When lymph nodes are removed during surgery to gauge the spread of cancer, there are fewer nodes to drain the protein-rich fluid, and swelling can occur.
The new model was tested in conjunction with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which has been among the leading agencies collecting the data necessary to gauge the spread of disease.
He said that infant formula companies had made use of online media to gauge consumer sentiment, track the spread of conversations related to their brands and work out how to respond to the crisis.
Another study at a Connecticut hospital sought to gauge the role that clothing plays in the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.
The hoop's large diameter and thin plastic rim are artefacts of its time, and the spread of instruments and gauges on the dashboard provide additional cues: the retro-futuristic Autronic Eye rises like a periscope from the dashboard to peer through the windshield, and automatically dims the headlights when it "sees" oncoming traffic – a full 75 years before Audi had a similar bright idea. .
Eliza Doolittle warily gauging the intentions of Professor Higgins.
So the challenge was: could we identify who would progress and do something to help them?" St John's answer was to develop sentinel node biopsy, a technique involving the injection of blue dye with a radioactive tracer around the scar which helps surgeons gauge the extent of spread through the lymph system.
The effectiveness of the spraying, part of a $6 million city program aimed at detecting and stopping the spread of West Nile virus, is difficult to gauge.
And the city is currently using the system to track the spread of flu infection in New York City in real time — a much more accurate gauge, doctors say, than a Web tool being developed by Google.
Public health practitioners seek acute cases to gauge the changing epidemiology of hepatitis B and the impact of universal vaccination programs.[11] Acute cases also trigger high-priority interventions to limit the spread of disease.
Through the spread of "niceness"?
