Due to the study design, approximately half of the participants fitted with a hearing aid could not be asked to complete the final questionnaire.
The claims by the two sides could not be verified; journalists and aid workers have been banned from the combat zone.
Those representing wealthy universities spoke of worries that a required spending rate would interfere with their ability to manage economic downturns, and described the complications of dealing with restricted gifts that could not be used for financial aid.
And while the Tigers certainly have other lucrative means of support, many scholars and Sri Lankan diplomats say the scope of the insurgency could not be sustained without expatriate aid.
Exclusion criteria were: no memory for the trauma; history of psychosis; current alcohol or drug dependence; borderline personality disorder; acute suicide risk; assessment and treatment could not be conducted without the aid of an interpreter.
In 1994, the Supreme Court ruled that private suits — as opposed to suits brought by the S.E.C. — could not be filed against those who merely aided and abetted someone else's fraud.
These three materials, all softer than rock but nevertheless intractable, could not be worked successfully without the aid of harder rock tools, such as serrated blades and gravers, or burins, small scrapers with either pointed or narrow, chisel-like ends.
Otherwise, the whole point of making restorations would be lost; the higher taxes would already be enacted and, by law, any additional aid could not be used to reduce the levies.
This effort was hampered because, after three federal helicopters and Air Force planes touched down at the local airport, the road into the city was still flooded, meaning the aid could not be distributed.
The positive emotional impact of delivering effective aid could not be overemphasised.
