preliminary study
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A large preliminary study found that people diagnosed with CAA were about four times more likely to develop dementia within five years, even if they had never experienced a stroke.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026
In a preliminary study of two dozen workers, the language bot had helped them finish two hours’ worth of tasks in 20 minutes.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
"We are still in the preliminary study stage and whether we will join the project depends on the outcome of the studies," he said, adding the company is also scrutinizing a few other projects.
From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2023
While a postdoctoral fellow in nursing at the University of Alberta in Canada, he published a preliminary study in February reporting that ChatGPT significantly outperformed online symptom checkers in evaluating a set of medical scenarios.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
His reason for taking this step was that he had determined to go through a course of preliminary study in the scientific side of singing before devoting his life to the career of teaching.
From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by M. (Malcolm) Sterling Mackinlay
