Rorschach Test, projective method of psychological testing in which a person is asked to describe what he sees in 10 inkblots, of which some are black or gray and others have patches of colour.
When the Guardian met Whitesides, development testing, in which parts are changed, was complete.
An additional 18 medicines entered Phase I trials, the first phase of human testing, in which promising compounds are tested in small groups of patients for safety.
Officials are now asking for "reverse" stress testing, in which a firm imagines it has failed and works backwards to determine which vulnerabilities caused the hypothetical collapse.
That is why these models have been supplemented with "scenario testing", in which risk managers try to imagine the worst that could happen to their bank's positions.
David P. Maass, an aviation engineer and an expert on composites, said that one method was ultrasonic testing, in which high-frequency sound waves, too high for the human ear to hear, are pumped into a composite structure.
Under Ms. Keegan, Arizona has moved toward what is known as "high stakes testing," in which failure on standardized tests could prevent high school graduation or other severe consequences.
Two years ago, for example, the department began integrity testing, in which undercover officers posed as angry citizens in elaborate sting operations intended to weed out officers with a propensity for violence.
Sewage routinely contaminates the Hudson River, according to a report released on Tuesday after four years of water testing in which one-fifth of the water samples indicated that the river was unsuitable for swimming and other recreation.
A successful separation of a valuable mineral from its ore can be determined by heavy-liquid testing, in which a single-sized fraction of a ground ore is suspended in a liquid of high specific gravity.
Newborns who do not pass initial hearing screening may undergo auditory steady state response testing, in which brain activity in the sleeping infant is measured in response to tones of differing frequency and intensity.
