The opposition is sometimes characterised as liberal.
Variants were characterised as novel if they were previously unreported in the dbSNP129, dbSNP132, 1KG data and our 22 in-house reference exomes (supplementary table 2).
Subjects were characterised as atopic if they had at least one positive specific IgE (>0.35 kU/l; Phadia) for at least one common aeroallergen (cat, dog, house dust mites, grass pollen, tree pollen and a mixture of moulds).
T-cell reactivity was defined as high (≥ 100 spot forming cells (SFC /million), intermediate (50 100 SFC/million) or low (21 50 SFC/million) using ex vivo ELISPOT data alone; furthermore, responses were characterised as low/undetectable if ex vivo ELISPOT was ≤ 20 SFC/million, but for which ex vivo multimer staining could detect a positive, but low, population of multimer+ T cells.
An extreme, conservative Christian sect can still be characterised as Christian even if its view of the Bible is rather different to the Church of England's.
Health and social care systems can be characterised as risk escalators if they possess three attributes.
The Council said yesterday: "[Such a rocket launch], even if characterised as a satellite launch or space launch vehicle, is a serious violation of UN resolutions".
The 15 council members unanimously approved a statement that stressed how any launch of ballistic missile technology, "even if characterised as a satellite launch or space launch vehicle", contributes to North Korea's development of systems to deliver nuclear weapons.
Subjects were characterised as having neck pain if they reported > 30 days of neck pain during the previous year and as having no pain if they reported < 8 days of neck pain during the previous year.
There were differences in mean age (higher chance of lumbar puncture in younger patients (mean age 47.1 v 43.0), time to peak pain intensity (if faster peak (mean 5.7 v 9.4 minutes)), neck pain (if present (39.0% v 34.9%)), and being characterised as the "worst headache ever" (if present (91.6% v 76.3%)) between the lumbar puncture and the no lumbar puncture groups.
Treatments were characterised as first-line or subsequent (if any prior treatments for MBC) and grouped by drug class.
