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The transgenic mouse data suggests that increased SK3 function results in diminished cognitive function, consistent with the hypothesized direction, but not the most direct test of whether reduced function improves cognition.

The eruptions in the Middle East have posed perhaps the severest, most direct test yet of the limits of President Obama's signature foreign policy innovation during his first term, what the White House hails as the "light footprint" strategy.

To see if they did have something practical, they decided to subject their coated lithium metal to the most direct test possible.

Our study is the most direct test of these alternative explanations to date.

The most direct test of the hypothesis is to expose pregnant animals receiving a low protein diet to the 11 β-hydroxylase inhibitor, metyrapone which blocks the last steps of corticosterone synthesis in the rat [29].

Finally, the most direct test of our interpretation would be a comparison of intra- and inter-trial averaging of the DA signal.

The most direct tests of his projection of strength abroad will be his fight against terrorism and his willingness to stand up to Putin.

One of the most direct tests of the oxidative stress theory of aging has been to alter oxidative stress/damage and then determine how this alteration affects lifespan (e.g. to genetically manipulate the expression of antioxidant enzymes and observe the effects on lifespan).

In a fitting cap to the World Year of Physics 2005, MIT physicists and colleagues report the most precise direct test yet of Einstein's most famous equation, E=mc2.

Richard Scheller, of Genentech, believes that the Colombia study is probably the most scientifically direct test of the amyloid hypothesis.

"I think this state audit could be a game changer because this is the most comprehensive direct testing of the networks," said Brett Johnson, associate director for policy at the California Medical Assn.