Where similar constructs were identified in different studies a translation or summary description was written which captured the common meaning and preserved the study authors' conceptual interpretations [ 29].
Although Washington renounced germ warfare in 1969 and dismantled its arsenal, the government preserved the studies, recipes and blueprints on which the arms were based.
Access to the website was controlled by the website administrator (in this case the study investigator) in order to preserve the design of the study.
Due to the limited available sample size of 193 countries, attempts were made to preserve the power of the study.
Therefore, to preserve the precision of the study in the younger age group of children for the PECARN CDR the sample size was recalculated to 20,000 children.
The nested design of the present study permitted to preserve the validity of cohort studies.
In general, the LOCF method is preferred because it is closer to the intent-to-treat principle and better preserves the original study sample size.
To deal with this circumstance, the research fellow responsible for maintaining allocation concealment directs which intervention code numbers to use to provide the woman with additional trial medication, which preserves the same study group to which the woman was originally allocated.
In an attempt to preserve the statistical power of the study, we provide the results for the first 96 hours of infusion (H0 to H96).
