Database administrators hand checked outliers and returned to original papers when data were missing, as well as added moderator variables and edited moderator levels to facilitate specific meta-analyses.
In addition, we searched reference lists and conference abstracts by hand, checked relevant reviews, book chapters, and contacted manufacturers and trialists.
With that on the horizon, apparently the race was on for the N.C.A.A. to sock Penn State (check), the Dodgers to trade for another Martinez (check), the Yankees to trade for an aging star and lose another to a broken hand (check and check) and get N.F.L. training camps rolling.
Trials databases were also searched for relevant studies as was the academic and grey literature using search engines, hand checking relevant publications and direct contact with experts in the field (box 1).
In the chamber, they often stand behind the Speaker's chair, clipboard in hand, checking the roster and bestowing a wintry smile on a favoured few; outside the chamber they are rather more hands-on.
Further, if the electronic searches and hand checking identified non-peer reviewed publications such as theses or conference proceedings, a first author search was conducted in PUBMED, CAB, Web of Science, and Agricola with no date or language restrictions.
Occasionally, a tourist sauntered by, guidebook in hand, checking out the Georgian, Federal and Greek Revival mansions.
On the one hand: Check out the CIA today, and you'll find a spy agency led by a female director and a female chief of the clandestine service.
Have a full score to hand, to check and refer to.
Thousands of loos have been installed across the huge Glastonbury site, with environmental health students on hand to check and clean them twice a day.
"Sometimes I'd feel with my hand to check, and find it wasn't there.
