A significant language ideology associated with the formation of modern nation-states constructs certain ways of speaking as "standard languages"; once a standard is defined, it is treated as prestigious and appropriate, while others languages or dialects are marginalized and stigmatized.
In the healthcare accreditation context, a standard is defined as "a desired and achievable level of performance against which actual performance is measured".
Even though an improved living standard was defined as possessing at least one item, an important proportion and mainly women were still in the poor living standard category, i.e. 36.1% of the women and 16.8% of the men, with no items indicating improved living standards.
In conclusion, we suggest gemcitabine combined with cisplatin or oxaliplatin as the most active, and therefore a provisional standard regimen in BTC until a new evidence-based standard is defined.
Gold standard is defined as a total – including state pension – of two-thirds of pre-retirement income, with protection against inflation and something for a surviving spouse.
The NIDM-Results standard is defined by a W3C-style specification, publicly available at http://nidm.nidash.org/specs/nidm-results.html and by an ontology (owl) file available at http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/NIDM-RESULTS.
The RapidIO standard is defined as a three layer architectural hierarchy (Figure 11): logical, transport, and physical.
Normal weight in local standards was defined as a weight value greater than the 10th and less than the 90th percentile for gender and age.
The 'responsiveness to therapeutic test with oral iron' (gold-standard) was defined to an increase of at least 0.55 Z-score in haemoglobin after 4 weeks of treatment and a total dose of 1200 mg of iron.
The ARB also recommended several systemic changes to matters that involve the CIA and Congress, such as suggesting that a clearer set of standards be defined whenever a shared computer network is used in the course of oversight, and that the agency's Office of Congressional Affairs be involved throughout any future matters that could potentially cause controversy.
Deprivation is a relative measure where standards are defined in relation to social norms or expectations.
