The report, Ethical business conduct in BAE Systems plc – the way forward, made 23 recommendations, measures which the company has committed to implement.
Castro became weary of Guevara's opposition to Soviet conditions and recommendations: measures that Castro saw as necessary, but which Guevara described as corrupt and "pre-monopolist".
There were no significant differences in the adherence to recommendations (measure of physical activity and diet composition) among the three groups (data not shown).
As another dependent variable, the intention to accept recommendations was measured by answering the following two statements: "I will follow the recommendations of the doctor," and "There is a possibility of following recommendations of the doctor".
For each of these variants the CPU, memory and time consumed for issuing PuLSaR recommendations were measured.
Compliance to the dietary recommendations was measured with the use of a diet diary, and through a checklist of questions about dietary intake at each visit.
Adherence to national dietary recommendations, as measured by the RCI, was associated with being Portuguese, increased age and higher education level.
DNA was purified with 'QIAquick PCR purification kit' (Qiagen) following the manufacturer's recommendations and measured by real-time PCR using SYBR Green and the Rotor-Gene 3000 (Corbett Life Science, now Qiagen).
Patient recommendation was measured on a five-point Likert scale using the question 'If someone asks you about the hospital, would you recommend it?' The study found that technical competence was a more influential predictor for recommendation [ 10].
"Recommendations to measure both arms exist in both British and American blood pressure management guidelines," said Dr. Christopher Clark, the lead author of the study and a clinical academic fellow at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry in England.
