The PRUNE is a brief, open-access, patient-reported outcome measure for patients with ulnar nerve compression that demonstrates strong measurement properties.
It is also possible that study participants may have underreported some issues as we used a brief open-ended question to assess reasons for attrition.
In the year 1939, for example, just before the breakout of war in Europe and prior to our country's entry, for some refugees, primarily those within Europe's Jewish communities, the exit door, though slammed tightly shut for the majority, contained a slight and brief open crack for some.
Knowing you are truly not alone might assuage some of the pain, might take you outside yourself for a brief moment, open your heart just a touch more.
The rest of us were allowed in to Court Nine for some brief open sessions - but most of the time the doors were locked.
In China's case, however, its spasm of economic panic may have opened a brief window for outside pressure.
— CATHERINE RAMPELL ORLANDO — After a brief, polite opening few minutes, Mr. Perry and Mr. Romney came back after a commercial break ready for verbal combat.
One of his best-known poems, "A Brief for the Defense," opened with these lines about the need to accommodate oneself to tragedy: Sorrow everywhere.
This annual marathon of showcase concerts began in 1980, and no matter what the recording business has gone through, there have always been more bands willing to play a brief set for audiences whose members might open new doors.
His celebrated poem A Brief for the Defense, which opens Refusing Heaven, is Gilbert's post-9/11 carpe diem: Sorrow everywhere.
