It might seem counterintuitive for a test made from gold to represent any type of cost saving compared to other methods, but the tiny amounts used mean that the test may still be considerably cheaper than other biopsy tests.
Post-hoc results might appear counterintuitive, because the test is based on a squared deviation from the expectation.
In particular, the researchers could test the counterintuitive idea that putting a partition near an evacuation exit actually prevents bottlenecks, says William Warren, the Brown professor leading this research.
Similarly, the result that greater staff experience decreased and higher staff turnover increased the odds of conducting tests appears counterintuitive from a developed country perspective.
Almost a decade ago, as I was gradually sensing this counterintuitive concept, I informally began testing this hypothesis.
Refusing women smear tests is infuriatingly counterintuitive.
The path to effective learning involves simple but counterintuitive steps: Managers must actively test their theories, even when they seem to be working, and rigorously investigate the causes of both good and bad performance.
More recently, research has demonstrated the counterintuitive finding that taking a test prior to receiving the misleading post-event narrative results in an enhanced misinformation effect.
Being able to " detect" HCV RNA that is below the LOD of the test may seem counterintuitive since it is typically presumed that if the actual HCV RNA titer is below the LOD then there is nothing there to " detect".
Counterintuitive, perhaps.
Yet the contract signing, after North Korea's nuclear test on Monday, also underscores a counterintuitive element of American nonproliferation policies.
