Sentence examples for hampered classification from inspiring English sources

Questions about the lack of a gold standard definition for VAP may have hampered classification of some of patients.

The absence of a universal signature gene has hampered classification of viral genomes based on genomic sequences Recent studies of bacteriophages have identified conserved patterns of oligonucleotides used as genome signatures unique to each genome analyzed that appear to be co-evolving with their hosts [ 25].

Extracting features out of this region would lead to a high intra-class variance and would hamper classification.

In our view, classifications of animals above the species level are mostly vehicles for communication between scientists, and communication is greatly hampered by classifications that are not stable: changing the content of Cetacea by including Indohyus leads to instability of Cetacea.

However, lack of characterization studies hampers the classification of any group of these cells as pancreatic stem cells.

In all cases, likely contributing factors are small sample sizes and/or diagnostic differences as the absence of objective biomarkers in psychiatric disorders potentially hampers consistent classification of disease [ 38, 39].

A mean hospital LOS of 34 days together with the skewed distribution of this parameter (range 1 to 339 days) hampered a definitive classification.

However, clarifying these distinctions has been hampered by inconsistent classification, especially the inclusion of perihilar lesions as either IHCC or EHCC (Khan et al., 2012) and sometimes including gallbladder carcinoma or hepatocellular carcinoma in these classifications.

Moreover, comparison between studies is hampered by different classifications of mammographic patterns and microcalcifications that have been used.

In Canada, where the proportion was highest (64%), comparability may have been hampered as the national classification of nursing professionals included therapists and other related occupations.

The study series comprised 138 patients, 65 of whom had a baseline FS = 0, 14 with 0 < FS < 1, 18 with 1 ≤ FS < 2, and 41 with FS ≥ 2. Eighteen patients had incomplete clinical data that hampered either the AECG classification or the clinical re-evaluation.