To ascertain reliability of hippocampal volumes, ratings for 28 hippocampi were repeated independently by a trained research assistant, showing excellent reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.992).
The questionnaire was pretested on 10 students who did not take part in the actual study, to clarify instructions, relevancy, usability and completion time, to refine and introduce modifications where necessary and to ascertain reliability and validity [ 21].
A rigorous data verification protocol applied by the CSD ensured quality control, with 15% of the households revisited to ascertain reliability of answers concerning factual matters, such as the number of rooms in the dwelling.
To ascertain reliability for important muscles such as orbicularis oculi, zygomaticus, and perhaps corrugator, it seems important to reevaluate these muscles, together with frontalis, in patients with peripheral facial paresis.
We then ascertained the reliability of conducting eQTL analysis when using genotypes derived solely from the RNA-seq data.
We ascertained the reliability of our test over a wide range of mtDNA copies, from 10 to 10.
To demonstrate an insensitivity to template input amounts for this particular method, we ascertained the reliability of our test over a wide range of mtDNA copies, from 10 to 10. Results are displayed in Supp. Figure S1.
We furthermore ascertained the reliability of our test over a wide range of mtDNA copies, from 10 to 10, encompassing the mtDNA copy number usually present in isolated cells such as lymphocytes, blastomeres, and oocytes.
In addition, the internal consistency was checked to ascertain the reliability of the questionnaire.
A significant improvement on the HD of the device by using high-k spacers is inferred, thereby ascertaining better reliability for RF applications.
The available code provisions for crack width and spacing in steel RC elements are reviewed in this paper in order to ascertain the reliability of their application to RC elements strengthened with FRP sheets.
