57 We have included a proxy measure of material deprivation, the Townsend score, 58 which is based on the patient's postcode at the level of the output area (corresponding to around 150 households) and is a composite score comprising lack of a car, unemployment, over-crowding, and non-home ownership.
A missing monthly record comprises the complete lack of figures for all diseases and age categories within a single CSCOM service area and month i.e., a missing monthly record from a single CSCOM service area does not imply the simultaneous lack of records for the other 16 CSCOM service areas.
Stigma has been conceptualised as comprising ignorance (lack of knowledge), prejudice (negative attitudes), and discrimination (negative behaviour) [ 1] Discrimination occurs when a person is treated unfairly because of an attribute such as mental illness.
This category comprised two subcategories: lack of treatment and increased emotional and physical symptoms.
A three-step model, comprising Sleep problems, Lack of appetite and Depressive symptoms, explained 50% of the variance in HRQoL for 11 12 year-old children.
The social hierarchy of today's society comprises of individuals who lack self-confidence and self-esteem.
Although bisubstrate analogues represent interesting tools to analyze PRMT activity, they comprise several limitations, including lack of selectivity, within the PRMT family, and, with respect to peptide-based bisubstrate inhibitors, undesirable pharmacological properties.
These comprise: first, a lack of conceptual clarity and careful specification of the population under examination; second, an absence of explicit theory and use of a limited set or inappropriate type of method of inquiry; and, third, an incomplete and sketchy coverage of pertinent topics and age groups.
Identified sub-themes comprised delegitimisation, a frustrating lack of diagnosis, and the ability to meet expectations.
They comprise mechanisms such as lack of drug penetrance ('mechanical resistance'), the presence of quiescent cells, intrinsic biochemical defense mechanisms of cancer stem cells, or the selection of cells within a heterogeneous tumor that contain stochastic alterations allowing survival.
