While the participants were doing this task, the scientists either disrupted their left prefrontal cortex with tDCS or used a sham control procedure.

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The government argues the licensing procedure will assist quality control and boost domestic production.

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Sunder Katwala's proposal is even worse than the current inheritance tax as it introduces a highly bureaucratic administrative procedure to monitor and control what we do with our wealth while we are alive.

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But early studies reporting positive results for the vertebroplasty procedure did not have control groups, making it unclear whether the purported benefits were simply due to the placebo effect or the natural tendency of chronic pain to subside over time.

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Still, "this procedure has greatly contributed to control the age of gymnasts, " said a FIG spokesman.

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Surgeons may also not feel they have the power or control to terminate a procedure being publicly broadcast.

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Electronic surveillance must be subject to rigorous control including independent oversight and an effective appeals procedure.

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During that time, 15% of patients taking Vytorin and 18% of patients in the control group had a heart attack, stroke, stent procedure, or death from cardiac causes.

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The MPs' expenses watchdog Ipsa is due to take control of MPs' pensions from April 2012, subject to a parliamentary procedure to allow the change.

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