baseline assessment

baseline assessment

The assessment of a subject—e.g., vital signs and other parameters, such as CD4 cell count (for patients with HIV)—which are recorded upon entering a trial but before receiving any treatment.
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After baseline assessment, participants were randomly assigned to either the standing frame program plus usual care or usual care alone (71 and 69 patients, respectively).
The baseline assessment results of 460 learners' basic literacy and numeracy skills revealed an overall average score of 30.4 per cent.
So, working with LAQPG, we have agreed with them and the university, to commission work to record the relevant PM 2.5 particulates across the town, providing a baseline assessment, not only to measure emissions from the site, but also from other producers, such as traffic on the M1 and within town.
The "WASH in Health Care Facilities" is the first comprehensive global baseline assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene in establishments providing health care.
Treatment success was achieved when subjects received a "clear" or "almost clear" assessment, marking at least a 2-grade improvement from their baseline assessment.
The policy brief, which was submitted to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), gave for the first time an initial baseline assessment of the local logistics landscape.
While this exercise showed that the counterpart risk assessment would be three notches above the bank's b1 baseline assessment, the rating was ultimately capped at one notch above Cyprus' sovereign credit rating, Moody's said.
This edition has a new chapter on the history of the Baseline Assessment policy, a companion website with videos and other resources, and guidance on the new Integrated Health and Education otwo-year-old progress check.o ([umlaut] Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)
Within months, the field's Russian operator decided to take a proactive approach to integrity management, and conduct an initial inspection that would provide a baseline assessment of the field's new pipelines.
Mr Khan said that KP government had intention to take the class5th examination through boards system, saying that the developed countries did not take external examinations from primary students but adopted an alternative of baseline assessment to ascertain the children ability.
The baseline assessment occurred at the stage of applying to the FMUP (April 2012 and April 2013).