To make the results more descriptive, the author implemented focus group interviews and analyzed the course contents.
Descriptive, single author, observational study with 68 consecutive patients [aged 53.6 ± 15.1 years; 32 females (47%)] undergoing IASC closure, being followed up for 16.8 (±9.9; 6–42) months.
The presentation of the results is rather descriptive, the authors report QP, SDs etc. but no statistical test is applied.
Though the paper was purely descriptive, the authors indicated that the approach was successful in quickly lowering ICP, and did not result in major adverse events.
We have added the references below and have included the following sentence in the Discussion: "The presentation of the results is rather descriptive, the authors report QP, SDs etc. but no statistical test is applied.
Based on the above assumptions and the descriptive model, the author developed a model of collective cooperation and reallocation of benefits (MCCRB) to solve transboundary conflicts.
During this flurry of descriptive research, one author described the discovery of HDM as a "new and refreshing idea" (Unger 1967), and another described the search for the allergenic agent as "tantalizing and, until recently, frustrating" (Mitchell et al. 1969).
This book presents a timely assessment of the impact of history, politics and economics in shaping the Singapore Constitution, going beyond the descriptive narrative, the authors will cast a critical eye over the developments of the last 40 years.
Data obtained from each single study were synthesized by providing descriptive tables reporting authors' names, publication year, study sample, type of cancer (where relevant data were available), instrument used to measure quality of life, and the main findings or conclusions.
A recent systematic review of the literature on funding incentives and multidisciplinary team care found only two published studies that used experimental or quasi-experimental design, with the remainder being descriptive studies; the authors were unable to find firm evidence on whether or not financial incentives of themselves improve health outcomes [ 17].
While this finding is descriptive and the authors' themselves maintain that differences in vessel size and potentially lower peak flows due to increased incidence of microvascular dysfunction could play a role, it is, nonetheless, a very promising step in the right direction.
