News tagged with accuracy
Alternative to pap test does not appear to be better for detecting cervical cancer
Oct 27, 2009 |
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A Dutch study that included nearly 90,000 women finds that liquid-based cytology, a commonly used alternative to conventional Pap tests, is not superior to Pap tests for the detection of cervical cancer precursors or cancer, ...
New Study Shows RFID Significantly Improves Item-Level Inventory Accuracy
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study on the use of radio-frequency identification tags on individual retail items shows that inventory accuracy decreases or diminishes over time with conventional systems that rely on barcodes and/or ...
Men Are More Accurate than Women When Hitting a Target with Force in the Dark
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Could it be that men have evolved to be more accurate at hitting a target with a weapon in the dark than women? That’s the surprising question left after a recent small study of human biomechanics conducted ...
New computer program promises to be 'Rosetta Stone' for chemical names
Apr 29, 2009 |
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In an advance that will help speed global development of new drugs and patenting of new commercial and industrial products, a scientist in New Mexico is reporting development of the first computer program ...
Bad mood, better recall, researchers find
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 11, 2009 |
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People grumbling their way through the grimness of winter have better recall than those enjoying a carefree, sunny day, Australian researchers have found.
Sony Develops Compact Sized, High Speed, High Accuracy Finger Vein Authentication Technology
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Sony Corporation today announced the development of a finger vein authentication technology called "mofiria." The user-friendly technology offers quick response and high accuracy and comes in a compact size ...
11-gauge needle better than 14-gauge in breast biopsy
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast needle biopsy, a common minimally invasive biopsy method used in the US, is more effective with an 11-gauge needle than the 14-gauge needle decreasing a physician's chances of false-negative ...
Precise orbit determination for Jason-1 satellite using on-board GPS data with centimeter-level accuracy
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 02, 2009 |
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The Jason-1 satellite obits have been computed using the on-board GPS data and the SHORDE-III procedure. Various orbit validations, including comparison with the Precise Orbit Ephemeris produced by JPL, orbit overlaps, and ...
An accurate speedometer for astronomy
Sep 09, 2008 |
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Events on a cosmic scale are often barely discernable on Earth. This explains why astronomers are currently not able to prove directly that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate, nor can they ...
