The criminal investigator seeks to ascertain the methods, motives, and identities of criminals and the identity of victims and may also search for and interrogate witnesses.
As far as we could ascertain, the methods used for application of both types of bandage were in line with manufacturers' recommendations, relevant clinical guidelines, and expert guidance.
They wished and I wished to ascertain the actual facts as to whether there were any living cured cases of this disease and if there actually were, to ascertain the methods of treatment by which these patients had been cured.
To ascertain the best method for cluster detection we compared non-smoothed SIRs, BYM, and Poisson kriging smoothed SIRs.
Further study is needed on clinical outcomes to ascertain the best method of fixation and the long term results of biceps tenodesis.
Concerted and continued efforts to monitor the reporting quality of RCTs, to ascertain the best method(s) for its evaluation [ 36] and to encourage the mandatory registration of trials [ 8, 10, 12, 37- 39] are recommended.
We use numerical simulations to ascertain the convergence of the method.
Numerical simulations are used to ascertain the convergence of the method.
To ascertain the reproducibility of the method, calibration curves were constructed for each experiment from BCECF-labelled cells suspended in media with different pHe, and in the presence of 40 µM nigericin (Sigma), an ionophore that exchanges K+ and H+ across cellular membranes.
A pilot study of four stroke survivors will ascertain the feasibility of the method.
Our study has 2 aims: 1) to investigate phylogenetic relatedness among plasmids carrying extended-spectrum cephalosporin (ESC) and carbapenem resistance determinants emerging in 3 different countries (Greece, Italy, and the United States) and 2) to ascertain the sensitivity of the method.
