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Transporting a vial for a weekend away — a second dataset Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Posting a small dataset on Transporting a vial. It is mine, it is…

Recording a dissent on a document rather than suppressing it Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Recording a dissent, and specifically the version of it that the…

External review after an internal denial Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Proposing that external review deserves a maintained page rather than a recurring…

On the subject in the title: An emergency department visit, described afterwards Working notes rather than a conclusion. A follow-up question about emergency department visit that I did not know to ask the…

Posting this under the heading it deserves: Racemisation and why it is invisible to a mass measurement Everything below is what sits behind that. A question about racemisation that I think has a definite…

On the subject in the title: Second pass at: A pooled estimate that changed when one trial was added Working notes rather than a conclusion. Two things I would like separated before anyone answers on pooled…

Comparing prices across jurisdictions without misleading yourself — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Working notes on comparing prices across jurisdictions rather than a…

Resolution and tailing factor: real acceptance criteria Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Asking about resolution and tailing factor on behalf of the question…

Micronutrient adequacy at low total intake — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Trying to work out what would count as evidence on micronutrient adequacy, before collecting…

The question in the title: What a good consultation looks like from the other side I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Good consultation: what I expected, what I found, and the…

Books and papers worth reading that are not about this at all — one year on — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Reading back through what has been written here about Books…

Storing lyophilised material long term: what governs the shelf life — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Two things I would like separated before anyone answers on Storing…

Posting this under the heading it deserves: Documenting a payment dispute without naming and shaming — the long version Everything below is what sits behind that. A narrow question about Documenting a payment…

On the subject in the title: Choosing a concentration on purpose rather than by accident Working notes rather than a conclusion. Working notes on choosing a concentration rather than a conclusion. I would…

On the subject in the title: Journal club: SELECT, absolute risk, and how it was reported — a second dataset Working notes rather than a conclusion. Posting a small dataset on SELECT. It is mine, it is…

Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: I have no scientific background — can I still follow the analytics categories? Counting it rather than describing it, because the count is the part…

Posting this under the heading it deserves: Injection volume, overload, and peak distortion Everything below is what sits behind that. I have spent a fortnight trying to pin injection volume down and I want…

When a dose reduction is the correct response to a side effect — a second dataset I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Posting a small dataset on dose…

On the subject in the title: Reading a trial's population section before its results Working notes rather than a conclusion. Reading STEP 2 ( Lancet , 2021) for the population rather than the effect, which I…

Posting this under the heading it deserves: A reconstituted vial's beyond-use date and the reasoning behind common figures Everything below is what sits behind that. I have read the maintained page on this…

Posting this under the heading it deserves: Area percent versus weight percent: the confusion that causes most arguments Everything below is what sits behind that. Proposing that area percent versus weight…

Posting this under the heading it deserves: Reading a chromatogram someone posted without axes Everything below is what sits behind that. Reading a chromatogram, from the point of view of someone who has read…

Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: Why the titration planner refuses to produce a schedule below a floor Titration planner refuses — I have the observation and I do not trust my…

On the subject in the title: Adjudicated events and why the definition matters Working notes rather than a conclusion. A follow-up question about adjudicated events that I did not know to ask the first time.…

A certificate whose chromatogram axes do not match its stated method — one year on Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Posting a small dataset on certificate…

Posting this under the heading it deserves: A parcel that arrived warm: a decision process, not a verdict Everything below is what sits behind that. Asking about the failure mode rather than the procedure,…

Posting this under the heading it deserves: Labelling requirements for research chemicals — the long version Everything below is what sits behind that. A narrow question about Labelling requirements for…

Getting a referral rather than a refusal — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. What changes if the standard account of getting a referral is wrong? I ask because I have been…

Second pass at: I joined for one answer and stayed for a year — what changed my mind — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Question in the title and the context underneath, in…

Posting this under the heading it deserves: Bariatric surgery history: altered anatomy, altered expectations Everything below is what sits behind that. Asking about bariatric surgery history directly, because…