However, if the relationships between methods, as well as their error structures, were known, this problem could be addressed by use of correction and calibration coefficients, which would allow harmonisation of the results obtained from the different methods.
This study demonstrates the need for reader harmonisation, either by training or by adjustment of results, should VAS density assessment be used for risk stratification.
Therefore the funding programme is supported by a service and support team, in which DT, DP and AG organise networking, method discussion and harmonisation, as well as quality assurance and dissemination of results.
Such projects have become recognised as a fundamental aspect of continuing laboratory quality assurance schemes, providing a mechanism for the harmonisation of measurements and for demonstrating the traceability of results.
Moreover, biobanking in European networks will result in harmonisation of health, lifestyle and other exposure data as well as the development and implemention of harmonised definitions of diseases by increased consensus on the criteria for clinical endpoints.
In particular, the Southampton ACSC is the only case where the calibration brings a minor (and not significant) decrease of variability, likely to represent the result of harmonisation of residual equipment-related differences.
The impact on prisoners is much worse - the restrictions for prisoners, as a result of this harmonisation of prison rules, on things like books, clothing, and basic necessities, are much more severe than they were".
In contrast, the large-scale CALBC corpus [12] is publicly available, but is considered "silver standard" as it contains annotations resulting from the harmonisation of the outputs of five different automatic tools, rather than manual annotations.
The 2005 Paris Declaration of Aid Effectiveness places local government in the leading seat, calling for ownership, harmonisation, alignment, results and mutual accountability.
In 2006, Nigeria established a committee on harmonisation of national identity cards to address this issue.
