Accordingly, we have listed the criteria used in this analysis, as well as the way in which the criteria were assigned to domains, in Additional file 1: Appendix A. The conceptual framework we used also makes these evaluations vulnerable to the bias of the raters.
However, the hill-climbing search algorithm can only provide the relative indicators of the image sharpness, and the sharpness evaluation is vulnerable to the noise interference, which can make the result appear to the local peaks.
The different patterns of T1Gd in various radial sub-regions shown in this current study indicate that the articular cartilage from anterior to superior and posterior is vulnerable to degenerative processes, and therefore evaluation of cartilage status in these sub-regions is critical for predicting the postoperative effects in cases with early stages of secondary OA.
Secondly, the EVIDEM is vulnerable to interventions ranking inconsistency where performance evaluation of a broad range of competing interventions is mandated.
Such thinking is vulnerable to another related but mistaken self-evaluation.
This spring, the Office of Inspector General for the federal Health and Human Services Department warned that the coding of evaluation services had been "vulnerable to fraud and abuse".
However, part of the forest should be kept untouched for species vulnerable to changes in microclimatic conditions, and for evaluation of long-term effects.
Health economic evaluations in general are vulnerable to manipulation due to the use of primary data and the arbitrary definition of outcomes.
Based on our interviews with the children of Chinese immigrants, we learned that their parents believe that careers in writing, acting, fashion and art are risky because these professions involve subjective evaluation, thereby making their children vulnerable to bias.
The pre-/post study design used in the evaluation is known to be vulnerable to threats to internal validity.
