When Alan Greenspan on December 5th uttered what were interpreted as mild words of encouragement, the exuberant jump in share prices was near-hysterical.
We measured symptom burden in terms of frequency (days/month), intensity (with response options "not bad", "quite bad" and "very bad", which we interpreted as mild, moderate and severe) and duration (hours).
The radiographs taken during recovery revealed a very mild interstitial attenuation of the lung lobes that had been most severely affected and mild to faint visualisation of fissure lines which was interpreted as either mild amount of free fluid or mild fibrosis.
Next, he tweeted a picture of Clinton winking, which he interpreted as "a mild stroke".
Chest radiograph was interpreted as showing mild peribronchial thickening, which may represent a viral process.
Participants did not promptly seek care when they perceived symptoms as mild; interpreted symptoms as due to normal bodily changes e.g. menopause; and attributed symptoms to common illnesses they could self-manage.
As a HHS score <60 is used as a cut-off for THR at our institution [ 37], and >95 reflects normal function, a HHS score range from 60 95 was interpreted to reflect mild to moderate symptoms and set as an inclusion criterion.
It is too early to say if the effect on position bias found in the present study after administration of a relatively high dose of L-745,870 should be interpreted as a mild decrease in behavioural flexibility, related to the effects seen after prefrontal lesions or the administration of d-amphetamine.
To determine a participant's anxiety level we used Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), a 21-item self-report multiple-choice questionnaire, which measures the severity of anxiety on a scale from 0 to 3. A total score of 8 to 15 points is interpreted as a mild level of anxiety, and subjects scoring 16 or more points show moderate to severe anxiety symptoms with typical somatic side effects.
But, these compatibilists maintain, the first premise is falsified when interpreted with a milder notion of ability.
