We considered only 1 1 human mouse and human rhesus macaque orthologs to avoid the confounding factor of gene duplication; furthermore, we considered only the longest isoforms of alternatively spliced genes.
To avoid the confounding factor of seasonal variation of vitamin D levels, the recruitment of study subjects was confined to women whose 24 30th weeks of gestation (i.e., the first, midgestational blood sampling) spanned winter months (i.e., January, February, and March).
The behavioral testing of PCB exposure effects was completed before PND 70 to avoid the confounding factor of hypertension that SHR/NCrl develop from 10to1212 weeks of age [ 62].
Though this may not be realistic, it allows us to avoid the confounding factor of model mismatch in evaluating HyDOT.
Though this may not be realistic, it allows us to avoid the confounding factor of model mismatch in evaluating the inversion method being considered in this paper.
To avoid the confounding factor of anti-platelet therapies or dosage effects on measured platelet activity, all patients taking one or more anti-platelet medication (e.g. aspirin, dipyradimole, or clopidogrel) prior to stroke onset were excluded from enrollment.
In fact, with the exception (in this study) of a small minority of non-nulliparous women who had never breastfed, only nulliparous women were enrolled, to avoid the confounding factor of breast-feeding, known to determine a significant decrease in organochlorine body burden.
To avoid the confounding factors of respiratory muscle activity and dynamic hyperinflation on the calculation of cuff-leak volume, the patients were paralyzed and ventilated with settings that permitted the respiratory system to reach passive functional residual capacity at the end of expiration.
"Our political opponents absolutely avoid acknowledging the factors of illegal migration and open borders in these attacks".
Using trees with equal-length branches avoided the confounding factor of different levels of multiple substitutions per site expected when comparing long and short branches.
