The phrase "a rapid means" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a method or way of achieving something quickly.
Example: "Using public transportation is often a rapid means of getting to the city center during rush hour."
Alternatives: "a quick method" or "an efficient way".
Satellites provide a rapid means of collecting and communicating highly precise information in fire detection, location, and appraisal.
The latter is particularly notable, as it encapsulates alcohol's enduring and addictive appeal as a rapid means of pain or stress relief across the entire spectrum of employees, regardless of social stereotypes.
Emergency department physicians should have a rapid means of determining which patients are at risk for heparin sensitivity.
A rapid means of identifying the source of frankincense on the basis of characteristic markers of each species is necessary to achieve this end.
Point-of-care testing (POCT), the fastest growing segment of the current clinical laboratory testing market, is a rapid means for providing test results in different clinical settings.
RNA RNA crosslinking provides a rapid means of obtaining evidence for the proximity of functional groups in structurally complex RNAs and ribonucleoproteins.
MMIs are modelled using modal propagation analysis, which provides a rapid means of simulating the performance of such couplers across a large design space with varying structural parameters.
Phage display technology could provide a rapid means for the discovery of novel peptides and proteins from genetically engineered variants which may act as specific vehicles for drug delivery particularly through the intestinal barrier.
New automated analytical platforms based on FISH technologies and tissue microarray methods are providing a rapid means to determine the impact of consistent genomic aberrations in clinical trials, and in studies designed to investigate differential chemotherapeutic response.
The application of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) provides a rapid means of pathogen identification; antibodies to immunoglobulins from different fish species can be used to monitor the host response following vaccination; and mAbs also have the potential for screening broodstock for previous exposure to pathogens.
By making simultaneous measurements of the metabolic activity of different cell types seeded on different segments of one sensor, this device not only provides a rapid means of assessing cellular specificity of pharmaceutical compounds but also has the potential of being used to non-invasively monitor humoral as well as synaptic communication between different cell populations in co-culture.
