Sentence examples for function as an indicator from inspiring English sources

An immune response index, intended to function as an indicator of overall immunoactivation or immunosuppression, was calculated for each patient.

We utilize the channel condition to design an evaluation function as an indicator which aims to maximize the sum rate of the system.

By using the work function as an indicator of the electron donation of carbon, an exponential dependence of specific activity on work function was discovered for N- and P-CNTs, suggesting that the electron transfer on the surfaces of CNTs plays a central role in the CNT-catalyzed oxidation of cyclohexane.

GDP was never intended to function as an indicator of well-being and GDP is insensitive to the distribution of income within a country.

As a result, song complexity could function as an indicator of past condition.

Fluorescent eye rings may function as an indicator of presence (Fig. 8c) or reveal the direction of gaze (Fig. 4e g, Fig. 8a, d, Additional file 3, sequence 2b).

The lowest value of gra_r (gra_rmin) functions as an indicator of the buckling capacity.

A large body of data define USV emission as a phenomenon that may contribute both to maintenance of stable body temperature and homeostasis [ 49], playing at the same time a communicative role in stimulating the mother to look for and retrieve the pup, thus functioning as an indicator of the affective state of the pup [ 50].

If this is the case, a condition-dependent ornament functions as an indicator for the degree of local adaptation, since only those individuals that well-adapted to the local environment will be in a good condition and, hence, able to develop a bright plumage (in Fig.  8, the short-billed birds in habitat 1 and the long-billed birds in habitat 2).

Mitochondrial membrane potential, Δ ψm, is an important parameter of mitochondrial function used as an indicator of cell health.

For each modeled situation, we define a detection function (DF) as an indicator of overall surveillance quality and to account for imperfect surveillance.