It's more like "in spite of".
However, in spite of this, Item 96 of the "Explanation of Civil Law" (2015) claims that evidence collection by people's courts must be in accordance with plaintiffs' applications.
In spite of the eight-item OIDP has proven reliable and appropriate measure to assess oral health status, there is less evidence on whether or not it is responsive to detect OHRQoL improvements and deteriorations in comprehensive orthodontic treatment.
Overall, fewer of the negative items were rated as "applies/best applies" than positive items, with negative items receiving on average 20 endorsements, and positive items 27, in spite of almost equal numbers of cards (54 and 53 respectively).
They may also have taken comfort from the agency's conclusion that GE's industrial businesses should continue to pump oodles of cash, in spite of the global downturn.Related items General Electric: ImmeltdownApr 17th 2008 Conglomerates: I don't love JeffMay 24th 2007Yet some financial analysts are still fretting that GE Capital's portfolio may contain more nasty surprises.
Therefore, completeness was best for the SGRQ in spite of its length of 50 items.
In spite of being comprised of 300+ items that inform clinical decision-making (e.g., presence of specific symptoms, cognitive functioning, etc)., the inability to quickly summarize the relevant information in the RAI-MH led some to perceive it as an administrative tool, rather than a clinical assessment.
In that film Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum play the star-crossed young lovers, whereas in "The Last Song" the duty falls on Ms. Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, who in spite of being a real-life item are just not up to the task.
Since logistic regression models do not control for the latent variable one cannot test whether the association between gender and individual item responses is related to an association with disability or simply caused by women being more likely to provide a positive response to a certain item in spite of having the same degree of disability.
The working group chose to add any new item about breathing techniques suggested by panel members, in spite of some being close to duplicates of Round 1 items, in case one was felt to be acceptable to the professional panel.
