Balanchine's originality, however, is to avoid identifying a specific couple consistently with either personality.
It's a string of characters identifying a specific address — kind of like a bank-account number, but one that requires a special, complicated key to open.
Even before now, New York City's lab was a bit more sophisticated than the average hospital or doctor's office with a lab, when it came to identifying a specific kind of flu.
No one analyzing a complex disease had ever been able to take the next step, that of identifying a specific gene within the general chromosomal region identified by genetic mapping.
There may be some compelling economic logic to cutting taxes on dividends, or subsidizing savings, but this should be done in a fiscally responsible manner -- by identifying a specific revenue cut or tax increase to balance the books.
But while there is widespread agreement that at least some risk for obesity is inherited, identifying a specific genetic cause has been a challenge.
But with the database, the crime-scene DNA would typically do more than generate a negative match with the innocent convict; it would also generate a positive match identifying a specific person whose DNA profile fits that found at the crime scene.
"This is a very rare instance in which an unconventional court order lacking proper terminology and not identifying a specific dollar amount to add back to the arrears balance caused confusion among our staff," Ms. Boon wrote.
Although these cases are responsive to antihistamine therapy, identifying a specific cause can be elusive.
The study crossed undeniably into mind-reading: identifying a specific word in a subject's mind.
Person re-identification is about identifying a specific individual across non-overlapping distributed cameras at different times and locations.
