Chapter II: Diagnostic Methods

Chapter 170 Diagnostic

Laboratory evidence to support the diagnosis of an infectious disease may be based on 1 or more of the following: direct examination of specimens using microscopic or antigen detection techniques, isolation of microorganisms in culture, serologic testing, host gene expression patterns, and molecular detection of an organism, resistance determinant, or virulence factor. Additional important role...

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Chapter Ii

Statement of the Problem Scottish dress, including Highland dress, has been studied through portraits, letters, household accounts, and travel accounts, and extant garments, although these sources are not numerous. The Scottish poets created numerous poems, ballads and songs that addressed events that affected the Scottish culture. Bell (1995), Robertson (1988), and Willhardt (1993), have shown...

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Two-phase flow through capillary channels is considerably different from two-phase flow through larger channels: viscous (μu/d) and interfacial (γ/d) stresses, both inversely proportional to the diameter, are more important than inertial (ρu) and gravitational (ρgH) stresses. A reasonable definition of the term capillary might be obtained by requiring the dominance of surface tension forces ove...

Chapter – Ii

In previous chapter, background of the study in terms of women's mental health were presented. This chapter deals with the review of related literature. The literature in any field forms the foundations upon which all the future work will be built. If we fail to build the foundation of knowledge, provided by the review of related literature, our work is like to be shallow ad naïve and will ofte...