CommInsure requires a certain blood level of Troponin to prove a severe heart attack, but cardiologists say it is impossible to measure the severity using that indicator in isolation, the investigation found.
Caesarean rate (CR) measurement, for instance, may indicate a reduction over time, which might be interpreted as a positive development, but considering this indicator in isolation may disguise the fact that instrumental births or other interventions increase concomitantly as the CR decreases.
The Euro-Peristat project was established to move beyond presentation of unidimensional indicators in isolation and to present data about the outcome of pregnancy for mothers and babies stratified by birthweight and gestational age while presenting comparative data about maternity care and the characteristics of the childbearing population to set them in context.
Some physiological health indicators were explored in isolation and included serum apolipoproteins, lipoprotein(a), leptin and adiponectin 29, bone mineral density 10, endothelial function 35 and oxidative stress 24 (Table S3).
Embodied versus operational environmental indicators are often studied in isolation.
"I have emphasised many times, it is important that one indicator, such as patents, is not considered in isolation to other indicators".
In fact, considered in isolation, this indicator highly inflates the estimated benefit of transferring water from agricultural sectors (with low added value per unit of water used) to industrial sectors (displaying a high added value per unit of water used) (Young 2005).
While this methodology should not be used to provide an indicator for a given protocol in isolation, the notable difference between our suggested protocol and others (e.g., less than half of others' standard deviation) points to the potential of our approach.
As these indicators reflect trends for many species, they often present low values when compared with indicators that are only relevant in isolation, which might explain the reduction in NI values with weighting.
And when other indicators of well-being are considered in isolation, the situation is even worse: the United States ranks 33rd on the United Nations Development Program's inequality-adjusted life expectancy index, just behind Chile.
Namely, in examining the overall fit indices (RMSEA, CFI, TLI, and SRMR), the authors found that currently accepted cutoffs for the CFI, TLI, and SRMR as an overall fit indicators were generally suitable (although SRMR in isolation produced somewhat conservative results).
