Sentences with phrase «rapid testing of»

As a form of intellectual infrastructure, education is well - positioned to take advantage of both the rapid testing of new ideas...

Explore further: DNA «barcoding» allows rapid testing of nanoparticles for therapeutic delivery

The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $ 2 million to a team of scientists from Washington University in St. Louis and InvivoSciences, a biotechnology startup with WUSTL roots, to construct artificial tissue models that will allow the rapid testing of new drugs for heart failure.

Technological advances such as rapid testing of patients and fast genetic analysis of viruses could help experts deal more effectively with emergency situations as they unfold, thereby saving lives.

No rapid test of let - 7 level is available for clinical use.

After two years of researching Hashimoto's and Hypothyroidism, she decided to combine emerging knowledge with her quality improvement expertise to run rapid tests of change on herself that led her to discover the root cause of her condition.

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Systems of this kind have been in development for many years, however the rapid technological progress of enemy tank rounds, missiles and RPGs is leading the Army to more rapidly test and develop APS for its fleet of Abrams tanks.

The deal will help Abbott expand in point - of - care diagnostic testing, a market that is growing as physicians increasingly adopt rapid tests that speed up treatment.

Metal 3 - D printing allows for rapid development and testing of hardware, and lower - cost manufacturing.

The company also markets DPNCheck ®, a rapid point - of - care test for diabetic neuropathy, which is the most common long - term complication of Type 2 diabetes.

After building the initial MVP last year, we used Twitter to test out the content suggestions combined with popular hashtags to see how they would perform, but we've been focus on working with early access users to refine parts about the product instead of focusing on rapid and early growth.

Ideal solutions will likely be a combination of advanced production processes (creating safer and more stable products) and rapid real - time testing to identify contaminants before they spread or reach the end - customer.

Despite spending months in a top - notch children's hospital specializing in neurological problems and undergoing hundreds of tests, Zeda's doctors couldn't find a single explanation for her rapid deterioration.

The presentation will give an overview of analytical methods commercially available and address the benefits and limitations of rapid analytical methods in food allergen testing.

Neogen has developed a rapid test that can simultaneously detect the presence of six tree nuts in a single test in just 10 minutes after extraction

At the end of the cooperation in 2020, a unique database, new methods and rapid tests for the classification and quality control of the cocoa beans used by the Barry Callebaut Group in its production will be available, allowing the manufacturing of precisely tailored products.

The King - Devick (K - D) test measuring the speed of rapid number naming is an accurate and reliable method for identifying athletes who should be removed from a game or practice for further evaluation, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found.

«Our data indicate that head trauma events can be effectively identified by K - D test time scores, and that analyses of this new measure in future studies can establish its role as a rapid sideline screening test for concussion,» she writes.

It not only measures the speed of rapid number naming, thus capturing impairment of saccadic eye movements, but the test - taker's balance, attention, language and visual recognition skills.

«The results of this study demonstrate that the K - D test is an accurate and reliable method for identifying athletes with head trauma, and is a strong candidate for a rapid sideline screening test for concussion, [with] particular relevance to contact sports including football, soccer, hockey, MMA and boxing,» wrote co-author, Dr. Laura J. Balcer of the Department of Neurology, Opthalmology, and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

A test long used to test vision and reading has the potential to provide rapid and accurate sideline screening of concussion on the sports sideline, says a groundbreaking study reported in the journal Neurology.1

Thinking about people having new babies and looking back on the early days of new motherhood is funny as my — youngest — baby is growing up at such a rapid rate that I'm pretty sure she has her driving test next week, so there's a lot of distance between us and that time.

Benito - Fernanndez J. Impact of rapid viral testing for influenza A and B viruses on management of febrile infants without signs of focal infection.

In a March 11, 2015 «Well» blog New York Times health reporter, Gretchen Reynolds, reported on a new study by NYU researchers, including Laura Balcer, a member of MomsTEAM Institute's Board of Advisors, about the use of a simple, rapid, and inexpensive visual test called King - Devick as a sideline screen to help identify athletes as young as five wit

«You may experience nausea, dizziness, and headache during the test due to your rapid intake of sugar,» notes Allison Hill, M.D., a private practice OB - GYN in Los Angeles.

Does recent sexual intercourse during pregnancy affect the results of the fetal fibronectin rapid test?

When combined with rapid assessments of balance and cognition, the testing battery was able to detect 100 percent of concussions that occurred among athletes in the studies that measured this outcome.

For the rapid number naming test, athletes are given a baseline test before the season starts where they are asked to read numbers as quickly as they can off a series of three reading cards while being timed with a stopwatch.

Balcer and her colleagues conducted a meta - analysis review of 15 previously - completed studies where a rapid number naming test was utilized.

The state's rapid switch to Common Core - based assessments led to widespread boycotts of the annual tests given to third - through eighth - graders.

They also said the rapid adoption of a new teacher evaluation system led to excessive testing of students.

---------------------- Family Planning of South Central New York is offering free, confidential, rapid HIV testing and counseling this week at the following locations and times: 5 Cortland Street, Norwich tomorrow - Friday noon to 4 PM, 37 Dietz Street, Oneonta: tomorrow - Friday 9 a.m. to 4 PM, 37 Pleasant Street, Sidney: Thursday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 130 North Street, Walton: tomorrow 9 a.m. to 4 p.m..

ERIE COUNTY, NY — Erie County experienced a rapid and significant increase in the number of positive tests for influenza («flu») reported to the Erie County Department of Health («ECDOH») in the past two weeks reports Dr. Gale Burstein, Erie County Commissioner of Health.

The DNA - based multiplex diagnostic test will enable rapid diagnosis and confirmation of dengue, as well as identify the specific serotype of dengue causing the infection.

Today, because of concerns about drug resistance, the recommended protocol is to give ACTs only after malaria is confirmed with a finger prick of blood and a rapid diagnostic test (RDT).

«The general availability of the test will be a boon for rapid confirmation of dengue infection.

The rapid expansion in the categories of people who must submit DNA for testing is challenging the capacity of the nation's DNA laboratories.

Kathy Orloski (pdf), a veterinary epidemiologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Tuberculosis Eradication Program in Fort Collins, Colo., says the country's cattle industry would welcome a rapid test for bovine TB.

The White House also announced a $ 20 - million prize for the development of rapid tests to identify antibiotic - resistant infections.

As revealed through another series of coin - cell battery tests, 4.7 volts caused rapid decomposition of the electrolytes and poor cycling — the higher power comes at a price.

«An accurate, rapid, point - of - care test would help public health workers better focus resources quickly on the individuals who need it — including providing directly observed therapy — and avoid unnecessary medications and isolation in those who don't,» Belknap says.

Most of the 15,000 patients that visited drug shops with a fever chose to buy an rapid diagnostic test when offered one by the trained vendors taking part in the study.

Dr Sian Clarke from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, also a principal investigator in the research, said: «This study shows that rapid diagnostic tests can improve the use of artemisinin - based combination therapies — the most effective treatment for malaria — in drug shops, but it's not without its challenges.

The strategy was containment: Build a firewall around areas of drug resistance by ramping up control measures, such as bednets, rapid diagnostic tests, and ACTs.

Australians will soon be able to access rapid HIV - testing themselves after the federal government last week announced that it had lifted restrictions preventing the manufacture and sale of oral home - testing kits.

«Dentists are well placed to offer rapid HIV testing because they're located throughout the community, have ongoing relationships with their patients, and have the necessary training and expertise to recognize systemic diseases that have oral manifestations, such as HIV / AIDS,» says the study's lead author, Dr Anthony Santella of the University of Sydney.

Depletion of Kap104p resulted in a rapid shift of Nab2p from the nucleus to the cytoplasm without affecting the localization of other nuclear proteins tested.

Along with rapid validation techniques allowing in - house teams to test assumptions in hours or days, such insights enable internal innovators to drive change in health systems efficiently, instead of discovering months or years later that they invested in the wrong strategy.

«As well, we have fresh evidence that around 45 per cent of dentists feel prepared and willing to perform rapid HIV - testing.

The new research finding has important policy implications, according to Dr Santella: «If rapid HIV testing was widely available in dental settings it could help to reduce the spread of the virus by informing people who aren't aware that they are HIV - positive.