What's the difference between discriminator and standard?

Discriminator


Definition:

  • (n.) One who discriminates.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Clinical and roentgenographic criteria could not discriminate between patients with and without pneumonia, confirming the findings of previous investigations.
  • (2) Discrimination errors were used to generate a matrix of interletter and interpattern similarities.
  • (3) Accuracy of discrimination of letters at various preselected distances was determined each session while Ortho-rater examinations were given periodically throughout training.
  • (4) For each temporal position of the independent noise, discriminability was a function of the ratio of the duration of the independent noise (tau) to the total burst duration.
  • (5) Obamacare price hikes show that now is the time to be bold | Celine Gounder Read more No longer able to keep patients off their plans outright, insurers have resorted to other ways to discriminate and avoid paying for necessary treatments.
  • (6) To determine the diagnostic and discriminative value of these subisoenzymes in polymyositis, we analyzed CK and its MM subisoenzyme forms in serum samples from 22 patients with myositis and from 23 controls.
  • (7) They retained the ability to make this discrimination when the coloured stimuli were placed against a background bright enough to saturate the rods.3.
  • (8) After several months, a temporal discrimination was well established, as shown by maximum suppression toward the end of the signal period.
  • (9) Discriminant analysis was performed with the fourth child in the family as the index case.
  • (10) Only one part of the theory of Alajouanine and colleagues has been confirmed by our experiments for our results have shown that there is a very close correlation between semantic paraphasias and disorders of semantic differentiation whilst no correlation can be found between phonemic paraphasias and disturbances in auditory phonemic discrimination.
  • (11) Stimuli presented to this island could be detected and discriminated, although the subject reported he did not see them.
  • (12) However, as all subjects had normal hearing and maximum speech discrimination scores pre-smoking, it can only be concluded that smoking marihuana did not worsen the hearing--the experiments were not designed to see whether it would improve hearing.
  • (13) Therefore, a hormonal regulatory element can discriminate among closely related transcription start sites.
  • (14) Kup is a separate K+ uptake system with relatively little discrimination in the transport of the cations K+, Rb+, and Cs+.
  • (15) Thus obtained body shape variables were used in discriminant analysis in order to obtain unbiased classification probabilities of individuals having the MBS or being normal.
  • (16) The speed of visiting holes and the development of a preferred pattern of hole-visits did not influence spatial discrimination performance.
  • (17) The result shows that the great majority of children recorded considerably higher discrimination scores when the tests were performed with their individual hearing aids than with the test lists presented through the audiometer and the TDH-49 earphone.
  • (18) Results indicated that participants discriminated the target behavior on video but effects did not generalize to the work setting for 2 participants until they rehearsed the behavior.
  • (19) Discrimination was possible among these four groups on the basis of the Mahalanobis' generalized distance.
  • (20) Cape no longer has the monopoly on talent; the stars are scattered these days, and Franklin's "fantastically discriminating" deputy Robin Robertson can take credit for many recent triumphs, including their most recent Booker winner, Anne Enright.

Standard


Definition:

  • (n.) A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
  • (n.) That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.
  • (n.) That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test.
  • (n.) The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
  • (n.) A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
  • (n.) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
  • (n.) An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.
  • (n.) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
  • (n.) The sheth of a plow.
  • (n.) A large drinking cup.
  • (a.) Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.
  • (a.) Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.
  • (a.) Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.
  • (a.) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) All transplants were performed using standard techniques, the operation for the two groups differing only as described above.
  • (2) Standardization is possible after correction by the protein content of each individual section.
  • (3) Recently, the validity of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) standards for selection of spirometric test results has been questioned based on the finding of inverse dependence of FEV1 on effort.
  • (4) The cumulative incidence of grade II and III acute GVHD in the 'low dose' cyclosporin group was 42% compared to 51% in the 'standard dose' group (P = 0.60).
  • (5) For assessment of clinical status, investigators must rely on the use of standardized instruments for patient self-reporting of fatigue, mood disturbance, functional status, sleep disorder, global well-being, and pain.
  • (6) Anytime they feel parts of the Basic Law are not up to their current standards of political correctness, they will change it and tell Hong Kong courts to obey.
  • (7) Standard nerve conduction techniques using constant measured distances were applied to evaluate the median, ulnar and radial nerves.
  • (8) Since interferon alfa-2b (Intron A) is useful as a single agent, it is important to determine if interferon can be combined with standard chemotherapy to improve both response and survival in patients with cancer.
  • (9) Lysis of EAC4b,3b cellular intermediates formed to contain a low surface amount of C3b was more inhibited than was lysis of cells formed with a standard amount of C3b on the surface.
  • (10) The detection of these antibodies is difficult owing to the lack of standardization and of specificity of the laboratory tests.
  • (11) We have compared two new methods (a solvent extraction technique and a method involving a disposable, pre-packed reverse phase chromatography cartridge) with the standard method for determining the radiochemical purity of 99Tcm-HMPAO.
  • (12) The enzyme was quantitated by incubation of 16-micron-thick brain sections with 0.07-2 nM of the converting enzyme inhibitor 125I-351A and comparison to 125I-standards.
  • (13) The UK's standard position on ICC indictees is to avoid all contact unless "essential".
  • (14) The examination of the standard waves' amplitude and latency of the brain stem auditory evoked response (BAEP) was performed in 20 guinea pigs (males and females, weighing 250 to 300 g).
  • (15) This suggests that molars do not maintain a fixed relationship to incisors over time, and extreme care must be taken to standardize an experiment to a specific body weight when using this method.
  • (16) Using serial section electron microscopic reconstructions as a reference, we have chosen as our standard procedure a method that maximizes both the preservation of the cytoskeleton and the proportion of cells staining, while minimizing the degree of nonspecific staining.
  • (17) The cyclical nature of pyromania has parallels in cycles of reform in standards of civil commitment (Livermore, Malmquist & Meehl, 1958; Dershowitz, 1974), in the use of physical therapies and medications (Tourney, 1967; Mora, 1974), in treatment of the chronically mentally ill (Deutsch, 1949; Morrissey & Goldman, 1984), and in institutional practices (Treffert, 1967; Morrissey, Goldman & Klerman (1980).
  • (18) The standard varies from modest to lavish – choose carefully and you could be staying in an antique-filled room with your host's paintings on the walls, and breakfasting on the veranda of a tropical garden.
  • (19) A technique, using Nuclepore polycarbonate membrane filters as a containing medium for very small volumes of ionic standard solutions, to produce homogeneous ice standards is described.
  • (20) A number of variables which could influence the test has been evaluated and standardized in a way suitable for the routinary use of the technique described.

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