Alternatives to Viral Transport Medium for use in SARS-CoV-2 Sample Preparation [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020 Introduction: As the world struggles to manage and move forward from the clinical effects of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the ability to test for viral genomic RNA in patient samples is critical.
Richard R Chapleau +5 more
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Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2020 During this global pandemic period of COVID-19, the health care system is the most affected area. Health care workers including clinicians, laboratory professionals, and other allied health workers pose a high threat for acquiring and transmission the ...
Apeksha Niraula +2 more
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Dependence of TIMP-1 plasma levels on preanalytical specimen handling [PDF]
, 2008 Background: Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) in blood might be a helpful biomarker in various diseases. However, various authors report that TIMP-1 is dependent on preanalytical procedures.
Davis, Gerard +6 more
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Application of terahertz spectroscopy to the characterization of biological samples using birefringence silicon grating [PDF]
, 2012 We present a device and method for performing vector transmission spectroscopy on biological specimens at terahertz (THz) frequencies. The device consists of artificial dielectric birefringence obtained from silicon microfluidic grating structures. The
Born, Nagai, Rytov, Saha, Shimul C. Saha
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An appeal to medical journal editors: the need for a full description of laboratory methods and specimen handling in clinical study reports. [PDF]
Scand J Clin Lab Invest, 2012 Rifai N +10 more
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Preparation of Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) for Genetic Characterization and Morphological Examination. [PDF]
, 2015 Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are economically significant agricultural pests on many different crops. Because of their small size and lack of easily visible characters for identification, determination of their taxonomic status is difficult and ...
Bahder, BW +3 more
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An unusual preparation of an eighteenth-century spider and its consequences [PDF]
, 2014 Investigation into an eighteenth-century spider in the collection of The Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, revealed an unusual and intriguing mounting method for a natural history specimen.
Brown, Georgina, Hancock, E. Geoffrey
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Evolution of contact resistance and coupling loss in prototype ITER PF NbTi conductors under transverse cyclic load [PDF]
, 2003 Cyclic energizing of a magnet coil with Cable in Conduit Conductors (CICC), as for fusion applications, results in an anomalous change of the interstrand contact resistance (R/sub c/) and coupling loss (n/spl tau/) due to the alternating transverse ...
Abbas, W. +3 more
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Impact of Educational Activities in Reducing Pre-Analytical Laboratory Errors : A quality initiative
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2017 Objectives: Pre-analytic errors during diagnostic laboratory investigations can lead to increased patient morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to ascertain the effect of educational nursing activities on the incidence of pre-analytical errors ...
Hamed Al-Ghaithi +5 more
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Voided Urinary Microbiota Is Stable Over Time but Impacted by Post Void Storage
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 Background: New sensitive techniques have revealed a thriving bacterial community in the human urinary tract, challenging the perception that urine in healthy humans is sterile.
Caspar Bundgaard-Nielsen +21 more
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