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- noun Plural form of
bioassay .
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"As part of the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate's near-term bioassays effort, the technology could enable the rapid assessment of facility sterilization.
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Experimental work has involved laboratory work (immunoassays, various bioassays), greenhouse, semi-field - and field studies as well as surveys.
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But studies have shown that fewer than 50 percent of the subjects who meet DSM criteria for depression turn up positive on the bioassays.
MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION Gary Greenberg 2010
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All plants produce their own toxins or they wouldn't survive predators, and as noted by eminent University of California biologist Bruce Ames, a high proportion – about half – of these toxins tested in animal cancer bioassays are carcinogenic.
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The biological effects of acidification have been demonstrated in laboratory and field bioassays, with whole-ecosystem acidification experiments, and through field surveys.
Acid rain 2010
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Information that is important in the interpretation of bioassays is reported in CPDB for each experiment.
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Customs and Immigration passed him through, as his bioassays all matched his identity — as well they should, Rafe thought.
Command Decision Moon, Elizabeth 2007
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In September 1995, the GTZ Pesticide Service Project offered a training course for technicians in extraction and bioassays of biologically active plant products.
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The technician in charge of the analysis at ICIPE took part in a training course in extraction and bioassays of biologically active plant products, offered by the GTZ Pesticide Service Project in 1995.
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Laboratory bioassays using R. dominica and O. surinamensis were carried out on sub-samples of wheat over 8.5 months.
Chapter 7 1994
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