"That gives you a good baseline starting point," Dr. Maynard said.
The five-year follow-up survey included more comprehensive information on food intake frequency than the baseline survey and accordingly was used as baseline (starting point) for the present study.
Developed with active participation from patients, researchers, and the PCORI staff (as an external experts' advisory group that did not participate in conducting this SR), this systematic review takes priority in establishing the baseline starting point from which we need to advance the science of patient engagement in research.
Estimates of the likelihood of symptomatic pathologies being present that affect these sites will increase or decrease as details from the history and physical examination are added to the imaging findings, but prior probability (prevalence) of these conditions in the population of interest is the necessary baseline and starting point [ 24].
Until that census is performed, "Towards a Baseline" provides a much-needed starting point for planning future national and international assistance, which is expected to grow massively after the conclusion of a comprehensive peace agreement.
For this reason, a variety of prospective spatiotemporal early detection methods were used to investigate the effect on detection of DNR clusters of using the three different probability models (STP, Poisson, Bernoulli), baselines (fixed starting point, moving 2 year) and covariates (regional laboratory, carcass submissions).
These baseline data constitute a necessary starting point for evaluating and improving the care given in these settings.
Considering these preliminary findings, psychoeducational interventions could constitute useful baseline therapies that constitute a useful starting point for more complex treatments, and that can show efficacy comparable to more complex interventions on less severe cases.
But the rest of us are well aware that this is nothing but a metaphor; nonetheless, most of what I and many others do is sorta-kinda neoclassical because it takes the maximization-and-equilibrium world as a starting point or baseline, which is then modified — but not too much — in the direction of realism.
This baseline data serves as a starting point from which to make informed decisions.
