Kaplan Meier survival curves summarise follow-up outcomes and account for changes in biomarker concentrations during the study period.
Two laboratories used two methods in parallel, summarising up to 15 comparable results.
We summarised follow-up QoL responses for each individual subject by taking the simple average of their follow-up QoL responses over time as our summary measure (Matthews et al, 1990) as we were concerned with differences in overall levels of QoL rather than more subtle effects.
The acceptability of measurement tool completion was assessed by summarising follow-up response rates overall and by arm at all time-points, by assessing the level of missing data (for individual items and for entire outcome measures) and via responses provided during the three-month participant interview.
In this review, we summarise the different up-to-date bioreactor designs being used for different cell types and special design scaffolds, and highlight advantages of different bioreactors, current challenges and the future trends.
Three narrative reviews, published in 1999-2006, summarised findings from up to six studies that reported inconclusive results, some studies showing increased alcohol use among people with long working hours, and other studies observing no relation.
Letters are welcome via e-mail to [email protected] indicatorsSIR – Your discussion of the World Bank's "Doing Business" report flagged the benefit to policymakers of measures that summarise valuable information ("Stand up for 'Doing Business'", May 25th).
Now how does my summary get summarised as it moves up the hierarchy?
A manic satire of utopianism and progress, whose plot is pretty much impossible to summarise but whose send-up of the world of conferences, delegates and seminars is eerily relevant today.
Anyone allergic to management jargon will already be running for the exit, but Mr Nye has performed a valuable service in rounding up and summarising the various academic studies and theories of leadership into a single, slim volume.
