Loosely defined, in tripod at least three legs, in tetrapod at least four legs, and in wave gait at least five legs are on the ground at any time (for attempts of more quantitative definitions see Wosnitza et al. 2013; Grabowska et al. 2012).
In addition, a more objective and quantitative definition of redundancy would likely improve the quality of the training set.
Proportional shortfall was introduced to provide a more systematic and quantitative definition of necessity, which also solved its problem of dichotomy: interventions were deemed either necessary or unnecessary with no in-between.
More twins were discordant by the quantitative definition, which expresses the difference in years of education within a twin pair.
Using such a quantitative definition of medium care allows more rational allocation of nursing staff.
If health standards are a qualitative framework of reference, their definition and performances, open towards adequacy levels in more quantitative terms and whose implementation depends on available resources and appropriate needs.
With ACR's new definition on the BI-RADS density classification (5th edition) returning from a more quantitative to a qualitative classification, it seems as if the more qualitative classifications also have a role to play in the future.
Hence, we had explored previously [ 9, 12] using a different quantitative definition of hematocrit change of ≥20% with concurrent platelet nadir < 50 K, which is more practical to implement in clinical setting, and had been associated with death outcome [ 12].
More quantitative easing?
