Even with such aggressive treatment regimens, which are often associated with considerable acute and long-term side effects, about 15% of pediatric and 40% of adult T-ALL patients still relapse, owing to acquired therapy resistance, and present with very dismal survival perspectives.
Collins tried to put the Giants' dismal afternoon in perspective.
"We weren't surprised at the final vote," Ms. Lehnhard said, adding that the outlook in the House is "pretty dismal from our perspective".
In English artist Marcus Harvey's upcoming solo exhibition of new works, the Young British Artist presents a dismal yet humorous perspective on British history and culture.
A study in April by Dr Ioannidis and colleagues found that in neuroscience the typical statistical power is a dismal 0.21; writing in Perspectives on Psychological Science, Marjan Bakker of the University of Amsterdam and colleagues reckon that in that field the average power is 0.35.Unlikeliness is a measure of how surprising the result might be.
Turning to the figures that aggregate print, PC and mobile readerships, also on a monthly basis, some of the totals are eye-wateringly high and put the dismal print-only declines in perspective.
But while those figures initially seem impressive, placed in a global perspective our actions are dismal.
Although this dismal prognosis has led to a nihilistic perspective by some (Gudjonsson, 1995), others have reported 5-year survival rates following pancreatic resection in excess of 20% (Yeo et al, 1995).
From the perspective of customers, even though the dismal economy has caused many to take a hard look at their food budgets, the cost of meal delivery makes a certain sense.
Moreover, from an economical perspective, subscription rates to city-wide meshes, such as in San Francisco, are dismal.
