self-collected


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self′-collect′ed



adj.
self-possessed.
[1705–15]
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Adj.1.self-collected - in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble"
composed - serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"; "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time"
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there sat Queequeg, altogether cool and self-collected; right in the middle of the room; squatting on his hams, and holding Yojo on top of his head.
Let him hear in season that he is born into the state of war, and that the commonwealth and his own well-being require that he should not go dancing in the weeds of peace, but warned, self-collected and neither defying nor dreading the thunder, let him take both reputation and life in his hand, and, with perfect urbanity dare the gibbet and the mob by the absolute truth of his speech and the rectitude of his behavior.
Acceptability of self-collected human papillomavirus specimens as a primary screen for cervical cancer.
Using this alternative has many advantages, among which are urine sampling is preferred and acceptable by all women, it is non-invasive and can be self-collected, there is no need for pelvic examination, and finally many other sexually transmitted infections can be detected simultaneously (16).
We estimate the Canary Islands' budgetary performance to have improved significantly in 2017, with an operating margin of 9%-10% (2016: 6.2%), boosted by higher self-collected taxes and higher transfers from the financial system of EUR530 million.
It is cleared for use with male and female urine specimens, clinician-instructed self-collected vaginal swab specimens, clinician-collected vaginal swab specimens, endocervical swab specimens and cervical specimens collected in PreservCyt Solution.
The test, marketed by 23andMe, analyzes DNA from a self-collected saliva sample.
The questionnaire also investigated STI test preferences, including the type of specimen they preferred to have tested (vaginal swab or urine) and specimen collection methods (self-collected or clinician-collected).
A screening test with a simple and noninvasive collection method is one of the solutions to this problem, and application of HPV testing has now been investigated in other types of self-collected samples such as vaginal samples and urine [2, 3].
The nature activities included were playing in rivers and waterfalls, observing wild animals, collecting flowers and fruits, collecting seeds and twigs, eating self-collected fruit, climbing trees, making kites, fishing, sliding river banks and slopes, playing with soils or sands, making spinning top, making a flower crown, collecting herbs and weeds, catching frogs or spiders, making a bamboo gun or a boat from bamboo, and participating in traditional outdoor games.