Sentence examples for weighings that from inspiring English sources

We estimate from appropriate before-and-after weighings that we typically removed from 5 to 15% of the mass of the filter in this process.

WEIGHING in on a controversy that has been stuck in Congressional gridlock for years, President Clinton issued new rules last week that promise quicker decisions for patients in disputes with managed-care companies and the right to appeal when insurance claims are denied.

Findings suggest that self-weighing frequency had differential effects on weight control depending upon restrained eating status.

How can you find the ball that is heavier by using a balance and only two weighings?" Illustration by Richard McGuire.

PAGE A13 WEIGHING THREAT AT PLANTS The Nuclear Regulatory Commission heard arguments from a California group that said the commission's staff had overlooked a category of potentially serious attacks by terrorists on nuclear plants.

Meal sizes were then calculated from changes in chick body mass that were corrected for mass lost through digestion, respiration and excretion between weighings, using equations based on natural rates of mass loss for this species (as per [32], Devney, unpublished data).

Children under five with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM), defined by weight-for-height of 70%to80%0% of the NCHS/WHO median are enrolled in supplementary feeding programs (SFP) that provide additional weekly rations until weight increases to 90% of the NCHS/WHO median at two consecutive weekly weighings.

She was concerned that two separate weighings of her luggage had produced unexpected readings.

WEIGHING BUDGET PROPOSALS -- Gov. George W. Bush of Texas began a news conference in San Diego yesterday with some heavy lifting: he waved two thick books that represented budget proposals he had sent to the Texas Legislature in 1997 and 1999, and he lit into Vice President Al Gore anew for suggesting that he did not produce such extensive spending blueprints.

There may be a significant data gap during which the only monitoring available will not be by 'weighing' but by 'looking' via laser or radar altimetry, photogrammetry or field studies". Harig and Simons developed a unique data-analysis method that allowed them to separate GRACE data by specific Antarctic regions.

Other options include high-tech body composition monitors; a dual energy X-ray absorptiometry test (DEXA) or bone scan; a bioelectrical impedance test, which uses an electrical current to take measurements; a Bod Pod, a chamber that uses an air displacement technique; and hydrostatic weighing basically an underwater scale.