Informative color scales were used in the minority of color images and many figures did not clarify whether contrast medium had been used or not.
Helped by the National Training Programme for Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery (LAPCO), the uptake of laparoscopic surgery has increased in NHS hospitals, but it is still used in the minority of cases (40% in 2012).
Possible explanations for this were (a) low levels of albumin in AKI patients, counterbalancing the increased acid load of SIG and phosphate, and (b) greater bicarbonate use in AKI patients, although it was used in the minority of the patients (Table 1), even in persistent AKI.
Other parameters like tidemark integrity, proteoglycan content of the cartilage, pannus formation or synovial hyperplasia were used only in the minority or single scoring systems.
Although performance of HbA1c may be slightly different compared with nonminorities, use of HbA1c in the minority population may increase screening compliance, as this test does not require a return fasting visit.
"I am used to being in the minority," she said, touching her forehead.
He said in a 1996 interview: "I'm used to being in the minority.
His white family remained in the neighborhood as the racial makeup changed from white to black; he was used to being in the minority at parties, of being one of the only whites on the F train.
However language specific marketing and use of researchers fluent in the minority groups' language is inevitably an effective component of recruitment [ 26, 34, 50, 51, 62].
In-depth qualitative studies looking specifically at herbal medicine use in the UK have involved minority groups: Ghanaian women and Sikh immigrants in London.
