(1) Although individual IRB chairpersons and oncology investigators may have important differences of opinion concerning the ethics of phase I trials, these disagreements do not represent a widespread area of ethical conflict in clinical research.
(2) Professor T. McKeown, chairperson of the subcommittee, began his presentation of the subcommittee's 1st report by pointing out that whereas the time that remained for attaining the objective of health for all by 2000 was short, the range of research projects related to health was almost unlimited.
(3) We examined the ethics of these trials by surveying phase I oncology investigators and institutional review board (IRB) chairpersons at major cancer research centers around the country.
(4) The authors conducted a survey to develop a profile of the current chairpersons of PM&R, as well as to assess the short- and long-term needs of the field.
(5) Results indicated increases in the number of disability-related issues reported by trained members and consistent improvements in chairperson performance following training.
(6) Douglas Alexander is chairperson of Labour's general election strategy.
(7) The aim of this study was, accordingly, to investigate if a training programme for registered nurses as chairperson of the multidisciplinary team conference (MTC) changed the communication and decision pattern during the neurological ward conference.
(8) Four groups were interviewed: citizen board members, board chairpersons, center staff, and center directors.
(9) While the results of the survey indicate significant diversity among departments, departmental chairpersons view research as a major priority in the goals of their departments, and they envision maintenance or expansion of research over the next decade.
(10) The following conclusions summarize the results of a survey sent to the chairperson of the removable prosthodontic department of 70 dental schools regarding the concepts and techniques taught for developing the posterior palatal seal.
(11) Individual groups meet, research, discuss, form a consensus opinion and appoint a chairperson for each topic.
(12) The members of the Task Force were: Michael J. Fisher, Raymond Hakim, MD, Nathan W. Levin, MD, Chairperson, John M. Newmann, PhD, David A. Ogden, MD, and Vincent Pizziconi, PhD.
(13) Data were collected through a taped telephone interview to all program chairpersons (N = 10) and mailed questionnaires to faculty involved with all required courses (N = 110).
(14) Groups of 15-20 posters were discussed in detail, and later on, in plenary sessions, chairpersons of the poster discussions reviewed the afternoons' posters.
(15) The BBC Trust, and in particular the chairperson, needs to be robust and able to tell the government home truths.
(16) It is up to each chairperson to decide what proportion of limited resources should be invested in research.
(17) A survey of 1000 practicing orthodontists and 54 department chairpersons of orthodontic postgraduate programs assessed the relevance of this issue to the profession, the nature of educational information previously and currently available in orthodontic curricula, and the frequency with which suicidal behavior is noted in orthodontic practice.
(18) Come April 16, Bahrain television continued its saga of public defamation , this time focusing on Nabeel Rajab, president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights , who is also chairperson of a health rights NGO, CaramAsia , and deputy secretary general of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
(19) The survey found differences in perceived problems between volunteers and staff, particularly in that staff found outdated audiovisuals and publications to be more of a problem than did chairpersons.
(20) One has since committed suicide, while he has divorced fellow politician Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, now chairperson of African Union.
Moderator
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, moderates, restrains, or pacifies.
(n.) The officer who presides over an assembly to preserve order, propose questions, regulate the proceedings, and declare the votes.
(n.) In the University of Oxford, an examiner for moderations; at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for degrees; at Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
(n.) A mechamical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect.
Example Sentences:
(1) The newborn with critical AS typically presents with severe cardiac failure and the infant with moderate failure, whereas children may be asymptomatic.
(2) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
(3) In the surface epithelial cells, the basolateral cell surface showed moderate enzymatic activity.
(4) Histological studies showed that the resulting pancreatitis was usually mild to moderate, being severe only in association with sepsis.
(5) Systemic corticosteroids (i.e., prednisone, prednisolone or methylprednisolone) have improved the survival rate of patients with moderate and severe ulcerative colitis.
(6) We report the results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of acitretin (Soriatane) in 15 patients with moderate to severe psoriasis.
(7) Furthermore echography revealed a collateral subperiosteal edema and a moderate thickening of extraocular muscles and bone periostitis, a massive swelling of muscles and bone defects in subperiosteal abscesses as well as encapsulated abscesses of the orbit and a concomitant retrobulbar neuritis in orbital cellulitis.
(8) TR was classified as follows: severe (massive systolic opacification and persistence of the microbubbles in the IVC for at least 20 seconds); moderate (moderate systolic opacification lasting less than 20 seconds); mild (slight systolic opacification lasting less than 10 seconds); insignificant TR (sporadic appearance of the contrast medium into the IVC).
(9) Mild swallowing difficulties occurred in 18 patients (39%), moderate dysfunction in 23 (50%), and severe dysfunction in five (11%).
(10) The radius is estimated to be around 1.7 nm, which shows a moderate degree of hydration.
(11) The deep cerebellar nuclei were moderately labeled at birth and gradually decreased in density thereafter.
(12) The epithelium of Brunner's gland stained intensely with Ricinus communis agglutinin-I (RCA-I), succinylated-WGA (S-WGA) and wheat-germ agglutinin (WGA), moderately with Bandeirea simplicifolia agglutinin-I (BS-I), Concanavalia ensiformis agglutinin (Con A) peanut agglutinin (PNA) and Ulex europaeus agglutinin-I (UEA-I) and occasionally with Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA), Lens culinaris agglutinin (LCA) and soybean agglutinin (SBA).
(13) 2-(4'-Isobutylphenyl)propionic acid, ibuprofen, is an antiinflammatory agent which possesses moderate platelet aggregation inhibitory activity.
(14) Electroretinographic (ERG), morphometric and biochemical studies on retinas from monkeys or rats reveal that moderate level developmental lead (Pb) exposure produces long-term selective rod deficits and degeneration.
(15) The remaining 33 sera (13.3 per cent) were classified as low, moderate or strong positives.
(16) The agriculture ministry raised the risk level of the virus spreading from moderate to high on Tuesday across the country, at a crucial time for the industry.
(17) The role of blood acetylcholinesterase in moderating the effects of organophosphate challenge in rats was tested.
(18) C. tropicalis was grown in a medium containing Brij 35, resulting in the induction of a moderate number of medium-sized peroxisomes.
(19) Data from 579 medical students from the classes of 1979-80 through 1983-84 attending a midwestern medical college were analyzed via moderated multiple regression.
(20) Altering the time of PMA exposure demonstrated that PMA inhibited chondrocyte phenotypic expression, rather than cell commitment: early (0-48 h) exposure to PMA (during chondrocytic commitment in vitro) had little inhibitory effect on the staining index, whereas, exposure from 49-96 h (presumably post-commitment) and 0-96 h had moderate and strong inhibitory effects, respectively, on cartilage synthesis.