At the time, Verinata's testing materials claimed 100% sensitivity in detecting Down syndrome.
Mr Toibin's deftness and sensitivity in teasing out the moments in James's life where might-be slides into might-have-been are particularly memorable.
Sir William's verdict is that he acted with a lack of wisdom and sensitivity in not showing a greater interest in the information.
The use of water as a force against the skin increases sensitivity in its nerve endings and hence makes the subject feel more awake and alert.
Finland will also review the impact of tax policies and income transfers on economic equality, as well as prevent gender segregation and promote gender sensitivity in education and training.
Hollywood, so often accused of immorality and bad taste by critics and politicians, is trying to show it can edit out the inappropriate -- and insert sensitivity in trying times.
The photoswitch turns the glutamate receptor on or off by changing its shape depending on the wavelength of light used a technique that's been shown to induce light sensitivity in blind mice.
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In a statement, the Turkish military said it would act with "utmost sensitivity in order to avoid negative impact on local elements" -- a reference to keeping civilians out of the conflict.
Taking cues from its Alpha A99, which was just announced today, Sony brought that camera's 24.3-megapixel full-frame sensor to a camcorder form factor, delivering shallow depth-of-field and much improved low-light sensitivity in a more practical package.
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Breast cancer screening is in fact based on a radiation benefit ratio, not cost, but suppose that anaysis were to show that the screening should be different for black women, either earlier because of age as above, or avoided completely because of the lower rate of disease and higher radiation sensitivity in youger women making it more likely to kill than cure.
At the same time, over-sensitivity sets in because the brain's control mechanisms are weak.
The IPCC said that climate sensitivity was in the range of 2.0-4.5C.
It has emerged that UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown wrote to Col Gaddafi on Thursday, asking for Libya to "act with sensitivity" in handling Megrahi's return.
May 14: Miller says his agency demonstrated "a lack of sensitivity" in trying to figure out whether organizations claiming a tax exemption met the standard for it.
In essence, duration is a much better measure of sensitivity to changes in interest rates than simple maturity, because it takes into account when investors get their money.
In fact, it is thought that female mosquitoes have a very weak sensitivity to sound in general.
She and her colleagues found that 80% of the variation in the climate sensitivity predicted was due to changes in how clouds were described in the model.
Such "hidden" hearing loss, not evident in the audiogram (a test that measures hearing sensitivity), is also apparent in human listeners who experience persistent tinnitus, but otherwise normal sensitivity.
The sensitivity indicates detection in humans up to three years earlier than a mammogram can.
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Moreover, the sensitivity analyses reported in eTable 8 and the underlying assumptions appear to be reasonable to me.
This hair-trigger sensitivity is frustrating in the short run but prevents problems later.
Among its consequences are a heightened demand for dollars, greater sensitivity to changes in the value of other regional currencies, and very thin markets.
The experts also propose a third category for "gluten sensitivity, " in which patients report the same symptoms as celiac disease but test negative for telltale antibodies.
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In Britain, ten national papers slug it out daily, competing for readers who seem more interested in exciting stories than accurate ones, and in sensationalism than in sensitivity.
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Such cultural sensitivity among churchmen in Mexico, however, is relatively recent, and many Mexican Catholics disapprove of what they see as the willingness of churchmen in Chiapas to bend to paganism.
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Heat sensitivity is common in people with multiple sclerosis.
But police departments around the country are working very hard to fight these ill-conceived notions and, in recent years their diversity recruitment and selection processes, paired with modules in sensitivity and multicultural training, have had an impact.
Norman Pollock, a researcher at Georgia Health Sciences University and a co-author of the study, says one explanation may be that fiber is associated with higher levels of a protein hormone that improves insulin sensitivity, which in turn lowers levels of inflammation.
In the most famous fictional speech of all time, Mark Antony had shown sensitivity to his different audiences in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar by asking his "Friends, Romans, countrymen" to lend him their ears.
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