Sentence examples for preliminary tools for from inspiring English sources

Geomorphic indices represent preliminary tools for identifying areas that are experiencing rapid tectonic deformation (Keller and Pinter, 1996; Bull, 2008).

Animal models are designed to be preliminary tools for better understanding of the pathogenesis, improvement in diagnosis, prevention, and therapy of arteriosclerosis in humans.

Due to the cost - timewise - and the lack of annotations, recently, there is a more explicit trend by works towards preliminary tools for semi-automatic annotation via a recognition and a translation component [12] at the sign level concerning manuals, by categorizing manual/non-manual components [13], providing information on lexical signs and assisting sign searching.

Nevertheless, PPV and NPV are preliminary tools for comparing the predictive power of different methodologies.

The simplicity of Bayesian networks have made them natural preliminary tools for applying Bayesian inference to the problem of biomolecular network reconstruction.

Although phenotyping approaches, such as serotyping or phage typing, are still commonly used in the investigation of Salmonella infections worldwide, these methods are most useful as preliminary tools for Salmonella classification.

These cells offer great hope as a preliminary tool for understanding how certain disorders arise and discovering more advanced therapeutics.

These results suggested the efficacy of this screening method as a preliminary tool for polymer selection in ASDs design.

We suggest the present theory as a preliminary tool for examining the acoustic signature of flapping flight, common in insects and flapping micro-air-vehicles.

This model fits very well experimental concentration and temperature axial profiles and could be used as a preliminary tool for selectivity optimization.

Considering this aspect, this paper aims the development of a design-based model of a Closed Regenerative Brayton Cycle that applies the thermal conductance of the main components in order to predict the energy conversion performance, allowing its use as a preliminary tool for heat exchanger and radiator panel sizing.