The phrase "a fixed practice" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a routine or established method that is consistently followed in a particular context.
Example: "In our organization, a fixed practice of weekly meetings ensures that everyone stays informed about ongoing projects."
Alternatives: "a set procedure" or "an established routine".
Here we demonstrate an essential role of stimulus temporal patterning in enabling perceptual learning by showing that 'unlearnable' contrast and motion-direction discrimination (resulting from random interleaving of stimuli) can be readily learned when stimuli are practiced in a fixed temporal pattern.
In addition, practice was incorporated as a fixed effect and practice-specific sampling fractions were allowed for using appropriate weights in the regression analyses.
"While well intentioned, and in accordance with initial requests from the jockeys for clarity and consistency via a fixed number, in practice the new rules have repeatedly thrown up examples of no consideration being given to the manner in which the whip is used as well as riders being awarded disproportionate penalties for the offence committed".
A linear mixed model will be calculated with group (SCM/TAU) as a fixed effect and practice as a random effect under control of the baseline value of the PHQ-9 as covariate.
These requirements do not pose any restriction to typical uses in the analysis of protein structures, since protein structures are specified only to a fixed precision in practice, and there is an upper bound to the distance between protein residues.
Where there were multiple service providers within a five mile radius of the hospital (GP practices, physiotherapists and osteopaths in private practice), a fixed interval sampling method based on a sampling frame ordered by distance from the hospital was trialled.
All analyses were adjusted for age, gender, and general practice (fitted as a fixed effect to allow for between practice consulting behaviour and for geographical location).
If surgeons are rushing around competing for a bigger slice of a fixed pie in private practice, that is not compatible with improving the NHS.
In Great Britain, for example, there are important elements of regional autonomy in the relationship between Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland and the national government in London; and the complex system of elected local governments, although in constitutional theory subject to abrogation by Parliament, is in practice a fixed and fairly formidable part of the apparatus of British government.
This is important because, in practice, a fixed false negative rate represents a critical limit of tolerance in diagnostic medicine.
