Since the range of prescription drugs was widespread, they were classified according to the main anatomical group and therapeutic subgroup to minimise variability and to improve the readability of the results.
Robust design is the process of minimising variability of products and processes in order to improve their quality and reliability.
Specifically, a 'fit-for-purpose' method validation was undertaken with the aim of identifying and minimising variability associated with the sample analysis cycle, often the cause of biomarker failure in the clinic (Pepe et al, 2001; Bast et al, 2005; Wagner et al, 2007).
Procedures were established by the ShARM management board following consultation with pathologists and researchers with expertise in each of the tissues harvested, minimising variability introduced by tissue collection and preservation.
This is justified on the basis of the models of [25], who demonstrated that a most likely cause of the environmental variation is determined by the cost of minimising variability during development.
The JSHS purposely recruited participants from the same middle-class geographical area, thereby minimising variability in socioeconomic status, an important correlate of health literacy [ 33].
QA measures (planned process activities) can be embedded into standard operating procedures (SOPs), which provide step-by-step procedures for sample handling, processing, and curation, helping to minimise variability in staff and across sites.
To minimise individual variability and learning effect in reaction time tasks, there was a practice round preceding the CogniSpeed© subtests.
We minimised the variability and error in data interpretation by evaluating IC50 values in each experiment for individual modalities and evaluating potential synergy using the well-recognized Chou and Talalay's statistical analyses (CalcuSyn software).
S11494; Molecular Probes Inc., now part of Invitrogen Corporation) to minimise interassay variability and were quantitated using the FluorImager/Typhoon and ImageQuant software (Molecular Dynamics, now part of GE Healthcare, Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, UK), as previously described [ 16, 24, 27].
