Hair samples from the scalp were used in a preliminary assessment of heavy metals exposure (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn and Zn) of the human population living near an abandoned cupric pyrite mine (Mina de S. Domingos, Southeast Alentejo, Portugal).
In addition, a set of 658 MRSA isolates collected for the national S. aureus surveillance in 2008 was used for a preliminary assessment of the epidemiological potential of the MLVA.
The interRAI Contact Assessment (CA) is a new screening instrument comprised of a subset of interRAI Home Care (HC) items, designed to be used as a preliminary assessment to identify which potential home care clients should be referred for a full assessment, or for services such as rehabilitation.
The proposed approach of finite element homogenization of particle-matrix medium can be used to conduct a preliminary assessment of through-thickness thermal conductivity of such three-component composite systems with fabrics, particles and matrices with and without the presence of a skin layer.
They are often used to gain a preliminary assessment of potentially relevant literature and its size.
Preoperative ultrasound can be used to make a preliminary assessment of the status of the axillary lymph nodes [ 16, 17].
Assessment policies differed slightly between the teams: one team routinely screened all referrals using the SDQ as a preliminary assessment of psychopathology; the other two teams employed the same questionnaire to detect ADHD before clinic assessment, if hyperkinetic disorders were suspected from the referral letter.
Based on a preliminary assessment using synthetic data, the proposed source apportionment should be able to identify many important sources on a daily basis, including secondary ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate, diesel vehicle exhaust, road dust, wood combustion and vegetative debris.
A preliminary assessment using data from a sample of 126 children aged 5 10 y indicated that the subscale demonstrated the ability to detect change in the hypothesized direction (Wilcoxon's signed rank test, P < 0.001) (33).
A preliminary assessment using the serial dilutions of the CA1 on the tissue cDNAs indicates that the abundances of the Ubc and Rps27 transcripts are in an equivalent range whereas the abundance of G6pdx transcript is far less than those of the two transcripts (more than a hundredfold in some cases, data not shown).
