Black has represented hardships as well as strength for overcoming those hardships, and gold is for the sun shining on Jamaica. History of the Jamaican Flag. After gaining independence from the British West Indies in 1962, Jamaica launched a national competition to find the design for their new national flag. Of many designs submitted, the gold saltire, or X, beat out various striped flags in the same color scheme.
Detective quantum efficiency. The detective quantum efficiency (often abbreviated as DQE) is a measure of the combined effects of the signal (related to image contrast) and noise performance of an imaging system, generally expressed as a function of spatial frequency.
The de Quervainâs screening tool (DQST) includes the following criteria: 1  Pain centered over the radial styloid. 2  Tenderness and swelling of the first extensor compartment. 3  Painful thumb extension with resistance. 4  Positive Finkelsteinâs test (see below)