Word: detective
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...Patterson, founder of the genetic section of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine and widely acknowledged as the dean of canine genetic research, "The common misconception is that breeders are cavalier." The real problem, he says, is that they have not had the scientific information to detect hidden defects and thus avoid bad breeding decisions...
Sensors are used to detect objects, life forms or anomalies in space. Reconfiguring them simply adjusts them, like focusing a lens. Watch for terms like "reconfigure" and "remodulate"; they're the workhorses of the Trek vocabulary...
...might seem futile to try to detect a problem for which there is neither a treatment nor a cure. However, neurologists estimate that at least 25% of all people who are told they have Alzheimer's actually suffer from some problem that can be treated, such as depression. A definitive test for Alzheimer's would advise doctors whether or not to keep looking for the source of patients' memory lapses...
...streets of Shanghai. Even in boomtowns, checks and credit cards are in limited use, and cash careens through the system at an alarming rate. Tracking down the counterfeiters is not easy, says Dai Weiwen, head of the exchange section of the Bank of China, because "our methods of detecting fakes are primitive." In recent months, however, banks have begun to install equipment such as money scanners to ferret out forgeries. The Industrial and Commerical Bank of China even fines employees who fail to detect fake currency...
...abortion study -- and in most other scientific research. The paper asserted that having an abortion raised a woman's risk of contracting breast cancer 50% on average. But, as an editorial in the NCI Journal points out, that is just about the smallest risk such a study can detect. (By contrast, a heavy smoker faces a 3000% jump in the odds of developing lung cancer.) Nonetheless, antiabortion groups suspected that the media's caution reflected a pro-choice bias. "Even if you want to say the study is inconclusive, I think women have a right to know," says Paige Cunningham...