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Capitalize first word of a fragmentstring within parentheses which is also a full sentence?

I have a sentence containing a fragment surrounded by parentheses and the fragmentparenthetical which is itself a full sentence by itself. Do I capitalize the first word of the part in the parentheses?

Example:

The value is estimated by correcting the image for a bead size of 25nm (see above for bead size correction).

or

The value is estimated by correcting the image for a bead size of 25nm (See above for bead size correction).

Capitalize first word of a fragment within parentheses which is also a full sentence

I have a sentence containing a fragment surrounded by parentheses and the fragment is a full sentence by itself. Do I capitalize the first word of the part in the parentheses?

Example:

The value is estimated by correcting the image for a bead size of 25nm (see above for bead size correction).

or

The value is estimated by correcting the image for a bead size of 25nm (See above for bead size correction).

Capitalize first word of a string within parentheses which is also a full sentence?

I have a sentence containing a parenthetical which is itself a full sentence. Do I capitalize the first word of the part in the parentheses?

Example:

The value is estimated by correcting the image for a bead size of 25nm (see above for bead size correction).

or

The value is estimated by correcting the image for a bead size of 25nm (See above for bead size correction).

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Capitalize first word of a fragment within parentheses which is also a full sentence

I have a sentence containing a fragment surrounded by parentheses and the fragment is a full sentence by itself. Do I capitalize the first word of the part in the parentheses?

Example:

The value is estimated by correcting the image for a bead size of 25nm (see above for bead size correction).

or

The value is estimated by correcting the image for a bead size of 25nm (See above for bead size correction).