initial investigation

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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk /ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/ us /ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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investigation
noun[C or U]
uk /ɪnˌves.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ us /ɪnˌves.təˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the act or process of examining a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover ...
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Examples of initial investigation

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An initialinvestigation of the usability of conversational data for doing sociology.
Of course, this is only an initialinvestigation, analyzing lobbying success of only 149 advocates on 47 issues.
For this initialinvestigation we consider only the conditions for existence of steady-state configurations.
For these reasons, these models are especially well suited to an initialinvestigation of stabilization policy.
This study is an initialinvestigation into the role and potential of interagent ties in computational teaming.
Secondly, after initialinvestigation by the researchers reveals low-use growers, profiles of the applications are taken to grower meetings for evaluation.
Initialinvestigation revealed that one of her siblings had sought medical attention for diarrhoea 16 days previously.
Initialinvestigation, which included echocardiography, did not identify an abnormality of the aortic arch.
Thus, we propose a taxonomy of trajectories of dynamic predictors of course of disorder and provide an initialinvestigation into its validity.
This is an initialinvestigation of this study, focusing on a central aspect of highly effective team collaboration: interagent ties.
The overall investigation that followed the initialinvestigation consisted of a descriptive study of cases, three cohort studies, and a case-control study.
The initialinvestigation of all suspected cases of meningococcal infection is therefore very important in achieving an accurate diagnosis.
Finally, surfactant effects and associated complications due to interface blockage, interfacial viscosity and spatial variations in surface tension have not been included in this initialinvestigation.
The aim of this study is to conduct an initialinvestigation into the role and potential that agent interdependencies may have in a computational design context.
The working hypothesis based on the initialinvestigation was that primary sporadic cases resulted from exposure to foods originating from, or contaminated by, foods produced at a single food premises.
The data were examined for evidence that the management decisions were based on the assessment and initialinvestigation of the patient in accordance with the protocol.
In the case of acute pain, an initialinvestigation should confirm or eliminate its association with serious disease, a lesion of the nervous system, inflammation, trauma (injury), or neoplasm.
The local conciliation committees would, as now, undertake the initialinvestigation of a complaint and attempt to secure compliance with the law.
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