(n.) The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy.
Example Sentences:
(1) When subjects centered themselves actively, or additionally, contracted trunk flexor or extensor muscles to predetermined levels of activity, no increase in trunk positioning accuracy was found.
(2) Accuracy of discrimination of letters at various preselected distances was determined each session while Ortho-rater examinations were given periodically throughout training.
(3) To determine the accuracy of double-contrast arthrography in complete rotator cuff tears, we studied 805 patients thought to have a complete rotator cuff tear who had undergone double-contrast shoulder arthrography (DCSA) between 1978 and 1983.
(4) An experimental model was established in the ewe allowing one to predict with accuracy an antral follicle that coincidentally would either undergo ovulation (6-8 mm diameter) or atresia (3-4 mm diameter) following synchronization of luteal regression and the onset of the gonadotropin surge.
(5) Correlations and some clinically relevant comparisons suggested that the MMPI 168 predicted the standard MMPI with a high degree of accuracy.
(6) Technical manipulations to improve resolution were time consuming and added little to the accuracy of the test.
(7) The positive predictive accuracy of a biophysical profile score of 0, with mortality and morbidity used as end points, was 100%.
(8) 83 well documented cases of amoebic hepatic abscess, treated in the Philippines between 1967 and 1975, are presented with a view to showing the results of 3 different methods of management and comparing the diagnostic accuracy and overall mortality in 2 separate groups.
(9) The sensitivity , accuracy, and reproductibility of this method are described and discussed.
(10) In invasive epidermoid carcinoma, the accuracy with the self-collected specimens approached the physician-scraped specimens.
(11) While the correlations between speed and accuracy reversed over time, the abnormal vision group began and ended at the most extreme levels, having undergone a significantly more radical shift in this regard.
(12) This longitudinal study compares the accuracy of self-assessments of 22 students across four examinations during their first 2 years of medical school.
(13) 18 patients with typical sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) were investigated by the Motor Accuracy and Speed Test (MAST) and 18 healthy age- and-sex-matched volunteers, acted as controls.
(14) We assume that the fragments have been assembled and address the problem of determining the degree to which the reconstructed sequence is free from errors, i.e., its accuracy.
(15) Labelling of the albumin with 99mTc ensured an accuracy of measurements only limited by the precision of the weighing.
(16) This procedure yields excellent precision and accuracy, as demonstrated by the analysis of a known amino acid mixture and of neonatal plasma.
(17) The midsystolic Doppler velocity showed the highest predictive accuracy (94%) for the detection of severe aortic stenosis.
(18) By completing these three steps, we feel that we have improved the overall accuracy of our custom block making system which has resulted in more accurate treatments for our patients.
(19) This data gives the radiotherapist some useful parameters for the selection of applicators and general knowledge of the accuracy of the system.
(20) In contrast, US-guided FNAC had an accuracy of 89% (62 of 70), a sensitivity of 76% (25 of 33), and a specificity of 100% (37 of 37).
Acuity
Definition:
(n.) Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) The high incidence of infant astigmatism has implications for critical periods in human visual development and for infant acuity.
(2) We have now started a prospective follow-up study in order to pursue the development of (a) p-ERG amplitudes and (b) funduscopic changes and visual acuity in these patients.
(3) At this threshold there was no effect on reducing the rate of visual acuity overreferrals, but ten children with abnormal binocular vision were detected who were not referred by visual acuity criteria.
(4) Degraded visual acuity had a significant effect on cadence, foot placement, and foot clearance, but visual surround conditions did not.
(5) On the initial visit, the best corrected acuity with spectacles was determined and a potential acuity meter reading was obtained; this test suggested potential for visual recovery in two of the three patients.
(6) Visual acuity was improved in 77%, was worse in 13%, and unchanged in 10% of eyes.
(7) The contra-indications for them are: 1. a better visual acuity with spectacles than with contact lenses, 2. advanced cases (4th degree of Amsler) whose fitting is impossible, 3. unilateral keratoconus, 4. associated diseases such as trachomatous pannus, allergic kerato-conjunctivitis.
(8) Near acuity with distance correction was J2 or more in 93.1% of the bifocals and in 17.4% of the monofocals (without correction: 79.3% and 41.4%, respectively).
(9) A visual acuity of 0.05 or better was achieved in 36% of the eyes treated with silicone oil versus 67% of the eyes treated with gas tamponade.
(10) No complications occurred, and visual acuity was good.
(11) Myopia ranged from -1.0 D to -9.0 D. Forty-two eyes (53%) achieved uncorrected visual acuity (VA) of 1.0 or better and 73 eyes (92%) better than 0.5.
(12) In remote terms (after four months) further improvement of visual functions was recorded, visual acuity increased by 0.3-0.6 in 8 of 15 patients.
(13) We examined 84 eyes with different lens opacities, the visual acuity was analysed in relation to the axial, cortical and capsular cataract.
(14) If there is any advantage to a particular strategy for selecting the distance monovision eye, it must be realized in vision performance areas other than visual acuity.
(15) 9 of the injured eyes had a reduction of visual acuity to 0.5 or less as a consequence of lens or central fundus changings.
(16) Our experiments try to verify the possibility of assessing visual acuity in children under Ethrane anesthesia.
(17) The final visual acuity was 0.4 or better in 83.3% of the eyes with transient CME.
(18) Postoperatively, visual acuity was improved and symptoms of erosion decreased in both patients.
(19) Acuity for the direction of drift for these stimuli is of the same order of precision as orientation acuity for static or drifting gratings, and exhibits a meridional anisotropy that favours the principal meridians.
(20) The CNVMs were treated in four patients; final visual acuity was poor in all eight patients.