Excluding these exceptions, the baseline length is fairly well distributed and shows a small variation around the mean value of 59 km.
Hence, no relevant evidence should be excluded; the only exceptions he would allow are where the evidence is superfluous or its production would involve preponderant delay, expense or vexation (Bentham 1827: Book IX; Bentham 1825: Book VII; Twining 1985: ch. 2).
1. Meta-analysis on studies without high risk of bias: impact of excluding any particular study The exclusion of any single study from the meta-analysis does not have a remarkable impact, with the exception of excluding the Mata et al paper [48].
The principle of not fettering one's discretion "directs attention to the attitude of the decision-maker, preventing him from rigidly excluding the possibility of any exception to that rule or policy in a deserving case".
All buildings for private business are excluded, with the exception of offices of persons practicing medicine.
Samples containing high concentrations of uranium were excluded, with the exception of the Moeda Formation conglomerate from Brazil.
All aneurysms were located distal to the left subclavian artery and proximal to the celiac axis, and hybrid procedures including arch or visceral debranching were excluded with the exception of left carotid-subclavian artery bypass.
All variables were included in the multivariate model and, after adjusting for other factors, those that were not predictive were excluded, with the exception of age, sex and Indigenous status.
Also excluded (with the exception of two cases) were patients with a floating knee injury; in these situations the use of retrograde nailing of the femur and antegrade to the tibia were preferred.
Patients with a recorded cardiovascular diagnosis are excluded, with the exception of the third main outcome.
Autologous stem cell transplant-eligible patients were excluded, with the exception of those who refused ASCT.
