The requirements for such uses include formal consistency, adequacy of coverage, and possibly other domain specific constraints.
However, the very nature of risk estimates (estimated probabilities) allows their use as a likelihood function to do a more formal test of adequacy.
Second, as he conceives it, causal inquiry proceeds within the context of an Aristotelian four-causal framework of explanatory adequacy: material, formal, efficient, and final.
There are three major issues connected with the development of logical frameworks that can adequately represent defeasible reasoning: (i) materially adequacy; (ii) formal properties; and (iii) complexity.
None of the studies had a trial of CBT as one of their treatment resistant criteria or had any formal assessment of the adequacy of such trials.
None of the current studies had a trial of even one CBT as one of their treatment resistant criteria for entry into their trial or had any formal assessment of the adequacy of such trials.
However, without larger-scale comparative data it is not possible to draw any conclusions from this about the overall adequacy of formal rural dementia services and supports, beyond these limited study areas.
We identified 11 themes (box 1), and describe five of these themes that relate to risk of readmission: fragmented primary care relationships contributing to avoidance of ambulatory care, self triage leading to potentially avoidable ED use, adequacy of formal services, heavy reliance on informal support systems and inadequate access to care.
They concluded by raising concerns about the adequacy of the formal education of the public health workforce in Texas, providing the catalyst for the research described here.
In addition to concerns about the adequacy of the formal curriculum, the influence of the hidden curriculum, that can lead students to learn and repeat the behavior observed in the supervisors and teachers, sometimes not adequate, has been highlighted for a long time [ 10, 13, 15, 16].
