Sentences with phrase «by conventional tests»

Often, they are in the earlier stages that are missed by conventional tests.

They may get picked up by conventional testing, but many patients they aren't getting picked up on conventional testing because they're kinda in no man's land.

However, the absence of the diseases diagnosed by conventional testing is only «minimal health».

Not exact matches

India is also ramping up its nuclear and conventional deterrence against China by testing long - range missiles, raising a mountain strike corps for the border with China, enhancing submarine capabilities and basing its first squadron of French - made Rafale fighter jets near that border.

Multiple outlets published stories yesterday reporting that results from finger blood tests by medical startup Theranos showed greater irregularities than more conventional tests (according to the first published independent assessment of the company's tests).

Oven Test: Accelerated shelf life testing was conducted by aging 45 ml of Plenish ® high oleic soybean oil and conventional soybean oil in loosely capped, wide - mouth glass jars at 63 °C.

This was tested through a clinical trial that is 2 - weeks old infants fed by a Philips AVENT Anti-Colic Nipple and the result is that it suffered less colic than when performing with a conventional baby bottle.

However, following reports that 13 Member States were unlikely to be compliant with the EU directive by 1 January 2012, meaning an estimated 50 million hens would still be housed in battery cages, Defra announced that many retailers and major food suppliers were putting in place «stringent traceability tests» to guarantee they will not supply eggs produced from illegal conventional cages or use them as ingredients in their own brand products.

Now a team led by Matthias Troyer of ETH Zurich in Switzerland has tested a D - Wave Two computer against a conventional machine running an optimised algorithm — and found no evidence of superior performance in the quantum device.

These comprised not only «conventional» behavioral studies, but also the physical effects on the brains of test participants by measuring the Blood Oxygen Level - dependent (BOLD) response using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans.

Then they tested the metal by applying tension and found that it was stronger and less brittle than conventional steel.

Conventional genetic screening looks for specific mutated sequences of DNA, but the Dutch test simply searches for proteins which are shorter than those produced by healthy genes.

Similarly, if replacing the lowest - ranked school in the survey with a top - quintile school, student test scores would improve by 0.39 of a standard deviation using a conventional VAM, and 0.53 of a standard deviation when using the MIT team's own VAM method.

Its performance barely dipped by two percent, as compared to the drop of up to 75 percent for conventional coatings when subjected to weathering tests in the lab.

A new therapeutic approach tested by a team from Maisonneuve - Rosemont Hospital (CIUSSS - EST, Montreal) and the University of Montreal gives promising results for the treatment of multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow currently considered incurable with conventional chemotherapy and for which the average life expectancy is about 6 or 7 years.

Initial testing by the company at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory shows that this flexible plastic backsheet lasts as long or longer than conventional ones, and keeps out just as much moisture.

The panel identified human papilloma virus (HPV) sequences undetected by conventional laboratory tests as well as new unreported HPV mutations.

In a «blind» study, the team tested 19 people diagnosed by conventional methods as having either Alzheimer's or suspected Alzheimer's.

They also found significant human contamination immediately after a weekend jazz festival, whereas testing by conventional methods yielded a much weaker signal after a time lag of a couple days.

The objective of this study is to validate the diagnostic performance and practical feasibility of massively parallel genomic sequencing for the non-invasive prenatal assessment of trisomy 21 in a large number of pregnancies that have undergone conventional screening and were clinically indicated for definitive testing by amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling.

A few clinics in the United States are starting to sequence the full genomes of patients whose diseases can't be identified by the standard battery of genetic tests, or whose diseases resist conventional treatments.

Our strategy is to use screening techniques to uncover new players followed by validation in gene targeted mice (conventional and conditional transgenesis) in order to test novel treatment strategies in a joint translational research activity.

The tests are based on research conducted by Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) investigators — and could pave the way for a more precise approach to cancer therapy and help find effective drugs when conventional approaches to precision medicine have failed.

These potentially game - changing technologies, developed by Peter Rogan, PhD, students and his collaborators from Western's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, reveal gene variants that were missed by conventional genetic testing.

The team tested the graphene membranes by passing water, salts and other molecules through them, and found the material's performance «comparable to graphene membranes made using conventional, small - batch approaches.»

Whereas conventional methods are either slow or require complex instruments, Yingfu Li and a team at McMaster University in Hamilton (Ontario, Canada), additionally supported by the Sentinel Bioactive Paper Network, have now developed an especially simple, universal fluorescence test system that specifically and rapidly detects germs by means of their metabolic products.

In brief, 330 of 364 genes, tested by quantitative or conventional PCR, gave comparable expression patterns to the data obtained by microarray analysis.

Tests commissioned by the EWG showed that in just two to five minutes on a conventional stove top, cookware coated with nonstick surfaces could exceed temperatures at which the coating emits toxic gases.

I eat meat (mostly chicken) and I tested deficient in B12 even by conventional standards.

In addition to incorrect interpretations of TSH by most conventional doctors, the TSH test is not the best test to diagnose Hashimoto's since, in the early stages, the TSH may fluctuate or remain within the normal limits.

In fact, there are 3 autoimmune disease tests that can help to evaluate your immune system that are unknown and never ordered by conventional doctors because this information is so advanced that it can take many years until it becomes a common practice.

There is no definitive adrenal fatigue test and that is why it is not accepted by conventional medicine.

It is the subtle part that eludes routine laboratory test and physical examination by conventional western medicine.

I've had my thyroid and liver checked before, which seems to be the common suggestion to check, but they have only been tested by conventional endochrinologist biomarkers (i.e. FT4, TSH, and thyroid antibodies and I can't remember what for the liver), perhaps the thyroid / liver checks could still be false negatives.

Still, many patients who are tested by conventional physicians and have Vitamin D levels of 20 to 50 are told their results are «normal.»

Conventional endocrinologists don't test for reverse T3 (RT3), but it can play an important part in your thyroid function, and can be set off by something as simple as stress.

And I've seen people come back with infections where they've already been tested by their conventional labs and hospitals and they — they come back negative there but they come back positive on mine.

For example, research suggests that error rates dropped from a first to a second test by about 45 per cent (comparison group with conventional lighting only 17 per cent) and cognitive speed improved by nine per cent (comparison group only five per cent).

During Lewis - Carter's four years as principal, she has led these children — disadvantaged by every conventional measure and further handicapped by the hardships of Katrina — to a stunning performance record on state - mandated standardized tests, one that compares favorably with the city's selective - admissions schools.

Likewise, many of the ideas we regard today as education reform's conventional wisdom - linked standards and assessments, consequences for poor performance, testing new teachers, paying some teachers more than others, and charter schools - were given prominent public voice by a teacher union leader, the late Albert Shanker of the American Federation of Teachers.

Research carried out in Sweden suggests that error rates dropped from a first to a second test by about 45 per cent (comparison group with conventional lighting only 17 per cent) and cognitive speed improved by nine percent (comparison group only five percent).

The assessment field in K - 12 education is in a period of transition — sparked by widespread dissatisfaction with conventional testing formats, changes in technology, and developments in the learning sciences.

The results of such an analysis allow us to reality - test the broad cautions voiced by the Friedman Foundation, the Cato Institute, and others — in particular their warning that holding schools to account for student achievement (especially via conventional state testing programs) will surely cause them to turn their backs on such programs and thus leave needy children without good educational options at all.

«This article examines the problem of low student performance and the flawed approach used by conventional reformers who support Test - and - Punish and market - driven solutions.

A new study released today challenges the practice of ranking nations by educational test scores and questions conventional wisdom that the U.S.educational system has fallen badly behind school systems abroad.

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There is moderate body lean, even in the firmest of the three settings offered by its conventional front steel springs and optional rear air springs setup, as used by our test car.

During the test drive through Napa, the Accord Hybrid's engine spun up to a noticeable rpm but in a restrained and quiet manner no doubt helped out by the car's active noise cancellation system that generates sounds that muffle the engine revs in both the conventional and hybrid models.

Replacing the conventional differential produced a significant increase in traction and stability in high speed cornering, as witnessed by vastly improved lap times — two seconds quicker - achieved by Lexus's test team around the Fuji Speedway.

In recent years, a modified Volvo XC90 was created as a test bed for the single - speed eTwinster system, while a BMW M3 has been taken apart by GKN engineers to replace its conventional rear differential with a mechanical Twinster unit — the first setup that shows the benefits of twin - clutch torque vectoring and «true» sailing functionality in a purely rear - wheel drive vehicle.