A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative papers on treatment adherence that focussed primarily on adults [ 11] found a reluctance to take medicines in general; a preference to take as little as possible; a widespread practice of personal testing of medicines, mainly for adverse effects; and patients modifying treatment regimens to make them more acceptable.
A third problem noted was a lack of time, leading to some respondents' preference to take the survey in locations other than online.
The overcall of one spade by West, in preference to a take-out double, was odd but had the good effect of slowing the partnership down.
The outcome eventually hinged on a bold sequence of line-outs taken in preference to goal kicks.
It is critical therefore that climate change adaptation strategies that shift reliance to groundwater1 in preference to surface water should also take account of lags in groundwater hydrology29 and include appropriately long timescale planning horizons for water resource decision making.
Foods taken in preference to others include pine nuts, sweetgum seeds, and the seeds of pokeberry, amaranth, canary grass, corn, sesame, and wheat.
Data from more recent years (2009 2010) were taken in preference to data from earlier years.
This approach was taken in preference to developing risk equations based solely on individual patient data from subjects who met the European licence criteria (baseline heart rate ≥75 bpm (n=4154)) in order to avoid breaking randomisation and reducing the predictive power of the risk equations due to the smaller sample size.
Terns normally drink in flight, usually taking seawater in preference to freshwater, if both are available.
It is about setting up a system to restore control of Congress to us outsiders, the people, over the insiders, the special interests, by creating an incentive for us to contribute and an incentive for candidates to take our contributions in preference to those of the special interests.
The large ciliate Stentor, for example, takes ciliates in preference to flagellated cells and algae, and discrimination increases as the animal becomes less hungry.
