Sentence examples for suggested as a proxy from inspiring English sources

The ratio of flow path length and flow path gradient, previously suggested as a proxy of mean water transit time, exerted a relatively strong control on dissolved inorganic nitrogen fluxes (VIP > 1) with a negative relation to dissolved inorganic nitrogen fluxes, suggesting that dissolved inorganic nitrogen fluxes decrease with an increasing flow path gradient.

The serotonin precursor 5-hydroxy-l-[β-11C]tryptophan ([11C]HTP) is in clinical use for localization of neuroendocrine tumors and has been suggested as a proxy marker for pancreatic islet cells.

This is an ex vivo assessment quantifying the ability of the smooth muscles present in vaginal tissue strips to contract by immersing them in an organ bath at 80 mM KCl concentration (mN/mm3), suggested as a proxy for vaginal function.

Time spent outdoors is positively associated with physical activity levels of children [ 1], and has been suggested as a proxy for physical activity [ 2].

The ratio of the lengths of the index (2D) and ring (4D) fingers as measured by the ratio 2D:4D has been suggested as a proxy indicator of prenatal androgen activity, with low 2D:4D reflecting higher in utero testosterone exposure (Manning et al, 1998; McIntyre, 2006; Hönekopp and Watson, 2010).

One population-based service delivery output indicator is additionally suggested as a proxy indicator to measure the performance of eye health services in reducing avoidable visual impairment: annual cataract surgery rates (CSR, the number of cataract operations conducted per million population per year).

In some studies in rural Ethiopia, educational status has been suggested as a better proxy for SES compared with household income.

Thus, an enhanced mutability via reduced Nmax is suggested as a good candidate proxy to increasing polymer length in the context of an error catastrophe.

Sea-surface temperature, as a proxy for energy available to a system, has been suggested as an underpinning reason for observed diversity patterns [18], [112].

In this study, we suggested using the HMB as a proxy for the lowest latitude of the nonzero convection velocity.

The PSA results from both cohorts suggest that (using QALYs as a proxy) it is unlikely for teriparatide to have worse outcomes versus bisphosphonate for groups of 1000 patients, and if so the inferiority will be of small magnitude.