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Again, with Celebration there is the tendency to inflate the ordinary into the extraordinary, as if the presence of Disney raised the ante, somehow.
The paper also goes front-page with word that GM plans to recall more than one million Cadillacs, Chevrolets and Pontiacs because their air bags can inflate without a crash.
This would simply inflate the measure of scale economies.
In the latest twist, the mayor has the Brooklyn Museum conspiring with Christie's to inflate the value of the art collection in the exhibit.
Areas under the ROC curve have been reported to range from 0.65 to 0.77 in case series comprised of patients enrolled in screening trials [ 4 19 20 21 ] or followed in urologic practice [ 22 ] . Among urologic studies, we found only Labrie and colleagues reporting a substantially higher area under the ROC curve: 0.88 (SE 0.03) [ 23 ] . However, biopsies were performed only when digital rectal or transrectal ultrasound examinations were abnormal, which would inflate the apparent sensitivity of an elevated PSA level.