According to the AGREE II instrument, a substantial increase in the overall quality score of MSK-US was observed from 2001 to 2012, but not so from 2012 to 2014.
Developing and standardizing a large-scale instrument requires a substantial amount of resources, so if these are not available the only recourse is the use of "borrowed" standardized tests.
The findings of our focus group sessions show that gut feelings as a diagnostic instrument play a substantial role in general practice and that many GPs rely on it.
A complementary ribonucleotide (C-rGTP) elicited a fluorescence change whose early stages resemble that of the corresponding dNTP: a substantial fluorescence increase in the instrument dead time followed by an increase at a rate of ∼100 s–1.
Some of the instruments dedicated a substantial amount of their instructional format items to particular practices.
Our systematic review showed that for some major chronic diseases a substantial number of self-efficacy instruments are available that cover disease- and task-specific aspects of self-efficacy.
In addition, meta-regression was performed and a substantial heterogeneity caused by the measuring instrument was found.
A substantial heterogeneity caused by the measuring instrument was found, and the subgroup analysis was performed by restricting studies to a similar measuring instrument (PATHFAST, Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corporation, Japan).
The review was hindered by an absence of information on the VA instrument used by a substantial number of studies.
When asked about the instrument's relevance, a substantial portion of the sample provided mixed responses, stating that the EQ-5D could be relevant to other and possibly more severe patients, but not to their own personal experience.
In one study, implementation of a web-based instrument resulted in a substantial reduction in administration and bureaucracy for course organisers and proved to be a valuable research tool, while students and teachers were overwhelmingly in favour of the new course structure (Wheeler et al. 2003).
