Body mass index (BMI) is a value derived from the mass (weight) and height of a person. The BMI is defined as the body mass divided by the square of the...
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Leaf area index (LAI) is a dimensionless quantity that characterizes plant canopies. It is defined as the one-sided green leaf area per unit ground surface...
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surface area (BSA) is the measured or calculated surface area of a human body. For many clinical purposes, BSA is a better indicator of metabolic mass than...
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Hard water (redirect from Langelier saturation index)
deposited. Other indices include the Larson-Skold Index, the Stiff-Davis Index, and the Oddo-Tomson Index. The hardness of local water supplies depends on...
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plasma as a function of time (this can be done using liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry). In practice, the drug concentration is measured at certain...
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Specific leaf area (SLA) is the ratio of leaf area to leaf dry mass. The inverse of SLA is Leaf Mass per Area (LMA). Specific leaf area is a ratio indicating...
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Jaccard index is a statistic used for gauging the similarity and diversity of sample sets. It is defined in general taking the ratio of two sizes (areas or...
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The area density (also known as areal density, surface density, superficial density, areic density, mass thickness, column density, or density thickness)...
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Classification of obesity (redirect from Body volume index)
health. The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies obesity by body mass index (BMI). BMI is further evaluated in terms of fat distribution via the waist–hip...
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compare different orders of magnitude, the following lists describe various mass levels between 10−67 kg and 1052 kg. The least massive thing listed here...
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Mass media include the diverse arrays of media that reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit information electronically...
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Search engine indexing is the collecting, parsing, and storing of data to facilitate fast and accurate information retrieval. Index design incorporates...
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Worcester, Massachusetts (redirect from Worcester, mass)
Index: Central Mass. #5 in U.S. For Owning Rental Property." Worcester Business Journal. October 8, 2013. Dumcius, Gintautus (January 6, 2017). "Mass...
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The Index Librorum Prohibitorum (English: Index of Forbidden Books) was a changing list of publications deemed heretical or contrary to morality by the...
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actually refers to mass, and is expressed in mass units such as grams or ounces (see also Pound: Use in commerce). Conversely, the load index rating on automobile...
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Ape index, ape factor, or gorilla index is slang or jargon used to describe a measure of the ratio of an individual's arm span relative to their height...
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amount of adiposity or fat present in an individual's body. Body mass index The body mass index (BMI) is a measure of a person's weight taking into account...
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This is a list of mass shootings that took place in the United States in 2024. Mass shootings are incidents in which several people are injured or killed...
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years later: And in such indexes, although small pricks To their subsequent volumes, there is seen The baby figure of the giant mass Of things to come at...
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to be healthy. A person who is underweight is malnourished. The body mass index, a ratio of a person's weight to their height, has traditionally been...
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The heat index (HI) is an index that combines air temperature and relative humidity, in shaded areas, to posit a human-perceived equivalent temperature...
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using the Case–Shiller index; the statistic is published by Standard & Poor's and is also a component of S&P's 10-city composite index of the value of the...
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the same sex to have different body mass indices but the same waist–hip ratio, or to have the same body mass index but different waist–hip ratios. WHR...
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The mass media in Romania refers to mass media outlets based in Romania. Television, magazines, and newspapers are all operated by both state-owned and...
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Dispersity (redirect from Polydispersity index)
polydispersity index, having replaced it with the term dispersity, represented by the symbol Đ (pronounced D-stroke) which can refer to either molecular mass or degree...
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mass as a better predictor. Cranial capacity Craniometry Encephalization quotient List of animals by number of neurons Phrenology Schauenberg's index...
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Gini coefficient (redirect from Gini index)
economics, the Gini coefficient (/ˈdʒiːni/ JEE-nee), also known as the Gini index or Gini ratio, is a measure of statistical dispersion intended to represent...
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The mass media in Bangladesh refers to the print, broadcast and online mass media available in Bangladesh. The Constitution guarantees press freedom and...
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Mass transfer is the net movement of mass from one location (usually meaning stream, phase, fraction, or component) to another. Mass transfer occurs in...
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Mass media in Australia spans traditional and digital formats, and caters mostly to its predominantly English-speaking population. It is delivered in a...
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