The attack rate-based strategy was most effective at reducing the total number of infections and minimizing hospitalizations when the epidemic peaked in December or January, with minimal difference in the impact of competing strategies on overall attack rates when the epidemic peaked earlier.
The cDNA was considered adequate quality when GUSB amplification was observed in all three reactions with minimal difference between crossing points.
More local respondents than refugees reported living in the area for 12 months or less (0.8% in camp, 7% in villages, χ2 38.37, p =.000), with minimal difference between genders within each population (Table 3).
I selected four monopodial trees in the control habitat with minimal difference in diameter along the columnar stem, then I scouted the other two habitats to find individuals that matched the stem height and diameter of each control replication.
Some studies tested multiple models, with minimal difference in number of risk factors; in such cases authors' preferred models were selected or, if no preference stated, we made our own judgment.
In a recent review of over 1,000 femoral impaction graftings, Ornstein et al. (2009) reported 15-year implant survival rates of 94%, with minimal difference in implant survivorship between low- and high-volume units, suggesting that the technique of femoral impaction grafting appears to be, "reliable, can be learned rapidly, and produces a predictably low incidence of aseptic loosening".
Where studies trialled multiple models with minimal difference in the number of risk factors, a judgment was made to extract data from the authors' preferred models or (if no preferences were stated in the paper) the ones judged by two researchers to be the most complete in presentation of data or statistical robustness.
Most probably, these fluctuations are not due to the imperfection of the method but are rather associated with minimal differences in the composition of each of the reaction mixtures (including the concentration of each primer) and the amount of the initial template in each repetition, both resulting from the inaccuracy of manual pipetting techniques.
Experiments in additional hPSC lines verified that our monolayer differentiation protocol, consisting of BMP4/GSK-3βI administration in phase 1 and VEGF-A/DAPT administration in phase 2, resulted in robust endothelial differentiation with minimal differences in efficiency between different cell lines that did not reach statistical significance (Supplementary information, Figure S2F).
Pairwise mismatch distribution plots showed signs of a recent demographic expansion for the Bamar, but demographic equilibrium and many sequences with minimal differences in the Karen population pointed to effects of genetic isolation.
