Chinese Religions and Philosophies. From Past to Present and Present to Past. (The word religion did not enter the Chinese lexicon until the 19th century.) This essay examines Chinese belief systems, which refers to how people think and behave, philosophically and religiously.
TSI stands for thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin. A TSI test measures the amount of thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin in your blood. TSIs are antibodies that tell the thyroid gland to swell and release excess amounts of thyroid hormone into the blood. A blood sample is needed.
If diphtheria is suspected, then a sample of the bacteria is isolated from the patient and cultured, and toxigenicity testing is performed. If the bacteria is C. diphtheriae, the substrain is further identified-intermedius, mitis, and gravis. To test for toxigenicity, the Elek test is performed.