The phrase "and ascertained is" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey that something has been confirmed or verified, but the structure is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The information was gathered and ascertained is accurate."
Alternatives: "and confirmed is" or "and verified is".
To test these hypotheses, we performed MRI-based hypothalamic and third ventricle volume measurements by utilizing a modification of other published methods [ 48– 52] and ascertained whether group or sex differences were influenced by differences in inflammatory markers and neurotrophins.
The diagnosis of main focus for the study had been alcoholism, and the prevalence of alcoholism as well as other social, demographic and genetic characteristics is very similar in these family-ascertained population cross-sections to the source tribal populations.
Hence, although incident cases and procedures were under-ascertained, fair to very good agreement between the two data sources was shown for cancer diagnosis (κ-coefficient ranging from 0.42 to 0.84) and curative surgery (κ-coefficient ranging from 0.68 to 0.83) (Table 1).
Once the quality of the prediction is ascertained (validation), the model can be used for predicting the properties of compounds not present in the training series (prediction).
A total of 513 population-ascertained controls were randomly invited from individuals of the same sex and 5-year age group by the family doctor of cases, and 174 sibling controls participated, as described previously [ 18].
These non-ascertained individuals are considered individually in the "full likelihood" function (2).
Then we numbered BSUs and ascertained study sites through simple random sampling.
This finding suggests caution when interpreting results from studies including probable and ascertained TB cases in children, for possible misdiagnoses.
The current study assessed the ADHD symptoms level in ED patients and ascertained differences among ED subtypes.
We reviewed entry screening policies adopted by different nations and ascertained dates of official report of the first laboratory-confirmed imported H1N1 case and the first laboratory-confirmed untraceable or 'local' H1N1 case.
