A sign-up sheet was passed around to ascertain interest in starting a new feminist economics network.
It is using a Kickstarter campaign, which has already raised more than $330,000, far surpassing the $28,000 goal, to ascertain interest and figure out the first production runs.
They were then followed up via telephone after two weeks to ascertain interest in being interviewed.
Members of the research team then attempted to contact the named GP (and other GPs in the practice) and the practice manager to ascertain interest in the study.
Patients who do not respond in two weeks are contacted by telephone by the practice nurse to ascertain interest in participation.
The four participating GPs and the participating primary care team members in the three practices will identify eligible families and make an informal approach to ascertain interest in participation.
Nurses pre-identified all infants born in May-October 2006 (Banyule, Kingston) or June-December 2006 (Frankston) and, at their 12 month visit (or by mail if they did not attend), ascertained interest in the trial.
In this study, the PARITY (Prophylactic Antibiotic Regimens in Tumor Surger y) investigators aimed to examine surgeon preferences in antibiotic prophylaxis and perceptions about current evidence, as well as to ascertain interest in resolving uncertainty in the evidence with clinical trials.
A clinician (SG) was employed on a fractional basis to screen the nursing services clinical record system to identify potential participants; contact both the participant and their regular nursing staff to provide the information sheet; and contact the participant a week later to ascertain their interest in involvement.
The 24-year-old, who was pictured holding the Elephants' shirt, was apparently first approached by the former Arsenal forward and Ivory Coast captain Gervinho, currently playing with Hebei China Fortune, to ascertain his interest.
In the face of scepticism and inertia from the corporate world we started a global experiment to engage with audiences to ascertain human interest to prove that there is a market and a place for altruistic products.
