The dissimilarities between the two groups regarding the expression of IFN-γ in the skin cannot be explained by differences in preparation of the specimens, because all staining and biopsy management were performed in the same manner, and the cytokine expressions were analysed randomly and blindly throughout the study.
We used standardization by the annual total of all specimens tested for the specific pathogen to reduce possible bias associated with differences in specimen sampling and laboratory methods over time [ 14, 21].
The heterogeneity of these results could be explained by differences in composition of cohort, differences in used methods for methylation analyses and tumor specimens.
While there was no difference in specimen provision by any of the demographic characteristics, it did differ by certain aspects of sexual behaviour in the previous 6 months.
The obtained results revealed some scatter between specimens (23.150 ± 7.859 %), which is due to the difference in specimen 1.
This "bomb curve", as it is known, changes so fast that year-by-year differences in the 14C levels of recent specimens should be detectable.To test this hypothesis, Dr Uno and his colleagues looked at 29 specimens of known age, from 1905 to 2008.
Growth of a few shark species has been measured or estimated by the differences in length at the times of tagging and recapturing specimens.
In the HS group, we analyzed mGluR5 differences in FS-negative specimens as compared to other FS-positive specimens.
As a consequence of the differences in HPV detection by specimen type, the concordance between the two specimens for HPV detection in any HPV category was only fair, with kappa values around 0.50.
Thus, differences in shape between specimens are not due to allometry.
