initial study
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinitialandstudy
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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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study
noun
uk/ˈstʌd.i/us/ˈstʌd.i/
the activity of examining a subject in detail in order to discover ...
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(Definition ofinitialandstudyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Three children had died during the 5-year interval since theinitialstudy.
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In theinitialstudy, however, we could not clarify the factors that predict the likelihood of constriction.
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Theinitialstudyhighlighted the complexity of the process and the specialised skills required.
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Future work will continue to formalize the findings of thisinitialstudy, and explore modifications and extensions to the collaborative framework established herein.
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Thus, theinitialstudypopulation consisted of 769 cases and 2307 matched controls (1 : 3).
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On the basis of experience acquired in theinitialstudy, we designed a shorter simplified procedure for the non-medical part.
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In thisinitialstudysamples from each locality have been selected for analysis.
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Therefore, this study focuses on translation oscillation as aninitialstudyonly.
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These latter results concurred with theinitialstudy(data not shown).
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In theinitialstudy, 48% of patients who scored less than 12 developed pressure ulcers, compared to only 5% of those who scored above 18.
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It represents aninitialstudyin using design ontology for design information representation, extraction, indexing, and retrieval.
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In thisinitialstudy, we report findings regarding implementation of the rhyming module.
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Smoking cessation in patients with cardiopulmonary disease : aninitialstudy.
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The mean age of their patients atinitialstudy, however was higher (8.5 years).
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A key limitation of thisinitialstudywas that additional aspatial risk factors, such as gender and age, were not included.
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Because thisinitialstudysought to document the existence of the learning phenomenon, several questions regarding the learning process itself remain.
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Families who had moved since theinitialstudywere traced via the child's previous school and/or local education authority.
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Thisinitialstudyprovided an impetus and direction for the research reported here, which has examined a broader range of perceptions of risk.
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Initialstudyfindings were also presented to various groups of palliative care experts, who confirmed that the interpretations resonated with their clinical experiences.
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For thisinitialstudy, however, we make the simplifying assumption that the intermediary knows this function. 14.
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