Sentences with phrase «testing by conventional methods»

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.

Not exact matches

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.

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

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.

The isolates were identified by conventional microbiological methods and tested for in vitro susceptibility using the Kirby - Bauer disc diffusion method recommended by the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute.