Response surfaces were fitted to the experimental data from which optimal factor combinations were calculated in order to improve the coating quality.
Contralateral unoperated tendons were failed in uniaxial tension to determine maximum or failure force, from which safety factor (ratio of maximum force to peak in vivo force) was calculated for each activity.
The steepest ascent method was used to locate the optimal domain and a central composite design was used to estimate the quadratic response surface from which the factor levels for maximum production of β-glucanase were determined.
Observation of the spherulite growth front allows measurement of growth rates at the lamellar scale, from which a factor of two difference in the rate of radial growth to the rate of tangential growth is observed, confirming that the elongated nature of spherulite lamellae is due to geometric constraints rather than an inherent fibrillar character.
In the current study, patients' conceptions of diabetes were studied using a questionnaire from which, using factor analysis, four dimensions were identified.
In addition to the nodulation factor receptors, the Arabidopsis chitin receptor is also found in clade VI, consistent with the notion that chitin recognition is a more ancient trait from which nodulation factor recognition evolved [ 2].
Disease severity was assessed by using the APACHE II score from which age factor was subtracted (APACHE II – age), and the predicted mortality was calculated by using the original APACHE II score.
These findings generated the question which factors from the patients' history are related to a greatest risk for infection by MDR pathogens among patients in the GW.
Thirdly, this study was cross-sectional, preventing us from drawing conclusions regarding which factors were causally related to non-adherence especially the DAS scores.
In the CR survey, program respondents rated the degree to which factors from the patient to health system-level affect CR wait times (Table 5).
