The phrase "ascertain prospective" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to be an attempt to express the idea of determining or identifying potential candidates or opportunities, but it lacks clarity and proper context.
Example: "We need to ascertain prospective clients for our new marketing strategy."
Alternatives: "identify potential" or "determine possible".
Treatment outcomes were ascertained for 225 persons.
This might be better ascertained using prospective clinical cohorts, which collect such data routinely.
It should be noted, however, that the retrospective nature of our investigation removed any Hawthorne bias with regard to performance, and therefore may provide a truer depiction of procedural dynamics than could have been ascertained through prospective methods.
The primary outcome was the rate of falls over 12 months, ascertained using prospective, participant-completed monthly falls diaries, mailed to the research team at the end of every month.
Also, studies which ascertain falls using prospective monthly follow-up may report higher prevalences of falls than studies using a single item recall over the past year.
Once ascertained that the prospective testimony of a state official was "in fact provided on a confidential basis", the state then enjoyed the full protection of Rule 70, and the testimony may not be introduced into evidence without the state's consent.
Whether the observed statistical trend was due to loss of physiologic reserve, the presence of other comorbidities not captured on our retrospective review, or the continuation of physiologic processes protective in obese patients cannot be ascertained without further prospective investigation.
The relationship between systemic exposure and treatment efficacy has not been demonstrated, however, and can only be ascertained by conducting prospective randomised studies that compare a targeted dose adjustment to a fixed dose (Milano et al, 1994).
The models described here are submitted to the Earthquake Forecasting Testing Experiment for Japan and are undergoing testing against other well known models in a prospective environment to ascertain which submitted model best forecasts the seismicity of Japan.
At this point, we do not know to what extent the profile is stably maintained through the life of an individual, and longitudinal studies will be required to monitor this and ascertain whether there is any prospective impact on the likelihood of development of chronic disease.
