The c-index can be interpreted like an area under the curve (AUC), but has the advantage that it allows for censoring and is therefore preferred for survival analyses.
For short-term assessments, a quantitative approach may be preferred, as it allows for getting a more precise and easily communicated result.
This approach to customized database searches is often preferred, because it allows for smaller search spaces and better false discovery rates.
The ontology matches Internet vernacular to the closest relevant MedDRA preferred term, but allows for less specific higher-level terms to be used when not enough detail is available for matching to a preferred term.
Under the given conditions of Eudorina, a heterologous, dominant marker was preferred because it allows for the transformation of wild-type strains, i.e., auxotrophic mutants are not required.
The flat characteristic is preferred for the practical applications because it allows for a stable operation of the magnetoelectric device in a wide range of frequency.
Thus, the representational scheme that allows for the simplest description of reality is always to be preferred – so much the worse for Euclid, and Poincaré, too.
Costs and QALYs accrued in year 2 were discounted at 3.5% to allow for time preference (ie, the tendency to prefer benefits sooner and costs later).
Firstly, lack of a standardized scoring system that considers various patient parameters allows for institutional bias, where one type of anesthesia may be exceedingly preferred over the other.
While I prefer to be Maceo here, Circo Loco allows for plenty of exploration," he tells me.
