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What is the main procedure described in the text for conducting the Draize test?
Injecting the substance into one eye and using the other eye as control
How long should the material be left in the eye during the Draize test?
24 hours
What is discouraged when conducting the Draize test according to the text?
Routinely using extra animals to measure irrigation impact
Which of the following is recommended for animal population in regulatory standards according to the text?
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What is the significance of initial reaction to discomfort during instillation according to the text?
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Why does the importance of determining reaction reversibility decrease with increasing initial irritating response severity according to the text?
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Which method provides information on health hazards likely to arise from exposure to test substances via intradermal injection and/or epidermal application?
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Which test uses animals and should only be conducted as a last resort for animal welfare reasons?
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Which test has been shown to be less sensitive than the Guinea Pig Maximisation Test?
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What do both the GPMT and Buehler Tests provide data on?
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When should the Buehler and Guinea Pig maximization tests be conducted according to the text?
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What is a key difference between the GPMT and Buehler Test mentioned in the text?
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How many days does the GPMT testing take approximately?
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What should be the concentration of test chemicals for each induction exposure in GPMT?
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How many animals are required in the treatment group for BUEHLER testing?
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When should the induction period occur in the BUEHLER testing?
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What is the significance of a 'closed patch' in BUEHLER testing?
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How long after removing the patch are observations made following challenge exposure in BUEHLER testing?
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What statistical measure is typically used to express the variability of data from all individual repetitions?
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Which parameter is used as an average value in the context of the KeratinoSens™ test method?
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In which test method are fold luciferase induction activity and viability values typically tabulated?
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What measure is used to calculate the variability in luminescence readings for the solvent/vehicle/negative control in each experiment?
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What does EC1.5 represent in the context of the text provided?
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Which parameter is typically used to assess the prediction model rating of the test chemical?
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What is the recommended ratio for incubating cysteine and lysine peptide solutions with the test chemical?
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What is the incubation temperature specified for the reaction solution?
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How many calibration solutions should be prepared to cover the range for both cysteine and lysine peptides?
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What is the minimum r2 value recommended for suitable calibration curves?
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How is peptide depletion monitored in the test described?
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When should a single HPLC analysis be considered sufficient for a test chemical in the Direct Peptide Reactivity Assay (DPRA)?
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