As a pre-test reference, the empty tank, without any implant, was scanned using the CPT setting and the EPT setting for 2 min each.
The results have recently been reported of a preliminary study into the base catalysed hydrolysis of methyl paraben as a test and reference reaction for flow-through microcalorimeters.
In the first test, unstiffened steel infill plate is used for the testing as a reference test.
The meta-regression at a 14 ng/L cut-off value showed that the sensitivity estimate was higher when serial high sensitivity troponin assay was used as a reference test and lower when the reference test was a standard troponin assay.
We limited the data for this test case to primary studies that included the RK39 dipstick or DAT with at least one other index test and microscopical examination as a reference test for which full data was available in the published primary study.
Basara et al. (2013) used histopathological examination as a reference test for malignant lymph nodes and clinical examination with imaging findings as reference for benign lymph nodes.
For comparison of the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the 4 used Widal brands, IgM anti-LPS ELISA test was performed as a reference test on the first serum sample of 91 randomly chosen patients of the 150 clinically diagnosed typhoid fever patients.
The CI test that we used as a reference test may not be the most powerful method.
As in two studies a combination of standard and high sensitivity assays were used as a reference test, 29 41 and the type of the reference assay was unclear in another study, 36 we excluded those three studies from the meta-regression.
We evaluate the performance of the new ranking method by comparison with the standard t-test (selected as a basic reference test) and with shrinkage CAT-test [ 7, 14], which was shown [ 7] (see also [ 9]) to be a good representative of the set of methods [ 4- 6] developed to stabilize gene expression variance.
To evaluate the performance of endoscopic visualization in the identification of premalignant gastric lesions, with histopathological examination of biopsy samples as a reference test, in Bucaramanga, Colombia.
