The objectives of the experimental program were to obtain benchmark, laboratory-controlled data on the long-term structural response of composite slabs under different sustained service loads, in particular the time-varying deflection, and to analyze the effect of creep and shrinkage on the long-term behavior of composite slabs.
The first limitation is important when benchmarking laboratory buildings because there is no public database of energy use and building features that can be used to construct empirical benchmarks for laboratories.
A different approach is suggested by Holland et al., who argue that the TAT outlier percentage is a better method of benchmarking laboratory performance [ 156, 157].
"If you had to benchmark your laboratory against only one other these days, it would be I.B.M.," said John Seely Brown until a year ago the director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, the widely admired laboratory that invented the laser printer, Ethernet networks and the point-and-click method of using computers.
Other studies of administrative claims-based measures of diabetes status have yielded varying sensitivities ranging from 64%to87%7% when validated against different benchmarks, including laboratory data, medical records, and self-reports [ 4, 14- 16].
The use of human MTRC samples which contain known changes in expression along the dynamic range of measurement with the reliable range metric introduced in this manuscript provide a mechanism for clinical laboratories conducting microarray assays to benchmark performance, assess laboratory proficiency, and measure process improvement.
Experiments with a laboratory benchmark system (gimballed camera platform) prove the technique useful.
In this study the Brookhaven National laboratory benchmark model of a piping system was considered for the fragility analysis.
A laboratory benchmark test for tsunami inundation through an urban waterfront including free surface elevation, velocity, and specific momentum flux is presented and compared with a numerical model (COULWAVE).
Hellenkamp, B. et al. Precision and accuracy of single molecule FRET measurements - a multi-laboratory benchmark study.
