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absolute sensitivity

absolute sensitivity

Statistics
An ad-hoc statistic defined as the number of positive—i.e., with a particular disease—cases as the numerator.
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Further analysis showed that combined utilization of FPG and UG had an absolute sensitivity advantage of 44.2% over FPG alone.
Caption: Figure 8: (a) Absolute sensitivity and (b) relative sensitivity of GdV[O.sub.4]:[Sm.sup.3+] nanophosphor as a function of temperature.
This is an issue that requires absolute sensitivity to all sides if we are going to have meaningful dialogue.
In fact, most of the recorded values were below the absolute sensitivity limits of the photometric device (0.01 lux).
Waveform data are converted to the frequency domain, and the absolute sensitivity of the TUT is calculated by comparing the responses of the TUT and STD for a set of 89 discrete frequencies between 0.1 MHz and 1 MHz.
She said: "With her absolute sensitivity she sat down in front of me and said, 'I am dying.
But Saracen portrays Michelangelo and his cohorts as anything but corrupt endowing them with an absolute sensitivity and absolute humanity.
While it is not possible to use electroretinography for determination of absolute sensitivity to light (see Frank, 2003), relative comparisons can be made with other studies using similar techniques, although it is possible that differences among organisms in neural architecture may affect the recordings.
This quantitative assay amplified a conserved 155-nucleotide target sequence within the HCV 5' untranslated region and had an absolute sensitivity of 9 IU/mL of viral load (43 copies/mL).
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