"I am consequently of the view that the metadata Telstra holds in connection with an individual which permits that individual's identity to reasonably be ascertained from that metadata constitutes the personal information of that individual under the Privacy Act".
Suicide method was ascertained from that recorded in the ONS Certificate of Death [ 25] (ICD-10 codes) [ 26] and the following groups were considered: hanging - X83.8, drowning - X71, cutting - X78, poisoning - X64 and Y1, jumping (either from high place or in front of a vehicle) - X80, X81, burning - X76, X77 and undetermined cause of death - Yxx.
The importance of OpenStreetMap can be ascertained from the fact that soon after the earthquake, OpenStreetMap had become the de facto source of data to map the crisis afflicted parts of Haiti for most of the UN agencies (Initiative et al. 2010).
However, cardiac disease was not statistically significant when we included cases ascertained from hospital records that were more than two years prior to delivery.
Self-reported source of infection was ascertained from categorical responses that included butchering/slaughtering cattle, handling/preparing meat, performing field work/harvesting crops, processing hair/wool, receiving an insect bite, unknown, or other.
In addition merging these data with exposures during work-life would allow researchers in occupational health to utilize an outcome variable (i.e., health at age 65 66, as ascertained from Medicare claims) that is less biased by selection out of the workforce than private insurance claims, as well as more timely and relevant than cause and age of death.
Typically, data detailing host-pathogen interactions is ascertained from small-scaled experiments that are designed to target specific proteins, complexes, or pathways of interest.
Age was ascertained from the rostering information that obtained birth day, month, and year for each adult member of the household.
For the serums of Group 1, the DENV serotype that was responsible for the disease, was identified by RT-PCR and the presence of IgMs against the infecting DENV serotype was ascertained from a MAC-ELISA that used the corresponding SMB extract as antigen.
One explanation for this could be that conditions that were ascertained from previous hospital records might have been treated and well controlled or be less severe than conditions identified from the index records.
One strength of this study was that the TKR were ascertained from a comprehensive national registry that has been validated against health department unit record data using a sequential multilevel matching process, and, coupled with the retrieval of unreported records, is the most complete set of data relating to hip and knee replacement in Australia.
