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index fossil
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index of dissimilarity
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precipitation-efficiency index
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Index Librorum Prohibitorum
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Shannon-Wiener index of diversity
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index number
index number in econometrics, a figure reflecting a change in value or quantity as compared with a standard or base. The base usually equals 100 and the index number is usually expressed as a percentage. For example, if a commodity cost twice as much in 1970 as it did in 1960, its index number... Read more |
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diversity index
diversity index The mathematical expression of the species diversity of a given community or area, which includes due allowance for the relative abundance of different species present. Such indices (e.g. the Shannon–Wiener index) are generally considered an important means for comparisons of... Read more |
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share index
share index An index formed by selecting a number of prominent shares traded on a stock exchange and comparing the value of these shares with their value on a stated date in the base year. The daily value of the shares takes into account the volume of shares traded (see weighted average). See Dow... Read more |
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Standard Poors Corp
STANDARD & POOR'S STANDARD & POOR'S (S&P) was created by the 1941 merger and incorporation of Poor's, a financial publishing company founded by Henry Varnum Poor in 1867, and Standard Statistics Bureau, a publisher of daily indexes for ninety stocks that its founder, Luther Lee Blake,... Read more |
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cephalic index
cephalic index [Gr. kephale =head], ratio of the breadth of the head to its length. Expressed as a percental number, it provides the simplest description of the geometric relation of two dimensions. The index is obtained by dividing the maximum width of the cranium by its maximum length and... Read more |
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Health consequences of the 11 September 2001 attacks. (Editorial).
...is to determine whether these horrific events on 11 September 2001 will have continuing consequences for the health of the public...is there but that levels have generally been low (2). The index used by the U.S. EPA to assess risks has been the extremely... |
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Editorial: 2001: A (cyber)space odyssey
...continue to refine both the design and the editorial content to ensure that it both meets readers...going back to the beginning of 1999 (see Index, page 34). During the next few weeks...s resolutions. To mark the start of 2001, we decided to ask a selection of people... |
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Delahaye Medialink Announces Results of the Media Reputation Index 2001...
...first Media Reputation Index (MRi) 2001 Benchmark Study, announced...the first six months of 2001. Rounding out the top...reputation from January 2001 through June 2001. The...accounts for the quality of editorial content, ... |
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Advertiser Index.(Editorial)
...Internet 45 Oberthur Card System 14 Open Solutions 27 PNC Consumer Service 33 Primus 41 Q-Up Systems 35 Ramsey 44 Secureworks 7 Thor Technologies Inc. 42 Treev 3 Webtone 34 Weiland 53 Copyright c 2001 Thomson Financial. All Rights Reserved. |
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An index on outsourcing.(EDITORIALS)
...There never was an outsourcing crisis, a conclusion evident from the fact that trade-related layoffs, when they peaked in 2001, accounted for only 0.6 percent of total U.S. unemployment. Nevertheless, Mr. Kerry successfully exploited a non-existing... |
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Essentials of a national nitrate leaching index assessment tool: a guest...
...changes (McCrory and Hobbs, 2001; Ni et al., 2000; Sharp...2002). Sharpley et al. (2001) reported that U.S. agricultural...U.S. water bodies. The P index was developed to help identify...Sharpley et al., 1999; 2001). Since the main mechanisms... |
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Obama's imposition of dependence; Heritage Index shows government near...
...Heritage Foundation's annual Index of Dependence on Government...systemic collapse. The Heritage index is useful because it uses consistent...unrestrainable. Thus, note Heritage Index authors William W. Beach and...Republican Congresses from 1995 to 2001 ... |
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Phthalate exposure during pregnancy and lower anogenital index in boys: wider...
...dysgenesis (Skakkebaek et al. 2001). These disorders include...distance (AGD) (Ema and Miyawaki 2001; Gray et al. 2000; Mylchreest...kg/day (Ema and Miyawaki 2001; Mylchreest et al. 2000...relationship between the anogenital index (AGI) in boys 2-30 months... |
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National Socio-Economic Summit of 2001; 'National Unity to Face the Challenge...
...law. LEDAC has also endorsed the passage of a law that will index excise taxes to inflation. We need to save and generate jobs...out in the President's State-of-the-Nation Address of 2001, the Government will reduce by half the price of medicines... |
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Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors Develop Editorial Content Display System
...for presenting advanced editorial content items to subscribers...network and a selectable editorial content control to present an editorial content index page." An abstract of...was filed on Dec. 17, 2001, and is available at... |