Considering the availability of limited human and financial resources, the Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal has recommended the use of two or more rapid tests based on different test principles (antigens) as a minimum standard HIV test algorithm to be followed at all levels of the health care delivery system [ 28].
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Diagnoses were based on, as a minimum, neurological examination, cranial CT or MRI, blood and CSF screening tests and cognitive testing.
An ICC of at least 0.70 is required as a minimum standard for test-retest reliability [ 26, 29, 30].
In general, 0.70 is recommended as a minimum standard for test-retest reliability; a correlation less than 0.5 is described as weak, whereas a correlation greater than 0.8 is described as strong [ 39].
While this may therefore explain some of the difference observed, this is perhaps a reasonable comparison as a chlamydia test is the minimum test to be offered when testing for STIs, regardless of setting [ 2, 6].
This stopping criterion gave a termination point that is within 0.1% of the empirically observed minimum error, with cessation of learning after 1,642 samples, with a test error of 0.1323, as against the observed minimum test error of 0.1319 at 1,565 samples learnt.
Whilst there is considerable uncertainty concerning the optimal clinical practice when testing for DPN, it is anticipated that as a minimum both feet are tested, but also often multiple sites on each foot.
Full DNA sequence analysis of BRCA1/2 together with a screen for the BRCA1 exon 13 duplication (common in families of British descent) (Puget et al, 1999) was used as the minimum testing regime in 89 families.
As the cost of a test increases with increasing test duration, there is a desire to have a prior estimate of the minimum test duration that yields valid results.
