preliminary study
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preliminary
adjective[before noun]
uk/prɪˈlɪm.ɪ.nər.i/us/prɪˈlɪm.ə.ner.i/
coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing ...
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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 ofpreliminaryandstudyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thispreliminarystudyis currently being extended to a larger population.
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Thepreliminarystudyalso indicated that vesicle-like formations, termed bladders, were produced in all test organisms.
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From even apreliminarystudyof these considerations it is clear that this is fertile ground for further research.
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As the authors note, this is apreliminarystudywith a small data set, and more research should be carried out to substantiate their findings.
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Since the two participants in thepreliminarystudyfulfilled all the above criteria, the same two players were approached again.
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A questionnaire designed to assess roles and goals: apreliminarystudy.
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Additionally, apreliminarystudyof the spatial structure of the data was carried out.
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Other limitations of thispreliminarystudyinclude our failure to demonstrate differential processing of threat-to-self in the deluded state.
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Further work would probably find plant-insect associations involving these species which were missed in thispreliminarystudy.
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In the present study, the primers were first investigated in apreliminarystudy.
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This is apreliminarystudydesigned to identify the key pieces of information required to evaluate the value of managed entry.
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In the present work we discuss the analysis of echocardiographic findings in apreliminarystudyof the hearts of fetuses in 273 pregnant women.
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In ourpreliminarystudy, clear "patterns" of attachment behaviors emerged fairly quickly after placement for most children, but not for all.
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An earlier,preliminarystudyhad revealed the inadequacy and incompleteness of the existing vital registration system.
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In thatpreliminarystudy, a lower degree of protection was observed, and presumably this was related to the use of a less optimal immunization condition.
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In thepreliminarystudy, we found that most 2-cell stage embryos form blastocysts within 3.5 days of in vitro culture.
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Effect of fluoxetine on self-injurious behavior in the developmentally disabled: apreliminarystudy.
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Physiology of speech production : apreliminarystudyof two suggested revisions of the features specifying vowels.
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Apreliminarystudyrevealed that many modules were unused.
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