| Instead of... |
Use... |
1 time per week
"meet one time per week..." |
once a week
"meet once a week..." |
additionally
"Additionally, we will..."
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also
"Also, we will..." |
approximately
"approximately one day..."
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about
"about one hour..." |
ask questions
"ask questions about..."
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ask
"ask about..."
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assess
"assess your response..." |
check
"check your response..."
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assigned
"assinged a number..."
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given
"given a number..." |
| cognitive assessment |
mental tests |
collaborators
"collaborators from the lab..."
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persons
"persons from the lab..."
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compensated
"you will be compensated..."
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paid
"you will be paid..."
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consume
"consume food..."
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eat
"eat food..."
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consume
"consume alcohol..."
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drink
"drink alcohol..."
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demonstrate
"demonstrate the effects..."
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show
"show the effects..." |
determine
"determine whether..."
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find out
"find out whether..." |
disorder
"your disorder..."
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illness
"your illness..."
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dispense
"we will dispense..."
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give
"we will give..."
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| e.g. |
for example |
evaluate
"evaluate the effect..."
|
test
"test the effect..." |
expire
"expire air..." |
breathe out
"breathe out air..."
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following
"following this..." |
after
"after this..." |
further
"further information..."
|
more
"more information..." |
| i.e. |
that is |
images
"x-ray images..." |
pictures
"x-ray pictures..."
|
inform
"inform you..." |
tell
"tell you..."
|
insert
"insert a needle..."
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put...in
"put a needle in..."
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inspire
"inspire a gas..."
|
breathe in
"breathe in a gas..." |
management
"management of disease..."
|
treatment
"treatment of disease..." |
occasionally
"occarionally, you will..." |
sometimes
"sometimes, you will..." |
participate
"participate in a study..." |
be in
"be in a study..."
|
portion
"portion of the test..."
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part
"part of the test..."
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prior to
"prior to the test..."
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before
"before the test..."
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progress
"disease will progress..." |
get worse
"your disease may get worse..." |
provide
"provide you with..."
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give
"we will give..." |
sampled
"blood will be sampled..."
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taken
"blood will be taken..." |
speculate
"we speculate that..." |
think
"we think that..." |
subsequent course
"subsequent course of..."
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your health
"your health after the study..." |
subside
"pain should subside..." |
go away
"pain should go away..."
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transient
"transient pain..."
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brief
"brief pain..."
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utilize
"utilize oxygen..."
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use
"use oxygen..."
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