Neuropsychological scores beyond a standard deviation of ±3.0 were curtailed to values of +3.0 or −3.0 (depending on the direction), enabling a consistent range across variables as previously described (Naismith et al. 2002; Hermens et al. 2011).
With the exception of the Wechsler Test of Adult Reading ("predicted IQ"), all neuropsychological scores were then converted to a standardised score (i.e. z-score) and outliers beyond a standard deviation of ±2.5 were curtailed to values of +2.5 or −2.5 (depending on the direction), enabling a consistent range across variables as previously described [ 54, 88].
Prior to analyses, outliers beyond ± 3.0 z-scores for each neuropsychological variable were curtailed to values of +3.0 or −3.0 (depending on the direction) so that the between-group tests were not skewed by extreme scores [ 63]. (Outliers across the four variables comprised <10% of the sample).
In 1979, Judge Ferguson decided a three-year-old case in which Universal Studios and Walt Disney Productions sued the Sony Corporation to keep it from marketing and selling the Betamax, an early home recording device that the movie companies contended would curtail the value of television reruns and facilitate copyright infringement.
Salaries for rookies were curtailed, which restored value to first-round draft picks and diverted money from unproven newcomers to deserving veterans.
At 10-7 M CCh, AP duration was curtailed to ~11% of its control value (11 ± 3 and 11 ± 2% for CA and WA fish, respectively).
It is heart breaking to see our world, our values and our well being threatened and curtailed.
If it was discovered that a trade-off of this sort exists, one might believe that the pursuit of substantive democratic equality should be curtailed and that an optimal balance among the conflicting justice values should be defined.
A key question in developing these business cases is how much value to attach to a kW of load that is curtailed during critical times.
Whilst the point estimate is curtailed to 0, the upper 90% reference limit calculated from the exact value is still negative.
She takes it at face value, mostly curtailing her natural melancholy.
