Sentence examples for as a better proxy from inspiring English sources

Fetal cerebroplacental ratio is emerging as a better proxy than birthweight for placental insufficiency and as a marker of fetal compromise at term.

In some studies in rural Ethiopia, educational status has been suggested as a better proxy for SES compared with household income.

These morphological traits, therefore, should act as a better proxy for G than would a comparable set of life-history traits.

The evolutionary and sampling scenarios for which this serves as a better proxy for rate change than does time-duration is outside the scope of this work.

This probably reflects the lack of level in detail of currently available metabolic databases to resolve the key processes by which organisms impact the gut epithelium and that taxonomy serves as a better proxy to functional role.

Alternatively, reported condom use as a prevention method could be used but condom use during last sexual intercourse is generally seen as a better proxy for unsafe sexual practices.

Even though these results covered a limited number of genes, they showed that the depth of RP serves as a better proxy for protein abundance compared with mRNA abundance, as described previously [ 18], and that the R/m ratio, though not exactly, reflects translation efficiency.

If the observed pattern of knee ROA is linked to occupation, we would need to identify the job held for the longest time (main job) as a better proxy of the cumulative effect of lifetime occupational exposures (the period of exposure for this cohort would date back to approximately 1924 for some individuals).

14 Increased use of "delayed prescribing" in the UK makes dispensed antibiotics a better outcome measure for this study than prescribed antibiotics as it is a better proxy for antibiotics actually consumed.

Also, perception of income compared to others was used as a proxy for SES, whereas school fees might have been a better proxy.

But a proxy is all they are.Dr Blei and Mr Gerrish are not claiming their method is necessarily a better proxy.