But after Mr. Pastrana flew to San Vicente del Caguan, the largest town in the rebel-held zone, for the opening ceremonies, Mr. Marulanda delivered a calculated snub by failing to appear, sending subalterns instead and leaving Mr. Pastrana looking at an empty chair in front of television cameras and photographers.
The prescribed activity of microspheres to be delivered was calculated using empirical method proposed for SIR-Spheres®, which incorporates body surface area (BSA, measured in square meters), tumor volume, and total liver volume into the dose calculation [18].
The number of IPTp doses delivered was calculated considering that of the target of 1000 pregnant women, 98% attend the ANC at least once and between 85% and 92% at least twice during pregnancy [30].
The dose of radiation delivered was calculated according to the standard uptake value at the site of disease.
The costs per MC delivered were calculated from November 2008 when significant MC services began, through April 2010, the most recent time for which expenditure data were available.
Ratios of tested patients to ACT treatments delivered were calculated by dividing the number of ACT treatments delivered in a given facility-month by the number of patients tested during the same facility-month for each facility.
The fraction of the total radioactivity delivered was calculated by dividing the total radioactivity signal in that frame by the total radioactivity signal at the end of the 30 min infusion.
The amount of services delivered was calculated as the total days on which services were utilized during the survival time divided by the number of months of survival to create a continuous time-dependent variable.
Indeed, at RBS we have calculated that boosting female entrepreneurship could deliver approximately £60bn extra to the UK economy.
China's leaders have been accused of delivering a calculated diplomatic snub to Barack Obama after the US president was not provided with a staircase to leave his plane during his chaotic arrival in Hangzhou before the start of the G20.
Mr. Obama's press secretary, Robert Gibbs, used his daily televised briefing to deliver a calculated attack against the reporter, Rick Santelli of CNBC, whose criticism reflected a broader concern that taxpayers were being asked to rescue people who had been financially irresponsible.
