The consistency of explanations across items varied between experts and novices.
For consistency and ease of explanation, we chose to create a name and acronym for instruments that were not given to them by their original authors.
Although previous studies argue policy design and characteristics, few deal with policy consistency, and they lack a quantitative measure of policy consistency and explanation of its effects.
We also extracted from each source the trial start and completion year, article publication date, study length, sample size, targeted indication and consistency of reporting SAEs (see explanation below).
Consistency in findings across studies, or consistency in explanation for variation across studies, may support an underlying causal relation between these forms of drug use and HCV.
Despite the overall consistency of the findings, a clear biological explanation is lacking.
First, given the cross-sectional nature of the study, reverse causality must be considered: participants suffering from memory impairment could have consumed less of these compounds via water and food sources, though this is not a likely explanation, given the consistency of the association across various PFAAs which have substantially different routes of exposure.
There is notable variation in the level of detail and consistency with which data are reported in the literature as well as in the clarity of explanation regarding data collection.
Instead, after two days of intense interrogation, Ms. Wheeler-Holloway said she came away struck by the consistency of Mr. Masters's story and his explanation that the graphic drawings were a product of teenage angst and nothing more.
The data provides an explanation for the low consistency of cervical cancer miRNA profiles available in the literature.
