The evidence-base for breast cancer-related lymphoedema risk reduction advice is scant and contradictory, with most studies in the area limited by small numbers, retrospective design and other methodological inadequacies.
It was hard to conclude otherwise, with all the talk about Labor's negative gearing policy "smashing" house prices and the new slogan, "vote Labor get poorer", when the scant available evidence suggested a one-off reduction of between 1% and 2%.
As a fundamental social process, communication can help natural resource managers prevent or manage many human wildlife conflicts, but research on how to present effectively information that contributes to the reduction of human wildlife conflicts is scant.
However, information on SF tolerance in rice is scant even though this stress is causing yield reductions in millions of hectares in Asia (Singh et al. 2011).
Many of the homeowners received scant relief, with a large majority benefiting from a reduction of less than 10 percent on their monthly payments, according to an analysis by Ms. Romero's office.
However, since the evidence base for long-term successful weight loss interventions is scant, it is important to identify strategies for risk reduction independent of weight loss.
Although research is available in the literature regarding the effects on pathogen contamination reduction via improved cleaning methods (Munoz-Price et al., 2012), scant research has been done focusing on the training based around non-medical care of patients.
Given the scant clinical data available to us, the precise reason(s) for observed reductions in healthcare costs following initiation of sildenafil therapy must remain conjectural.
By contrast, the Toomey plan would have left most of the needed deficit reduction for the future (it would have achieved, at most, $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction) and secured a scant $300 billion from revenues.
