First and foremost, the selection bias cannot be excluded as only medically fit patients with very good performance status might have been treated with bevacizumab-containing therapy among the elderly mCRC patients in contrast to younger patients where indication criteria tend to be less strict.
In America, direct democracy applies first and foremost to the selection of president.
First and foremost is the selection of initial antibiotic therapy before susceptibility test results become available.
Area under concentration time curve (AUC0→ t ) was calculated according to linear trapezoidal method using GraphPad Prism version 4. The foremost criteria for selection of materials for formulation development are pharmaceutical acceptability, nonirritant and nonsensitizing nature, and their generally regarded as safe (GRAS) categorization.
Foremost among these is the selection of a suitable material for the porous matrix.
Foremost among these is potential selection bias, since not all studies included were surveys of the general population (or proxies thereof, such as prospective blood donors).
A foremost requirement for the selection of enhanced bidirectional cross-feeding is that cross-feeding already exist in at least one direction, say from X to Y.
Sexual selection acts foremost on the gonad/gametogenesis and the development of sex-specific behaviors, which require differentiation of the brain.
Although resistance is a worldwide concern, it is first and foremost a local problem: selection and amplification of resistant members of a species are occurring in individual hospitals (and communities), which can then spread worldwide [ 22].
The foremost criterion for expert selection was the extent of their expertise and experience with asthma and its prevention in children and/or research experience in the field of efficacy and cost-effectiveness [ 29].
Following are excerpts from the announcement yesterday by Gov. George W. Bush of Texas and Dick Cheney that Mr. Cheney would be Mr. Bush's running mate, as recorded by The New York Times: Throughout the vice-presidential selection process my foremost goal has been to select an outstanding individual who is capable of serving as president of the United States.
