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External Quality Assessment for Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Drug Resistance in the European Union: A Five Year Multicentre Implementation Study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
BACKGROUND:External quality assurance (EQA) systems are essential to ensure accurate diagnosis of TB and drug-resistant TB. The implementation of EQA through organising regular EQA rounds and identification of training needs is one of the key activities ...
Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy, Doris Hillemann, Elvira Richter, Nada Ahmed, Marieke J van der Werf, Csaba Kodmon, Francis Drobniewski, Sabine Ruesch-Gerdes, ERLTB-Net Network   +8 more
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Detection ability of nucleic acid screen laboratory in blood bank based on NCCL external quality assessment data

Zhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2022
Objective To evaluate the laboratory's NAT ability by analyzing the feedback reports of nucleic acid test (NAT) results of external quality assessment (EQA) of National Center for Clinic Laboratories (NCCL), so as to improve the laboratory management ...
Yuena XIE, Tong PAN, Miao LIU, Fengyuan LI, Jun LIU   +4 more
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Formation and Evaluation of Complete Blood Count Proficiency Testing Program

Hematology Reports, 2022
Introduction: The haematology external quality assessment (EQA) scheme is the most commonly used service of quality assurance. The provision of complete blood count (CBC) materials must meet the quality requirements at a reasonable cost.
Huy Quang Vu, Oanh Hoang Le, Duan Cong Truong, Dung Ngoc Nguyen, Triet Hy Van, Van Thi Kieu Le, Linh Thi Truc Vang   +6 more
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External Quality Assessment Program for Next-Generation Sequencing-Based HIV Drug Resistance Testing: Logistical Considerations

Viruses, 2020
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is likely to become the new standard method for HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) genotyping. Despite the significant advances in the development of wet-lab protocols and bioinformatic data processing pipelines, one often ...
Hezhao Ji, Neil Parkin, Feng Gao, Thomas Denny, Cheryl Jennings, Paul Sandstrom, Rami Kantor   +6 more
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Quality assurance for HIV point-of-care testing and treatment monitoring assays

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2016
In 2015, UNAIDS launched the 90-90-90 targets aimed at increasing the number of peopleinfected with HIV to become aware of their status, access antiretroviral therapies and ultimatelybe virally suppressed.
Adrienne F.A. Meyers, Paul Sandstrom, Thomas N. Denny, Mackenzie Hurlston, Terry B. Ball, Rosanna W. Peeling, Debrah I. Boeras   +6 more
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The Effect of Pretreatments on the Physical Properties and Starch Structure of Potato Chips Dried by Microwaves under Vacuum

Foods, 2022
Native potato starch has a semi-crystalline structure associated with a low glycemic index. Microwave vacuum drying (MWVD) produces crispy snacks under mild temperatures, reducing starch structural changes.
Aline Iamin Gomide, Ricardo Lemos Monteiro, Bruno Augusto Mattar Carciofi, João Borges Laurindo   +3 more
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Network-Coded Multiple Access [PDF]

, 2013
This paper proposes and experimentally demonstrates a first wireless local area network (WLAN) system that jointly exploits physical-layer network coding (PNC) and multiuser decoding (MUD) to boost system throughput. We refer to this multiple access mode
Lizhao You, Lu Lu, Soung Chang Liew, Student Member   +3 more
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An update on quality control for the PFA-100/PFA-200

Platelets, 2018
Testing of platelet function comprises a crucial element of hemostasis assessment, particularly for investigations into bleeding and/or bruising. The Platelet Function Analyzer (PFA)-100 is the most utilized primary hemostasis-screening test system ...
Emmanuel J. Favaloro, Roslyn Bonar
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Efficient reliable broadcast for commodity clusters [PDF]

, 2000
High-speed collective communication is the key to achieve high-performance computing in parallel computing. In the past, collective operations are usually implemented using unicast operations.
Wang, CL, Wong, R
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Experimentação multissensorial para ensino de Cinética e Cinemática na perspectiva do aluno deficiente visual: Relato de experiência de oficinas pedagógicas

Revista Insignare Scientia, 2021
Neste artigo são apresentados os resultados obtidos durante a aplicação de oficinas pedagógicas que inseriram tópicos de Cinética Química e Cinemática em aulas de Ciências no nono ano do Ensino Fundamental.
Maura Luise Bruckchem Peixoto, Patrícia Ignácio, Marcelo Godoi   +2 more
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