Sentence examples for direct indices from inspiring English sources

Quantitative measures of the accumulation of scientific knowledge can be obtained using metrics such as the number of published papers in scientific journals, as well as more direct indices such as the number of planets or species discovered or the number of chemical substances created [12], [15] [17].

Changes in tumor volume and weight are the most direct indices for judging the efficacy of anti-tumor therapy.

The measured values showed very good correlation with direct indices of microcirculation as determined by the well-established OPS technique and also with global measures of hypovolemia-caused oxygen debt such as ScvO2 and PcvaCO2.

Metabolic fluxes are the most informative and direct indices of the metabolic and physiological state of cells/tissues, and hence, inferring their state in different biological contexts is probably the holy grail of metabolic modeling.

It is missing "sequential" and "simultaneous" contradictory behavior patterns; "direct indices of apprehension regarding the parent" is also absent for the evident reason that the infant is reacting in this study to the clown, not their parent.

In this context, the N2 can thus be interpreted as a direct index of response inhibition and can indicate the facilitation of improved orienting (attention shift) and alerting (vigilance) skills after mindfulness training.

For this instrument, cold water was added to water in a vessel until dew formed on the vessel, and the temperature of the vessel, the dew point, provided a direct index of humidity.

The cortical thickness represents a direct index of atrophy caused by dementia and can be used in dementia diagnosis.

In contrast, WHO grade is a direct index of the malignancy grade, based on the consideration of various pathological factors, including the presence of necrosis, nuclear polymorphism, microvascular proliferation, mitotic activity, etc.

This assay measures cellular DNA content as a direct index of cell proliferation.

The number of beam breaks in this case can be correlated with the walking distance (cm) and provides a direct index of locomotion.