There were two studies that met our search criteria that evaluated the combined effects of exercise training and creatine supplementation; the studies were similar in terms of population studied and the daily dose of supplement, but differed in duration.
Because the study end point ⌔ mortality ⌔ is strongly related to severity of illness and/or initial respiratory status [ 17, 18], we controlled matching by comparing another seven criteria that evaluated the severity of disease in the two groups of patients (Table 2).
Furthermore, Meeker [18] proposed several compromise plans, and the criterion that evaluates the ALT plan robustness to deviations in the model parameters and product life distribution.
Referred in the following as rankers, these methods assign a weight to each feature according to some scoring criterion that evaluates the degree of correlation between that feature and the target class.
Classical Chinese epistemological teachings of cultivation and theories of values both dealt with criteria and methods that evaluate proper attitudes, ways of thinking and feelings (Xu and Huang 2008: 39).
It determines the threshold value that maximizes a criterion function that evaluates the separation of the given histogram by the threshold value.
The paper begins by reviewing qualitative criteria that are evaluated to determine what amount of risk can reasonably be tolerated.
Furthermore, the methodological quality of each study was evaluated by using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT), in which the score can be presented using the descriptors *, **, ***, and **** depending on the number of criteria met out of four criteria that were evaluated per category/study [18].
Few programs adhered to the four ASPQ criteria that we evaluated, but primary care programs rated the highest degree of adherence (Table 5).
