True or not: uncertainty of laboratory results

Student Ratings of Instruction: True or False

Introduction. Students' evaluation of teaching is a major concern in higher education. In this regard, during the past 30 years hundreds of papers have been published which because of various grounds from valid, reliable to useless, such papers cannot be easily summarized. The present study investigated for two purposes, first was to out line opinions of two groups of advocates and opposites a...

Candida dubliniensis does not show phospholipase activity: true or false?

INTRODUCTION The phospholipase activity in Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis isolated from oral candidiasis cases were studied. METHODS The phospholipase activity was evaluated in egg yolk agar. RESULTS All the C. albicans isolates (n = 48) showed phospholipase activity (mean Pz = 0.66). However, none of the C. dubliniensis isolates (n = 24) showed this activity. CONCLUSIONS The a...

student ratings of instruction: true or false

introduction. students' evaluation of teaching is a major concern in higher education. in this regard, during the past 30 years hundreds of papers have been published which because of various grounds from valid, reliable to useless, such papers cannot be easily summarized. the present study investigated for two purposes, first was to out line opinions of two groups of advocates and opposit...

Are the laboratory results (phenotype) indicative of a true genotype abnormality?

Component-resolved diagnostics: laboratory results are not enough.

Allergic diseases, such as atopic eczema, food allergy, rhinitis and wheezing disorders are among the most fre­ quent complaints, especially in childhood. The current evidence also attests that type I allergic reactions are becoming more and more widespread, affecting up to 20% of the population. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently estimated that approximately 300 million people suffer...