Changes in reporting practices, such as online journal appendix materials or online repositories of covariance data for later data synthesis, could address this limitation.
Further, our earlier preliminary findings revealed the reducing peritoneal adhesion effect of mineral oil adjuvant by additional use of garlic with later (data not shown).
This study from the Jackson Labs remains among the largest, with data on thousands of mice, but later data from this same facility cast doubt on these prior results, as improved conditions allowed far greater lifespans [24].
Adopting a sequential or iterative analysis enabled us to refine questions, develop and challenge assumptions, and pursue emerging avenues of inquiry in later data gathering.
Later data of elite athletes outside of the Olympic Games also report poor oral health, in elite triathletes 13 cyclists 14 and professional football players.
This study benefited from high participation rates, inclusion of both boys and girls, and longitudinal methodology with matching of questionnaires from initial and later data points.
Given the substantial difference between the association in the earlier and later data (ORs of 2.7 vs. 1.4), and its marginal statistical significance, we recommend interpreting this result with caution.
Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Genentech's president for product development, said the company might ask the F.D.A. for conditional approval on the promise of later providing survival data from two other clinical trials that are now under way.
Applying these methods to settlement data of the Chalcolithic period enables quantification of the level of architectural similarity within and between different sites and their comparison to architectural data of later periods, such as the Early Bronze Age II urban center at Arad.
