To evaluate the speed of onset and duration of loss of sensation in the flank following paravertebral administration of lidocaine (with or without epinephrine) or bupivacaine.
To evaluate the speed of the health system's response to an outbreak, the agency is analyzing the time between the ordering of a blood test by a doctor who suspects that a patient is infected with the West Nile virus and the confirmation of the diagnosis by a state or local health department.
After treatment, tick load for each included dog was estimated, for both adult and immature ticks, using the localization and count over the entire body surface at the following time-points: day 2, to evaluate the speed of kill and at days 7, 14, 21 and 28 to assess the persistence of efficacy.
To evaluate the speed of recovery from tetanic stimulation, we calculated the proportion of cases in which the EJP took less than 2 minutes to reach 75% of the maximal EJP amplitude observed in the post-tetanic phase.
To evaluate the speed of our fixation methods we measured temporal loss of viability following the addition of fixative.
The 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay was performed to evaluate the speed of cell proliferation,and was performed according to standard procedures.
3- 4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl -2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide assay was performed to evaluate the speed of cell proliferation as described before [ 11].
Step Test [ 17] will be used to evaluate the speed of performing a dynamic repetitive single limb stance task (self-generated perturbation).
We also evaluated the speed of the temperature decrease during vitrification in comparison with four other commercially available non-aseptic methods and showed the protective role of the CBS system during transfer.
