In this regard, parasites screening in birds hosts may serve in monitoring insect populations and functional interactions and may thus provide wider insights into biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes.
As chickens and minor poultry are usually symptomatic if they have not been partially vaccinated or previously exposed to other H5 subtype viruses, they also serve as sentinel in monitoring the efficacy of control of H5N1 virus in ducks and geese.
A Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) is a well-established analytical weighing tool that can serve in the monitoring of the viscoelastic properties of a wide range of chemical and biological analytes, as well as investigating adsorption processes occurring at specifically engineered solid liquid interfaces.
Measurement of CA125 in blood, therefore, serves as an aid in monitoring disease recurrence or response to therapy in patients previously diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
At UNICEF, she leads and provides technical oversight for monitoring and reporting on global health and social related commitments for children; supports the development of monitoring and evaluation guidance and serves in various interagency expert groups on monitoring.
The expression of some of these proteins can be exploited as tumour markers (Gorog et al, 2005), serves in diagnosis, prognosis and in monitoring of relapse or treatment effectiveness.
ADEC has established a team of 'ADEC Ambassadors' to visit homes in 2014 to stress that continued parental involvement ensures that the parents serve as an advocate in monitoring their child's academic progress, attendance and quality of education.
Ionized calcium not total calcium monitoring may serve as a tool in monitoring the level of induced hypocalcaemic state in cows.
Therefore, whereas these proxy indicators may serve an important role in monitoring progress towards universal health coverage, their inherent limitations should not be overlooked.
These results suggest that measurement of urinary TGF-β1 levels at certain stages of the disease may be more useful than serum creatinine in predicting the progression to end stage renal disease and serve as a noninvasive adjunct in monitoring response to therapy [ 8].
