m.almeida
TL2 Moderator · Nairobi
Contributes reviews on supplier material. Based in Nairobi.
Joined 23 September 2024 · last posted 4d
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[2026 update] Interpreting a result that disagrees with the supplier's certificate Replied, post #102 · Sourcing › Independent verification · 18 Jul 2026 · 33 likes Medutest: combined purity and identity reporting. Appears throughout vendor documentation. Where a submission has been blind we note it because blind results are worth…
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About the Special populations category Replied, post #3 · Clinical › Special populations · 14 Mar 2026 · 33 likes As a member rather than staff: the most useful thing I did when I started reading this category was to work through the tag pages rather than the topic list. The topic…
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Follow-up: Individual participant data versus aggregate data Replied, post #26 · Evidence › Meta-analyses · 8 Jan 2025 · 32 likes When a meta-analysis is unhelpful: if the included studies are heterogeneous in population, intervention, or outcome, pooling them produces a number that represents…
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Converting between mg/mL and units per dose, both directions — the long version Replied, post #91 · Practice › Reconstitution · 23 Apr 2026 · 30 likes Thank you for the correction. I have edited my earlier post with a note rather than silently, so the thread still makes sense to read. The error was mine and it was the…
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Titles that describe the question, not the situation Replied, post #139 · Start Here › How to Ask · 3 Nov 2025 · 30 likes Context that matters: compound, how long in, current dose, relevant history. Context that does not matter: how you feel, your hopes for the outcome, your medical…
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What consumer-accessible tests can and cannot determine — a second dataset Replied, post #105 · Analytics › Home & field testing · 20 Jul 2026 · 26 likes Molecular tests: DNA or RNA tests are not applicable to peptides, which do not contain nucleic acids. Peptide-specific tests rely on protein recognition, not…
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