Sentence examples for indexes of activity from inspiring English sources
When PASI and BASDAI as indexes of activity of psoriasis and PsA, respectively, were analyzed according to pre- or postmenopausal status in women and compared with men of corresponding age (ie, <50 years and ≥50 years), no statistically significant differences between sexes were observed at baseline and at 6 and 12 months of follow-up in either age groups (Table 2).
The Institute for Supply Management's nonmanufacturing survey for September showed its index of activity slipped to 56.7.
The Institute for Supply Management reported that its monthly index of activity fell to 43.5 in September from 49.9 the month before.
The survey by a trade group, the Institute for Supply Management, yields a nonmanufacturing index of activity in a wide range of services, like entertainment and financial services.
A closely watched index of activity in the currency zone fell in October to its lowest level in three years.
An index of activity in America's service industries rose sharply to 53 in February from 50.5 in January.
In July, the purchasing managers' indices of activity in both manufacturing and services fell sharply; total hours worked also declined.
Though the physical changes that the machine measured were "an index of activity," Shepard wrote, the same results "would be caused by so many different circumstances, anything demanding equal activity (intelligence or emotional)." The same criticism holds true today.
Yesterday did bring one promising sign, however, as the Institute for Supply Management said that its index of activity in nonmanufacturing industries surged to 60.6 in June -- a reading indicative of growth -- from 54.5 in May.
An index of activity in euro-area manufacturing industries compiled by Markit, a provider of financial information, rose to 57.6 in April from 56.6 in March.
A closely watched index of activity, based on surveys of purchasing managers in manufacturing and services, slumped in November to its lowest level ever.
