By invariant, we mean that there exists some ranking number n such that all positions with ranking higher than n retained a ranking higher than n (independent of order) over a range of PD, PM and the leave-one-out analysis.
I spoke to one mobile app developer who said that his apps seemed to be ranking higher in multiple categories, with some low-quality apps removed from the rankings, and the search results now matching up more closely with the App Store rankings.
That was the year that Huber moved exclusively to doubles, unable to budge her singles ranking higher than No. 131.
You mentioned wanting to get your ranking higher — is that one of your main goals for this year?
In one survey of alumni, it was the most significant aspect of their undergraduate years, ranking higher than college friendships and courses.
Pandora and Edison conquer their appetites only to discover that weight loss makes for "a pretty shabby religion," with only show business ranking higher on Pandora's contempt scale.
The cost of housing in the UK and its impact on local people is now the main concern for local government, ranking higher than long-held concerns about health and social care services in a survey of council chief executives.
So Ms. Bammer, an Austrian who had never pushed her world ranking higher than No. 238, retired when she became pregnant, packing away her rackets to have the baby with her boyfriend, Christophe Gschwendtner.
To a lesser extent, homosexuals tend to have gender-atypical careers, hobbies and other interests.Personality tests also show differences, with gay men ranking higher than straight men in standardised tests for agreeableness, expressiveness, conscientiousness, openness to experience and neuroticism.
For one thing, Freeman's completion rate of 61.2 percent sits a shade lower than last year (61.4) and compares favorably against his peers, ranking higher than that of Matt Schaub and Matt Ryan and, yes, Stafford (59.7) and Sanchez (56.7).
And with US president Barack Obama planning to create his own own 'Obamarank' league table of US universities in an attempt to nudge down the cost of college education, the global interest in ranking higher education only looks set to grow.
