Sentence examples for assumed specificity from inspiring English sources

Part of the assumed specificity could therefore be an artifact of the analysis.

We assumed specificity of the screening test to detect MRSA to be 100%, and independent estimates have confirmed that specificity closely approaches this value.

The overall specificity of the POC-CCA test, as estimated by LCA, was 72%, compared with the assumed specificity of 100% for the Kato-Katz.

The distinction between phenomena and mechanisms assumes specificity; i.e., there are specific phenomena (somite formation in vertebrates) or mechanisms (collinear Hox gene expression) in view when judging the relationship between source (model) and target.

However, it does not assume specificity, because a catalyst typically catalyses a number of reactions (on average, P fraction of the possible reactions).

The most cost-effective strategy was to administer QFT-G in BCG-vaccinated contacts and reserve TST for all other patients, assuming specificity for the TST of more than 99% in all BCG-unvaccinated subgroups, but of only 96% for the QFT.

Using this figure, the proportion of tuberculin test conversion due to boosting can be estimated from the predicted probability of being ELISPOT negative at both recruitment and follow-up: allowing for a specificity adjustment (assuming 80% specificity of the ELISPOT), the proportion of skin test converters estimated to have boosting ranged from 32% to 41% with increasing age.

We assumed test specificity to be 100%.

In addition, we assumed that specificity would be perfect, given the extensive process for psychiatric disorder validation that occurs in Denmark.

We assumed histological specificity to be at least 0.94 according to the findings of ASCUS-LSIL Triage study (Stoler and Schiffman, 2001), which reviewed 2237 original histological slides.

We assumed a specificity ranging from 0.94 to 0.97, according to estimates from studies on low-risk screening attenders (Nanda et al, 2000).