Ultrasonic, Molecular and Mechanical Testing Diagnostics in Natural Fibre Reinforced, Polymer-Stabilized Earth Blocks by C. Galán-Marín, C. Rivera-Gómez, F. Bradley

“…Ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) and mechanical strength testing techniques were then used to measure the porous properties of the manufactured natural polymer-soil composites, which were formed into earth blocks. …”
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Development of the test kit for detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in sera of susceptible animals by M. A. Volkova, N. G. Zinyakov, P. S. Yaroslavtseva, I. A. Chvala, T. S. Galkina, D. B. Andreychuk

“…The specificity and sensitivity of the neutralization test, when testing 30 sera from ferrets was 100 and 92.6%, respectively. …”
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Determination of the Engineering Properties of Submarine Soil Layers in the Bohai Sea Using the Piezocone Penetration Test by Bohong Wu, Guihe Wang, Jiong Li, Yu Wang, Baolin Liu

“…The soil classification was determined according to the previous literature. The laboratory test results of the undrained shear strength, clay sensitivity, and the OCR match the CPT test results best when the parameters Nkt, Ns, and k are 15, 6, and 0.3, respectively. …”
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Design feasibility test instrument for sports tourism domain contextual events based on local wisdom by Tri Setyo Guntoro, Yudik Prasetyo, Miftah Fariz Prima Putra, Fitri Agung Nanda, Titis Pambudi, Dewi Nurhidayah

“…That way the assessment instrument has suitability, then the loading factor test is carried out. The average loading factor value has a value of more than 0.63, it can be concluded that the test items on each factor have a very good loading factor value. …”
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Worst Case Resistance Testing: A Nonresponse Bias Solution for Today’s Survey Research Realities by Stephen France, Frank G. Adams, V. Myles Landers

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Odor Identification by Parkinson’s Disease Patients Tested by Using Sniffin’ Sticks versus Natural Spices by Florence Baert, Geertrui Vlaemynck, Jarissa Maselyne, Christophe Matthys

“…Of the spice odor identification test, garlic and “no stimulus” were best correctly identified by PD patients, by, respectively, 38.2 and 67.6%. …”
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THE IMPACT OF TOURISM ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES: EVIDENCES FROM HIDDEN PANEL COINTEGRATION TEST by Süleyman Bolat, Abdulnasser Hatemi-j, Murat Belke

“…Our main objective is to test for the potential asymmetric interaction between economic growth and tourism for a panel consisting of fourteen Mediterranean countries that covers the sample period 1995-2017 using hidden panel cointegration and asymmetric panel causality tests as developed by Hatemi-J (2020a; 2020b). …”
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Numerical and test study on dynamic characteristics of the tail beam of top coal caving hydraulic supports by WU Mingke, YANG Shanguo, WANG Yao, MENG Bin, YANG Zheng, LIU Houguang

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Attitudes Regarding Participation in a Diabetes Screening Test among an Assyrian Immigrant Population in Sweden by Susanne Andersson, Veronika Karlsson, Louise Bennet, Klas Fellbrant, Margareta Hellgren

“…Interviews were conducted, anthropometric measurements and blood tests were collected, and an oral glucose tolerance test was performed. …”
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Creation of transgenic mice susceptible to coronaviruses: a platform for studying viral pathogenesis and testing vaccines by N. R. Battulin, O. L. Serov

“…Thus, transgenic animals that simulate coronavirus infections and are potential platforms for testing vaccines have now been created.…”
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Model of fracture micro mechanism of Cu-Cr-Zr system by in-situ tensile test in SEM by Besterci M., Ivan J., Kulu P., Arensburger D., Velgosova O.

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Importance of Hardening Effect and Its Analysis on Diametrical Fractured Ends of Tensile Testing of Al and Steel by Muruganantham Ponnusamy, S. Suresh Pungaiah, M. Senthil Prabhu, B. R. Ramji, Y. Srinivas, Selvakumar Periyasamy

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13C Methacetin Breath Test for Assessment of Microsomal Liver Function: Methodology and Clinical Application by Katarzyna Gorowska-Kowolik, Agata Chobot, Jaroslaw Kwiecien

“…The test with 13C methacetin belongs to the best described and most widely applied methods in noninvasive liver function assessment. …”
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Testing for Gluten-Related Disorders in Clinical Practice: The Role of Serology in Managing the Spectrum of Gluten Sensitivity by David Armstrong, Andrew C Don-Wauchope, Elena F Verdu

“…Thus, interpretation of serological testing requires consideration of the full clinical scenario. …”
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Single Leg Bridge Test is Not a Valid Clinical Tool to Assess Maximum Hamstring Strength by Gabriela Bissani Gasparin, João Breno Araujo Ribeiro-Alvares, Bruno Manfredini Baroni

“…# Background The single leg bridge test (SLBT) has been introduced in the sports context as a way of estimating hamstring muscle capacity for prevention and rehabilitation of hamstring strain injuries…”
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Paediatric norms for photopic electroretinogram testing based on a large cohort of Chinese preschool children by Henry Ho-lung Chan, Sonia Seen-hang Chan, Kai Yip Choi

“…Objective Full-field electroretinogram (ffERG) is an objective test to determine the electroretinal activities in response to light stimulation for investigating retinal physiology and diagnosing retinal diseases. …”
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Testing the psychometric properties of the risk-rescue rating scale: a lethality measure for suicide attempts by Tormod Stangeland, Ketil Hanssen-Bauer, Johan Siqveland

“…We developed a training program for clinicians, a user manual, and a series of five video-based role-played interview cases for reliability testing. In this study, we recruited 28 clinicians with professional backgrounds typical of Norwegian mental health personnel. …”
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Methods to Adjust for Confounding in Test-Negative Design COVID-19 Effectiveness Studies: Simulation Study by Elizabeth AK Rowley, Patrick K Mitchell, Duck-Hye Yang, Ned Lewis, Brian E Dixon, Gabriela Vazquez-Benitez, William F Fadel, Inih J Essien, Allison L Naleway, Edward Stenehjem, Toan C Ong, Manjusha Gaglani, Karthik Natarajan, Peter Embi, Ryan E Wiegand, Ruth Link-Gelles, Mark W Tenforde, Bruce Fireman

“…ObjectiveThis simulation study aimed to investigate alternative methods to adjust for confounding in VE studies that have a test-negative design. MethodsAdjustment for a disease risk score (DRS) is compared with multivariable logistic regression. …”
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The Health Monitoring Method of Concrete Dams Based on Ambient Vibration Testing and Kernel Principle Analysis by Lin Cheng, Jie Yang, Dongjian Zheng, Bo Li, Jie Ren

“…The ambient vibration testing (AVT) measurement of concrete dams on full-scale can show the practical dynamic properties of structure in the operation state. …”
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13C Urea Breath Test for Helicobacter pylori: Evaluation of 10-minute Breath Collection by Marina Mauro, Vladimir Radovic, Melanie Wolfe, Markad Kamath, Premsyl Bercik, David Armstrong

“…AIM: To determine whether a shortened 13C urea breath test (13C UBT) (breath collection time of 10 min) is as reliable as the standard assay (30 min).…”
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