The total number of prevalent diabetes cases in each province was estimated as the sum of: (1) observed cases ascertained from hospital discharge abstracts only, (2) observed cases ascertained from claims of FFS physicians, (3) predicted cases for NFFS physicians.
iv) Client exit interviews Exit interviews will be held with each client who was observed to ascertain their perceptions of and satisfaction with the service received, as well as their SRH and HIV-related behaviors and fertility intentions.
The diffusion of innovations theory emphasises the testing of new innovations on a limited basis in order to observe or ascertain compatibility levels before scaling up innovations.
The reason for the disparities we observed cannot be ascertained from our source data, but the adjustment for geographic region, hospital characteristics and insurance status rules out several factors often cited as potential explanations for racial/ethnic disparities [5].
Comparative morphological analyses within a phylogenetic framework help to unravel the complex patterns of skeletal morphological evolution [ 8- 10] and are essential for 1) assessing evolutionary trends [ 10, 11], 2) inferring changes in rates of evolution [ 12], and 3) ascertaining whether observed similarities result from common descent or are acquired independently [ 8, 13].
While PR, marketing, advertising, branding, HR, and customer service are rapidly adopting participatory communication channels such as Twitter and Facebook, IR has (wisely) observed the landscape to ascertain the risks and opportunities present within the new SEC guidelines.
We next observed foraging behavior to ascertain if preferences exist.
Thus, for that screening test, a larger percent of participants with true disease go on to have their disease status correctly ascertained, and observed in the study, than for the other screening test.
Individually, many of the SNPs showed significant association with repeat expansion but the highest single chi squared statistic was observed for a locally ascertained SNP ss71651738 (local id WEX70) (χ1=178.71).
You can also have longer quotes that are syntactically joined to sentences, for example: She was sent here to "observe and discreetly ascertain what the hell we were up to".
