All analyses were exploratory, as the trial was not designed for this purpose. |
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Subsequently, an exploratory abdominal laparotomy was performed to remove the masses. |
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An exploratory laparotomy was performed immediately after the second CT scan to search for a perforated viscus. |
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A 47-year-old man began having painful hiccups several times a minute after undergoing an exploratory laparotomy. |
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The patient was taken to the operating room for an exploratory laparotomy through a transverse umbilical incision. |
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Ten days after the initial presentation the patient had an exploratory laparotomy through a transverse subumbilical incision. |
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When the patient began bleeding from a gastric ulcer and exhibiting signs of hypovolemic shock, an exploratory laparotomy was performed. |
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The patient underwent an exploratory laparotomy under the suspicion of malignant tumor of the cecum or appendix. |
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And in choice of both repertory and production styles, the company's tradition is to be exploratory and innovative. |
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An exploratory data analytic approach was adopted with 14-17 independent variables selected for each analysis. |
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Building on Curtis's concept, you can begin exploratory sketching by riffing off of these three words or phrases. |
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We also performed an exploratory analysis to determine the relative effectiveness of the components of the multifactorial falls risk assessment. |
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This exploratory ethnobotanical study took place in Kumasi, the capital city of the Asante, one of the Akan tribes. |
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The 39-year-old businessman ascribes his career to his exploratory spirit and wise management. |
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There is a very comprehensive range of ceramics, from fabulous tableware to quirky characters and conceptual and exploratory pieces. |
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It threaded a route up through those walls and cracks, real exploratory scrambling, and then on up the narrowing ridge to the summit of Ainshval. |
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On the fourth hospital day the patient underwent an exploratory laparotomy through a midline incision. |
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The patient underwent an exploratory laparotomy, resection of the gastric mass, pyloroplasty, truncal vagotomy, and cyst duodenostomy. |
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A man sits in a square of light, the occasional exploratory movement bringing life to an otherwise empty space. |
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Another beneficial practice is to perform an exploratory card sort once the content for the website is determined. |
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We performed an exploratory analysis of each variable included in the study by univariate statistics and distribution plots. |
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A new round of exploratory talks, scuttled by accusations on both sides of military offensives, may happen soon, Kabalu said. |
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Focus groups were used in an exploratory study to examine the perceptions of palliative care among cardiorespiratory nurses. |
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Nine months after the initial diagnosis, the patient had a second exploratory laparotomy via a bilateral subcostal incision. |
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So, the Faroese are broadly reassured about the exploratory drilling 120 miles off their shores. |
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But while he speaks of war-time heroes and exploratory pioneers, he forgets about another interesting lifetime. |
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He was therefore an exploratory pioneer of a genre he did much to identify and define. |
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This exploratory movement is necessarily slow and contributes to the overwhelming sense of calm. |
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From exploratory drilling through completion, it takes about a thousand truck trips to frack a shale oil well. |
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They now claim that the meetings were purely exploratory and no decisions have yet been taken. |
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Many juveniles made exploratory trips before dispersal, usually of distances of less than 1 km from the birth site. |
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There's a fair amount of information about the local wildlife, as well as the history of the various early exploratory expeditions. |
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During the final Romanov decades scientific and exploratory expeditions were mounted more and more frequently. |
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Despite a number of exploratory dives since its discovery in 1975, no one has yet been able to confirm the identity of the ship. |
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Some exploratory visits are good to give you an idea of what kind of equipment you'll need, and what kind of state the place is in. |
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Further exploratory investigations were carried out to determine whether these were pertinent here. |
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Out-of-town contractors would carry out most of the exploratory efforts with their own crews. |
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This study is exploratory in nature, proposing a combination of methods to investigate norms for a speech event. |
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He suffered a stomach wound, but an exploratory operation showed none of his organs was damaged. |
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The council said machinery was doing exploratory work and the council had not been aware of the souterrain. |
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The referral had to be made carefully since in the wrong hands Rachel would end up in theatre having an unnecessary exploratory operation. |
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Although no firm proposals have been lodged with the council, exploratory drilling has commenced and the company has made a survey. |
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Because the book has relatively little polemic, its character is markedly exploratory and tentative. |
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Actual confirmation of the reserves would require detailed seismic work and exploratory drilling. |
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Like any exploratory survey, the scientists are finding they have more questions now than when they set out. |
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Injuries occur most often during gall bladder operations, with exploratory laparoscopy coming second. |
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The talks appear to have been just exploratory discussions that did not go far. |
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Bill was the first to see his shortcomings and acknowledge the exploratory and experimental character of his work. |
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Music that sounded tentative and exploratory a few years ago now has its feet firmly on the ground. |
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First, oilers must drill one or more exploratory wells on the basis of their seismic data. |
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Unlike former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Huckabee is not immediately forming an exploratory committee. |
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The novel opens with William sending Emily a shy, exploratory mash note. |
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The kebaya thus turns into an exploratory tool for women, leading to a greater awareness of their living conditions and thus to a greater liberty. |
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The geology of the immediate area of the Detroit Salt Mine was derived from logs of the mineshafts, exploratory core holes and nearby oil, gas and brine wells. |
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It is not an efficient way to write, but I love that exploratory phase, when even bad writing somehow seems promising. |
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Mr M was taken to the OR for an exploratory laparotomy and splenectomy. |
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Such exploratory activities are increasingly unattractive compared with the short-term measurable improvements in competency arising from exploitation. |
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I started out approaching a novel the way I write stories, which is in a non-linear and exploratory way. |
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The exploratory laparotomy disclosed no abdominal trauma or hemorrhage. |
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On an exploratory dive from East Point to Cleaning Station we came across a green frogfish early in the dive, leaving me nearly an hour to bond with this bulbous specimen. |
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Gorgeous gave them an opportunity to take on a serious subject in a fun, exploratory way, McGill says. |
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The fingers keep up their exploratory wiggling, each discovering how far it can reach and in what directions it can move, each discerning the shape and feel of the others. |
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An exploratory dig on Charles Street pay and display car park, the proposed library site, has uncovered evidence of dwellings dating back to the early Middle Ages. |
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Now it's true that a sanatorium or asylum can be a very creepy place, what with their exploratory cranial surgeries, spinal taps, bed pans, and hefty co-payments. |
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Luckily for our patient, they had made their way safely to the stomach and he was prepped for exploratory surgery and gastrotomy to remove them. |
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An exploratory laparotomy with distal pancreatectomy was subsequently performed. |
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Meanwhile, nuclear imaging has helped doctors pinpoint which parathyroid gland is diseased, reducing the need for exploratory surgery. |
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On Tuesday, Anadarko said its 2 Shenandoah exploratory well found a 1,000-foot deep zone of pay dirt. |
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After receiving a blood transfusion and intravenous antimicrobial drug treatment, the patient was scheduled for an exploratory laparotomy. |
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With a secondary abdominal pregnancy or a broad-ligament heterotopic pregnancy in mind, it was decided to perform exploratory laparotomy. |
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An exploratory qualitative design was used to assess faculty, community nurse, and student perceptions of the process. |
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Second, the dimensions of the Epistemological Scenario were further investigated by exploratory factor analysis. |
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As a result of exploratory factor analysis, the original structure with five factors was reached. |
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As well as having an exploratory function, these flights were calculated to relieve cosmophobia. |
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The alto saxophonist Greg Osby has a brittle and dartlike style, well suited to exploratory post-bop or slippery free-funk. |
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Consequently, exploratory factor analyses were utilized to identify a factor structure represented by the survey items. |
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The first test on each subject yielded differing results, ranging from reduced diving activity and rapid exploratory swimming. |
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It is most often used for exploratory drilling of new oil or gas wells in deep water but can also be used for scientific drilling. |
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This was the only English city to have had a history of undertaking exploratory expeditions into the Atlantic. |
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East of Malacca, Albuquerque sent several diplomatic and exploratory missions, including to the Moluccas. |
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Dutch exploratory voyages revealed largely unknown landmasses to the civilized world and put their names on the world map. |
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Kythera has active or exploratory programs in adipolysis, photoaging and dermal contouring and topical neuromodulation. |
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Olson underwent an exploratory arthroscope Tuesday, which found no cartilage damage. |
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An exploratory factor analysis was then conducted that extracted four factors with orthogonal rotation. |
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In February, he formed an exploratory committee for his congressional bid. |
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Chris's use of tactile exploratory procedures depended on the type of task, her familiarity with it, and the manipulability of the objects. |
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It will prevent numerous women of infertile couples to undergo an exploratory laparoscopy or an hysterosalpingogram. |
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The BSEE previously approved the company's oil response plans for its exploratory ambitions in both the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. |
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Initially, several exploratory factor analyses using principal axis factor analysis with oblimin rotation were conducted. |
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The patient was taken emergently to the operating room for upper endoscopy and exploratory celiotomy. |
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During exploratory celiotomy a ruptured right hepatic abscess was discovered. |
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Shell is seeking to drill up to six exploratory wells in the Chukchi Sea about 70 miles off the North Slope. |
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Given the nascence of the topic, we adopt an exploratory research approach. |
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Eklund has sundresses and surfboards in the works but her next project is leading an exploratory group of US clothiers to Ethiopia. |
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This Essay focuses on the exploratory research we conducted on barriers to participation in ADR experienced by members of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. |
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Richard Alarcon announced Tuesday he is forming an exploratory committee to help him decide whether to try to return to the Los Angeles City Council. |
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The first exploratory boat made a landing on the bank near some local huts, where they quickly captured a local woman and brought her back to the caravel. |
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Their overall abundance makes them one of the most common, and least understood, marine structures and biomes on Earth, a sort of exploratory frontier. |
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Here she explains the types of anger and reviews current literature, describes her methods and results, and presents confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses. |
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Under new king Manuel I of Portugal, on July 1497 a small exploratory fleet of four ships and about 170 men left Lisbon under the command of Vasco da Gama. |
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In 1497, newly crowned King Manuel I of Portugal sent an exploratory fleet eastwards, fulfilling his predecessor's project of finding a route to the Indies. |
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This exploratory work in the Niobrara and Mancos shales of the Piceance was a logical follow-on to our previous Mancos shale discoveries in the San Juan Basin. |
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The state's CDU premier, Volker Bouffier, has been in simultaneous exploratory talks for eight weeks with both Social Democrats and the Greens to form a coalition. |
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While the notion of coopetition has been around for many years, unfortunately extant research has conceptualized it only through logical and exploratory methods. |
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Separate exploratory factor analyses using an oblique rotation were conducted on the item sets measuring task values, task difficulty perceptions, and ability perceptions. |
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