Additional relevant papers were identified by methodically evaluating the reference sections of other review articles and meta-analyses.
Finally, the level of approximation introduced by evaluating the strain field for the reference Hertzian case is discussed, showing that the error introduced is not acceptable.
Thus, by evaluating the suitability of a reference material, the following criteria should be taken into consideration [ 1– 5]: Homogeneity of the material.
For a given SNP V, we estimated its effect on the binding of a particular transcription factor tf, denoted by the matching score S tf (V), by evaluating the binding affinity differences between reference and alternative alleles; the binding affinity was calculated using the position weight matrices (PWMs) documented in the TRANSFAC database using previously published methods (Wang et al., 2008).
Also, different sub-optimal combinations of reference genes were challenged by evaluating the normalization bias that might result from their use.
MSI analysis was done by evaluating a reference panel of five mono- and dinucleotide markers (BAT-25, BAT-26, D2S123, D5S346, and D17S250) recommended by the National Cancer Institute [ 18].
In addition, comparability of laboratory methods used in EPIC and EFCOVAL laboratories was further substantiated by evaluating standard reference materials and quality control procedures (e.g., inter-laboratory proficiency tests) of each laboratory measurement.
All women included in this study (n = 1781) were evaluated by the reference standard (colposcopy followed by biopsy if abnormalities were detected), by the index test (conventional Papanicolaou smear test) and by the HPV test (which was considered in this analysis as a "spectrum" variable).
The methodology was extended also to benchmark the EBSS negative reactivity insertion evaluated by the reference system code RELAP-3D©/NESTLE.
V3: We observed an adherence prevalence of 84% evaluated by the reference method.
