Subjects were registered in a patient allocation table by block randomization, and were allocated to either Group A or Group B for investigation in accordance with this allocation table.
"My group, Futurs Médias, initially had the president's blessing and were allocated a frequency.
We checked in, and were allocated a patch of lawn about eight metres by eight, hedged on two sides, a short walk from a shower block, snack bar, swimming pool and playground.
In Bristol, nearly 500 of the 5,000 families applying for a secondary school place didn't receive any of their named choices and were allocated an alternative by the council, while only 72% of applicants received their first preference.
Animals were born from September 1993 to February 1994 and were allocated to treatments according to the following criteria: each two subsequent foals of the same sex, from the same stallion were randomly assigned to opposite treatments.
Subjects: Three groups: 130 high-risk pregnant women, who entered a randomized clinical trial and were allocated to either home (n=69) or in-hospital monitoring (n=61), and a reference cohort of low risk pregnant women (n=55).
A recovery phase followed where all cows were switched to the high-forage, low-polyunsaturated FA diet and were allocated to (1) control (no inoculation) or (2) ruminal inoculation with donor cow digesta (8 kg/d for 6 d).
It was relatively free in the sense that opposition candidates were allowed to campaign openly and were allocated some space in the official media, though the largest opposition party - the banned but partially tolerated Muslim Brotherhood - was prevented from fielding a candidate.
In a 3 x 2 factorial design, C57BL/6 J mice were fed a 30% high-fat diet composed of soybean oil, butter or a 1 1 mixture of BMSO and soybean oil, i.e. SB, BT and BM diets respectively and were allocated to be sedentary or undergo exercise (Ex).
Induction was followed by a recovery phase, where all cows were switched to a high-fiber, low-starch, and low-polyunsaturated fatty acid diet (31.8% neutral detergent fiber, 23% starch, 4.2% total fatty acids, and 1.2% C18 2) and were allocated to (1) control (no inoculation) or (2) ruminal inoculation with donor cow digesta (8 kg/d for 6 d).
At calving, cows were blocked according to parity (second and third or greater) and were allocated to 2 treatments: abomasal infusion of water (n = 4) or abomasal infusion of free AA with casein profile (AA-CN; n = 5) in addition to the same basal diet.
