The term Tdist u i ) is the difference between the duration of unit u i and the predicted duration, and the term Jdist u i,u i−1) is the join cost of the optimal coupling point between candidate unit u i and the previous candidate unit it is to be joined to.
Caine (1980) suggested a general threshold for shallow landslide failure on undisturbed slopes in terms of rainfall intensity and duration and, in terms of hourly rainfall intensities, equates to 25 mm hr−1.
First, the exposure needs to be characterized both in terms of composition, dose, and duration and in terms of biomarkers of exposure at the subject level.
Treatment duration and long-term, open-label studies were identified as causes of heterogeneity.
Quality of life is important when deciding treatment duration, and long-term side effects must be considered.
To further improve the duration and long-term results of the treatment, we also evaluated an alternative dosing regimen including sequential photodynamic therapy (PDT) and imiquimod.
They vary considerably with regard to study design, number of subjects, study duration, and in terms of the saline solutions used, mode of application, and the parameters assessed.
This example bubble plot shows that the majority of LCS studies are acute (<1 day in duration) and short-term (1 to 30 days in duration) studies for all outcome categories, except for body weight or body composition outcomes.
A possible weakness of the study, however, is that our interventions were relatively short in duration, and longer-term studies of this effect, in rats and in humans, would be of great interest.
At first glance, the seemingly simple lack of BMD variation among a cohort of early RA patients treated with GCs is a compelling argument for GC use - but in this small 2-year study of early RA, the dosing, duration and long-term effects remain unknown.
Likewise, swarm duration (and its quadratic term) was not significant in the final model that includes all explanatory variables (P > 0.18, Table 3 see below).
