Armbruster et al. (2000; see also Fenster et al. 2004) pointed out that specialization can refer either to a state (being specialized: 'ecological specialization') or to a process (becoming more specialized: 'evolutionary specialization').
The word specialization can refer to both a state and a process.
Where clinical information was unavailable, we allocated patients based on the specialization of the referring physician (e.g. orthopedics, psychiatry, neurology, surgery or rheumatology).
Variables relating to the complaints are also included, viz. the duration of the complaints, recurrent complaints, prior physical therapy or exercise therapy, and specialization of the referring physician.
As no information on reasons for seeking ambulatory care is routinely collected in Switzerland, we derived clinical conditions for physical therapy referral from three sources: inpatient diagnoses and procedures, dispensed outpatient drugs and the specialization of the referring physician.
Emily refers to the specialization as "orthobeakics".
Fundamentally, jurisdictional competency refers to bureaucratic specialization, with all elements of a bureaucracy possessing a defined role.
Factor 3 (mechanistic) refers to job specialization, pace of work, information handling, etc. Factor 4 (perceptual and motor) describes visual and auditory displays and controls.
Since an index value of one refers to complete specialization of one spouse (mostly the husband) the probability to live in a household where both partners work (S it < 1) increases noticeably with intermarriage.
Since the specialization in gynecology and obstetrics departments started on April 1, 2008, the period from April 1, 2007 to March 31 , 2008 refers to the pre-specialization period.
