This paper will present the findings of an Anthropometric Measurement Validation Study to establish if self-measured anthropometric data (including novel measures such as knee splay) in a plus size working age population is feasible as the data collection method for a larger scale survey.
Each page of the novel measures eleven by fourteen inches and features three columns of text.
If people see the Fed taking drastic and novel measures, they may infer that the outlook is even worse than they thought.
Rather than aligning itself with either "how things were" or "how things could have been", the novel measures the difference between the two, and by so doing attempts to reflect a kind of experiential (rather than historical or journalistic) truth.
It has been the result of concerted, early efforts to staunch the spread of the disease, sometimes turning to novel measures, tailoring details to fit the region's unique needs.
He began by acknowledging that central bankers in developed countries are facing great challenges, and that this is what prompted them to resort to quantitative easing and other novel measures, such as the introduction of negative short-term interest rates in some countries.
Mr Bernanke said this week that the Fed, which has the widest range of novel measures, plans to offer banks term deposits, enabling it to lock up reserves for several months.In principle, these devices mean that the size of a central bank's balance-sheet should not affect its ability to influence monetary conditions.
Most of the novel measures compare favorably with the classical ones in terms of ectropy.
Novel measures are needed to tackle malaria hotspots in countries with low levels of the disease, scientists say.
Recently published study of Ma et al. evaluates two relatively novel measures of fluid responsiveness, carotid blood flow and corrected carotid flow time (ccFT).
H. Rehman and B. L. Evans propose novel measures to quantify two types of temporal artifacts, dirty-window-effect and flickering, that are commonly observed in video halftoning.
