A sign is defined as an objective manifestation of disease that can be determined by a physician; a symptom is subjective evidence of disease reported by the patient.
Without insisting on a pictorial image, a tensor is defined as an objective entity having components that change according to a transformation law that is a generalization of the vectorial transformation law but that retains the two key properties of that law.
In the RBO problem, the cost of design is defined as an objective function and a number of design requirements are defined as reliability constraints.
Different migration policies can be defined that attempt to optimize different system or application metrics, sometimes defined as an objective function.
In general, a goal may be defined as an objective that the system is intended to achieve in the envisioned software and its environment [31].
Tumour control defined as an objective response or stabilisation was obtained in 44 patients (67%).
Clinical benefit was defined as an objective response (CR/PR) or maintenance of SD for ≥12 weeks after study entry.
A loudness decline of ≥10 dB between the first and tenth trials was defined as an objective hypophonia (the method also validated in controls).
Regarding the responses, a true-positive (TP) response was defined as an objective response (CR + PR) obtained when the TD was higher or equal to the TTD.
Disease control was defined as an objective response (CR/PR) or maintenance of stable disease (SD) for ≥6 weeks after study entry.
The primary end point was clinical benefit response, defined as an objective response or prolonged stable disease of 16 weeks or more.
