We described qualitatively and, as applicable, quantitatively the response of intensive care services to the outbreak.
In this integrated model, the GHE is simulated by a computational intensive finite element model, which can quantitatively predict the changes of temperature in the ground heat exchanger and surrounding soil.
However, data from an additional 10-year follow-up study of this same cohort of patients did show a quantitatively similar but statistically significant long-term cardiovascular benefit of intensive control (sulfonylurea-insulin group: relative risk reduction for MI 15%, P < 0.01; metformin group: relative risk reduction for MI 33%, P = 0.005), even after an intensive strategy was abandoned (1, 8).
More importantly, the stochastic model allows the decision maker to quantitatively consider the uncertainties in the cost estimates for this energy-intensive technology.
The development of the Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score was an attempt to objectively and quantitatively describe the degree of organ dysfunction over time and to evaluate morbidity in intensive care unit (ICU) septic patients [ 1].
Pyrosequencing is a highly effective method for quantitatively genotyping short genetic sequences, but it currently is hampered by a labor-intensive sample preparation process designed to isolate single-stranded DNA from double-stranded products generated by conventional PCR.
A recent review of the science curriculum at the University of Queensland, a large, research-intensive institution in Australia, resulted in the development of a more quantitatively rigorous undergraduate program.
Using a mixed-method descriptive design, semistructured interviews were conducted and behaviors' relevance was quantitatively rated by seven family caregivers of nonverbal patients with traumatic brain injury in the intensive care unit of a tertiary trauma center in Montreal, Canada.
The interviews shed light on some of the aspects of intensive travelling that do not appear in travel surveys and/or which are more difficult to grasp quantitatively.
Additionally, given that the nested case-control approach obviates the computationally intensive calculations involved in Cox regression when time-dependent covariates are used, the example also illustrates quantitatively the large reduction in CPU time required for analysis.
