One sample was collected each from up, mid, and downstream point of defined survey reach length, and composite sample was filtered through pre-washed 0.45 µm Millipore nitrocellulose filters in polyethylene containers and kept at 4 °C.
The Free our Data campaign proposes that this would involve defining Ordnance Survey's core task, funding it from general taxation, and opening the databases thus maintained to all comers, whether public bodies or private entrepreneurs.
In order to address the research question(s) defined, the survey methodology used incorporated a questionnaire containing closed-ended questions coupled with focus group methodology using open-ended questions to collect the narrative, or qualitative, data.
Falls were not defined for survey participants, which could have variations in interpretation of what constitutes a fall, and additional inaccuracies in the self-report data.
T2D was defined in survey participants having 8.5-h fasting blood glucose (FBG) values ≥126 mg/dL, as advised by the American Diabetes Association.
For example, in our study, if a radius of 15 km around cases had been used to define the survey perimeter instead of 10 km, the seroprevalence rate probably would have been lower.
User expectations are defined by a survey and new design is defined with respect to anthropometric measures of human body.
Clustering of piglets within sows was defined using the survey set command of the statistical package (STATA 12), with sows being defined as random effects both in the univariable and multivariable models.
The survey defined affluent Americans as having annual household income of at least $300,000.
The panelists drink wine frequently, which the survey defines as at least several times a week.
