Invitations to the presentations are sent to participants' families, past participants, graduate program directors, and other faculty from regional universities (e.g., University of Missouri, Washington University), and professionals from important industries (e.g., Monsanto, Pfizer).
All were sent videotaped presentations by the surgeon covering the same material.
Information on events during the experiment, such as the onset time of a visual stimulus and keypresses of the participant, were sent from the presentation PC to the recorder PC.
On presentation, blood and urine (obtained aseptically via transurethral catheter) were sent off for bacterial culture and the baby was treated empirically with intravenous co-amoxiclav and gentamicin.
Annual mailings were sent to >5,000 licensed childcare centers, and on-site presentations were given at 170 centers.
Data messages in an XML-format were sent from the hand unit to a central server for storage, processing and presentation.
Reminders were sent out at 4 and 8 weeks, and a standard protocol for maximising the response rate was followed including a short presentation to students before the reminders were sent out, and the use of local publicity and student representatives to raise the study profile and to prompt responses.
Revised PowerPoint presentations would be sent to health workers in Africa to gauge interest.
Steele Vaughn notes that large files like spreadsheets, graphics, reports and presentations are being sent as E-mail attachments, causing a logjam in the corporate networks.
