Sentences with phrase «assessed by this measure»

Bladder function was also assessed by measuring bladder volume and tension, which confirmed the improved voiding ability of animals receiving transplants.

Spontaneous immune responses were assessed by measuring serum antibodies against ovarian cancer - associated antigens, such as NY - ESO - 1, that are not expressed in normal body tissues but are expressed in cancers.

The infants were checked for atopic dermatitis (childhood eczema) and their skin's barrier function was assessed by measuring transepidermal water loss (TEWL) on the skin of an unaffected forearm.

Renal function was assessed by measuring the levels of blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine (Schiapparelli Biosystems, Wipro Biomed, USA).

Pancreatitis induction was assessed by measuring amylase and lipase levels in serum with ELISA multimode reader commercial kits (Erba Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India) and expressed in U / dL.

The following day mechanical sensitivity was assessed by measuring withdrawal responses to a series of calibrated Von Frey filaments with incrementing force (15 g, 26 g, 60 g and 100 g).

Clearance of [3H] TRLs was assessed by measuring the counts remaining in the plasma relative to the counts recovered 1 minute after injection.

Satiety and physiological hunger was assessed by measuring hormonal markers and perceived appetite sensations combined with psychological reward - driven eating motivation, making use of fMRI to determine brain activation in certain areas associated with food motivation and reward.

Early endothelial dysfunction can readily be assessed by measuring circulating concentrations of endothelial soluble adhesion molecules.

Cardiorespiratory fitness — assessed by measuring maximum lung capacity — is also a predictor of better longevity.

Amylose effect on colonic activity assessed by measuring the hydrogen content of breath: ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?

The kidney damage is assessed by measuring the kidney blood enzymes (BUN - blood urea nitrogen, and the CR - creatinine) abnormal elevations, without an ability to concentrate the urine (which is a measure of kidney function).

«Skills & Languages» is a helpful section for those candidates willing to show anything that can be assessed by the measuring bars.

As previously described, 37 health risk - factor clustering was assessed by measuring 6 biomarkers: (1) overweight, (2) high blood pressure, (3) high total cholesterol, (4) low high - density lipoprotein cholesterol, (5) high glycated hemoglobin, and (6) low maximum oxygen consumption levels adjusted for body weight.

In addition, peer acceptance and behavioral reputation are important in adolescence, but are not assessed by this measure.

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When tracked and tweaked properly, social media can give your startup the marketing muscle it needs to keep up with — and maybe even eclipse — large competitors, says Nichole Kelly, chief executive of Social Media Explorer and author of How to Measure Social Media: A Step - By - Step Guide to Developing and Assessing Social Media ROI (Que Publishing, 2012).

The 2018 index assessed 103 economies by measuring three individual pillars — growth and development, inclusion, and inter-generational equity.

By establishing a standard for measuring such efforts, B Corporations are a step in that direction — giving social entrepreneurs a place in the legal infrastructure of the corporate system and investors a framework for assessing their performance.

«The best way to measure cultural fit is for the assessor to have a deep understanding of the culture and then to spend time with the person being assessed,» Bonnie Hagemann, CEO of Executive Development Associates, tells me by email.

Even such a basic measure as consumer fixed Internet users can be difficult to assess, because few analyst firms segment the number of users by both segment (consumer versus business) and network (mobile versus fixed).

The impact of mortgage interest rates can be further assessed by Figure 3, which measures the evolution of the mortgage to cash cost ratio of purchasing a residential property in terms of labour time.

Back in last winter, the beginning of the year, we had the new measures put in place by the government around mortgage rules, and we assessed that there would be some moderation in the housing market.

Valuentum's Economic Castle ™ rating assumes that «economic profit» (as measured by ROIC less WACC) is the primary factor in assessing the value that a company generates for shareholders.

Lenders assess how reasonable an applicant's debt burden is by looking at his or her debt - to - income ratio, which measures the debt an individual is carrying as a percentage of their income.

The companies recognized nationally as a Best and Brightest Company to Work For are assessed by an independent research firm that reviews a number of key measures relative to other nationally recognized winners.

The utilitarian belief that «human goods can be measured against each other by means of some quantitative scale is the belief that human goods can be assessed in a way analogous to that by which commodities have a monetary value.

His challenge to communities of religious faith is to acknowledge and take the measure of that intelligence, while at the same time fashioning a constructive critique that can raise the standards by which we assess what qualifies as the best and brightest.

Scientist Dr. Uchino originated a straightforward technique to measure the «Vegetation Cover Ratio» (the percentage of area covered by vegetation to unit soil surface area) of each crop to assess the relation between growth traits of weed suppression and cover crops.

To achieve this design - stage accreditation, the project is assessed using a system of environmental measures grouped by management, health and well - being, energy, transport, water, materials, waste, land use and ecology, pollution, and innovation.

This second annual progress report assesses advances by governments and companies over the past 12 months relative to a three - step approach for reducing food loss and waste: target, measure, and act.

The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the Australian co-regulatory system in limiting children's exposure to unhealthy television food advertising by measuring compliance with mandatory and voluntary regulations.

Nutrient intake and dietary quality, as assessed by the Healthy Eating Index 2010 (HEI - 2010), were measured in

Tennessee has established itself as a dynasty by winning the NCAA title three times in the past five years, and the Lady Vols are, in many ways, the measuring stick by which Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer assesses the progress of her own program.

And 68 percent voted down a companion measure that would have raised the Park District's corporate fund property tax rate by 10 cents per $ 100 of assessed valuation to operate the new facility.

Main Outcomes and Measures Nutritional quality was assessed by calculating monthly mean adequacy ratio and energy density of the foods selected by students each day.

By design, that study minimized confounding by measured and unmeasured factors; however, nonblinding of clinicians assessing the cognitive outcomes to participant breastfeeding status suggests the potential for biaBy design, that study minimized confounding by measured and unmeasured factors; however, nonblinding of clinicians assessing the cognitive outcomes to participant breastfeeding status suggests the potential for biaby measured and unmeasured factors; however, nonblinding of clinicians assessing the cognitive outcomes to participant breastfeeding status suggests the potential for bias.

Effectiveness: When old practices are replaced with the Ten Steps, facilities are well - positioned to improve their performance in measures such as those assessed by the CDC's Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care survey and the Joint Commission's Perinatal Care Core Measure Set.

This latest research was commissioned by ADEPT in 2010 to identify reliable and consistent measurement of behaviours that will improve practitioners» understanding of how drivers and riders respond to the road environment, as well as provide a means of assessing the degree of success of route safety intervention measures.

Finally, to assess overall spending, Graph 5 shows the percentage spent by each MP as measured by his or her total budget (i.e. the sum of all expenses claimed in categories with a budget cap divided by the sum of all budgets, multiplied by one hundred).

In a speech to a conference organised by Google, the internet search engine provider, Mr Cameron called for a new measure to assess people's general well - being, or GWB, similar to gross domestic product (GDP), which analyses a country's economic activity.

It assesses each of the 135 measures, and makes the case for enhanced operational cooperation, but argues that none of this necessitates that Britain follow the path towards a harmonised EU criminal code, decided by qualified majority voting, and enforced by the Commission, the European Court of Justice and — in due course — an EU Public Prosecutor.

Although the project applicant has agreed to more stringent construction measures near Indian Point, ongoing State investigations will assess the adequacy of these measures and may also reveal new information about the environmental, health and safety risks posed by the project's siting.

These new findings are consistent with numerous cross sectional and longitudinal studies showing that fruit and vegetables, together and separately, are linked with a lower risk of depression and higher levels of well - being assessed by several measures of mental health.

The BAS researchers were still using a 25 - year - old instrument to assess the thickness of the ozone layer by measuring ultraviolet radiation penetrating the atmosphere.

New research led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) may now help clinicians assess an individual patient's risk of developing post-operative delirium, enabling preventive measures to safeguard their health.

Measuring a surgeon's average number of cuts was recently endorsed by the American College of Mohs Surgery (ACMS) as a clinical quality metric used to assess its members.

Still, the dynamometer results and other external measures can be assessed indirectly, by comparing them with the fMRI images of my default mode network, or DMN.

By assessing the survival of the cells that engulf the particles and measuring the levels of red or green light that they emitted, the researchers determined which formulation of particles performed best, then tested that formulation in mice with human brain cancer derived from their patients.

There maybe a simple objective way of assessing whether human impacts qualify as new era or epoch: By measuring the volume of crust material disturbance caused by humans in comparison to recognized geological events, such as the K - T boundary impacBy measuring the volume of crust material disturbance caused by humans in comparison to recognized geological events, such as the K - T boundary impacby humans in comparison to recognized geological events, such as the K - T boundary impact.

However, scaling by body weight is reasonable when assessing an individual's functional capacity, which refers to a composite measure of the adiposity and cardiorespiratory fitness.