Sampling

Fresh Data Indicates Camping Interest To Remain High In 2021

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Survey Methodology, Articles, Sampling, Marketing, Demography, Survey, Camping, Consumer behaviour, Campsite, Positioning, Sample, Census

More than half stayed at campgrounds with at least some amenities and services, but also purchased some type of camping gear for their first trip.

Key Points: 
  • More than half stayed at campgrounds with at least some amenities and services, but also purchased some type of camping gear for their first trip.
  • Within the U.S. sample of households, results are stratified by Census Region: Northeast (n=609); Midwest (n=608); South (n=610); and West (n=609).
  • All surveys were completed online in January 2021 via an outbound solicitation sent to a randomly selected cross-section of U.S. and Canadian households.
  • The organization also serves clients in branding/brand positioning efforts, evaluating consumer behavior, public opinion & policy and product development.\n'

Magnolia Medical Launches New "Diverted" Multi-Media Advertising Campaign to Educate Healthcare Providers on Benefits of Steripath®

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Antibiotics, Blood tests, Blood culture, Broad-spectrum antibiotic, Sampling, Biology, Branches of biology, Life sciences

Unfortunately, up to half of the positive test results for sepsis are falsely positive due to blood sample contamination.\nThese high blood culture contamination rates are responsible for an estimated 1.4 million patients each year put at risk for unnecessary broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy, false-positive CLABSIs and extended hospital stays.

Key Points: 
  • Unfortunately, up to half of the positive test results for sepsis are falsely positive due to blood sample contamination.\nThese high blood culture contamination rates are responsible for an estimated 1.4 million patients each year put at risk for unnecessary broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy, false-positive CLABSIs and extended hospital stays.
  • This movement was initiated by the call-to-action from the authors of a multi-discipline consensus manuscript published in Clinical Microbiology Reviews in January 2020.
  • Magnolia Medical invented and patented the Initial Specimen Diversion Technique (ISDT) and Initial Specimen Diversion Device (ISDD) for blood culture collection and contamination prevention.
  • The company has amassed an intellectual property portfolio including more than 80 issued method, apparatus and design patents with more than 70 additional patent applications pending.

Kuya Silver Extends the Strike Length of the Bethania Vein System with New Surface Sampling

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Thursday, April 8, 2021
Signal processing, DJing, Hip hop production, Sampling

When mineralized, the vein zones sampled reported anomalously high silver and lead, and in some cases anomalous gold.

Key Points: 
  • When mineralized, the vein zones sampled reported anomalously high silver and lead, and in some cases anomalous gold.
  • At the vein intersection, four consecutive samples distributed over 30 metres in length (NW-SE) averaged 258 g/t (8.3 oz/t) silver and 2.84% lead (10.5 oz/t silver equivalent*).
  • Along the Samantha vein three consecutive samples distributed over 20 metres in length (WNW-ESE) averaged 171 g/t silver (5.5 oz/t) silver and 2.33% lead (7.3 oz/t silver equivalent*).
  • Kuya's President and CEO, David Stein stated, "Kuya is very excited with this initial surface sampling program, which clearly indicates that the Bethania vein system continues along strike even further east than previously known.

Heliostar Samples 390 g/t Silver at Cumaro Project, Sonora, Mexico

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Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Disulfides, Firelighting, Pyrite, Pyrite group, Sampling, Minerals, Chemistry, Physical sciences

Anomalous silver values greater than 1 g/t in eleven samples in an anomalous zone covering an area of 500 by 600m.

Key Points: 
  • Anomalous silver values greater than 1 g/t in eleven samples in an anomalous zone covering an area of 500 by 600m.
  • Heliostar geologists have identified an anomalous silicified structure with pyrite that returned a 1-metre channel sample grading 390 g/t silver and which remains open to expand.
  • Heliostar Exploration VP, Sam Anderson, commented, "We are excited by the silver results from the start of the Cumaro sampling and mapping campaign.
  • In Mexico, the company owns 100% of three early stage epithermal projects in Sonora that are highly prospective for gold and silver.

The Prom Must Go On: New Survey Finds Majority of High School Parents Think Schools Should Have a Prom in the Wake of COVID-19

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Thursday, April 1, 2021
Films, Creative works, Youth, American culture, Survey Methodology, Canadian culture, Prom, Sampling, Sample

More than half (53%) would be willing to hold a prom at their home if prom should be canceled by their child's school.

Key Points: 
  • More than half (53%) would be willing to hold a prom at their home if prom should be canceled by their child's school.
  • "Our business was founded on the creation of the Prom Memory Booklet in 1926 and we've served millions of proms in the decades since.
  • Based on strong sales for prom-related items in the first quarter, we are predicting a welcome return for prom this year.
  • This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated.

Transition Acquires New Gold Opportunity in the Thompson Plateau near Vernon, B.C.

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Monday, March 29, 2021
Academic disciplines, Archaeological science, Geophysical imaging, Geophysical survey, Magnetic survey, Sampling, Magnetic anomaly, Applied sciences, Branches of science, Orex Exploration

The occurrences are situated on the edge of the Thompson Plateau associated with major northwest-trending magnetic anomalies.

Key Points: 
  • The occurrences are situated on the edge of the Thompson Plateau associated with major northwest-trending magnetic anomalies.
  • Future work will include mapping and sampling, additional soil sampling, and airborne magnetic survey with the intent of identifying drill targets."
  • A further 300 metres to the west, the Quartz Showing returned historic samples of 4.6 g/t gold over 2 metres1.
  • Historic bedrock grab samples reported include 3.2 g/t gold and 1.55 g/t gold over 1 metre3.

Decision Analyst Expands Sampling Capabilities with DISQO Integration

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Thursday, March 25, 2021
Articles, Business, Business process, Marketing research, Decision Analyst, Economy, Benchmarking, Decision Analyst, Sampling, Market research

ARLINGTON, Texas and GLENDALE, Calif., March 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Decision Analyst , one of the nations largest privately owned marketing research firms, and DISQO , the people-first audience insights platform, today announced a new systems integration partnership expanding Decision Analysts sampling capabilities.

Key Points: 
  • ARLINGTON, Texas and GLENDALE, Calif., March 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Decision Analyst , one of the nations largest privately owned marketing research firms, and DISQO , the people-first audience insights platform, today announced a new systems integration partnership expanding Decision Analysts sampling capabilities.
  • Decision Analyst can now blend samples from DISQOs audience with Decision Analysts American Consumer Opinion Online samples through its Icion Sampling Platform.
  • By integrating with DISQO, Decision Analyst will be able to conduct online research using DISQOs industry-leading sampling technology and also build robust and modern approaches to qualitative research and in-home usage tests.
  • Decision Analyst was named the #1 Custom Quantitative Research Agency in the U.S. in 2020, based on annual benchmarking surveys by Prevision.

TomaGold continues to show strong results at Obalski with 23.7 g/t Au and 24.5 g/t Ag over 0.5 metres

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Thursday, March 25, 2021
Chemistry, Physical sciences, Natural sciences, Coins, Gold, Metallurgical assay, Metallurgy, Silver, Sampling

We believe that the results of this first program are a good indicator of the gold potential that lies below.

Key Points: 
  • We believe that the results of this first program are a good indicator of the gold potential that lies below.
  • In parallel with the drilling program, samples from certain mineralized zones will be further investigated and re-analysed by Corem using a leaching procedure.
  • In 1987, given highly variable results from its drilling programs, Syngold Exploration, a previous owner, decided to re-run samples using a leaching procedure.
  • Syngold did not introduce standards or blanks into the assaying chain but carried out diligent re-sampling of the mineralization.

IZI Medical Products Announces the Launch of its fully automatic Quick-Core Auto Biopsy System

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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Medicine, Clinical medicine, Medical specialties, Biopsy, Interventional radiology, Interventional oncology, Radiology, Sampling

OWINGS MILLS, Md., March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- IZI Medical Products, LLC ("IZI"), a leading manufacturer of medical devices used in interventional radiology and interventional oncology procedures, announces the launch of its Quick-Core Auto Biopsy System ("Quick-Core Auto") for soft tissue biopsy.

Key Points: 
  • OWINGS MILLS, Md., March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- IZI Medical Products, LLC ("IZI"), a leading manufacturer of medical devices used in interventional radiology and interventional oncology procedures, announces the launch of its Quick-Core Auto Biopsy System ("Quick-Core Auto") for soft tissue biopsy.
  • The Quick-Core Auto is a lightweight, fully automatic biopsy device that builds upon the legacy of IZI's Quick-Core semi-automatic biopsy system, and offers the same reliability, precision, and quality.
  • The Quick-Core Auto has three programmable firing modes for tissue sampling automatic, delay and zero-throw mode.
  • As a leading innovator, manufacturer, and distributor of quality medical devices, IZI Medical provides the continuity that our healthcare partners need to succeed.

Colibri Resource Corp Samples up to 41.0 Grams per Tonne Gold from Recent Trenching on the Evelyn Gold Project, Northwestern Sonora

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Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Digital signal processing, Chemistry, Physical sciences, Signal processing, Natural sciences, Sampling, Gold

The program was planned to follow up on very positive results obtained from mapping, sampling, and trenching programs completed during 2020.

Key Points: 
  • The program was planned to follow up on very positive results obtained from mapping, sampling, and trenching programs completed during 2020.
  • Fifty-three of the samples returned values greater than 0.1 g/t Au, 25 samples returned values greater than 0.5 g/t Au and 16 samples returned grades greater than 1.0 g/t Au.
  • The Evelyn Gold Project is an Orogenic-type gold target located in the Caborca Gold Belt of northwestern Sonora.
  • The samples collected during the trenching program and reported here are chip samples of outcrop and sub-crop exposed in the trenches.