In the prospective study of Ji et al. [18], the 42 048 subjects were recruited over 18 months, with each individual screened for serum levels of VCA IgA antibody (immunoglobulin A antibody against EBV viral capsid antigens) and clinically examined, including an indirect mirror examination of the nasopharynx.
We derive tentative estimates of the parameters of the model, based on limited published data, to assess the efficacy of serum screening in conjunction with clinical assessment (indirect mirror examination for NPC), for example the average duration of the preclinical screen-detectable phase is estimated as 3.1 years.
All patients were routinely assessed by indirect mirror examination for nasopharynx, palpation of neck nodes, measurement of body weight, complete blood count and platelet count once a week, or when patients experienced suffering and requested check-up during the course of chemoradiotherapy.
Unlike her earlier works -- "Fires in the Mirror," an examination of racial violence in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992" about the repercussions of the Rodney King trial in Los Angeles -- "House Arrest" isn't anchored to one particular historical moment.
The examinations performed on both eyes included the following: slit-lamp microscopy, thorough three-mirror lens fundus examination, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) measurement, noncontact tonometry, and noninvasive spectrophotometric retinal oximetry.
Women's experiences of physical examination mirrors the strategies reported by professionals who have experience of women who are difficult to examine, although guidelines for more therapeutic examination do exist [ 32].
Any recognizable silicone oil droplet in aqueous humor or on the retinal surface under slit-lamp biomicroscopy and thorough three-mirror lens fundus examination was identified as silicone oil emulsification in this study.
The bathroom has a free-standing tub, rain shower and a frosted-glass panel on the vast mirror, which after some examination turned out to be a television.
A CPI ball-end probe and mouth mirror were used as examination tools and caries was scored according to procedures described by WHO [ 21].
There, Depardieu plays a country priest, obsessed with evil, who offers his parishioners no consolation but, rather, a ruthless mirror of moral self-examination, which he applies to himself as well, with a scourge of physical self-punishment.
This pattern mirrors that seen in examination of nearly optimal trees (Figure 3).
