Mike Hale of The New York Times described the series as a "variation on "24" that offers reasonably competent action scenes, depressingly casual depictions of torture and death, and a comic-book conspiracy story line while also being an efficient nudity delivery system".
"Strike Back," beginning Friday night, is a British variation on "24" that offers reasonably competent action scenes, depressingly casual depictions of torture and death, and a comic-book conspiracy story line while also being an efficient nudity delivery system.
The stunts are impressive ... as an action picture, it's well made, but it never becomes more than competent action and I just can't recommend it for that".
These data sources permit the measurement of rates of adherence to recommended health care processes (e.g., a competent and timely action by the health care practitioner), structures (e.g., the availability of diagnostic imaging equipment), or outcomes (e.g., event-free survival; quality of life).
A competent strategist engages in no action when she follows these principles.
The transition from a protamine-rich sperm nucleus to a competent paternal pronucleus requires the action of numerous maternally deposited proteins in the egg (McLay and Clarke, 2003).
VSED can be defined as an action by a competent, capacitated person, who voluntarily and deliberately chooses to stop eating and drinking with the primary intention of hastening death because of the persistence of unacceptable suffering.
VSED can be defined as an action by a competent, capacitated person, who voluntarily and deliberately chooses to stop eating and drinking with the primary intention to hasten death because unacceptable suffering persists [ 14, 20, 31, 41].
VSED is described as an action of a competent, capacitated person, who voluntarily and deliberately chooses to stop eating and drinking with the primary intention to hasten death because unacceptable suffering persists [ 14, 20, 31, 41].
