For the second 16-week period, proximal baseline data (ie, data immediately preceding that period) were used, rather than actual study baseline.
To determine use of a particular drug at the index date, we searched the pharmacy data for the prescription immediately preceding that date.
The TCP breaks a stream of data into TCP segments, each of which includes a portion of the data preceded by a header that contains sequence and state information to support reliable, ordered transmission of data.
Nevertheless, the fact that the Eurobarometer data preceded the tobacco control score provides some reassurance that concern about passive smoking does indeed drive the implementation of more stringent tobacco control measures.
The fact that these data precede the introduction of national campaigns such as Choosing Wisely gives these data value as a baseline indicator about American attitudes, prior to the recent increase in attention to the issue of overuse.
Data was collected between February 2009 and April 2010; each site collected data for the 1-year period preceding that site's enrollment date.
It's not always easy to find data for the past year, or even the year preceding that.
As shown in Figure 1, each frame is composed by data blocks preceded by training blocks that are exploited to get initial estimates of (acquisition).
GRO data show that increased TR precedes that of the mRNA, and it is mathematically predicted that HSP42 mRNA molecules are transitory stabilized a few minutes after the heat shock.
Syndromic surveillance aims to use health and health-related data that precede diagnosis or confirmation to identify possible outbreaks, mobilize a rapid response, and thus reduce illness and deaths.
Syndromic surveillance "applies to surveillance using health-related data that precede diagnosis and signal a sufficient probability of a case or an outbreak to warrant further public health response" (Center for Disease Prevention and Control, http://www.cdc.gov/ncphi/disss/nndss/syndromic.htm[ 11]).
