The order of the bedside neurological examination, ULNTs and nerve palpation within each patient was the same for both testing sessions to ensure that a potential order effect was similar between testers.
These values are in good agreement with those obtained from AFM and mesoscale friction tester in similar environment (vacuum or dry) [31].
In the current study, scans were performed over a two day period by a single tester with similar CV% values with- and without repositioning.
A continuity tester is similar to a test light, but that this light has its own power source (battery) as part of the tester.
Unilateral matings of the pmt4 strains to wild-type testers behaved similar to wild-type control crosses (data not shown).
Similar results for inter-tester reliability were reported by Luomajoki et al. [ 21], when videos of movement control tests of the lumbar spine were visually evaluated.
The tester developed is similar to the existing tester in that it allows samples of wall material to be abraded against real life wear media such as iron ore, bauxite, gravel, sand, etc.
The Washington Post has independently been told stories of misconduct by Jackson similar to those reported by Tester's staff, including descriptions that he drank while on duty.
The tester concept is similar to that of the ASTM rubber wheel abrasion test except that the rubber wheel is replaced by a grooved steel wheel heated to a fixed temperature (up to 250 °C) by hot air and the sand is replaced by pelletised plastic.
