E. Mechanical receptors are located in the lungs, upper airways, chest wall, and diaphragm which prevent overdistension of the lungs. F. Respiratory defense mechanisms: 1. filtration of air by the upper airways 2. mucociliary clearance system -which is decreased by infection, atropine, alcohol, dehydration,
However, one. of the most challenging aspects of forensic DNA analysis is the. interpretation of low-level testing results where it is difï¬cult to. distinguish reliably between noise and signal from template DNA. that is associated with an evidence sample (3,4).
This detection limit (with all steps of the analysis included) is called the MDL. The practical method for determining the MDL is to analyze 7 samples of concentration near the expected limit of detection. The standard deviation is then determined.