Sentence:  The Mecholyl and noradrenalin tests applied with certain precautions are reliable indicators of this central autonomic balance , but for the sake of correlating autonomic and clinical states , and of studying the effect of certain therapeutic procedures on central autonomic reactions , additional tests <WSD>seem</WSD> to be desirable . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect