Sentences with phrase «used for diagnostic purposes»

The port, located within a slot where you attach a strap to the Apple Watch, appears to be used for diagnostic purposes.

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Although standardized testing is not the driving force behind the project - based system, it is used for diagnostic purposes and for state accountability.

This year's tests were shorter, sharper, essentially untimed, and only used for diagnostic purposes.

«For a decade or more, SED and its vendors have proved themselves incapable of creating valid, well - designed, non-abusive exams that can be reliably used for diagnostic purposes or to track trends in student achievement over time,» said Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters.

Observations can't be used for diagnostic purposes to improve teaching practice if all we can tell people is that they should be better across the board.

Colonoscopies may be fully covered by your plan if they are part of a checkup, but only partially covered if they are used for diagnostic purposes.

«While academic outcome indicators are important, it is equally important to include indicators of student and school conditions that predict outcomes, so that educators have information to use for diagnostic purposes and improvement decisions,» she wrote.

Sometimes our practice uses endoscopy for surgical procedures, but most often we use it for diagnostic purposes.

Not exact matches

For the purposes of this economic evaluation, the forms were initially used in a related study funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) research for patient benefit programme «assessing the impact of a new birth centre on choice and outcome of maternity care in an inner city area,» which will be reported in full elsewhere, comparing the costs of care in a free standing midwifery unit with care in an obstetric unit in the same trust.16 The data collected included details of staffing levels, treatments, surgeries, diagnostic imaging tests, scans, drugs, and other resource inputs associated with each stage of the pathway through intrapartum and after birth caFor the purposes of this economic evaluation, the forms were initially used in a related study funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) research for patient benefit programme «assessing the impact of a new birth centre on choice and outcome of maternity care in an inner city area,» which will be reported in full elsewhere, comparing the costs of care in a free standing midwifery unit with care in an obstetric unit in the same trust.16 The data collected included details of staffing levels, treatments, surgeries, diagnostic imaging tests, scans, drugs, and other resource inputs associated with each stage of the pathway through intrapartum and after birth cafor patient benefit programme «assessing the impact of a new birth centre on choice and outcome of maternity care in an inner city area,» which will be reported in full elsewhere, comparing the costs of care in a free standing midwifery unit with care in an obstetric unit in the same trust.16 The data collected included details of staffing levels, treatments, surgeries, diagnostic imaging tests, scans, drugs, and other resource inputs associated with each stage of the pathway through intrapartum and after birth care.

The use of MRI for research, rather than diagnostic, purposes is a relatively new development, and clinical investigators in the imaging community often do not understand the basic cellular and neural circuitry issues as well as they should, he says.

«Our group, which includes more than 180 myeloma researchers worldwide, has updated the definition of multiple myeloma for diagnostic purposes to include validated biomarkers in addition to the current clinical symptoms used for diagnosis which include, elevated blood calcium levels, kidney failure, anemia and bone lesions,» said lead author S. Vincent Rajkumar, M.D. a hematologist at Mayo Clinic.

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They are not intended to be used for drug or diagnostic purposes nor are they intended for human use.

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Our ultimate goals in this activity include (1) a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms governing cellular processes and especially those involved in certain kinds of diseases such as cancer and (2) the development of computational tools that can be used for diagnostic / prognostic purposes based on genomic data.

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Here we discuss the peculiarities of the trafficking pathways of a variety of toxins, and how these may allow the toxins to be used as delivery vehicles for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes.

In the field of mental health, for the purposes of diagnosis, we use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, a.k.a. the DSM.

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He claims that «if they are not useful as predictors, they can't be used effectively for diagnostic purposes.»

The assessments can be used as diagnostic tools the true purpose of such tools but not for high stakes or accountability.

The Smarter Balanced assessments fail to meet basic standards for testing and accountability and should not be used for diagnostic or placement purposes.

During the period covered by our data, however, these tests were used for informative and diagnostic purposes only (though they were publicly reported each year at the school level).

Although initially introduced as a diagnostic tool to help our teachers assess the academic needs of their students, MAP ® is now used by the district to evaluate teachers — a purpose for which the test was not designed, the vendor NWEA has stated — and as a screening mechanism for advanced learning opportunities.

Roy Pea, a professor of education and learning sciences at Stanford University, who was not part of the commission, agreed that tests developed for accountability purposes «largely ignore» the need for formative diagnostic tests used to improve instruction.

Many different educational programs are used for diagnostic testing, credit recovery, and both enrichment and acceleration purposes.

I should add that if classroom observations aren't useful as predictors, they also can't be used effectively for diagnostic purposes.

- the end of MCAS as a graduation requirement; - the redesign and streamlining of the existing test; - the use of MCAS for diagnostic purposes only; - review of MCAS and the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks by professional education associations; - an independent review of MCAS for validity and reliability; and - a comprehensive assessment system for schools.

We need a new vision of education, one that minimizes testing and uses tests only for diagnostic purposes.

The reasons O'Hara listed to opt - out were numerous: «The hours of instructional time lost to testing and prepping for the test; linking it to an invalid curriculum lacking empirical evidence therefore invalidating the results, setting kids up to fail; the tests serving no diagnostic purpose; using a child's score to rate a teacher's performance.»

Use instructionally relevant assessments that are reliable and valid • SCREENING: Collecting data for the purpose of identifying low - and high - performing students at risk for not having their needs met • DIAGNOSTIC: Gathering information from multiple sources to determine why students are not benefiting from instruction • FORMATIVE: Frequent, ongoing collection of information, including both formal and informal data, to guide instruction

While their students will still take standardized tests in most grades, the results will be used primarily for diagnostic purposes — to identify students that need extra help.

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Sometimes the procedure is simply for diagnostic purposes such as collecting biopsy specimens and other times the procedure is used for treatment purposes, such as balloon dilation, stent placement or removal of a foreign object.

Diagnostic imaging refers to the techniques and processes used to create images of your pet's body or body parts for medical purposes.

In addition to ultrasound and radiology, we can also execute fine needle aspirates and true - cut biopsies for diagnostic purposes, using either mild or no sedation on your pet.

If it did that reliably, whether used as either a pass / fail test or for remedial diagnostic purposes, shelter dogs — about 75 % of them pit bulls ---- would not have killed more than 20 times as many Americans since it came into use in 1999 - 2000 than in the preceding 141 years.

Other innovations in filmmaking include the use of a Cinefluorography unit, typically used for diagnostic and research purposes, to create an X-ray film that depicts the interior motion of her skull.

The use of current observed forcing precludes the use of the QRA theory for weather forecasting purposes; it is a diagnostic tool used to elucidate the mechanism that has led to large planetary wave amplitudes.

The Medicaid Incentive Program requires that only credentialed medical assistants and licensed health care professionals are permitted to enter medication, laboratory, and diagnostic imaging orders into the CPOE system for meaningful use calculation purposes.

In keeping with the above excerpts, it is the position of the AAMA that only appropriately credentialed medical assistants (in addition to licensed health care professionals) should be permitted to enter medication, laboratory, and diagnostic imaging orders into the computerized provider order entry system for meaningful use calculation purposes under the Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program, and for advancing - care - information purposes under the Merit - Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).

• Entered information such as demographic data, history and extent of disease, and diagnostic procedures in predefined databases • Abstracted and coded patient data by making use of standards classification systems • Developed and maintained health information networks and conduct periodic follow ups to track treatment, recovery and survival • Identified potential members / participants for clinical drug trials and codify patients» medical information for reimbursement purposes

• Overhauled the operation room operations by providing dedicated assistance to the implementation of surgical robots systems • Wrote a short handbook of SOPs regarding operation room procedures, used as part of the surgical team training program • Prepared patients by washing and shaving • Sterilized operative areas • Handed over instruments to surgeons as and when they ask for them • Assisted in preparation of laboratory specimens for analysis purposes • Operated surgery related equipment such as lights and suction machines • Assisted in operating diagnostic equipment

In the first contribution, participants will get to know how fairy tales can be used not only for diagnostic, but also for developing and correction purposes (Presenter: Maria Galimzyanova).

Fairy tales in Schema Therapy can be used for diagnostic, developing and correction purposes.

Furthermore, although some studies have revealed significant group differences, the degree of within group variance and overlap between groups make imaging of little use for individual diagnostic purposes.