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PubMed1967

Rapid identification of tick-borne encephalitis virus by the fluorescent antibody technique.

An immunofluorescence technique in tissue cultures and in mice, developed to provide a rapid means of identification of group B arboviruses, has been used to identify the tick-borne encephalitis virus. Identification in mouse-brain tissue was not possible when mice with vague clinical symptoms were used. Identification in chick-embryo-cell cultures was less time-consuming and laborious than identification in mouse brain, but more care was required, since only a small percentage of cells showed fluorescence. Identification can be accomplished in a few hours if mice in agony or cell cultures three to five days after inoculation are used.

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PubMed1984

[Deterministic and stochastic identification of neurophysiologic systems].

The paper deals with deterministic and stochastic identification methods applied to the concrete neurophysiological systems. The deterministic identification was carried out for the system: efferent fibres-muscle. The obtained transition characteristics demonstrated dynamic nonlinearity of the system. Identification of the neuronal model and the "afferent fibres-synapses-neuron" system in mollusc Planorbis corneus was carried out using the stochastic methods. For these purpose the Wiener method of stochastic identification was expanded for the case of pulse trains as input and output signals. The weight of the nonlinear component in the Wiener model and accuracy of the model prediction were quantitatively estimated. The results obtained proves the possibility of using these identification methods for various neurophysiological systems.

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PubMed1995

Auxacolor, a new commercial system for yeast identification: evaluation of 182 strains comparatively with ID 32C.

The incidence of deep candidiasis, particularly in immunocompromised patients, and the emergence of less sensitive yeast species to new antifungal agents explain the interest of their rapid identification. A new identification system, Auxacolor (Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur), has been evaluated, comparatively to ID 32C strip taken in reference (bioMérieux SA). These systems include respectively 13 and 29 carbohydrate assimilation tests. One hundred and sixty-nine strains belonging to 17 common yeast species isolated from biological specimens were identified. Moreover, 13 strains belonging to seven species rarely isolated and not included in the Auxacolor data base were tested. Correct biochemical profiles were obtained with 95.2% of the strains from the first panel. These profiles alone permit correct identification of 62.7% of them (n = 106). The remainders (Candida glabrata, Candida krusei, Candida guilliermondii, Candida inconspicua and Candida lipolytica) require time consuming additional morphological observations for a definitive identification. However, the time needed to obtain the biochemical profiles of these 106 strains was shorter when using Auxacolor: 77.4% of the strains were identified at 24 h with Auxacolor and 47.1% were identified at 24 h with ID 32C. Species from the second panel were not identified (seven strains) or incorrectly identified (six strains). The Auxacolor system was found to be reliable when performed in conjunction with morphological tests and easy to use for the identification of most medically important yeasts.

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PubMed1995

Identification of cDNA sequences by specific oligonucleotide sets. Computer tool and application.

A computer tool has been developed for revealing sets of oligonucleotides invariant for isofunctional families of DNA (RNA) and for using these in functional identification of nucleotide sequences. The tool allows one to: build up vocabularies of invariant oligonucleotides for the families of isofunctional nucleotide sequences; assess significance of the vocabularies; identify nucleotide sequences with the vocabularies of invariant oligonucleotides; determine the most effective identification parameters to minimize first and second type errors; assess the efficiency of identification of individual isofunctional families with the oligonucleotide vocabularies; determine the evolutionary characteristics of the families of isofunctional sequences on which vocabulary volume depends. Based on the system mentioned, we have analyzed a total of 322 protein-encoding gene families and have built up sets of invariant oligonucleotides, or again, oligonucleotide vocabularies that are characteristic of gene families and subfamilies. Identification of nucleotide sequences belonging to these families with the sets of invariant oligonucleotides revealed has been shown. Under the most effective identification parameters, the first type error (false negative) on control (independent) data was 10-15%, the second type error (false positive) was just 1-2 redundant sequences per sequence being examined. As has been shown, the volume of a vocabulary of invariant oligonucleotides depends on the percentage of variable positions in the multiple alignment within a family.

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PubMed1994

Identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci and typing of Staphylococcus epidermidis by a 4 h micromethod.

A new 4 h micromethod (Minibact-S) for identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) important in human medicine, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus hominis, Staphylococcus haemolyticus and Staphylococcus saprophyticus, has been investigated. The reproducibility for species identification was 100% and the reproducibility for the single reactions was 95%. When compared to a modified Kloos & Schleifer conventional identification method, discrepant identification was obtained with the Minibact-S in only 8 of 382 clinical and reference strains. The system has been used for typing and biotyping of 201 S. epidermidis strains, and gave a subdivision in 69 different types; 4 related types accounted for 91 (45%) of the isolates, whereas 44 types were represented by only 1 isolate. The discriminatory index was 0.82. In a comparison with other typing methods performed on 81 isolates from 15 patients Minibact-S gave about the same number of types as antibiograms, but in 20% of the patients extra types were obtained with Minibact-S alone compared to antibiogram alone and vice versa. The Minibact-S is of some value in the routine clinical microbiology laboratory as a first screening method for identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci and typing of S. epidermidis in combination with the antibiogram.

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PubMed1993

[Evaluation of DNA-DNA hybridization method for identification of mycobacteria using a colorimetric microplate kit].

DNA-DNA hybridization was applied for identification of mycobacteria and developed as a kit "microplate hybridization kit" (refers to MPHD) by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. We received test samples of the microplates from the company and examined them for their and reliability using 180 mycobacterial strains of 21 species kept in our laboratory. The results of identification by MPHD were 100% identical to those of biochemical identification in the type or reference strains of mycobacteria, showing good reliability of MPHD method. Among clinical isolates, there were six M. tuberculosis strains which did not show typical characteristics for M. tuberculosis, i.e., niacin test negative or nitrate reduction weak positive, but all of these were identified as M. tuberculosis complex by MPHD method. Some strains from clinical isolates showed difference in identification between MPHD and biochemical methods: M. avium complex, identified biochemically were divided into M. avium and M. intracellulare by MPHD, M. fortuitum complex by biochemical identification were distinguished as M. fortuitum and M. chelonae by MPHD. Further, M. chelonae were separated into M. chelonae subsp. chelonae and M. chelonae subsp. abscessus by MPHD. M. peregrinum has been considered as a synonym of M. fortuitum, but we could distinguish M. peregrinum from M. fortuitum clearly by MPHD method. Thus, it is suggested that M. peregrinum and M. fortuitum are different species. Keys for getting reliable results using the MPHD kit are: (1) appropriate amount of bacteria for use, (2) purification of DNA, (3) enough deproteinization, and (4) appropriate timing to read colorimetry measurement of the plate.

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PubMed1996

[Utility of Fluoroplate Candida for the rapid identification of Candida albicans].

BACKGROUND: Candida albicans infections are frequent in immunocompromised patients and a prompt diagnosis could favor an early and proper antifungal treatment. The rapid identification of clinical yeast isolates facilitate this diagnosis. METHODS: The utility of Fluoroplate Candida ready-to-use plates for Candida albicans rapid identification was evaluated with 653 clinical isolates from 23 yeast species, including 307 C. albicans plated onto Fluoroplate Candida agar (Merck, Germany). Rapid identification of C. albicans was based on the hydrolysis of 4-methylumbelliferyl-N-acetyl-beta-D-galactosaminide by the galactosaminidase activity of C. albicans producing white fluorescent colonies under ultraviolet light. Identification on Fluoroplate Candida was confirmed by germ tube, chlamydoconidia formation and API-ATB ID 32C assays. RESULTS: Three hundred and five of 306 isolates showing fluorescent colonies were C. albicans and one was Candida glabrata (false positive). The rest of the isolates showed colonies without fluorescence and with the exception of two false negatives, these isolates were identified as non-C. albicans by other methods. CONCLUSIONS: Fluoroplate Candida allows a rapid and excellent identification of C. albicans showing a sensitivity and specificity of 99.3 and 99.7%, respectively.

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PubMed1997

Suicidal terrorist bombings in Israel--identification of human remains.

Positive identification of human remains is one of the most important tasks in mass disaster investigations. Religious and jurisdictional demands in Israel, require the identification process to be completed in the shortest possible time. In the 18 suicidal terrorist bombings that took place in Israel between the years 1993-1996, 127 victims and 19 perpetrators were killed, and their severely fragmented bodies were identified within 24 h. The efficient completion of the identification endeavor was enabled by the implementation of a variety of techniques and the close collaboration in the investigation between the different emergency and forensic agencies. This paper presents the mass disaster identification policy and techniques currently used in Israel. The importance of an interdisciplinary approach for the identification of extremely fragmented human remains from mass disasters and the creation of a central data bank of fingerprints and genetic markers is emphasized.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1998

Sentinel lymph node identification with technetium-99m-labeled nanocolloid in squamous cell cancer of the vulva.

UNLABELLED: In patients with early-stage squamous cell cancer of the vulva, inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy is performed primarily as a diagnostic procedure. The morbidity of this procedure, however, is not negligible. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of minimally invasive detection of the sentinel inguinofemoral lymph node (SILN) and to investigate whether the histopathology of the SILNs is representative of that of the other non-SILNs. METHODS: Patients with early-stage squamous cell cancer of the vulva, planned for resection of the primary tumor and uni- or bilateral inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy, were eligible for the study. Technetium-99m-labeled nanocolloid was injected intradermally at four locations around the tumor the day before operation. Images were recorded immediately and after 2.5 hr using a gamma camera. SILN locations were marked on the overlying groin skin. The next day, during general anesthesia, blue patent dye was injected intradermally at the same locations around the tumor. During the operation SILNs were identified at the place indicated using a handheld gamma-detection probe. It was noted if SILNs were found by the probe, by blue dye or by both techniques. After resection of the SILNs, a standard inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy was performed. The results of histopathology of the SILNs were compared with those of the non-SILNs. RESULTS: The procedure was well tolerated by 10 of 11 patients. One patient, initially agreeing to participate, refused the injection of tracer because of fear of pain. In all 10 patients, identification of the SILNs was successful. The mean time for identification was 11 min. Identification of SILNs was primarily performed using the hand probe in all patients, whereas in 10 of 18 removed SILNs afferent lymph channels were also blue stained (56%). In 8 patients, pathologic examination showed no metastatic disease in both SILNs and non-SILNs, whereas in 2 patients metastases in the SILNs (one and two metastatic lymph nodes, respectively), as well as in other non-SILNs, were found. CONCLUSION: This study shows that identification of SILNs in squamous cell cancer of the vulva is feasible with preoperatively administered 99mTc-labeled nanocolloid. Intraoperatively administered blue dye was only useful for confirmation of identification with nanocolloid. To date, no false-negative SILNs have been found, but expansion of the study is necessary to determine the possible clinical application of this new diagnostic technique.

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PubMed1992

Voice of a hidden minority: identification and countertransference in the cross-cultural working alliance.

This paper has expanded the psychoanalytical definition of the working alliance to include the influence of culture. The cross-cultural working alliance is a therapeutic dyad that incorporates a psychotherapist and a patient of dissimilar backgrounds. Each participant enters the alliance with cultural introjects--values, attitudes, and ways of behaving that stem from ethnocultural roots. These introjects influence the intrapsychic world, shape the conscious worldview, and the perception of life experience. The influence of cultural predispositions on the psychopathologies of the patients was prominent in two case examples: a black West Indian male and a Korean-American male. The therapist also brought cultural predispositions to her work. A constructive countertransference phenomenon occurred in the working alliance that had a direct connection to its cross-cultural nature. This phenomenon is called associative identification--the conscious identification of therapist with the ego experience of patient. With the use of the associative identification, the therapist uncovered parallel memories that promoted theoretical understanding and informed therapeutic technique. Just as anthropologists claim that cultures share universal institutional patterns, it is proposed that universal cultural conflicts may also be observed in the cross-cultural working alliance. The analyst and patients in this study had two culture-conflicts in common: the longing to be seen, and the pull for disidentification. It is concluded that associative identification enriched the reparative quality of treatment, and encouraged the integration of isolated, split-off parts of the self.

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PubMed2005

Who is who: Italian norms for visual recognition and identification of celebrities.

Age-, education- and sex-adjusted norms are provided for two new neuropsychological tests, namely (i) Face Recognition (guess of familiarity) and (ii) Person Identification (biographical contextualisation). Sixty-three pictures of celebrities and 63 of unknown people were selected following two interwoven criteria(1): the realm of their celebrity (i.e., entertainment, culture and politics) and the period of celebrity acquisition (i.e., pre-war, post-war and contemporary). Both media- and education-dependent knowledge of celebrity were considered. Ninety-eight unpaid healthy participants aged between 50 and 93 years and with at least 8 years of formal education took part in this study. Reference is made to serial models of familiar face/persons processing. Recognition is held to tackle the activity of Personal Identity Nodes (PINs) and identification of the Exemplar Semantics Archives. Given the seriality of the reference model, the Identification Test is embedded in the Recognition test. This entailed that only previously recognised faces were employed to achieve norms for identification.

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PubMed2004

Potential usefulness of biological fingerprints in chest radiographs for automated patient recognition and identification.

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the potential usefulness of "biological fingerprints" in chest radiographs for automated patient recognition and identification. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thoracic fields, cardiac shadows, the superior mediastinum, lung apices, a part of the right lung, and the right lower lung that includes the costophrenic angle were used as biological fingerprints in chest radiographs. Each of the biological fingerprints in a current chest radiograph was used as a template for determination of the correlation value with the corresponding biological fingerprint in a previous chest radiograph for patient recognition and identification. The overall performance of the method developed was examined in terms of receiver operating characteristic curves. RESULTS: Receiver operating characteristic curves obtained with different biological fingerprints, except for the part of the right lung, indicated a high performance in identifying patients. These results showed that a new concept of biological fingerprints in radiologic images would be useful in patient recognition and identification. The low performance with the part of the right lung seems to be related to a general observation that this region does not usually include features unique to a specific patient. The performance of the artificial neural networks by use of a combination of five biological fingerprints was higher than results obtained with each biological fingerprint. CONCLUSION: The use of automated patient identification based on biological fingerprints in chest radiographs is promising for helping to discover misfiled patient images, especially in a picture archiving and communication system environment.

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PubMed2026

From Variability to Consensus: Rescoring Harmonizes Peptide Identification across Diverse Search Engines and Data Sets.

Peptide-spectrum match (PSM) rescoring has become standard in proteomics workflows, improving peptide identification accuracy across diverse search engines. Despite the availability of multiple rescoring strategies, systematic comparisons spanning several search engines, data sets, and database configurations remain limited. Here, we benchmarked seven publicly available search engines, evaluating standard target-decoy-based false discovery rate (FDR) estimation alongside Percolator, MS2Rescore, and Oktoberfest across four data sets acquired on different mass spectrometry platforms in data-dependent mode and searched against protein databases of varying size and composition. Rescoring substantially increased identification consensus and reduced variability between search engines, with prediction-based approaches yielding the largest gains. While database size had limited impact for human data sets, it significantly affected identification rates on a metaproteomic data set. Entrapment-based evaluation indicated generally adequate FDR control across methods, although prediction-based rescoring exhibited a higher tendency toward FDR underestimation in specific configurations. Overall, advanced rescoring strategies harmonize peptide identification outcomes across search engines, thereby enhancing robustness and comparability in proteomics analyses. However, careful feature selection and appropriate database choice remain essential to ensure reliable FDR control and optimal performance across diverse experimental settings.

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PubMed1976

The consequences of positive and negative perceptual identification.

This study tested the consequences of positive and negative perceptual identification under conditions where the other person (C) represented an ideal or threatening aspect of the Ss' identity. One hundred male students (17 to 25 years of age) participated in the experiment, which followed a 2 X 2 X 2 factorial design. The C was presented as either similar or dissimilar to the Ss and as successful or unsuccessful in an important exam that they were about to take. The other variable was presentation of the C as a co-worker or unrelated other. Attitudes towards the C and imitation of his choices in a person perception task were the dependent variables. As predicted, positive perceptual identification with the C led to further identification and positive feelings toward him. The hypothesis that negative perceptual identification would be followed by behavioral differentiation was not confirmed, although there was some evidence to suggest that Ss tended to deny similarity with the C in this situation.

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PubMedDate not supplied

Projective identification: a concept overburdened.

The term projective identification has been broadened from its original meaning as set forth by Melanie Klein to include the interpersonal sphere. A review of the psychoanalytic literature on projective identification shows varying uses, definitional problems, and conceptual confusion and raises serious questions regarding the possibility of integrating intrapersonal and interpersonal models of the mind. Clinical material is presented to show that phenomena commonly described as projective identification are variable, complex patterns of behavior that are not well understood. The author concludes that the major definitional and conceptual difficulties with the term justify that its usage be limited. At the same time, the powerful clinical phenomena--the transference-countertransference interactions--described as projective identification cannot be ignored.

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PubMed1986

Age identification among Yoruba aged.

This study examined the influence of chronological age, number of grandchildren, and life satisfaction on age identification of elderly Yoruba residents in Ile-Ife. The sample consisted of 440 randomly selected noninstitutionalized persons, age 55 and older. Data were gathered through structured interviews. The results revealed (a) a strong positive relationship between chronological age and age identification, (b) a weak but significant relationship between number of grandchildren and age identification, although this relationship disappears when chronological age is controlled, and (c) no significant relationship between age identification and life satisfaction. Differences between these findings and those reported for Western samples reflect cultural differences between Yoruba and Western societies.

Aged↗
PubMed2026

Benchmarking Assembly-Free K-mer Methods for Species Identification in Complex Plant Groups: A Case Study in Populus.

Species identification in taxonomically complex plant groups is frequently limited by the inadequacy of organellar markers, whose phylogenetic signal is disrupted by cytonuclear discordance and chloroplast capture. Using the taxonomically complex genus Populus as a model, we evaluated an assembly-free k-mer workflow against a curated SNP reference benchmark. Whole-genome resequencing data from 235 Populus individuals were curated to a 202-individual, 34-species reference dataset in which all retained species are strictly monophyletic in a genome-wide SNP analysis. Independent maximum likelihood analyses further confirmed that the 31 non-hybrid backbone species each maintained high-support monophyly, while taxa of documented reticulate origin showed placement patterns consistent with their reticulate histories. ABBA-BABA D-statistics detected widespread residual allele sharing within the backbone, though the strongest signals did not correspond to the species pairs responsible for the few k-mer identification failures. Against this benchmark, complete plastomes showed limited resolution, recovering only 3.0% species monophyly and 71.1% nearest-neighbor assignment. The optimized k-mer workflow, operating directly on raw reads without assembly or alignment, recovered 91.2% species monophyly, 99.0% nearest-neighbor assignment, and 98.0% group-average assignment. K-mer length was the primary accuracy-controlling parameter, with k = 31 falling within a stable accuracy plateau. Distance-based metrics reached near-saturation at 0.2× sequencing depth, indicating that low-coverage genome skimming can support scalable nuclear genome-based identification with standard computational resources. K-mer distance heatmaps also flagged unusual genomic affinities in hybrid-origin and outlier samples, providing a rapid screen for subsequent population genomic analyses. These results support assembly-free k-mer distances as an efficient tool for reference-based species identification and sample screening in complex plant groups, with residual limitations concentrated near recently diverged species boundaries. Model-based phylogenomic, coalescent, and network analyses remain necessary for resolving deeper species relationships and detailed introgression histories.

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PubMed2006

Transfusion recipient identification.

Recent reports from different haemovigilance systems indicate that errors in the whole-blood transfusion chain - from initial recipient identification to final blood administration - occur with a frequency of approximately 1 in 1000 events. Although mistakes occur also within the blood transfusion service, about two-thirds of errors are associated with incorrect blood recipient identification at the patient's bedside. To prevent the potentially fatal consequences of such mistakes, specific tools have been developed, including patient identification bracelets with barcodes and/or radio frequency identification devices, mechanical or electronic locks preventing access to bags assigned to other patients, and palm computers suitable for transferring blood request and administration data from the patient's bedside to the blood transfusion service information system in real time. The effectiveness of these systems in preventing mistransfusion has been demonstrated in a number of studies.

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