SEM imaging at 5 Mc duration further characterised the scratch topography, with EDS imaging used to identify surface contaminants (X-flash detector 4010, Bruker AXS, Madison, Wisconsin).
Results further indicate a strong variability of contact durations in households, characterised by heavy-tailed distributions, and confirm the presence of 'universal' characteristics of contact patterns also in this setting, as previously measured in schools [34, 38] and hospitals [35].
Children included in the studies had a range of disabling chronic conditions characterised by duration longer than 6 months and associated limitation of normal daily activity.
Surface seal formation was induced by applying artificial rainfall events, characterised by variable duration, but constant kinetic energy, intensity, and raindrop size distribution.
In addition, the anaesthesia is characterised by unpredictable duration and abrupt awakenings (Marie Sterning, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden, personal communication 2014).
The episodes are typically longer in duration than epileptic seizures and characterised by dystonic limb lifting (all joints in flexion).
The duration of statin use was characterised into 3 categories: use was characterised into 3 categories <2 years, 2 5 years and >5 years.
Unfortunately the anaesthesia is characterised by unpredictable duration and depth and of abrupt awakenings which is not acceptable from an animal welfare perspective and impedes surgical training.
Obviously LOS is more strongly related to a specific global treatment approach (in this study crisis intervention or acute care) characterised by its duration compared to clinical measures, whenever these are less well-defined categorisations susceptible to subjective estimations.
