3 log in 57 percent

Spanish translation: 3 órdenes de magnitud en 57% (por ciento)

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English term or phrase:3 log in 57 percent
Spanish translation:3 órdenes de magnitud en 57% (por ciento)
Entered by: surfzone

06:02 Jan 13, 2006
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Medical - Mathematics & Statistics / oncology
English term or phrase: 3 log in 57 percent
In an abstract, Results section:

In patients who had a complete cytogenetic remission, levels of BCR-ABL transcripts after 12 months of treatment had fallen by at least 3 log in 57 percent of those in the imatinib group and 24 percent of those in the group given interferon plus cytarabine (P=0.003).

*** 3 log in 57 percent ***

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surfzone
surfzone
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3 órdenes de magnitud en 57 % (por ciento)
Explanation:
log se refiere a la escala logarítmica, que generalmente se traduce com "órdenes de magnitud", que significa potencias de 10. Quiere decir que en el 57% de los casos la variación fue 1000 (10 elevado a la tercera potencia)
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Javier Perez
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Javier, gracias por tu respuesta y la nota. Más adelante en la traducción he encontrado una explicación del método y se asemeja mucho a tu nota.

¡Gracias por todo!
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4 +23 veces en un 57 por ciento
Jose Alvarez de la Puente
53 órdenes de magnitud en 57 % (por ciento)
Javier Perez


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3 veces en un 57 por ciento


Explanation:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=log
A record of a vehicle's performance, as the flight record of an aircraft. A record, as of the performance of a machine or the progress of an undertaking: a computer log; a trip log.

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agree  Ernesto Morales: Da entender que se registró tres veces
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3 órdenes de magnitud en 57 % (por ciento)


Explanation:
log se refiere a la escala logarítmica, que generalmente se traduce com "órdenes de magnitud", que significa potencias de 10. Quiere decir que en el 57% de los casos la variación fue 1000 (10 elevado a la tercera potencia)

Javier Perez
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Local time: 08:12
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PRO pts in category: 4
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Javier, gracias por tu respuesta y la nota. Más adelante en la traducción he encontrado una explicación del método y se asemeja mucho a tu nota.

¡Gracias por todo!
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