Hoping to capitalize on a rare opportunity to gauge North Korea's nuclear capabilities, intelligence and military officials around the region are scrambling to glean data to answer three big questions: how powerful was the device Pyongyang tested, what sort of device was it, and what progress does the test indicate the nation has made.
Little problems added up and nobody understood how a failure in one test might indicate a serious problem.
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The initial test might indicate a problem that later proves to be a false alarm, so we would have worried needlessly.
But Mr Lee said it would be "difficult to persuade the North regime to give up the nuclear path", and that North Korea's reference to a "high-level" test could indicate it planned to detonate more than one device.
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But unlike LifePoint's gadget, Avitar's test does not indicate the amount of drugs or alcohol present in saliva.
To properly diagnose Type 1, doctors need to test for antibodies that indicate the presence of the autoimmune disorder.
Test results from various cities indicate that the smartphone app allows customers to pay faster than using alternative methods.
As the Korean peninsula is not prone to seismic activity, this is highly likely to indicate a nuclear test, says the Korean Yonhap news agency.
Pity really, as that test done in the NHS seems to indicate that that really was the solution all along.
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Using its science tools, the rover will test for organic molecules, which would indicate the planet could have once hosted life.
Using its science tools, Curiosity will test for organic molecules, which would indicate the planet could have hosted life at one time.
Biological profiles are built up by collating an athlete's drug test results over time, therefore making it easier to detect differences which could indicate the use of a banned substance.
The use of the PSA test to diagnose prostate cancer is controversial because raised levels of the protein do not always indicate the presence of cancer.
Even as Kenya experienced a severe test to its stability in 2007 when violence broke out following disputed presidential results, studies indicate that community radios fostered national cohesion and played a much more positive role than their commercial partners during the election season, says KCOMNET.
Sunscreen products that pass a new FDA test will now say "broad spectrum, " followed by the product's SPF, to indicate its effectiveness for both types of rays.
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