Sentence examples for as the first indicator from inspiring English sources

His case is seen as the first indicator of how the federal courts view the Bush administration's policy of closing immigration hearings of Arab men rounded up in the terror investigation.

As the first indicator of the degree of respondents' health awareness, we asked about self-awareness of metabolic syndrome, as was asked in the national survey.

Historians of the Second Empire later regarded the railways as the first indicator of a unified state; the patriotic novelist, Wilhelm Raabe, wrote: "The German empire was founded with the construction of the first railway..."....

As the first indicator of successful biopanning, an increase of phage titers during rounds of panning was observed.

These findings not only support the "trade-off" theory on reproduction versus lifespan, but also suggest the possibility that the reduced reproduction (or HSP16.2 gene activation) of this worm could be used as the first indicator of extended lifespan for a quick in vivo screening for PAK1-blockers [ 62].

On the other hand, activatable probes based on NMR spectroscopy are gaining interest, as this is the first indicator that a probe could be viable for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based deep-tissue visualization.

Considering the spatiotemporal distribution of these indicators, the progression of the disease was probably from the east (province of Liège) to the west as far as the province of Hainaut, and the first indicator changes were observed during the spring of 2006.

But the new plant, identified as Pandanus candelabrum, is the first indicator species for diamond-bearing kimberlite, says Stephen Haggerty, a researcher at Florida International University in Miami and the chief exploration officer of Youssef Diamond Mining Company, which owns mining concessions in Liberia.

Known as a "niacin flush," this is the first indicator of niacin excess, and this symptom is the basis for the safe daily intake of 35 mg.

Private-sector employment is broken out and analyzed separately as the second indicator.

Routine measles vaccination coverage was selected as the third indicator of progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG 4), of reducing under-five mortality rates by two-thirds by 2015, compared with 1990 baseline data.