Bergmann's rule may not provide the most pertinent framework for the study of size changes in the context of climate change.
In particular, the lack of consistent intervals for repeated measurements is a notable limitation, most pertinent for the two study inclusion ScvO2 values, the percent lactate clearance and the final ScvO2 at the end of the six-hour EGDT treatment period.
The use of vignettes in qualitative research attempts to determine perceptions, attitudes and moral values, particularly pertinent for this study [ 16].
It can also provide an opportunity for the research team to take into account the opinions of both the staff and community relating to issues pertinent to the study, allowing for adapting and modifying of information, messages and research methods [ 18, 19, 46].
Yet the validity for our results rests upon the quality of the sample which was built according to the characteristics pertinent for our study purpose, i.e. contrasted on the educational outcomes.
As a foundation for the study, we consider experimental designs for fitting ellipses to data, a problem pertinent to the study of transverse isotropy in many disciplines.
A complete list of medications prescribed during the index period between thirty days prior to and four months after conception was reviewed using references pertinent for the time period of the study [ 29- 31].
Costs are particularly pertinent for implementation studies because the interventions have to compete with other quality improvement activities in primary and secondary care settings with limited budgets.
With this information we proceeded to make the pertinent changes to the questionnaire to be used for the study.
The nurse registered this information in a special file and then used the questionnaire to obtain pertinent information from the parents, which was needed for the study.
