Discontinuous cases are defined as; 1) participants who have developed adverse events that make continuance impossible, 2) participants who request to discontinue, 3) participants who are judged inappropriate for continuing the study by the project leader for various reasons.
Thus, out of an acknowledgment of seasonal change, rituals often including ceremonial feasts most likely developed in relationship to beliefs that the continuance of the food supply depended on the sacred or holy powers that controlled various aspects and facets of nature: e.g., animals, vegetation, the change in climatic conditions, weather phenomena, mountains, and rivers.
This study develops an integrated model designed to predict a user's continuance behavior toward MDS based on the expectation confirmation model (ECM) and the theory of planned behavior (TPB).
We developed a research model drawing on self-awareness theory and presence, to explain how user continuance intention may be influenced by avatars, in particular self-similar ones.
The evidence rather suggests that the impact of strengthened intellectual property protection in developed nations such as Australia depends on the extent to which government regulation facilitates the continuance of generic pharmaceutical competition[ 43].
Deloitte has developed a smartphone application called Bamboo that harnesses analytics to aid in the effective functioning and continuance of operations after a crisis occurs.
In addition to its osteogenic potential, fracture haematoma also develops an angiogenic potential (Schmidt-Bleek et al. 2012a; Street et al. 2000) with revascularization of the injured region being a prerequisite for the continuance of the healing process (Schmidt-Bleek et al. 2015).
The relevance of psychological aspects in the continuance of chronic insomnia is increasingly being recognized and specific psychotherapeutic treatments such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) have been developed and tested [ 18- 20].
Intensive lifestyle intervention programs reduced the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients with prediabetes and improvements were maintained over a long-term follow-up; however, there was a strong relationship between reduced disease progression and continuance of lifestyle intervention behaviours [ 53].
Wheezing was defined as continuance of complaints, the development of at least one wheezing attack in the previous year.
