Sentence examples for by the second screening from inspiring English sources
As in the Israeli study, detailed questions about smoking behavior allowed subjects to be categorized as smoking 1 10, 11 20, or ≥21 cigarettes per day at the 2 screening occasions, or as having quit smoking by the second screening (6).
Thus, by adding the second screening test, the false-positive rate was improved from 0.4% to 0%, and the positive predictive value from 3.7% to 100%, compared with the single screening test.
Because the amount of the remnant samples after first screening by miRNA microarray was not enough for the second screening by RT-PCR, we use another 46 samples for the screening by RT-PCR, including 23 node-positive and 23 node-negative patients.
The dose-dependency of 3MST inhibition by 146 hit compounds from the second screening was examined to determine the IC50 values.
The same procedure as was applied in the first screening where the patients could answer the questionnaires together with the caregiver or by themselves was applied for the second screening.
In HDSS, the modified SAGE analysis constructs the gene expression profiles with 18-bp tags, with which we can easily proceed to the second screening by real-time quantitative RT PCR.
In the second screening by real-time quantitative RT PCR, one sequence, F4, showed different expression levels between follicular adenomas and carcinomas but the other 25 sequences did not show clear differences between the two groups.
The symptomatic subjects identified by the first screening undergo X-ray screening to reduce the number of subjects for the diagnostic test (Xpert).
Nineteen patients were excluded from the analysis as being MRSA-positive on admission because MRSA was detected by the first screening culture within 2 days after ICU admission.
According to population cancer screening theory, 'length bias' is greatest at the prevalent screening round and may be almost eliminated by the third screening round if the screening interval is short (Cole and Morrison, 1980).
