But in other cases, reminders reported by the teenagers were idiosyncratic: a song playing on the radio, the sound of someone crying, the click of a car starting.
Furthermore, people attending after one or two reminders reported similar health status and smoking habits as people attending after the first letter of invitation, indicating little selection bias.
Earlier studies found that effective measures for improving screening attendance rates for these two types of cancers included client reminders and one-on-one education, with client reminders reported to have the largest effect [ 1, 4, 8- 14].
A UK study which disseminated passive written guidelines reported no effect on the proportion of patients prescribed a PPI, while a multifaceted participatory educational strategy involving workshops, guidelines and reminders reported a 60% reduction in PPI costs [ 10, 38].
We will give them a reminder to report an approach from fixers.
We could also not determine if the patient received a reminder to report for testing by mail or telephone.
The auction lunch, held at the restaurant Le Bernardin on West 51st Street in Midtown Manhattan, was a reminder that reports of a sagging economy should be kept in perspective.
THE atrocity visited on Nairobi's Westgate shopping centre by al-Qaeda's Somali affiliate, the Shabab, was a bloody reminder that reports of the terrorist network's demise have been much exaggerated.
As a reminder, Apple reported $37.5 billion in revenue, $7.5 billion in profit representing earnings of $8.26 per share.
As a reminder, we reported back in July that Google is plotting the launch of Google Games and has invested over $100 million in social games juggernaut Zynga (which also has a partnership with Yahoo in place).
