We compared the expression of C14 miRNAs in three different cancers excluding GBM, to check the possibility that the downregulation of C14 miRNA cluster is not confined to GBM alone and is general to neoplastic processes.
In addition, estimates were also deduced excluding DCIS cases to check the potential effect of DCIS cases.
All language versions of the questionnaire were pilot-tested on 40 PHC providers (excluded from the study) to check for clarity of questions and to ensure that all aspects intended to be measured were covered.
Because high rates of missing information were concentrated in 4 of 162 NHS trusts, we re-ran our analyses after excluding these NHS trusts to check the robustness of the estimated trends.
To check for excluded covariates, the Martingale residuals were plotted against potential model terms as before.
To exclude the latter hypothesis and to check the accessibility for recombination of the PfI2 locus, we introduced a targeted modification in the locus without loss-of-function.
And all the while his Government forces landlords, medical staff and schools to check passports and exclude those who can't prove they belong.
It has run into a storm over the failure to check backgrounds and exclude convicted criminals, meaning the first winner, Nathan Hageman, walked off with £1m, despite serving a prison sentence for serious assault.
To check for systematic differences, excluded cases missing one or two items (n = 627) were compared with cases included in the analyses.
Culturing of autoclaved or roughly filtered river water was compared with 0.45 μm filtered water samples on MacConkey medium to check the efficacy to exclude the putative effect of endogenous coliform.
