For the wavy surface ( α ≠ 0 ), the local Nusselt number fluctuates over every cycle and these fluctuations rise as ξ increases.
The four-week average of new claims, which smoothes out fluctuations, rose by 5,000, to 445,000.
The four-week average of claims, which smoothes out fluctuations, rose by 4,000 to 631,250.
The four-week average, which smoothes fluctuations, rose for the third consecutive week, to 468,750.
The four-week moving average for claims, a measure intended to smooth out weekly fluctuations, rose by 5,750, to 388,250.
The four-week moving average of initial claims, which tends to smooth out weekly fluctuations, rose 1,000, to 344,250.
The four-week moving average, considered a more reliable barometer of employment conditions because it irons out weekly fluctuations, rose to 410,750 last week from 408,250.
Wyeth said that other income — including royalty payments and income from hedges against currency fluctuations — rose nearly $200 million, to a total of $243 million, which also helped.
The four-week moving average, seen as a better gauge of labor conditions because it irons out weekly fluctuations, rose to 408,750 from 400,000, and is also now the highest since December.
Rick Seaney, chief executive of Farecompare.com, points out that despite recent fluctuations, rising oil prices have been on a trajectory very similar to that of 2008, when airlines raised rates five times by early March and tried to increase rates by about $10 each week in April.
