Our ongoing studies include phone-specific energy measures, an examination of vowel usage in depression, and measures involving prosodic rhythm and modulation [24], and using the derivative of measures.
Main Outcome Measures: Histologic examination of the glenohumeral synovial membrane and laboratory analysis of the synovial fluid, obtained through fine-needle aspiration.
Using a variety of adherence measures allows examination of the known inaccuracies of patient self-report with respect to glaucoma medication.
The use of multiple adherence measures allows examination of both intentional and unintentional non-adherence, as prescription refill, FMD and TDA data provide a quantitative estimate of non-adherence whilst the MMAS provides some information about the reason for the non-adherence.
Although rapid, rate-sensitive corticosteroid negative feedback was first reported during the late 1960s and 1970s (40– 42; reviewed in Ref. 7), most studies involved indirect measures or examination of the effect of steroids on stimulated release.
As to understanding procedure and problem solving activities, the responsible project group strictly proceeded with four methodical steps: actual state analysis, analysis of causes, correcting measures, and examination of effectiveness.
The statistical criteria used were the Bayesian information criterion (BIC), Lo-Mendell-Rubin's adjusted likelihood ratio test (LRT) [ 36], entropy measures, and examination of bivariate residuals between pairs of indicators.
Establishing evidence in support of an instrument's construct validity (the degree to which an instrument measures the construct it is intended to measure) requires examination of the sufficiency, relevance and clarity of content [ 9- 11].
Main Outcome Measure: Clinical examination of the abdomen by abdominal palpation and suprapubic percussion, compared with portable ultrasound findings, to determine whether a healthy adult has a full bladder.
Parasiteamia was measured by examination of Giemsa stained blood smears using a magnification ×1000 and by establishing the parasite count per 1000 leukocytes.
