Sentence examples for weakness criterion from inspiring English sources

The muscle weakness criterion was worth 2 points, while the others were worth 1 point.

It may be hypothesised that 'true' wasting, sarcopenia or muscle loss, may be better reflected by the weakness criterion for those with an increased BMI.

In another instance, the absence of available data on grip strength prompted the use of a self-reported question on the difficulty in rising from a chair as proxy measure for the weakness criterion [ 37, 38].

The World Bank classifies countries according to their gross national income whereas the UNDP takes into consideration three criteria for the evaluation of countries' development: the low-income criterion, the economic vulnerability criterion and the human resources weakness criterion (Sallam, 2008).

The MARE, AARE and SE of the Nova-Zaninetti criterion is the lowest for all six kinds of typical layered rocks, followed by the Lee-Pietruszczak, Hobbs-Barron, and Single Plane of Weakness criteria, and therefore the Nova-Zaninetti criterion is recommended.

Besides, the description of the nature of this stressor as "something exceptionally threatening or catastrophic" evokes the conceptual weakness of this criterion rather than is an attempt to outline or characterize the type of event.

At the same time, it reveals the weakness of the criteria when it' s used separately, without being combined.

The physical frailty phenotype consists of five criteria: weakness as measured by grip strength, self-reported exhaustion, unintentional weight loss (10 or more pounds in the past year), slow gait speed, and low physical activity (Fried et al. 2001).

The frailty syndrome was diagnosed based on the Fried criteria (weakness, low speed, low physical activity, exhaustion, and weight loss).

The frailty phenotype defines frailty as a distinct clinical syndrome meeting three or more of five phenotypic criteria: weakness, slowness, low level of physical activity, self-reported exhaustion, and unintentional weight loss.

The essential weakness of the N−1 criterion is basically due to the fact that it does not incorporate the stochastic nature of power system behavior and therefore does not provide an actual system reliability assessment [3].