Whereas Gori et al and Hestvik et al used a calprotectin enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with a normal reference value of 50 μg/g, 3, 15 we used a quantitative point-of-care test (Buhlmann Laboratories AG); a recent study comparing this test with the more widely used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay recommended a normal reference value of 200 μg/g in children, regardless of age.
Corbyn pointed to the successful use of quantitative easing in Japan.
From a methodological point of view, the combined use of quantitative and qualitative assessment tools proved quite rich.
In contrast to previous recommendations concerning the use of quantitative BAL, therefore, many patients with quantitative culture results below the cut-off point of 10colony-forming units/ml continued to receive antibiotics, even after day 3.
Literature, as Moretti sees it, is a system, and best understood by the use of quantitative data and concepts.
In these cases, the use of quantitative measures is recommended.
It could equally be claimed that four of the five are methodologically the best studies because they used a quantitative, point-by-point comparison between the two variables (and the only other study using point-by-point analysis also failed to obtain a correlation with this method, even though a correlation was obtained after axial averaging of the data).
Each experiment was set up using a standard curve, with each quantitative point represented in triplicate.
Developing a robust, quantitative point-of-care G6PD test for field use in low-resource areas is a high priority for overall malaria control and elimination.
Although imaging and quantitative point analyses are very powerful, a complete interpretation could not be performed without a detailed visual investigation using macro-photographs of selected zones.
