For this purpose, Hofstede's original instrument was adapted, taking into consideration the characteristics and practices of primary school students.
A decision model was adapted taking into consideration prevalence, disease burden, treatment costs and outcomes for pneumococcal disease severe enough to result in a hospital admission.
In the second Delphi round, experts assessed 79 drugs and preparations, comprising 23 questionable PIM, 47 further suggestions by experts, eight additional drugs from the updated Beers list [ 18] and one drug (naproxen) judged as PIM for which the main reason for PIM was adapted taking recent published data and experts' comments into consideration.
Some PIM concepts were adapted taking the experts' suggestions made during the first Delphi round into account.
To encourage the full implementation of health interventions, international recommendations need to be adapted locally, taking into account the political environment and the socio-cultural context.
The equations need to be adapted to take into account the quadrupolar nature of the deuterons that have spin quantum number I=1 so that the N spectrum features a triplet.
If we are to have lorries on our streets, and we must, they need to be adapted to take into account the other users of the city, including the casual cyclists who use the cycle hire scheme.
More importantly, evidence regarding preventive interventions developed in other 'places' may be applicable at a new site, or may be adapted to take into account local place based considerations.
Sampling logistics and field plans needed to be adapted to take into account logistical constraints and the reality of political boundaries on the ground.
This method can also be adapted to take into account covariates affecting the progression rates of the disease by use of stratified analysis or proportional hazard regression model.
