In these respects, realist and meta-narrative reviews face a problem similar to that encountered in assessing qualitative research - namely the extent to which guidelines, standards and checklists can ever capture the essence of quality.
In our study we investigated the value of two quantitative methods, namely, tissue-Doppler (TDI) and speckle-tracking (STE), in assessing mild cardiac abnormalities in hypertensive patients.
This helps in assessing the two major problems related to the blood flow namely thromboembolism and hemolysis.
This study is unique in assessing reliability and responsiveness by means of a method specially developed for analyzing paired ordinal data, namely Svensson's method [11].
In order to assess diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa and related EDNOS and an estimate of burden, in 2005 two additional questions were added, namely one assessing importance of weight and shape and one assessing 'days out of role' [24].
Namely, to assess the efficacy of the national program of audits in improving compliance with a federal grant program to improve municipal infrastructure.
The current study was undertaken to assess for the incidence of HER2 status of both primary and metastatic recurrence in patients from a single institution assessed in a high volume reference laboratory using uniform methodology, namely in-situ hybridization.
The first approach was focused on population synchrony, namely to assess how synchrony depends on distance.
Namely, in order to assess within-clinic (Sw) and between- clinic (Sb) variances, linear mixed models will be used, which included a crude model (Model 1), a baseline-adjusted model (Model 2), and multivariate-adjusted model (Model 3) using individual data.
Such sentiments fail to engage with a more fundamental question, namely how to assess the viability of an opposition movement in a country whose politics have proven so evasive.
A further question to investigate burden was asked namely assessing 'days out of role' [ 15].
