Sentence examples for a direct index of from inspiring English sources

For this instrument, cold water was added to water in a vessel until dew formed on the vessel, and the temperature of the vessel, the dew point, provided a direct index of humidity.

The cortical thickness represents a direct index of atrophy caused by dementia and can be used in dementia diagnosis.

In contrast, WHO grade is a direct index of the malignancy grade, based on the consideration of various pathological factors, including the presence of necrosis, nuclear polymorphism, microvascular proliferation, mitotic activity, etc.

This assay measures cellular DNA content as a direct index of cell proliferation.

The number of beam breaks in this case can be correlated with the walking distance (cm) and provides a direct index of locomotion.

DLNO was used as a direct index of membrane diffusing capacity.

Moreover, although negative self-views are an important feature of depression (e.g., Beck 1967), a more direct index of children's self-views is their sense of global self-worth (general self-esteem).

The WBGT (ISO 7243) is a direct index simulating the response of the human body to heat stress and is widely used in the assessment of occupational heat stress (4, 14, 19).

To obtain a more direct index of whether words are used to speak about emotions, we administered explicit semantic ratings of emotion-relatedness (Question: "Is this word typically used to speak about an emotion?"), in addition to standard arousal and valence ratings.

The hand-to-mouth gesture on reunion is an oddly privileged "direct index of disorganised attachment" for Main and Solomon (1990, p. 139; illustrated on p. 145): It is the only distinct behavior that is framed as directly instantiating, rather than merely pointing to, the construct of disorganization.

Furthermore, the value of measuring NOx as a parameter of NO synthase activity can also be discussed, but at present it remains by far the most 'simple' and direct index of NO generation [ 37].