Sentence examples for function as indicator from inspiring English sources

In the present study, we asked whether CAIX, as retrieved in the circulation of LARC patients, might function as indicator of therapeutic outcome.

Its direct relationship with NO synthesis [ 47] and its function as indicator of endothelial stress [ 48] point at a probably direct correlation between adipocyte size, growth, and/or energy availability, direct correlated of NO synthesis [ 49] possibly being mediated by WAT itself by means of VEGF-A.

Labor compensation and work hours also function as indicators, and both of these have slowed sharply in recent months.

This is the first report in which minisatellites of the complete MUC2 region have been characterized in detail, and our observations suggest that MUC2 minisatellite loci may function as indicators of cancer risk.

In particular, certain 'self-directed behaviors' (SDBs, e.g. scratching, preening), termed 'displacement behaviors' in the classical ethological literature [3], have been suggested to function as indicators of individual emotional tension and may be related to autonomic arousal [4].

This is the first report in which minisatellites have been characterized in detail for the complete MUC2 gene and our observations suggest that the loci of MUC2 minisatellites may function as indicators of cancer risk in gastric cancers.

We therefore hypothesized that muscle proteins released into the bloodstream could function as indicators of patient phenotype and/or disease severity in muscular dystrophies.

It was concluded that health issues have an important function as indicators of success for urban climate change policies, given the extent to which climate change policies contribute to public health and as such to quality of life.

CFAs allow the researcher to specify not only how many factors are measured by a given set of items but, also, which items function as indicators of which factors.

Indexes Df and Dm (Equation F4) function as indicators of the effect of sex on the barrier to transmission of the autosomal marker locus induced by the X-linked incompatibility factor: positive values indicate higher transmission of the marker through female than through male carriers of the incompatibility factor.

It is thus likely that scent glands are secondary sexual traits that function as indicators of resistance to parasites, which might be important for parasite-mediated sexual selection (Hamilton and Zuk 1982) or intra-sexual competition (e.g. Fox and Hudson 2001).