Sentence examples for as an proxy indicator from inspiring English sources
Effluent dissolved oxygen (DO) was measured with a YSI Model 5000 DO meter and was used as an proxy indicator of microbial activity during molasses injection and was measured periodically to ensure sustained microbial activity afterwards during urea injection.
All these inconvenient inadequacies amount to slow revenue growth, which is as good a proxy indicator for an organization's ability to grow its impact as any.
Mr. Kudrin's standing is being closely watched as a proxy indicator for Russia's approach to the financial crisis.
Until recently, the most notorious of their studies used the passage of legislation that allowed private citizens to carry concealed firearms as a proxy indicator of gun ownership.
These results caution against using C4 plant abundance as a proxy indicator of either climate or pCO2 without an adequate understanding of key controlling factors.
Phalangeal curvature has frequently been used as a proxy indicator of fossil hominoid and hominin positional behavior and locomotor adaptations, both independently and within the context of broader discussions of the postcranium as a whole.
However, the relative role of these factors in driving variation in C3 and C4 grass abundances in the paleorecord is uncertain, and C4 abundance is often interpreted narrowly as a proxy indicator of aridity or pCO2.
The results further validated the use of the EI (energy index) in its original form as a proxy indicator of the process energy consumption for decision making in early stages of process design.
In this way, radiocarbon dates themselves are being used as a proxy indicator of cultural activity and are being used to challenge the historiography of Angkor's famous demise.
Timely primary care prevents unplanned admissions into hospital and short stays admissions can be regarded as a proxy indicator of conditions that could be dealt with in primary care.
