Other factors not controlled, such as an erratic delay in placing blood culture bottles in the automated blood culture system after extraction and the variability in the quantity of the blood drawn inoculated in culture bottles may have contributed to the different results.
Analysts say most of the problems are concentrated in industries like aviation, infrastructure, real estate and telecommunications — "businesses where the government is heavily involved as a player or lender, and which have also suffered from erratic or delayed government policies," Mr. Bajaj writes.
Etisalat, a telecom company based in the United Arab Emirates; Eni, the Italian energy giant; and Fraport, a German airport developer, are either withdrawing from India or are said to be considering such a move because of delays and erratic policy changes.
Increases in winter temperature would be expected to cause delayed and erratic flower development in tree species with large chilling requirements and both early spring bud break and increased risk of frost damage in species with low chilling requirements.
However, as clearly demonstrated in our patients, the optimal glucose infusion is difficult to determine because of the delayed and erratic absorption of the injected insulin, varying kinetics (especially when different types of insulin were injected) and the likelihood of both immediate and recurrent hypoglycaemia in nondiabetic as compared with diabetic patients [ 6].
Shipping links between the islands and with the outside world are erratic, and there are long delays in unloading cargo.
Both Gauteng and Western Cape had procured antiretroviral drugs prior to the finalisation of the national drug tenders (in 2004) using their own resources, in contrast to the Free State programme, which relied on a delayed and initially erratic national process.
The huge stockpiles of sugar and other supplies are needed because deliveries here are erratic -- often held up in delays at the port.
It was an unorthodox way to head to the World Cup, featuring a tropical storm, a 43-minute delay and some unusually erratic finishing from Daniel Sturridge but, most importantly for Roy Hodgson, no more injuries.
The mutation--also found in humans--produces a faulty protein that delays restoration of the potential, causing erratic beating and sometimes death.
