(2) Defining dimensions of an initial "pile" of material ('Piles' tab) or a flux source ('Flux Sources' tab), which adds mass over a specified time period and area at a specified rate, including shape, footprint, height, volume, position and initial velocity (if required).
The strength of this study is the variety of risk factors addressed and the use of MCA, which allows for analyzing the interrelations among these risk factors by defining dimensions of risk factors for cLBP and determining the contribution of each risk factor to the dimensions.
Research working towards further defining dimensions of pain in the elderly increases our ability to understand and assess pain characteristics in this population.
Structured literature searches were conducted on various search engines (e.g., PubMed, Sociofile, Google Scholar) which enabled defining dimensions of stigma both conceptually sound and relevant to practice: responsibility and blame, confidentiality of serological status, HIV criminalization, PLWHA coercion, PLWHA rights, negative feelings towards PLWHA [ 35– 38, 41– 48, 53].
Key deficits in current measures of health literacy as summarized by Pleasant et al. [ 34] include a focus on a single or narrowly defined dimension of health literacy, rather than integrating multiple dimensions; failure to consider health literacy as a public health issue; and a lack in testing or advancing an underpinning theory of health literacy.
We categorise papers using the defined dimensions of purpose, application area, method, scope and sponsor (originator).
In order to explore differences in justice conceptions, we specify three commonly defined dimensions of environmental justice: distribution, procedure and recognition.
Rohrer designs video games that occupy a digital space without the defined dimensions of painting or sculpture.
The Disease Repercussion Profile measures individualised patient-perceived handicap in a broader manner than the WHO defined dimensions of handicap [ 11].
The study was an attempt to describe in broad strokes current practices in three defined dimensions of fistula care.
The four defined dimensions of spirituality and their corresponding needs are summarized in Table 2. Using the Spiritual Needs Model, a set of questions was developed to facilitate investigation of the patient's needs (Additional file 1: Table S1).
