I also noted some arguably more objective factors including program size, location, availability and feasibility of research during residency, and the names of specific research mentors I could potentially work with, which I hoped would help me easily compare programs down the line.
At 18 ± 2 and 28 ± 2 weeks' gestation the following information was collected: anthropometry, dietary intakes using a semi-weighed 24-h recall method and food frequency questionnaire (4), and physical activity (the conventional 24-h recall method was modified and made more objective by incorporating information on portion sizes, most of which were weighed at mealtime by a trained field worker).
However, our study included more objective risk factors for variceal bleeding, namely, variceal size and cirrhosis score at time of TOE.
Limitations include the rather small sample size and a lack of more objective health measures, such as those obtainable from physical examinations or medical records, and household socioeconomic status.
16– 18 With this new algorithm, SDOCT technology could potentially provide more objective and easier classification of AMD according to drusen size or area, which will help determine the disease prognosis for certain patients.
More objective measurement of lifestyle behaviours was not feasible because of the trial size.
In this study, we used the ratios of the deviated nondeviated sides to eliminate the effect of size differences among the mandibles and to make the evaluations more objective.
Additionally, the evaluative system could utilize more objective statistical measures of published studies such as significance values and effect sizes to complement the current peer-reviewed rating system.
Contrast imaging can be used to assess abscess size by the depth intubated and the amount of meglumine diatriazoate injected, making tube withdrawal more objective and effective.
The mean NSHD values presented by category of clothes size and other ordinal variables can be used in the interpretation of these relationships on a more objective scale.
