Sentence examples for a reference for measuring from inspiring English sources

The marker fixed on the support frame was used as a reference for measuring the total stretching of the two canvases.

Assumption 2 is not intended for a realistic description of gene expression signals but rather as a reference for measuring cross-hybridization effects.

However, there is little clarity as to whether mortality has changed over time to provide a benchmark reference for measuring the effects of therapies and for identifying factors that reduce mortality.

In these experimental conditions, the model was statistically validated using density measurements as a reference method for measuring the ammonia mass fraction.

All this suggests that surgical findings at laparotomy no longer represent a suitable standard of reference for measuring the accuracy of imaging.

A result of this increased attention has given ECERS, and subsequently ECERS-R, the reputation as a valuable measure of overall quality and has become a reference criterion for measuring the quality of early childhood services in the U.S. First introduced in 1999 in the state of Colorado, some 18 states currently use a form of QRS (quality rating system) at a state-wide level (NCCIC, 2009).

My father left on a December 1st, and since then that date has been a reference point for measuring the temperature of the heart, so to speak.

A secondary aim of this study was to compare goniometry to a reference standard for measuring total ankle inversion-eversion ROM.

The point is that helium is a reference gas for measuring excess sorption of all other gases.

Longitudinal and transverse B-mode images were made (using the mediastinum as a reference point for measuring the testicular length and width) and testicular volume was calculated using the formula for an elipse; V = length × width × height × 0.5236 [ 18].

The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) [ 9] is considered a reference instrument for measuring burnout in professional occupations including health care [ 10- 12], social services [ 13, 14], mental health [ 15], criminal justice [ 16] and education [ 17].