*Represented as mean (std) To impute missing data when possible, we made the following assumptions: There were very few missing arterial blood gases data from arrival in the ED, reducing assumptions to a minimum.
In such we feel that such items do help draw attention of the readers to potential methodological limitations, and thus reduce assumptions that the methodology was sound.
However, to reduce assumptions, only the highly confident cIntFams (Fig. S3A) are considered in subsequent analyses.
The amino acid substitution model was set to mixed in order to reduce assumptions prior to analysis.
By using actual trial data, we reduced assumptions about prognosis and resource utilisation that are often required in economic analyses.
The EMF concept aims to reduce subjectivity in conceptual hydrological modeling practice and includes model selection in the optimisation steps, reducing initial assumptions on the prior perception of the dominant rainfall-runoff transformation processes.
By adopting a phenomenological attitude and thus bracketing (reducing) preconceived assumptions, theories and thoughts, the researcher can do better justice to the phenomena and describe them as they are experienced.
Otherwise, they would have to reduce the assumption -- and next year's reported profits.
To halve total new immigration to 500,000 a year, as Mr Borjas suggests, the number of illegal immigrants would need to be dramatically reduced.The assumption that the present crop of legal immigrants are underskilled may also need to be revised.
