A priori variables included in the CHADS (CHF, hypertension, age > 75, diabetes, previous stroke) and CHADSVASc (CHADS plus vascular disease, age 65 74, and female as sex category) clinical prediction rules were collected and considered for inclusion in the multivariate analyses for primary and secondary endpoints and stroke alone.
The golden rule is collect what you love and should you need to sell, chances are pretty good someone out there will shell out a pretty penny for your one-time obsession.
All reactions with satisfied GPR rules are collected into a stoichiometric matrix.
The definition of persistent carriage varies between studies, and one study defined persistent carriage based on a semi-quantitative approach, called the "culture rule" where nasal swabs were collected one week apart to determine persistent or intermittent carriage [ 54].
Elections experts say the signatures will eventually be ruled invalid, since they were collected months before the halfway point of Mr. Chávez's six-year term, the point at which the Constitution allows a referendum to be organized.
For the first six patients recruited according to early stopping rules, serial PK samples were collected and analysed after carboplatin and paclitaxel dosing at cycle 1, after ASA404, carboplatin and paclitaxel dosing at cycle 2, and after ASA404 monotherapy, 3 weeks after the end of cycle 6.
The tumours were collected and measured using a rule.
Patient data were collected in accordance with CNIL rules (the French authority for protection of patient data) and kept anonymous.
Adult fish and embryos were collected and processed in accordance with the rules and protocols approved by UCI-IACUC.
The data used were collected in a systematic way so we could confidently rule out selection bias.
