Goggle-eyed and clenched, trapped in an anonymous concrete desert where transport is scarce and utilities unreliable, Tommy finds solace in a warmhearted hospice nurse (Wunmi Mosaku) and therapy to modify his flinching body language.
Evidence is scarce about its utility in gynecologic surgery.
The literature on the log odds of node involvement is scarce, and the utility of the L transform needs independent confirmation.
For example, all else equal, per-unit values often increase as a service becomes more scarce (reflecting diminishing marginal utility) and are frequently affected by spatial factors such as the distance of beneficiaries from the service.
Available evidence of clinical utility is scarce and criteria for scoring and interpreting scores are often not available.
The relatively scarce research into clinical utility of genetic testing has produced mixed results [ 13, 14]; however, some studies have found evidence that providing results of genetic tests for chronic diseases increases patients' preventive behavior [ 15, 16].
Tracheal aspirates cultures play an important role in the diagnosis of ventilator associated pneumonia, but there are scarce data on the utility of quantification of the bacterial colonies recovered.
Many similar promises were made, she said, but aside from intermittent electricity in highly populated areas, utilities remain scarce.
FOR years, Arctic explorers, oil field workers, globe-trotting businessmen and war correspondents have used satellite phones to harness a telephone signal in places where utility poles were scarce.
Patient preferences for organ allocation were not based on maximising the utility of a scarce resource, yet this is potentially implicit in current organ allocation systems that aim to balance efficiency and equity.
