Testing for olfaction using a 'scratch and sniff' instrument is easy to do in a clinic setting, has been validated for different subject groups and is amenable to a variety of settings including a combat environment.
Several questionnaires, measuring a broad array of concepts, have been validated for use in subjects with OAB, including the King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ) [ 8] and Patient Perception of Bladder Condition (PPBC) [ 9].
Elevations in insulin resistance have been repeatedly shown to be strong predictors of incident diabetes (36, 37), and the HOMA-IR method has been validated for large epidemiological studies for subjects of various ethnicities and a wide range of glucose tolerance (38).
The questionnaire has been validated for use in Chinese subjects and has been shown to be capable of detecting changes in symptoms [ 23, 24].
We used the Japanese version of the NART (JART), which has been proven to show good validity for measuring premorbid IQ and to be independent of present cognitive function in AD patients in Japan, 17 and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scale, 18 a widely used index of cognitive status that has been validated for use with Japanese subjects.
The procedure has previously been validated for hippocampal volume measurements in elderly subjects, including mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease patients (Hsu et al., 2002).
The proposed analysis technique termed as constrained spline finite strip method (cSFSM) has been validated for cold-formed steel open cross-sections subjected to axial compression and bending under various boundary conditions.
Prediction equations have been validated for multiethnic adults [ 36] and reference values established for adult white men and women, including older subjects [ 37 39].
Eleven months later, those persistent hopes appear to have been validated for one Newark family.
The method has been validated for various MWI measurement scenarios.
The method is validated for the case of particles subject to a one-dimensional (an- harmonic an- harmonictentiandusing finite-differences for the advection part.
