Sentences with phrase «false negatives on»

Some cats can have false negatives on the test and others can have false positives.

The virtue of the 1 hour test is that if you drink all the glucose drink, you can't cheat yourself into a false negative on that test.

And, finally, in any dog with a very low heartworm burden — say, just a couple of worms — the microfilariae may not be detected (this can also cause a false negative on the antigen test).

Not exact matches

Despite Venter's claims, many doctors oppose Human Longevity's approach, citing the potential for false negatives and the bevy of unnecessary tests on «healthy people.»

When the SCAT2 was issued, superseding the original SCAT published in 2005, the authors recommended continued reliance on the SAC until prospective studies could be conducted to assess the SCAT2's sensitivity (how good the test is in identifying athletes with concussion; for example, a test which is very sensitive will have few false negatives, rarely missing those later found to have concussion) and specificity (a test with high specificity will have few false positives, rarely mis - classifying people without concussion as having concussion).

Baby Milk Action has asked Mapa Spontex to provide further information on where it warns mothers of the possible negative effects on breast feeding of introducing bottle feeding and the difficulty of reversing the decision not to breastfeed as this was not found on its website, advertising or packaging, certainly not in the same location as the false claim that the First Choice teat is «clinically proven» for «optimal combination of breast and bottle feeding» nor alongside advise to introduce feeding bottles by 6 weeks of age at the latest.

Even the most accurate test on the market could give you a false negative if you use it too early or incorrectly.

This comment is based in several fallacies - The NRA spends a lot of money, therefore the public is swayed based on (presumably) false information, therefore congress fears negative public reaction to their votes, therefore they vote against what would (presumably) otherwise be a excellent ideas.

It seems to me that the key distinctions should be (i) owning what you do and not running false flag operations; (ii) scrutiny and negative campaigning being based on evidence, and something you can stand behind as legitimate argument under scrutiny of it.

Because only about 16 in every 100,000 people end their own lives, a test with such a level of accuracy will give many false positive and false negative results if used on the general population.

Secondly, given that much of this centres on antenatal genetic testing, the notion of holding a doctor responsible for single instances of false negatives violates basic statistical...

A few studies reported on false - positive rates for ovarian cancer, and false - negative rates.

The one lesion positive on FMC and negative on PSMA resulted at biopsy as a false positive.

«Based on a false negative stereotype, some health - care providers may inaccurately attribute a presenting health problem to alcohol use and fail to appropriately diagnose and treat the problem.»

The blood tests, used on at least 2 million people a year, are wrong 50 % of the time, says WHO, yielding either false positives or negatives, both of which are dangerous.

An early warning system based on the Birmingham model can be recommended to policymakers in those regions — particularly when they value avoiding negative market sentiments and damage to international reputation, which might possibly be triggered by false signals of sovereign debt problems.

The MSLT - 1 trial demonstrated that patients with a positive SLN undergoing CLND had far better melanoma - specific survival than those patients who manifested nodal recurrence either on the observation arm or after a false - negative SLN biopsy (10 - year melanoma - specific survival rates: 62.1 % vs 41.5 % and 34.4 %, respectively).

Recent research has shown that women who experience false - positive mammograms tend to feel anxious and may develop negative effects on behavior and sleep.

In fact, the FDA has been cracking down on some services in recent years, pointing out the health risks posed by possible false positive or false negative results.

Most modern testing focuses on only the alpha - gliadin (one of the twelve sub-fractions) and therefore leaves considerable room for error and false negative tests.

You already talked about we have some of the immune testing, IgA, IgG, which is indirect — it's not looking at things directly, and we know based on whether your weakened immune system, that may even come back a false - negative.

Repeat this test a few times and on different days in case you get a «false negative» on the test.

After I wiped tears from my eyes, I realized that I should let her know that if she is going to get tested for celiac disease she should NOT be on a gluten - free diet before getting tested because it can produce a false negative result.

Hi Derinda, it sounds like you and your doctor may be relying on the TSH test, which is notorious for false negative results.

Now having said all that, I've actually been working for seven years now on what I think is a very modest and practical and humble way of matching people up without using statistics and without running into the false negative problem.

11 slides on what you do in the evening and using the affirmative / negative form of a verb Lesson starter: cognates / false friend spotting Listening task - fill in the gaps with the missing words Learning the vocabulary - write down what you see on the picture Interactive activity - Who is doing what?

So, regulators relying on test scores will experience false positives and false negatives if they try to actively manage a portfolio of schools.

Setting the effectiveness minimum based on an imperfect measure will result in both false positives and false negatives: some teachers will be falsely classified as ineffective when their true effectiveness is above the cutoff, and others will be falsely classified as effective when their true effectiveness is below the cutoff.

Schochet and Chaing (2010), for instance, use simulations to assess the potential that value - added estimates would lead to false positives and false negatives, and how the magnitude of error varies based on the quantity of prior information available.

What we have now does not look like a false negative but rather a very poorly designed program in Louisiana with the release of a new study on the first year results.

The terms false positive and false negative can be confusing, because what is «true» or «false» depends on the hypothesis being tested, and the term «positive» does not necessarily connote that a teacher is effective or ineffective.

Figures 1a and 1b focus on misclassification at the bottom of the teacher performance distribution, but the false positive / false negative tradeoff arises with any classification system.

Misclassified cases are either false positives (FPs; those students identified as at risk who later perform satisfactorily on reading outcomes) or false negatives (FNs; those students not identified by the screen as at - risk but who later perform poorly on reading outcomes).

If false negatives are a major concern — for example, if severe consequences are in place for failing to meet a standard — then we might want to use complementary multiple measures so that a school can pass by meeting the standard on any one measure.

Whether it's drivers strapping soda cans to steering wheels to defeat torque - sensors so that they can go hands - free or simply inattentive motorists looking at their cell phones because they've been lulled into a false sense of security by a basic adaptive cruise control system with lane - keeping tech — there's growing concern that these partial automation systems could actually have a negative impact on safety because of driver ignorance or deliberate misuse.

But a minority of people (25, about of 150 in this case) clicked the «most helpful» button, leading to a negative review on top, which is giving new readers a false impression of the other reader's reactions.

Goodreads is based on fake ratings and reviews, it's API is corrupt and defrauds consumers with false data about books which in turn has a negative impact on sales and search placement.

How to report negative false items on my credit report?

In many cases, repairing your business credit can be as simple as identifying negative items on your business credit report which were incorrectly filed, or are altogether false.

True or False: The smallest payment amount that I need to make for my credit card is a minimum balance payment to avoid fees and a negative hit on my credit score.

By eliminating false or unverifiable negative marks on your credit report, you can improve your score dramatically, as well as your chances of obtaining credit and better interest rates.

Given all this - and given that cats are more apt to throw false - negatives on anything other than an antigen - test - he American Heartworm Society recommends trying to wait out the 2 to 3 year lifespan of the heartworms.

Our group has heard mixed information on the regular distemper tests showing false negatives or false positives.

The team at VetNetwork offers flexible veterinary reputation management support based on your budget and needs, from monitoring any online discussion of your veterinary hospital to providing you with every tool you'll need to respond appropriately and professionally to a false or negative review.

Premature cessation of scraping before a small amount of blood is observed on the blade may lead to a false - negative result.

It is important to repeat fecal flotations several times, on different stool samples, to be sure that an initial negative result was not a false negative.

Glucose - positive urine can be false - negative for protein on dipstick tests.

While it is possible that your previous heartworm test was a false negative (fewer than four worms can certainly be missed on the test), I would think that at least the dog wouldn't have had much of a worm burden.

While false - negative results on the test are possible, it will usually tell you if your dog is PHA - positive.

They are not meant to yield absolutely no false positives or false negatives, just suggestive indicators of what might be going on.