Desirable Performance Characteristics for Cholesterol Assays

Performance characteristics of six homocysteine assays.

Elevated concentrations of homocysteine (Hcy) are associated with a range of disorders. Linearity, imprecision, interference, method comparison, and accuracy were evaluated on the ADVIA Centaur (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Deerfield, IL), ARCHITECT i2000SR (Abbott Diagnostics, Abbott Park, IL), AxSYM (Abbott Diagnostics), and IMMULITE 2000 (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics) methods and analyz...

Desirable Characteristics of Learning Companions

This study investigated the desirable characteristics of anthropomorphized learning-companion agents for college students. First, interviews with six undergraduates explored their concepts of desirable learning companions. The interviews yielded agent competency, agent personality, and interaction control. Next, a controlled experiment examined whether learner competency (strong vs. weak) would...

Accuracy in cholesterol assays.

Therapy for low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in the face of 'desirable' levels of total cholesterol.

dictive value for subsequent compatibil¬ ity. In circumstances where the anti¬ body screen is positive, however, additional testing becomes necessary. The antibody expressed in the recipi¬ ent's serum must be characterized and the donor red blood cells tested for the presence of the corresponding antigen. The process of characterizing donor red blood cells as to their expression ofa particular ...

Knowledge Management Tools and Their Desirable Characteristics

The Knowledge Management (KM) is a recent discipline that was born under the idea of explicitly managing the whole existing knowledge of a given organisation (Wiig, 1995) (Wiig et al., 1997). More specifically, the KM involves providing the people concerned with the right information and knowledge at the most suitable level for them, when and how best suit them; in such way, these people will h...