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  2. Sensitivity and specificity - Wikipedia

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    Imagine a study evaluating a test that screens people for a disease. Each person taking the test either has or does not have the disease. The test outcome can be positive (classifying the person as having the disease) or negative (classifying the person as not having the disease).

  3. Science in the Renaissance - Wikipedia

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    More recently, however, scholars have acknowledged the positive influence of the Renaissance on mathematics and science, pointing to factors like the rediscovery of lost or obscure texts and the increased emphasis on the study of language and the correct reading of texts. [1] [2] [3]

  4. Abacus - Wikipedia

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    The abacus remains in common use as a scoring system in non-electronic table games. Others may use an abacus due to visual impairment that prevents the use of a calculator. [1] The abacus is still used to teach the fundamentals of mathematics to children in most countries. [citation needed]

  5. Operational definition - Wikipedia

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    An operational definition is designed to model or represent a concept or theoretical definition, also known as a construct.Scientists should describe the operations (procedures, actions, or processes) that define the concept with enough specificity such that other investigators can replicate their research.

  6. Group (periodic table) - Wikipedia

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    In the periodic table of the elements, each column is a group. In chemistry, a group (also known as a family) [1] is a column of elements in the periodic table of the chemical elements. There are 18 numbered groups in the periodic table; the 14 f-block columns, between groups 2 and 3, are not numbered.

  7. Cloaking device - Wikipedia

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    An operational, non-fictional cloaking device might be an extension of the basic technologies used by stealth aircraft, such as radar-absorbing dark paint, optical camouflage, cooling the outer surface to minimize electromagnetic emissions (usually infrared), or other techniques to minimize other EM emissions, and to minimize particle emissions from the object.

  8. Florence Griffith Joyner - Wikipedia

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    After the 1984 Olympic Games, she spent less time running. [19] Griffith continued to run part-time, [19] winning the 100-meter IAAF Grand Prix Final with the time of 11.00 seconds. [20] She did not compete at the 1985 U.S. National Championship. [21] That same year, she returned to working at a bank and styled hair and nails in her spare time ...

  9. Girard form class - Wikipedia

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    Volume tables using Girard form class are composite tables and are created independently of tree species. The volume tables may be corrected where systemic errors are identified, and modified GFC volume tables are available for conifers in the northeast, outside of the original study area.