Sentence examples for increased denominators from inspiring English sources

Although we could probably have increased denominators by considerable additional searching or including any smaller studies that may exist, it is unlikely that any substantial difference would have resulted.

With presumed ideal noise reduction by a decreased numerator "C" and preserved or increased denominator, "D" the C/D -ratio should approach zero.

This would translate into an increasing denominator for the institutional ratio.

However, this observed increase may have been due in part to the implementation of an expanded definition of live births, which served to increase denominator figures; economic and social changes brought by the transition were also likely contributors [ 10].

This significantly increased the denominator and so reduced the PCCRC rate to 2.5%.

In other words, as the numerator of Equation 1 increased, its denominator (given by Equation 2) might conveniently grow proportionally.

For example: endlessly readmitting the same patient in the same hospital continuously increased the denominator (predicted death) of the calculated HSMR for that hospital.

In other words, these cases increased the denominator in the completeness formula, which consequently led to a decrease in the calculated completeness.

Since then, declining hysterectomy rates may have increased the denominator of women with an intact uterus and masked some of the subsequent effect of cervical screening.

The lower prevalence in this study compared with the prevalence in other studies may partly be explained by the fact that all facilities included in this study were primary health care facilities where most of the patients with cough were detected early which might have increased the denominator population.

This directive encouraged Mr. Cayne to make the firm as profitable as possible — a worthy goal, no doubt — but without raising any more cash or issuing any new stock, as doing either would increase the denominator of the return-on-equity calculation, and thereby lower the bonus pool Mr. Cayne and his executives could split among themselves.