Abbreviations: ABC: Ammonium Bicarbonate; AQUA: Absolute Quantification; CV: Coefficient of Variation; DOC: Deoxycholate; DTT: Dithiothreitol; Gdn: Guanidine; IS: Internal Standard; MRM: Multiple Reaction Monitoring; OATP: Organic Anion-Transporting Polypeptide; PMAX: ProteaseMAXTM Surfactant; S.E.M: Standard Error of the Mean; SIL: Stable Isotope Label; SILAC: Stable Isotope Labeling by Amino ...

22 23 Abbreviations: kg, kilogram; COM, center of mass; APCOP, anterior-posterior center of pressure; 24 EMG, electromyography; LOS, limits of stability; GM, medial gastrocnemius; SOL, soleus; RF, rectus 25 femoris; BF, biceps femoris; LES, lumbar erector spinae; TA, tibialis anterior; ISI, interspike interval; 26 RMS, root mean square; CV, coefficient of variation; IQR, interquartile range; PI...

Knowledge about the extent of total variation experienced between samples from different individuals is of great importance for the design of not only proteomics but every clinical study. This variation defines the smallest statistically significant detectable signal difference when comparing two groups of individuals. We isolated platelets from 20 healthy human volunteers aged 56-100 years bec...

The reproducibility of macular pigment optical density (MPOD) estimates in the elderly was assessed in 40 subjects (age: 79.1+/-3.5). Test-retest variability was good (Pearson's r coefficient: 0.734), with an average coefficient of variation (CV) of 18.4% and an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of 0.96. The effect of optical blur on MPOD estimates was investigated in 22 elderly pseudoph...

The study aims to examine whether the variation of fasting plasma glucose (FPG), represented by coefficient of variation (CV), independently predicts all-cause mortality among Chinese type 2 diabetes patients. This retrospective cohort study was designed based on a standardized electronic management system of diabetes patients in Shanghai, China. 8871 type 2 diabetes patients were enrolled betw...

Background: Bone mineral density (BMD) measurements are frequently performed repeatedly for each patient. Subsequent BMD measurements allow reproducibility to be assessed. Objective: To examine the reproducibility of BMD by dual energy x ray absorptiometry (DXA) and to investigate the practical value of different measures of reproducibility in a group of postmenopausal women. Methods: Ninety fi...

This paper describes the fabrication of a composite agar/PDMS device for enriching short cells in a population of motile Escherichia coli. The device incorporated ratcheting microchannels, which directed the motion of swimming cells of E. coli through the device, and three sorting junctions, which isolated successively shorter populations of bacteria. The ratcheting microchannels guided cells t...

The use of by-plot coefficient of variation (CV) has not been evaluated in precision agricultural work. This study evaluated the relationship between CVs determined from normalized-difference vegetative index (NDVI) sensor readings, plant population, and sensing direction on NDVI values. Randomly selected plots, measuring 1 m2 (2003) and 3 m2 (2004), were established for this study. Plots in 20...

AIMS The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and learning curve of training novice operators in using automated ultrasound to achieve satisfactory carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) measurements. METHODS AND RESULTS Four novices underwent 4 weeks carotid ultrasound training using a newly developed automated ultrasonograph. A longitudinal B-mode image of the distal right common ...

serum cortisol level was measured by an enzyme immunoassay (eia) using the enzyme penicillinase as a label without prior extraction and purification. polyclonal antibodies were raised against cortisol-3-ortho-carboxymethyl-oxime (cortisol-3-0-cmo) conjugated to bovine serum albumin (bsa). this antibody showed a very low cross-reactivity with structurally related steroids (3.7% for corticosteron...