It is not good practice to power a study, obtain data from a number of individuals and then after completing data collection to underpower the analysis by dichotomisation, thus discarding a substantial amount of the data and information.
In 156 patients where a TTE study was not diagnostic, a TEE study obtained a defined diagnosis of IE in 122 (78.2%).
A recent study obtained a similar result with pancreatic acinar cells: 50 μ M of pyocyanin decreased tetramethylrhodamine, methyl ester (TMRM) fluorescence by 18% within 40 min (4).
Similarly, a recent study obtained a higher solid recovery of 64.9% from mixed feedstocks under the same reaction conditions but at 10% biomass loading at the 200 mL scale [ 17].
The results were then compared to those of a previous study obtained by a laser thermoacoustic technique (LTAT).
Open image in new window Fig. 12 Two images from a CTPE study obtained in a patient with tricuspid atresia and bidirectional cavopulmonary connection demonstrate poor opacification of right pulmonary artery and non-enhancement of left pulmonary artery (a).
A case study obtained from biological reduction of an ethyl acetoacetate process demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed procedure.
A second study, obtained only in abstract form, reported an increased risk for spontaneous abortions with increased exposure to phthalates (Tabacova et al., 1999).
