At the Britannica Blog, writer Clay Shirky pugnaciously observed that War and Peace was "too long, and not so interesting", further stating that "it would be hard to argue that the last ten years have seen a decrease in either the availability or comprehension of material on scientific or technical subjects".
The number of mice inoculated with each source varied from 5 to 20 for each mouse line depending on availability of material (Table).
From a randomised prospective trial of patients receiving standardised postoperative chemotherapy after radical surgery, 300 cases of primary invasive epithelial ovarian carcinoma were selected without following any rule, other than being dependent on availability of material and willingness to cooperate.
From a previously described group of 254 patients with paired primary breast cancer and (non-bone) metastases, 97 pairs eligible for manufacturing tissue microarrays (TMAs) were selected, based on availability of material (e.g. biopsies with too little tissue were excluded).
The rise of global terrorism, the expanding nuclear club, the increased availability of fissile material on the black market: all point to a higher likelihood of nuclear attack than ever before.
"Deciding on a subject is mostly a cold-blooded business of weighing the subject against potential markets, timeliness, the availability of material, and the likelihood of getting the story, the kinds of factors publishers have to worry about," she explains.
Thus, some variation exists in the "n" available to assess different cytokines in both the asthmatic/bronchiolitis groups and control populations based on availability of materials.
Constraining factors were identified as gaps in UNICEF organizational awareness and application of the MCI, shortage of funds, limits on availability of materials, non-availability of materials in some local languages, and local security, transport and infrastructure problems.
Housing types vary greatly in the interior districts, depending on the availability of materials.
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