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PubMed2000

Judgment heuristics and recognition memory: prime identification and target-processing fluency.

In three experiments, the effect of identification of a briefly presented word (prime) on a subsequent recognition response to that word (target) was investigated. Theories of current processing fluency (e.g., Jacoby & Whitehouse, 1989) suggest that prime identification should reduce P(old) relative to prime misidentification because awareness of the prime provides a source to which to attribute target fluency, rendering attributions to prior presentation less likely. However, counter to these predictions, Experiment 1 demonstrated that prime identification increased P(old) relative to misidentified primes. It is hypothesized that this reversed effect was due to participants' using a heuristic that related prime identification success to prior presentation but was not based on current processing fluency. In Experiment 2, participants were induced to avoid using this heuristic by making an alternate source for prime identification success (display duration) highly available. Under these circumstances, prime identification reduced P(old) relative to prime misidentification, suggesting that participants now relied on current processing fluency rather than on prime identification success. Experiment 3 replicated the results of Experiments 1 and 2, but with fixed rather than variable prime displays.

Adult↗
PubMed1996

Tactual picture identification by blind and sighted people: effects of providing categorical information.

Four experiments examined the influence of categorical information and visual experience on the identification of tangible pictures, produced with a raised-line drawing kit. In Experiment 1, prior categorical information aided to accuracy and speed of picture identification. In a second experiment, categorical information helped subjects when given after the examination of each picture, but before any attempt at identification. The benefits of categorical information were also obtained in another group of subjects, when the superordinate categories were named at the start of the experiment. In a third experiment, a multiple-choice picture recognition task was used to eliminate the difficulty of naming from the picture-identification task. The multiple-choice data showed higher accuracy and shorter latencies when compared with identification tasks. A fourth experiment evaluated picture identification in blindfolded sighted, early, and late blind participants. Congenitally blind subjects showed lower performance than did the other groups, despite the availability of prior categorical information. The data were consistent with theories that assume that visual imagery aids tactual perception in naming raised line drawings. It was proposed that part of the difficulty in identification of raised line pictures may derive from problems in locating picture categories or names, and not merely in perception of the patterns.

Adult↗
PubMed2000

A miniaturised semiautomated system for the identification of Yersinia species within the genus Yersinia.

Commercially available identification systems based on biochemical reactions of bacteria are not suited for typing the species of the genus Yersinia (Y.) or the biovars (BV) of the species Y. enterocolitica. This failure is caused by the limited number of biochemical reactions applied, resulting in the absence of important discriminatory key reactions. The MICRONAUT identification system (Merlin, Bornheim-Hersel) makes use of dried substrates/enzymes reactions in the wells of a 96-well microtitration plate, reading of the results by a scanner device and typing of the isolate by the calculation of probabilities according to a data base. For this study a special identification panel was designed on which 38 substrates and enzyme reactions were configurated including 20 reactions for the identification of the species of the genus and the Y. enterocolitica biovars. The database was calculated using the results obtained from a total of 250 Yersinia strains of the eleven species of the genus. Reevaluation of the results of these strains revealed an overall sensitivity of 98%, as only four strains were not identified satisfactorily. Considering also questionable results the sensitivity was still 85%. The system was also used to identify Y. pestis isolates, but in this case reading was done visually. The printouts usually cite species designation, identification quality and probabilities. The sealing of the plates in an aluminium bag guarantees long life and long lasting quality. However, an evaluation of the system with a considerable number of strains has to be done in a next step. The 'Yersinia identification set' can replace time-consuming tube testing in the future and is a big step forward towards a sensitive identification of Yersinia isolates in the routine laboratory.

Automation↗
PubMed2001

Dental identification after two mass disasters in Croatia.

AIM: To determine the usefulness of dental methods in the identification of victims in the railway accident in Zagreb (August 30, 1974) and midair collision of a British and a Slovenian airplane near Vrbovec (September 10, 1976). METHODS: There were 152 people killed in the railway accident, and 176 fatalities in the plane crash (63 in the British and 113 in the Slovenian plane). Individual victim identification and autopsy forms, and group identification reports were analyzed. RESULTS: Of the railway accident victims, 111 were identified. Dental characteristics, along with clothes, personal descriptions, personal documents, fingerprints, and jewelry, proved to be decisive in 5% of the cases. All 63 passengers and crew members from the British plane were identified; in 33% of the victims dental features, along with other characteristics, were decisive. From the Slovenian plane 103 victims were identified, 14% exclusively by teeth and 16% by teeth in combination with other characteristics. Ten bodies remained unidentified. CONCLUSION: The reasons for the small number of dental identifications in the victims of the railway accident were incomplete or unavailable antemortem data provided by relatives and friends of the deceased, and the predominant orientation toward other forensic identification methods. The significant number of dental identifications in the plane crash is explained by the provision of complete and accurate antemortem odontological data. Dental characteristics proved to be particularly valuable in the identification of carbonized victims.

Accidents, Aviation↗
PubMed2002

Surveillance of drug identification calls: an overlooked poison center responsibility.

Drug identification calls from the lay public are a source of annoyance to many poison centers, but they also provide valuable information about abused and diverted pharmaceuticals. Daily toxicosurveillance can identify significant problems in advance of being recognized by law enforcement and drug diversion task forces. At our center a single person daily reviews evey chart for recognition of drug identification trends. In February the center received its first reQuest for identification of a tablet with M360 imprint, a generic product that contained 7.5 mg hydrocodone + 750 mg acetaminophen (Mallinckrodt). In 21 d after that identification, 78 additional identification reQuests, and during 2 mo further, a total of 222 requests for M360 identification were received. Law enforcement officials were notified and allowed drug intelligence to determine how this legal pharmaceutical was being diverted for illicit use. Poison Centers provide valuable drug identification service. Realtime surveillance of these calls can provide important information about drug abuse patterns

Pharmaceutical Preparations↗
PubMed2003

The reliability of digitized radiographs for dental identification: a Web-based study.

In the era of Daubert and other judicial rulings pertaining to the acceptability of forensic evidence, it is increasingly important that experts are able to testify that their methods have been scientifically tested and that error rates and other factors relating to reliability have been published. The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of digitized radiographic comparisons for the purposes of dental identification. Participants with various forensic backgrounds and experience levels were passively recruited to the website. Ten forensic identification cases composed of antemortem and postmortem dental radiographs were supplied to examiners using a bespoke website. Participants responded to the cases on two occasions after a one-month washout interval using the ABFO conclusion levels for forensic identifications. A total of 115 first attempts and 87 matched second attempts were received. Of the total responses, 72% were dentally trained respondents who had completed at least one forensic identification case; of these, 38% were experienced forensic dentists who had completed more than 25 identifications. Data relating to accuracy, intra- and inter-examiner agreement, and the effect of case difficulty are presented. Mean accuracy was 85.5% for all cases, with the experienced forensic dentists obtaining a 91% success rate. The inter-examiner agreement on the negative identification cases was classified as poor. The data suggest that dental identifications resulting from the comparison of postmortem and antemortem radiographs are valid, accurate, and reliable when undertaken by experienced odontologists.

Analysis of Variance↗
PubMed2001

A transdisciplinary conceptual framework for the early identification of risks for communication disorders in young children.

The early identification of infants with communication disorders or at risk for communication delays is still one of the biggest challenges of early communication intervention (ECI) and threatens to compromise its efficacy. Current approaches to the early identification of young children at risk for communication disorders involve strategies aimed at the identification of general developmental delays and may not be sufficiently sensitive and specific enough to detect the early stages of communication disorders. The risks for mortality and health are often identified early in life, but the concomitant risks for communication disorders in the same young children are frequently not identified at that opportune time. The current study involved a descriptive survey, describing the identification of communication disorders in 153 subjects, whose data was stored in and retrieved from a customized ECI database system. The findings revealed that the subjects were assessed at the average age of 18 months, but that identifications of risk conditions occurred prenatally, at birth, after the perinatal period and later in life. The time of identification related to the different communication disorders identified in the subjects and caregivers played a major role in detecting the first signs of communication disorders in their children. In order to provide a guideline for clinical practice, a transdisciplinary conceptual framework towards a coordinated effort for the early identification of risks for communication disorders in young children is proposed.

Caregivers↗
PubMed2004

Enhanced kinship analysis and STR-based DNA typing for human identification in mass fatality incidents: the Swissair flight 111 disaster.

A bioinformatic tool was developed to assist with the victim identification initiative that followed the Swissair Flight 111 disaster. Making use of short tandem repeat (STR) DNA typing data generated with AmpFlSTR Profiler Plus (PP) and AmpFlSTR COfiler(CO) kits, the software systematically compared each available STR genotype with every other genotype. The matching algorithm was based on the search for: (i) direct matches to genotypes derived from personal effects; and (ii) potential kinship associations between victims and next-of-kin, as measured by allele sharing at individual loci. The software greatly assisted parentage analysis by enabling kinship evaluation in situations where complete parentage trios were unavailable and, in some situations, with distantly related relatives. Exclusion of fortuitous kinship associations (FKA) was made possible through the recovery at the disaster site of at least one remains for every sought-after victim, and was incorporated into the kinship software. The data from the 13 combined STR loci produced 6 and 23 times fewer FKAs when compared with PP alone and AmpFlSTR Profiler (PR) alone, respectively. Identification leads or confirmations of identification were obtained for 218 victims for which DNA reference samples (personal effects and kin) had been submitted. Confirmation of an inferred kinship association was sought through frequency and likelihood calculations, as well as corroborative data from other identification modalities. The use of a simple, yet powerful, automated genotype comparison approach and the use of megaplexes with high power of discrimination (PD) values extended considerably the identification capabilities in the case of the Swissair disaster. The DNA typing identification modality proved to be a valuable component of the large arsenal of identification tools deployed in the aftermath of this disaster.

Accidents, Aviation↗
PubMed1991

Modeling the cost and performance of early identification protocols.

This is the first in a series of three papers concerned with the early identification of hearing loss. In this paper, a simple model is presented that permits the calculation of the performance and cost of early identification protocols. In the second paper (Turner, in press), this model is used to compare four early identification protocols that differ in hearing screening strategies. The third paper (Turner, in press) examines the factors that influence the early identification protocol. The model described in this paper is sufficiently general to accommodate most early identification strategies including those that meet the goal of identification and habilitation by 6 months. The model measures protocol performance using hit rate, false alarm rate, and selected posterior probabilities. The model also calculates two measures of the financial cost. One measure reflects the cost of implementing the protocol; the other reflects the cost-effectiveness of the protocol. The parameters required by the model are also specified and are based on published clinical data. The model is provided to help audiologists design and select early identification protocols that are optimum for their particular clinical situation.

Clinical Protocols↗
PubMedDate not supplied

[Identification based on medical findings].

1. The indications such as the place of finding, the identification of clothes or other personal items, represent only the first step towards the identification of a corpse. 2. An identification based on medical data, other than dental, is often possible, more often than it is believed. 3. The forensic pathologist plays a double role in the case of such an identification: a) in the phase of the inquiry, he must contact the investigators and the families to explain his wishes and the different possibilities of identification. b) he must use the gathered information in the appropriate way. 4. It would be desirable to compose some statistical tables of the various medical elements useful for the identification (mutilations, surgical operations, etc...). We present six cases of identification in our practice.

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PubMedDate not supplied

Viral pathogens of acute lower respiratory infections in pre-school Nigerian children and clinical implications of multiple microbial identifications.

In a prospective study of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI), at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, 35 viral pathogens were identified by immunofluorescence (IF) techniques from 24 (68.6%) respiratory specimens from 35 hospitalised pre-school children. The respiratory diagnoses comprised croup, bronchiolitis, pneumonia and pleural effusion. The viral identifications comprised 14 (40.0%) of parainfluenza virus type 3, 10 (28.6%) of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), 5 (14.3%) of influenza virus type A, 4 (11.4%) of parainfluenza virus type 1 and 2 (5.7%) of influenza virus type B. Two or more viral agents were identified in as many as 10 (41.7%) of the 24 IF positive secretions, 8 (80.0%) of which were obtained from children with features of protein energy malnutrition. Twenty subjects had both virological and bacteriological analyses, in 8 (40.0%) of whom co-existing bacteraemia was identified. Four (50.0%) of these blood culture positive subjects, also had features of overt malnutrition. Neither the age nor the sex was significantly related to the viral identifications (P > 0.81 & 0.35 respectively). Similarly, the final respiratory diagnoses were not significantly related to the viral identifications despite the seemingly suggestive relationship between a diagnosis of croup and parainfluenza identifications as well as that between pneumonia and RSV/parainfluenza type 3 identifications. It is concluded that the high proportion of positive viral identifications is a pointer to the importance of viruses as possible primary etiological agents of ALRI in countries of the West African sub-region and perhaps in developing countries of other tropical subregions. The multiplicity of microbial identifications (viruses and bacteria), seen in malnourished children, may explain the clinical severity of ALRI in the same group of children. The usefulness of IF as a rapid diagnostic tool, as well as the potential implications of our findings on ARI control in developing countries, are discussed.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed2026

PCR-based species identification tools for wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of economic importance in Canada.

BACKGROUND: Coexistence of pest and non-pest wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in agricultural fields makes species-level identification critical to determine when pest management measures are required. However, morphological identification of wireworms (larval stage of click beetles) is challenging, as larvae are difficult to distinguish based on morphological features and misidentifications are common. Here, we developed species-specific primers for 15 click beetle species to be used in PCR-based species-level identification for agricultural fields across Canada. RESULTS: Partial sequences of the gene regions cytochrome c oxidase I (COXI), 16S, 12S, 28S, 18S, internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2), cytochrome-b (CYTB), elongation factor 1 (EF1), ATP6/8, NADH dehydrogenase 1 (ND1), NADH dehydrogenase 2 (ND2), NADH dehydrogenase 3 (ND3), NADH dehydrogenase 4 (ND4), NADH dehydrogenase 5 (ND5) and NADH dehydrogenase 6 (ND6) were generated for elaterid species of interest. Of these gene regions, primers were designed on the mitochondrial gene regions COXI, CYTB and ND1 that had sufficient variation to discriminate among species and tested for species specificity using additional pest and non-pest species from the families Elateridae, Carabidae, Scarabidae and Silphidae. Specificity testing confirmed that all primer sets were species-specific. CONCLUSION: The novel primers designed in this study allow for PCR-based species identification of 15 economically important click beetle pest species in Canada. Further testing is needed to validate the assay for use outside of Canada. Accurate species-level identification will benefit pest management professionals by informing management decisions and reducing the use of insurance insecticide applications due to difficulties with identifications of wireworm pest species. © 2026 His Majesty the King in Right of Canada and The Author(s). Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry. Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.

Animals↗
PubMed1975

Moral judgment and parental identification among children.

The relationship of moral judgment and parental identification was studied in 50 boys and 50 girls, all of whom were white, lower-middle-class children, aged 9 1/2 to 11 1/2 years. Two hypotheses were proposed: (1) that within each sex group, children with a higher-level parental identification attain a higher stage of moral judgment than children with a lower level of parental identification; and (2) that there are no sex differences in the stage of moral judgment attained by Ss from similar socioeconomic backgrounds. Ss were screened for socioeconomic status and age. Moral judgment was defined in terms of Piaget's "two moralities" of the child and measured by a structured interview that consisted of five subtests taken from Piaget. Parental identification was measured by means of a semantic space and differential technique, and Ss were grouped on the basis of low, medium and high levels of paternal and maternal identification. Results indicate that there are no significant sex differences in moral judgment. Within each sex group there is a clear positive relationship between high-level identification and a higher stage of moral judgment.

Age Factors↗
PubMed2004

Identification errors in pathology and laboratory medicine.

Identification errors involve misidentification of a patient or a specimen. Either has the potential to cause patients harm. Identification errors can occur during any part of the test cycle; however, most occur in the preanalytic phase. Patient identification errors in transfusion medicine occur in 0.05% of specimens; for general laboratory specimens the rate is much higher, around 1%. Anatomic pathology, which involves multiple specimen transfers and hand-offs, may have the highest identification error rate. Certain unavoidable cognitive failures lead to identification errors. Technology, ranging from bar-coded specimen labels to radio frequency identification tags, can be incorporated into protective systems that have the potential to detect and correct human error and reduce the frequency with which patients and specimens are misidentified.

Humans↗
PubMed2005

Antecedents and consequences of customer-company identification: expanding the role of relationship marketing.

This article presents an empirical test of organizational identification in the context of customer-company (C-C) relationships. It investigates whether customers identify with companies and what the antecedents and consequences of such identification are. The model posits that perceived company characteristics, construed external image, and the perception of the company's boundary-spanning agent lead to C-C identification. In turn, such identification is expected to impact both in-role behavior (i.e., product utilization) as well as extra-role behavior (i.e., citizenship). The model was tested in a consultative selling context of pharmaceutical sales reps calling on physicians. Results from the empirical test indicated that customers do indeed identify with organizations and that C-C identification positively impacts both product utilization behavior and extra-role behavior even when the effect of brand perception is accounted for. Second, the study found that the organization's characteristics as well as the salesperson's characteristics contributed to the development of C-C identification.

Adult↗
PubMed1998

Dimensions of subjective uncertainty in social identification and minimal intergroup discrimination.

Social categorization under minimal group conditions reliably produces intergroup discrimination. It is proposed that this might be because the minimal group paradigm engenders high levels of subjective uncertainty among participants, which causes them to use the categorization to define self and thus identify with the minimal group. Uncertainty is generally an aversive state which may be resolved by identification (Hogg, 1996; Hogg & Abrams, 1993). Thus, people may identify with social categories (and express discrimination) when identification resolves uncertainty. To investigate this idea a standard minimal group experiment was conducted, in which the three independent variables of categorizations, task uncertainty and situational uncertainty were manipulated in a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial between-subjects design. Point distribution strategies were measured along with in-group identification, self-esteem, social awareness and, at three occasions, uncertainty about the task and situation. As predicted, under conditions of high task or situational uncertainty, categorized participants identified more with their minimal in-group and exhibited more intergroup discrimination than other participants. There was also some evidence that identification reduced uncertainty. There was only partial support for the mediational role of identification, and similarly, for self-esteem as a derivative motive. These findings are interpreted as supporting an uncertainty reduction model of social identification and group motivation.

Analysis of Variance↗
PubMed1991

Clarification of projective identification.

This paper clarifies the various current usages of the term "projective identification." The author presents a broad reference model of projective identification based on the work of Ogden. This model divides projective identification into three steps. Step 1 is the projection of a part of oneself onto an external object. Step 1a is the blurring of self and object representations. Step 2 is an interpersonal interaction in which the projector actively pressures the recipient to think, feel, and act in accordance with the projection. Step 3 is the reinternalization of the projection after it has been psychologically processed by the recipient. The different definitions of projective identification are shown to relate to exactly how the term "projection" is conceptualized (in step 1), to whether step 1a is deemed necessary, and to how many of the three steps are required for the definition of projective identification. The author reviews the work of Ogden, Kernberg, Meissner, Sandler, Malin and Grotstein, Porder, and Zinner et al. Six detailed case examples are provided from within and outside psychotherapy to illustrate all three steps of projective identification.

Countertransference↗
PubMed2002

Protecting the ingroup stereotype: ingroup identification and the management of deviant ingroup members.

In two experiments, we investigated the impact of the presentation of a deviant ingroup member on the perception of the ingroup among participants who differed in their degree of identification with the ingroup. In Study 1, we measured psychology students' level of identification with the group of psychologists (i.e. the ingroup) and presented them with an anti-norm versus a pro-norm psychologist. Results showed that in the anti-norm condition (but not in the pre-norm condition), identification predicted the ratings of psychologists as a group and the perception of typicality of the deviant psychologist. Also, in this condition, the impact of the level of identification on the ratings of psychologists proved to be mediated by the perceived typicality of the deviant. In Study 2, group measures were taken both before and after presentation of a deviant among members of an environmentalist group who differed in their level of identification with the ingroup. The level of identification had an impact on the modification of the ratings of environmentalists as a group, and this effect was mediated by the perceived typicality of the deviant environmentalist. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for the black sheep effect and the stereotype change literature.

Adolescent↗