The investigator in this study was carefully instructed and trained according to the latest guidelines [9].
All personnel were instructed and trained extensively for working in the ABSL3+ facility, handling (highly pathogenic) influenza virus, and controlling incidents (such as spills).
Fourteen adults were precisely instructed and trained on how to imagine themselves or others perform a movement sequence, with the aim of promoting kinesthetic and visual imagery, respectively, in the context of an fMRI experiment using block design.
Before scanning, participants were first instructed and trained to classify the two types of displays.
Subjects' heads were fixed rather tightly within the scanner head coil, and subjects had been instructed and trained to not move their heads during scanning.
Since all stimuli were delivered via a nasal cannula and we did not want to alert participants that a condition was being presented, participants were instructed and trained to breathe on cue and only through their noses for the entire duration of the experiment.
For extraction of data, we allocated two qualified medical clerks, who were briefly instructed and trained in the data extraction procedures to ensure data coherence.
A qualified exercise leader instructed and trained the intervention group three times a week for 1 h per session over a period of 8 months.
10 The test battery was administered in a fixed order by the same physician (HY), instructed and trained by experienced neuropsychologists (HF and BF).
Even if they were instructed and trained together preceding the interviews, some variation in their withdrawal behaviour could be observed in the videotapes.
