In a series of above ground trials the automated system was successfully demonstrated without human intervention and proven to be capable of achieving cycle times at a rate of 10 m per operating hour, consistent with that required to support high capacity longwall mines.
Finally, the methods and results of a Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) of the on-ground trial implementation are outlined.
The conclusions drawn as a result of this analysis provided an empirical basis to implement the on-ground trial phase.
In clinical research, even if debated on ethical grounds, trial designs using placebo control groups yield the most reliable information on the effectiveness of new drugs.
Yet while it would have been cheaper for the company to run its clinical trials in India, Dr Rodriquez said he needed to learn from the countries where Daktari is launching, so on-the-ground trials went ahead in Kenya, Uganda, Botswana and South Africa.
That is, in some grounding trials, objects had been referred to by their location (e.g., "top left"), potentially generating interactive memory traces for that object, yet without a naming precedent (see Fig. 1, Panel A, right, middle panel).
"It's important because it is the first time this has been done," Mr. Zielinski said, "and it is important that this information not become a hunting ground for trial lawyers".
After a hearing on a state-court challenge to his conviction on that ground, the trial judge, without telling the defense, asked prosecutors to prepare a written decision and then adopted it without changes, even though it described statements from a witness who had not testified.
If the opposite (raised) leg touches the ground, the trial is stopped, and the number performed is recorded.
Their lawyers sought to overturn their fraud convictions on the grounds the trial judge had given improper instructions to the jury that found them guilty.
Family doctors prescribing double glazing and loft insulation for patients living in cold, damp homes can transform lives and slash the huge sums spent by the NHS on cold-related ill health, a ground-breaking trial has shown.
