initial investigation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinitialandinvestigation
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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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investigation
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˌves.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪnˌves.təˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the act or process of examining a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover ...
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Aninitialinvestigationof the usability of conversational data for doing sociology.
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Of course, this is only aninitialinvestigation, analyzing lobbying success of only 149 advocates on 47 issues.
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For thisinitialinvestigationwe consider only the conditions for existence of steady-state configurations.
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For these reasons, these models are especially well suited to aninitialinvestigationof stabilization policy.
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This study is aninitialinvestigationinto the role and potential of interagent ties in computational teaming.
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Secondly, afterinitialinvestigationby the researchers reveals low-use growers, profiles of the applications are taken to grower meetings for evaluation.
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Initialinvestigationrevealed that one of her siblings had sought medical attention for diarrhoea 16 days previously.
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Initialinvestigation, which included echocardiography, did not identify an abnormality of the aortic arch.
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Thus, we propose a taxonomy of trajectories of dynamic predictors of course of disorder and provide aninitialinvestigationinto its validity.
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This is aninitialinvestigationof this study, focusing on a central aspect of highly effective team collaboration: interagent ties.
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The overall investigation that followed theinitialinvestigationconsisted of a descriptive study of cases, three cohort studies, and a case-control study.
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Theinitialinvestigationof all suspected cases of meningococcal infection is therefore very important in achieving an accurate diagnosis.
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Finally, surfactant effects and associated complications due to interface blockage, interfacial viscosity and spatial variations in surface tension have not been included in thisinitialinvestigation.
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The aim of this study is to conduct aninitialinvestigationinto the role and potential that agent interdependencies may have in a computational design context.
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The working hypothesis based on theinitialinvestigationwas that primary sporadic cases resulted from exposure to foods originating from, or contaminated by, foods produced at a single food premises.
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The data were examined for evidence that the management decisions were based on the assessment andinitialinvestigationof the patient in accordance with the protocol.
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In the case of acute pain, aninitialinvestigationshould confirm or eliminate its association with serious disease, a lesion of the nervous system, inflammation, trauma (injury), or neoplasm.
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The local conciliation committees would, as now, undertake theinitialinvestigationof a complaint and attempt to secure compliance with the law.
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