However, neither data nor specimen repatriation is straightforward, and tracking data and specimen provenance can be quite challenging.
Epidemiological data regarding age, repatriation status, geographic area of residence, smoking habits, and parental occupation were collected by means of personal interviews in standardized data collection forms.
Epidemiological data regarding age, repatriation status, geographic area of residence, smoking habits, and parental occupation were collected by means of personal interviews.
Although young tortoises had been repatriated very regularly (one to two campaigns of repatriations have typically been performed each year), analysis of objective repatriation data allowed us to identify a large variance in the number of animals released each year.
An important part of the GBIF mission is the repatriation of data for specimens from developing countries [2].
Repatriation of ancillary study data to relevant primary studies may be desirable after ancillary study completion (Step 8 in the ancillary study workflow).
Whilst official data regarding the scale of the Herero repatriation from the Chukumuchu region are lacking, the decline in Herero households was evident from the number of newly established Hambukushu and Bayei herders in the region and several abandoned and vacant Herero wells.
The PBS data set also contains records from the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS), which covers pharmaceuticals dispensed to eligible veterans, war widows/widowers and their dependants.
This estimate was obtained by combining Medicare Australia data for government-subsidized medicines (PBS and Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) with an estimate of nonsubsidized medicines, which is calculated from prescriptions dispensed from a validated sample of community-based pharmacies (37 ).
Previous data suggests that the annual number of repatriations amounts to nearly 10,000 with an annual cost of 760 million euro [2].
