Any further delay could prove perilous; officials have said that the current MetroCard system cannot be maintained beyond 2019.
Keen's broader message is that the quest to embed a recognition that sport is as worthy of public funding as culture and the arts is only partially complete, and that momentum must be maintained beyond London.
The needs assessment also calls for a successor to the MetroCard system, which transit officials say cannot be maintained beyond 2019, and places an increased focus on stormproofing since Hurricane Sandy.
These benefits were maintained beyond the intervention period with a small-to-moderate effect size.
Finally, if sedation must be maintained beyond 48 h, the propofol must be stopped and an anaesthetic selected by the bedside physician given instead.
Once taught, the communicative skills will require reinforcement from peer-listeners if those skills are to be maintained beyond the instructional setting.
The advantages of the intervention were maintained beyond effects of parental education and of children's gender, vocabulary, and social cognition level.
Question: Does electrical stimulation increase strength after stroke and are any benefits maintained beyond the intervention period or carried over to activity?
Question: Is biofeedback during the practice of lower limb activities after stroke more effective than usual therapy in improving those activities, and are any benefits maintained beyond the intervention?
Electrical stimulation also improved activity (SMD 0.30, 95% CI 0.05 to 0.56) and this effect was also maintained beyond the intervention period (SMD 0.38, 95% CI 0.09 to 0.66).
Overall, electrical stimulation increased strength by a standardised mean difference (SMD) of 0.47 (95% CI 0.26 to 0.68) and this effect was maintained beyond the intervention period (SMD 0.33, 95% CI 0.07 to 0.60).
