We hypothesised that additional antiangiogenic therapy acts in a contrasting manner to that of standard chemotherapy on the laboratory markers.
Unlike a contrast-based (standard) meta-analysis approach, an arm-based approach will be applied to conduct a network meta-analysis and combine both direct and indirect comparisons.
Unlike a contrast-based (standard) meta-analysis approach, an arm-based network meta-analysis enables statistical inference from combining both direct and indirect comparisons within an empirical Bayes framework.
For example, in a meta-analysis, the contrast standard error map is required, while a comparison across neuroimaging processing pipelines would require a complete description of the analysis pipeline including software-specific parameterization.
Growing up as a Chinese girl in Australia also meant that I was subjected to two contrasting standards of beauty.
A total of 109 patients per condition is needed to conduct the study, assuming an alpha risk of 0.05 and a beta risk of < 0.20 in a bilateral contrast, a standard error of 12.1 reported in a previous study [ 21], and a 15% dropout rate.
In contrast, standard radiotherapy uses a homogeneous dose coverage of the target with the aim of depositing a lethal dose in every tumour cell.
By contrast, standard O2-sensitive [NiFe]-hydrogenases have a [4Fe 4S] cubane as a proximal cluster and rapidly form an inactive Ni-A 'unready' state upon O2 attack.
By contrast, standard polls can cause an error in the opposite direction.
By contrast, standard sleep architecture did not differentiate between groups.
By contrast, standard leaf and wood traits, such as specific leaf area and wood density, had little explanatory power.
