The specificity of the instructions suggested a history of unpleasant surprises: "Don't travel with knockoffs of European goods, because customs inspectors will seize them and penalize you".
Hardy said that he did not know who had made the Wikipedia edits, but he mentioned a recent article in USA Today in which a soldier's mother expressed some unease about the specificity of the instructions her son had given her in the event of his death — which friends should speak on his behalf, what songs to play at his funeral.
The only Jerry she can think of is Seinfeld, but he seems like an unlikely candidate, especially considering the specificity of the instructions that follow – whoever it is, fans, graduate students, even film producers seeking rights, "never, never, never give out his address or phone number.
This makes sense given the inherent specificity of particular instructions.
Including both anatomical areas in our QST protocol allowed us to test the specificity of our instruction set in our data analysis.
The sera were tested for presence of HIV-1 antibodies using rapid HIV-1 diagnostic test kits (Abbott, Belgium) with a sensitivity of 99.9% and specificity of 98% following the manufacturers' instructions.
These might include the influence of instructions or different modes of feedback, the specificity of training, and the effect of dose on the response to training.
In accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, the sensitivity and specificity of the immunochromatographic test were 94%and98%8% respectively.
A commercial New LAV Blot I (BioRad) was used according to the manufacturer's instructions to determine the specificity of the antibodies in mouse serum.
All control instructions belong to this simple class of instructions.
