The patients were randomly allocated into one of two groups, based on an assigned number that was randomly generated on a computer before assignment to the patient.
Before assignment, cows were professionally foot trimmed, sorted by initial claw lesion score, and then randomized in consecutive blocks of three to stall treatments.
U-70 was the second U-boat command for the 30-year-old officer; he had commanded from August 1914 until a week before assignment to U-70.
The patients were required to be accessible for follow-up, and their informed consent was obtained before assignment to treatment.
Melon genes were annotated using Gene Ontology (GO) terms [ 84] before assignment to functional categories by FatiGO analysis [ 52].
Abbreviations: CA, corrected age; D, Near Discharge; E1, Near Enrollment Before Assignment; E2, Near Enrollment After Assignment; PMA, postmenstrual age; T, At Term.
These data were collected in all animals (survivors and nonsurvivors) before assignment to the CMV or the AV-ECMO groups (Table 1).
In addition, one of the subjects who consented to participate in the trial was not included because of involvement in a severe traffic accident before assignment.
Control animals were blood sampled before assignment (-0.25 h) to novel pens, after (24 h), and at 1 h, 2 h, 4 h, 6 h, 8 h, 12 h and 24 h relative to the 24 h sampling time point.
Animals were weighed on day-1 and again on day 0 before assignment to treatment, and on days 23, 45, 65, 86, 107, 128 and 148 throughout the experimental period, and average daily live weight gain determined.
