sclerosis
sclerosis (skleer-oh-sis) n. hardening of tissue, usually due to scarring (fibrosis) after inflammation or to ageing. It can affect the lateral columns of the spinal cord and the medulla of the brain (amyotrophic lateral s. (
ALS) or
Lou Gehrig's disease), causing progressive muscular paralysis (see
motor neurone disease). See also
arteriosclerosis,
atherosclerosis,
multiple sclerosis,
systemic (sclerosis),
tuberous (sclerosis).
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Mariage plus a la mode. (marriage statistics in France)
Magazine article from: National Review; 8/10/1984; 665 words
; ...suffered a more dramatic decline than in the ranks of traditional French society. Until the last decade, French marriage statistic had shown stabiliy for two hundred years. Then suddenly in 1972 the number of marriage fell by 25 per cent. This change...or three children with a legitimate spouse, a man or woman often ...
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Commissioning of the NPDGamma detector array: counting statistics in current mode operation and parity violation in the capture of cold neutrons on [B.sub.4]C and [.sup.27]Al.
Magazine article from: Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...errors require the use of current mode detection with vacuum photodiodes...detector array operates at counting statistics and that the asymmetries due...Key words: CsI; current mode; detector; gamma; neutron...therefore operated in current mode. The scintillation light from...
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HK'S EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS BY MODE OF TRANSPORT IN 1999.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 2/14/2000; 700+ words
; ...ocean accounted for 41.6% of Hong Kong's total value of external trade in 1999, according to statistics released by the Census and Statistics Department Monday. Another 29.0% was transported by land, 24.2% by air and yet another 4...
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HK'S EXTERNAL MERCHANDISE TRADE STATISTICS BY MODE OF TRANSPORT.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 8/14/2001; 700+ words
; ...for 38.5 per cent of Hong Kong's total value of external merchandise trade, according to statistics released by Hong Kong's Census and Statistics Department. Another 29.1 per cent was transported by land, 27.6 per cent by air and 4...
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Asia Has Been A Leader In Innovation With Such Products As NTT DoCoMo s I-Mode In Japan - Asia Mobile Communications And Mobile Data Statistics (Tables Only) Report.
M2 Presswire; 11/7/2006; 700+ words
; ...Products As NTT DoCoMos I-Mode In Japan - Asia Mobile Communications And Mobile Data Statistics (Tables Only) Report...Communications and Mobile Data Statistics (tables only) Report...products as NTT DoCoMo's i-Mode in Japan and the widespread...
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Asia Has Been a Leader in Innovation with Such Products as NTT DoCoMo's I-Mode in Japan - Asia Mobile Communications and Mobile Data Statistics (Tables Only) Report.
Business Wire; 11/8/2006; 700+ words
; ...addition of 2006 Asia Mobile Communications and Mobile Data Statistics (tables only) Report to their offering. This report comprises...leader in innovation with such products as NTT DoCoMo's i-Mode in Japan and the widespread application of Short Message Service...
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iPhone moving up in dual mode cellular/Wi-Fi smartphone market.(LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS)
Newspaper article from: The Online Reporter; 11/6/2009; 661 words
; ...are the fastest wireless broadband. And it's mainly Apple that's making Wi-Fi popular. Nokia's market share of dual mode cellular/Wi-Fi handsets has dropped more than 10% from upward of 50% at the end of June 2008 to the end of June 2009...
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Statistics show De Waal can overcome conservative image.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa); 3/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...but it was noticeable that once the Stormers were nine points behind on the scoreboard, he got into an attacking mode. The statistics show that he tried to keep the ball alive as far as possible, while he also took on the defence himself with his...
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Low-Order Stochastic Mode Reduction for a Prototype Atmospheric GCM
Magazine article from: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...evolution of these climate modes a priori without any regression fitting of the resolved modes. The systematic stochastic mode reduction strategy determines...correlation times of the unresolved modes. These correction terms and...resolved modes capture the statistics of the original ...
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KPN says customers happy with i-Mode.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: EuropeMedia; 6/19/2002; 700+ words
; ...satisfaction with KPN's i-Mode service, according to statistics disclosed by the Dutch telecoms...KPN and NTT DoCoMo launched i-Mode in Germany and the Netherlands...35 year-olds, KPN's i-Mode subscriber base recently passed...
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Mode
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Mode In statistics and mathematics, the mode of a set of numbers is the number that occurs most frequently within that set. There may be no modes within a set of numbers, only one mode, or more than one mode. In the set {1, 4...
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mode
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
mode in statistics, an infrequently used type of average . In a group of numbers the mode is the number occurring most frequently. In the group 1, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 9, 9, the mode is 6 because it occurs four times and the others only once or twice.
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Descriptive Statistics
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Descriptive Statistics Descriptive statistics, which are widely used in empirical...distribution are the mean , median , and mode . The mean, or average, is calculated...greater than the median. Finally, the mode is calculated as the most frequently...
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Statistics in Psychology
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
...inferential. Descriptive statistics simply give a general picture...the mean , median , and mode . Variability involves the...the average. Inferential statistics are used to help psychologists...Variance (or F-test); these statistics help the psychologist assess...Another widely used inferential ...
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Statistics in the Social Sciences
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...examination of descriptive statistics, then proceeds to inferential statistics. The arithmetic mean...central tendency is the mode , the most frequently...type of descriptive statistic is the standardized...from the inferential statistic by the same name...assessment using descriptive ...
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