What's the difference between roc and roche?

Roc


Definition:

  • (n.) A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Delta roc, which extends from base pairs 41883 to 43825, overlaps the nin5 deletion, which extend from base pairs 40501 to 43306.
  • (2) It is readily expressed as clinical sensitivity and specificity, and elegantly represented by the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.
  • (3) If I’m the bad guy because I’m not the guy they want me to be, then so be it.” Over the last year he resolved his promotional woes in court and has since signed with Jay Z’s Roc Nation Sports – along with Miguel Cotto the nascent sports agency’s highest-profile signing in boxing.
  • (4) In this tutorial, we discuss the advantages and limitations of the ROC curve for clinical decision making in laboratory medicine.
  • (5) A highly organized myoelectric event in the fasting avian small intestine, the ROC is demonstrated in detail in chickens (Gallus); it is also found in other gallinaceous birds but not in owls (Strix) or mammals.
  • (6) The ROC curves show that no one marker performs adequately for the detection of disease either at initial staging or during follow-up.
  • (7) The corresponding point, when located on the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) diagram, demonstrated a clear improvement in diagnostic accuracy.
  • (8) The combination of variables possessing the greatest area under the ROC curve included (1) physician global assessment score less than or equal to 4 (0 = extremely well, 10 = extremely poorly), (2) patient sleep score less than or equal to 6 (0 = sleeping extremely well, 10 = sleeping extremely poorly), and (3) tender point score less than or equal to 14 (maximum possible tender point score equalled 20).
  • (9) Analysis of receiver-operating-characteristic parameters indicates that the clues regarding location of trauma facilitate detection of fractures by orthopedists (an 11% improvement in Az, the area under the ROC curve, F[1,12] = 49.67, p less than .001).
  • (10) In this paper we propose reasonable confidence bounds for ROC curves and a corresponding point estimator.
  • (11) An analysis of the relative ROC curves allowed the selection of cut-off values that maximize the diagnostic efficiency or, alternatively, the diagnostic sensitivity or the diagnostic specificity for pseudouridine parameters, and has allowed the comparison of the two tests to answer the same clinical question.
  • (12) Consistent results of hypothesis testing of the significance of differences between two ROC curves will be similar, regardless of which method is used, as long as one uses the same estimation technique on the two curves and as long as the two ROC curves being compared are of similar shape.
  • (13) ROC curves are widely used for the evaluation of diagnostic tests to decide between "healthy" and "diseased" individuals when the measurements are on a continuous scale.
  • (14) Only marginal additional diagnostic information was achieved, however, as the ROC curves, Kappa index and Relative risk were nearly unchanged, regardless of combination of EFW and SF measurements.
  • (15) Receiver Operation Characteristic curves (ROC-curves) showed that the sensitivity and specificity and hence diagnostic efficiency for total white blood cell count, number of segmented leukocytes and C-reactive protein concentration for the detection of acute appendicitis were higher than for erythrocyte sedimentation rate, alpha 1-antiproteinase concentration and body temperature.
  • (16) Observer performance tests were conducted to compare the effects on diagnostic accuracy of Conventional Radiography, FCR hardcopy and CRT images, and diagnostic accuracy was determined with receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis.
  • (17) In addition, ROC study using clinical angiograms showed no significant statistical differences between the original film and CRT image even with 0.2 mm matrix size.
  • (18) The area beneath the ROC curve (Az) is an index of predictor performance when its value ranges from 0.5 (chance performance) to 1 (perfect prediction).
  • (19) A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, calculated from the nested case-control study data, showed that BMC z-scores, measured after low-trauma fracture, have both low sensitivity and low specificity to detect existing fracture status.
  • (20) Receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curves based on sensitivity and specificity revealed that none of the proposed thresholds for sperm density or TMS is clearly a best choice.

Roche


Definition:

  • (n.) Rock.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Roche, 30, was born in High Wycombe, but moved with her British parents to Germany as a young child, and has been a national celebrity there since her teens, presenting music and culture shows.
  • (2) Recombinant interferon alfa-2a (Roferon-A, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ) has been evaluated in clinical trials of more than 1300 patients with a broad spectrum of oncologic disease.
  • (3) It’s vital the Commission tackles Europe’s transport emissions, which will be the largest source of emissions by 2030,” said Colin Roche, a campaigner for the group.
  • (4) The sensitivities ranged from 100% (Abbott and Roche ELISA) to 84.2% (PHA) and the specificities ranged from 99.3% (IIF) to 80.2% (PHA).
  • (5) Nice had warned Roche in April that it could not sanction the drug for NHS use because of the cost, and called on the Swiss-based company to think again.
  • (6) Shaun Richards (@notayesmansecon) Mario Draghi's explanation of how Europe is not Japan actually made it sound rather like Japan.. #ECB #Draghi November 7, 2013 Lorcan Roche Kelly (@LorcanRK) Draghi: If you look from distance at the euro area, you see the fundamentals are the best in the world.
  • (7) Roche's publishers turned down the Guardian's request to talk to her, but in an interview with Der Spiegel published last week Roche said she had to write about the accident.
  • (8) This study evaluated the need for a terminal aerobic blind subculture of unvented Roche Columbia broth.
  • (9) * - a long-term offering of cheap loans 1.51pm GMT Lorcan Roche Kelly (@LorcanRK) Draghi: Prolonged period of time certainly will not be a short period of time.
  • (10) The Coat-A-Count DPC and Roche Abuscreen RIA for LSD were used to search for LSD in urines containing various drugs commonly found in specimens from addicted groups.
  • (11) The efficacy of recovery of peritonitis-causing microorganisms from peritoneal dialysate fluid by using the Septi-Chek blood culture system (Roche Diagnostics, Div.
  • (12) We finally give our opinion on the new ROCHE equipment and insist that it is not yet ready for routine use, but a promising tool for clinical research.
  • (13) In 1977 we undertook a prospective study aimed at evaluating the preventive effects of a retinoid (etretinate, Roche) on the occurrence of skin carcinomas in dermatoses carrying a high risk of malignancy.
  • (14) Of 50 blood culture sets, 20 Bacto (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.), 20 Septi-Chek (Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., Nutley, N.J.), and 10 BACTEC 6B and 7D (Johnston Laboratories, Inc., Towson, Md.)
  • (15) (4) Prominent quantitative differences between Roche and Abbott CEA activity were present in both benign and malignant cysts.
  • (16) The TRH "Roche"-induced hyperglycemia was inhibited by all four drugs.
  • (17) Two infants with major birth defects associated with first trimester exposure to isotretinoin (Accutane, Roche Laboratories) were reported to the New Jersey Birth Defects Registry within 6 months.
  • (18) All biochemical substances were measured by continuous flow (SMAC, Technicon) except albumin, which was measured by turbidimetry (CobasBio, Roche).
  • (19) Many local anti-Ukip protests are galvanised by a tiny, loud woman who goes by the soubriquet Bunny La Roche and who last December lambasted Farage from the audience on Question Time , her blue hair and cries of “racist scumbag” making a lasting impression.
  • (20) We conclude that in our tertiary care institution, blind subcultures of Roche Columbia broths are unwarranted.

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