Therefore, genera, families and higher taxonomic ranks based on the arbitrary species can only be arbitrary, reflecting not necessarily accurate natural relationships among the bacteria.
These cutoffs, though arbitrary, reflect the difference in complexity between the yeast and mouse genomes - the conclusions drawn from the benchmark are not heavily influenced by this choice.
However, the follow-up of these apparently benign and nonfunctioning masses is arbitrary, reflecting the clinical experience of the individual Unit rather than deriving from clinical studies planned to evaluate this aspect.
Note that the choice of a gamma distribution is not arbitrary but reflects the observation that healthcare resource use and costs are skewed with non-negative values ranging from zero to positive infinity.
The choice of degrees of freedom for the t-distribution is arbitrary; it reflects the fact that most sample sizes supporting a tree biomass model are in the range of 6 30 [21].
We included a neutral class to capture slopes which only receive sun at sunrise and sunset (120o 150o and 300o 330o), and are assumed to be cooler than southwesterly slopes (although the size of this class is arbitrary, it reflects a range over which heat load rapidly changes [McCune 2007]).
Cell index (arbitrary unit reflecting the cell-sensor impedance) was measured every 15 minutes during the first 4 hours for better resolution at attachment and spreading phase.
Traditional classification of Culicidae based on the phenetic framework of Edwards [ 7] resulted in arbitrary groupings reflecting intuitive interpretation of morphological similarities.
It should also be noted calculating censored mean pVL levels allowed for the reporting of mean CVs for the two periods, but it is unlikely that censoring of undetectable pVLs to an arbitrary, set value reflects the true distribution of pVLs below the LLOQ.
This dissociation was accounted for by assuming that when the eyes remain fixed, IOR in (relatively arbitrary) manual responses reflects inhibited attention and/or perception (see also Ivanoff & Klein, 2006).
