As far as we can ascertain, this is the first study in OA that evaluated presenteeism in a complete context of worker impairment along with absenteeism.
As far as we can ascertain, this is the first example of meta-analysis of individual patient data in wound research.
As far as we can ascertain, this is the first published attempt to describe the entire infectious disease surveillance sector at a country level.
Although the exact time when a pregnancy complication occurs may sometimes be difficult to ascertain, this is not a sufficient reason for abandoning the study of the incidence patterns of pregnancy complications.
As far as we can ascertain, this is the first such estimate for a military population participating in the first world war with this type of a comparison group.
As far as we can ascertain, this is the first published study to quantitatively assess the relationship between the log(s) and the OSI, which represent subjective and objective intraocular forward scattering, respectively, in an ophthalmologically normal population.
As far as we can ascertain, this is the first study to objectively assess the effect of pupil size on detailed optical quality parameters, such as the MTF cutoff frequency or the Strehl2D ratio, in astigmatic eyes.
As far as the authors can ascertain, this is the first study, using the standardized test described by the European multicenter study [ 33] and multivariate analysis, aimed specifically at evaluating mHLA-DR expression in a cohort of severe trauma patients.
And as everyone from Mary J Blige to Olivia Newton-John has ascertained, this is the best love of all.
As far as can be ascertained, this is the first investigation of general practitioners' management of UTI in children in Ireland.
As far as could be ascertained, this is the first case of isolation of MDR strain of M. tuberculosis from a HIV-negative but immunosuppressed patient who had an infection with the same, but susceptible strain 6 months before.
