The present qualitative descriptive study was designed to gain a preliminary understanding of the preference for analgesic treatment for cancer pain among African Americans and the factors shaping these preferences.
Based on this hypothesis, and assuming that iso-azepinomycin would bind to guanase at the same active site as azepinomycin, several analogs of iso-azepinomycin were designed and successfully synthesized in order to gain a preliminary understanding of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic sites surrounding the guanase binding site of the ligand.
In addition to the 12 liver and skin chips, a single chip was run to gain a preliminary understanding of gene expression patterns in the spleen.
We used focus groups to gain a preliminary understanding of the issues related to this little known area.
These allowed us to gain a preliminary understanding of the complaint management process in the hospital setting, and to refine the data collection tools.
For most of the analyses described, only the "secure" assignment group was considered for distributing genes into functional categories in order to gain a preliminary understanding of metabolic processes during guar seed development.
This was conducted to gain a preliminary understanding of the short-term effects and experiences associated with a drop in HbA1c, as well as confirmation of results from previous studies about weight and regimen preferences [ 7].
In his "Letter to Oxford" he describes the true theologian as one who has gained a preliminary understanding of human affairs from his study of poets, orators and historians, and can add to this a proficiency in Latin, Greek and possibly Hebrew.
This profile, in conjunction with the qualitative information gained in undertaking the economic surveys, allows preliminary understanding of the key drivers of profitability in the CRFFF, and possible impacts of external factors on fishing operations.
Notwithstanding, our data contribute a preliminary understanding of this population to the research literature.
