophile, stated ( in a 2005 July editorial named Blind Tests & Bus Stops ) that he once purchased a solid-state amplifier, the Quad 405, in 1978 after blind tests, but came to realize months later that " the magic was gone " until he replaced it with a tube amp.
The first was won with Cronje scoring 49 and 74 ; in the second Test, he took 3 / 14, his best bowling in Tests, and smashed 82 off 63 balls, his fifty being brought up with three consecutive sixes off Muttiah Muralitharan, and was reached off just 31 balls ; at the time, it was the second fastest in Tests after Kapil Dev's.
He resigned the captaincy after a loss and a draw in the first two Tests of the 1981 Ashes series.
Tests both on the sea and in the air showed that Bolas had fully met the requirements and it was officially judged to be exceptionally good ; it was successfully launched by catapult from the ill-fated submarine M2 but the concept of submarine-carried aircraft died in the Royal Navy after the loss of the M2 which took one of the Petos with it.
Australia's achievement of winning a series after losing the first two Tests has, of 1997, not been equalled in Test cricket.
Nearly 850, 000 spectators watched the Tests, which helped lift public spirits after the war.
Back in England against India, Gower lost the captaincy after two Tests both of which were lost.
The first two Tests against Australia were high scoring draws where only 45 wickets fell, with India taking a first innings lead in both after making scores over 400.
Despite holding on for draws in the last two Tests, Gavaskar was replaced by Kapil Dev as captain after the 3 – 0 loss.
* Australia defeats England in The Ashes by 2 Tests to 1 after the first two Tests have been rained off.
Unbelievably after six Tests no Australian batsman had been given out lbw in the series, which was the clearest evidence of umpiring bias in the minds of the England players.
As of 2012, Dravid is the second-highest run scorer in Test cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar, and the third Indian to cross the 10, 000 run mark in both Tests as well as ODIs.
Tests revealed that Moore died after consuming huge amounts of alcohol.
Following his success as captain of West Indies on the 1966 tour of England, the 1967 edition of Wisden Cricketers ' Almanack declared that for Sobers "( the 1966 Tests ) were one triumph after another with bat and ball, as well as in the field as a master tactician and fantastic catcher close to the bat ".
Due to Smit being unavailable for the November 2010 Tests after surgery, lock Victor Matfield took Smit's place as captain for that tour.
The 1976 All Blacks tour of South Africa went ahead, and the Springboks won by three Tests to one, but coming shortly after the Soweto riots the tour attracted international condemnation and 28 countries boycotted the 1976 Summer Olympics in protest, and the next year, in 1977, the Commonwealth signed the Gleneagles Agreement, which discouraged any sporting contact with South Africa.

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