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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are a paucity" is not correct in standard written English.
The term "paucity" refers to a scarcity or lack of something, and it is typically used as a noun without a verb like "are" preceding it.
Example: "There is a paucity of resources available for the project."
Alternatives: "are few" or "are limited".
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There are a paucity of studies investigating the clinical significance of normalising angiogenic axis.
There are a paucity of long-term studies from the United States concerning predictors of outcome among depressed older community adults.
While there are a paucity of successful treatment options currently available, diet and other lifestyle changes can play an important role in such an approach.
There are a paucity of data on bicarbonate administration in the pediatric DKA population with no randomized trials performed, forcing the extrapolation of adult data, despite the likelihood that the pathophysiology in both cohorts are fundamentally different.
Therefore, we chose a slightly lower dose (0.084 mg/kg), aiming, for both ethical and scientific purposes, to determine doses with minimal side effects, which is important since there are a paucity of human dose ranging studies of ketamine in this use.
There are a paucity of studies that have investigated regeneration of oligodendrocytes in the ischemic brain during long-term stroke recovery [12].
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In the Edwards case, there was a paucity of evidence.
But there is a paucity of good new buildings.
(Granted, there is a paucity of competition for that role).
And there is a paucity of viable routes.
There is a paucity of treatment options for bipolar depression.
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