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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 4.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Eng Trans. 2011;4(2):69–80. doi: 10.13031/2013.38508

Table 2.

Summary statistics for thermal performance of NINA amplification device.

Statistic 22°C Ambient Temperature
31°C Ambient Temperature
Mean[a] SD[b] Mean[a] SD[b]
Time to 61°C[c] 10.91 1.76 11.42 3.46
Average[d] 63.4 0.6 64.1 1.2
SD[d] 0.7 0.3 1.3 0.8
Median[d] 63.5 0.7 64.2 1.2
Minimum[d] 60.8 0.3 60.5 0.7
Maximum[d] 64.3 1.0 65.9 2.3
[a]

Mean of observed parameter over all trials of devices (n = 9 at each ambient temperature).

[b]

Sample standard deviation of observed parameter over all trials of devices (n = 9 at each temperature).

[c]

Time for regulated chamber to reach 61°C after adding water to CaO (min).

[d]

Temperature parameter observed at 1 h intervals after introducing sample (°C).