Sentence examples for existing shortened from inspiring English sources

After a thorough review of the literature and existing shortened WOMAC versions, we derived the WOMAC short form (WOMAC-SF) from the original WOMAC version to evaluate pain and function in patients with hip OA.

In this paper, we give a survey of existing algorithms to shorten the effective channel impulse response and to equalize frequency-selective MIMO channels.

Some efforts have been made to shorten existing measures while retaining such important psychometric properties as reliability and precision.

Compared with existing methods, our method shortened the time for training matrix M.

In this case, the idea of shortening an existing well-established HRQoL measurement scale appears to be useful.

The time consuming process of developing a questionnaire could be shortened if already existing questionnaires could be adapted for use in similar patient groups.

At a news conference, Toyota said it would instruct dealers to shorten the vehicles' existing pedal by about three-quarters of an inch.

A physical experiment shows that shortening applied to existing diapirs and minibasins produces anomalous structural styles that are unlike those of more typical foldbelts.

Therefore, beyond its simple application, Rasch analysis has been used in three important ways in ophthalmology: the development of new questionnaires, shortening or revising existing questionnaires, and test equating.

Although relatively common in other areas of research and services, the shortening of existing HRQoL measures in oncology has not received much attention.

Coalition ministers have long said they wanted to shorten and simplify the existing code.