Students who participated in this test had not participated either of the other two tests.
Tight end Jeremy Shockey (toe) and cornerback Will Peterson (concussion) did not participate either; this kind of rest has become standard procedure in their game-to-game regimen.
The Yankees had eight players selected as All-Stars, though four — Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and C. C. Sabathia — will not participate, either because of injury or, in Sabathia's case, because he started Sunday.
The remaining eight countries did not participate, either because of logistical or bureaucratic difficulties (inability or lack of permission to travel to and attend the focus group interviews).
Vanessa Williams did not participate, either out of annoyance or as the punch line to a quirky joke.
Of these, 270 were recruited and 25 patients did not participate either because they declined consent (n = 21), or because they had left the hospital by the time the culture became positive and could not be contacted (n = 4).
The 23 schools that did not participate either did not provide a response to the invitation or refused based on reasons such as lack of time and resources.
Those who did not participate either did not give consent for the main or follow up study (3%) or were unaware of the child's/family's events for a period longer than three months (2%).
The United States ranked 25th out of 29 in the percentage of people 15 to 19 years old who were enrolled in schools and colleges and 23rd in the percentage of people in that cohort not participating in either education, employment or training.
Attrition analyses were conducted to determine if those students participating in all four waves (n = 271, #1) differed on the measurements in wave 1 and 4 respectively from (1) those apparently dropping out of school (n = 118, #2), (2) those apparently repeating a class (n = 34, #3) and (3) those not participating in either wave 2 or 3 (n = 64, #4).
