Comparison of two methods for measuring thermal thresholds.

A comparison of two methods for measuring thermal thresholds in diabetic neuropathy.

Thermal thresholds can be measured psychophysically using either the method of limits or a forced-choice method. We have compared the two methods in 367 diabetic patients, 128 with symptomatic neuropathy. The Sensortek method was chosen for the forced-choice device, the Somedic modification of the Marstock method for a method of limits. Cooling and heat pain thresholds were also measured using ...

Comparison of two methods for measuring salivary cortisol.

To the Editor: The concentration of cortisol in the saliva reflects the activity of the hy-pothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (1), and an increased late-night salivary cortisol has Ͼ95% sensitivity and spec-ificity for Cushing syndrome (1, 2). We compared a commonly used modification of a RIA for serum cor-tisol with a new enzyme immunoas-say (EIA) specifically designed to measure salivary corti...

A comparison of two methods for measuring perceptual boundaries

This study investigates the performance of two experimental methods used for measuring perceptual boundaries. The first method is an adaptive procedure which allows the listener to arrive at a boundary by moving up and down in a stimulus continuum. The second method presents the listener with a list of stimuli taken from a continuum in randomized order. A listening test requiring short/long vow...

Deficit irrigation for corn: a comparison of two methods

on the comparison of keyword and semantic-context methods of learning new vocabulary meaning

the rationale behind the present study is that particular learning strategies produce more effective results when applied together. the present study tried to investigate the efficiency of the semantic-context strategy alone with a technique called, keyword method. to clarify the point, the current study seeked to find answer to the following question: are the keyword and semantic-context metho...