Preliminary examinations are used to determine whether the court has the jurisdiction to open a formal investigation.
Preliminary examinations based on seismographic measurements make it possible to estimate the intensity of shocks and, thus, evaluate the amount of damage caused by a given amount of dynamite.
Preliminary examinations of patient responses to a few subsets of factors indicate that strongly orthogonal clusters of patients exist in the iPHA set, using the k-means clustering algorithm.
The ICC is also conducting "preliminary examinations" into eight further conflicts, including in Afghanistan, Colombia and Burundi, a spokesperson said.
The ICC's 10 separate, preliminary examinations cover a broader geographical area: Afghanistan, Burundi, Colombia, Gabon, Guinea, Iraq, Nigeria, Palestine, the Gaza flotilla and Ukraine.
During preliminary examinations, 1890s architectural details have turned up behind modern walls, like classical pilasters and stained-glass windows with purple, gold and ocher petals.
