It may also be appropriate to include here the objectives of the trial (see item 2b .The rationale may be explanatory (for example, to assess the possible influence of a drug on renal function) or pragmatic (for example, to guide practice by comparing the benefits and harms of two treatments).
Whilst on some occasions the importance of relatives or friends was pragmatic, for example to see a mole on the back that a patient couldn't see themselves, more generally it was through the dialogue with others that previous experiences and alternative perceptions of the mole and its possible changes were discussed, and led people to finally seek help.
The rationale for change varies between countries but in all cases it has been strong and principled, rather than a purely pragmatic concern, for example, to cut costs or boost school readiness.
Significantly more CON patients chose their physician for pragmatic reasons (for example, geographic proximity of the practice), whereas AM patients were more likely to choose their GPs based on the preferred procedure.
Human beings tend to revert to the familiar: given the paucity of pragmatic aid (for example, Web-driven algorithms that estimate the target with simple parameters or tailor pharmacological therapy on the basis of clinical features [ 5]), personal decisions tend to be conservative and uniform to what is familiar and known.
On the other hand, traditional semi-automatic KA methods (model-based)—for example, those adopted in the Open Mind Common Sense (OMCS) project [34] and OMCS-Br [38] face difficulties in capturing users pragmatic knowledge and common-sense knowledge.
Unless the advice on safer drug taking is pragmatic and realistic – for example, drug welfare organisation The Loop's "crush, dab, wait", which accepts that people take MDMA and offers a suitable route to reducing harm – then it's not going to have much of an effect.
The evolution of Lincoln's pragmatic stance toward emancipation, for example, is subtly illuminated.
In addition, Mr Bianchi says that larger and younger audiences can be drawn to the art form by staging modern adaptions – as French opera houses have done – and that more pragmatic use of theatres, for example by sharing them with modern dance, theatre and cinema audiences – can help balance the books.
The preamble to the UDHR also makes clear that rights ought to be supported for pragmatic reasons in order, for example, to avoid "barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind" or to make unnecessary "rebellion against tyranny and oppression".
For example, pragmatic trials enroll patients typical of normal caseload in typical settings with average physicians following them under routine conditions [ 10].
