Measuring the level of thyroid-stimulating hormone ( TSH ), produced by the pituitary gland ( which in turn is also regulated by the hypothalamus's TSH Releasing Hormone ) in the blood is typically the initial test for suspected hyperthyroidism.

Measuring stress level independent of differences in people's personalities has been inherently difficult: Some people are able to process many stressors simultaneously, while others can barely address a few.

Measuring CRP level is a screen for infectious and inflammatory diseases.

* Measuring the modulation level of the NICAM signal is difficult because the QPSK NICAM carrier waveform ( unlike AM or FM modulated carrier waveforms ) is not emitted at a discrete frequency.

* Measuring sustainable Well-being on sub-national level with Genuine Progress Indicator ( GPI ) in Finland: Päijät-Häme, Kainuu and the area of Center for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for South Ostrobothnia, 1960 – 2009

Measuring the serum level of proteins that are up-and down-regulated during the acute phase can reveal extremely important information about the patient's nutritional state.

Measuring long by wide at its widest point, and covering an area of and an average depth of.

Measuring at the highest points ( the edge ) it is 1. 7 mm thick.

Measuring at about () this nebula is the most massive and second largest H II region in the Local group.

Measuring at approximately () across NGC 604 is the second most massive H II region in the Local group after the Tarantula Nebula, however, it is slightly larger than the latter.

Measuring long by wide, it takes its name from the twin Ionic pilasters with straight pediments at one end.

Measuring the tip-to-sample distance at each ( x, y ) data point allows the scanning software to construct a topographic image of the sample surface.

His cartoons deal at first mainly with social subjects, and are rough and imperfect in execution, but gradually their method gains in power and their subjects become more distinctly political, and by 1849 the artist is strong enough to produce the splendidly humorous national personification which appears in Disraeli Measuring the British Lion.

Measuring between 6 and 8. 5 km, remaining in regular and frequent service for at least 650 years, and being open to all on payment, it constituted even a public railway, a concept which according to Lewis did not recur until around 1800.

A whole new generation of African writers-Caine prize winners Binyavanga Wainaina ( current director of the Chinua Achebe Center at Bard College ) and Helon Habila Waiting for an Angel ( 2004 ) and Measuring Tme ( 2007 ); as well as Uzodinma Iweala Beasts of no Nation ( 2005 ); and Professor Okey Ndibe Arrows of rain ( 2000 ) count Chinua Achebe as a significant influence.

Measuring C-peptide in patients injecting synthetic insulin can help to determine how much of their own natural insulin these patients are still producing, or if they produce any at all.

In the early 1950s, the Rolls-Royce site at Hucknall developed the world's first vertical-takeoff jet ' aircraft ' - actually, a test rig, officially called the Thrust Measuring Rig, but soon nicknamed the " Flying Bedstead " because of its shape.

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The school taught the young future engineers at several faculties: at the Faculty of Mechanics, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Aquatic Engineering, and finally, at the Faculty of Geodesy ( or since 1925-of Measuring ).

Measuring all K-12 education expenditures ( including construction costs and debt repayment ) for 2003 – 2004, data from the National Center for Education Statistics ( NCES ) place Colorado at 28th in the nation ($ 9, 073 ).

Measuring long and wide, it has an area of and is located northeast of Pitcairn Island at.

The first Flying Bedstead was the British Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig which flew in 1953 at Hucknall aerodrome, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, which was developed to research the use of direct lift through the use of engine power alone, along with the associated methods of controlling the aircraft, with a view to use in further VTOL aircraft such as the later Hawker P. 1127 and Short SC. 1.

Measuring the intensity of absorbance of the DNA solution at wavelengths 260 nm and 280 nm is used as a measure of DNA purity.

From Cutting Nature at Its Joints to Measuring It: New Kinds and New Kinds of People in Biology.

Measuring wide at the base and in height, at the time of its completion, it was the largest mosaic in the U. S. It depicts a group of men, women and children, 47 in all, surrounding and " paying close heed " to Christ, the mosaic's central figure.

* Measuring not less than 2. 0 millimeters in at least one dimension

Measuring devices both at the start and at the end of the track post times down to 1 / 1000 of a second ( 0. 001s precision ), which makes tied races almost impossible.

The first step in this direction was the building of the " Ganz " Factory of Electric Measuring Instruments in 1950, which was then followed by other industrial plants.

Moreover, data from the ITU ’ s Measuring the Information Society 2011 report shows that mobile phones and other mobile devices are replacing computers and laptops in accessing the Internet.

This resulted in the publication of his papers called " Generation of Short Wavelength Waves ", " Measuring Specific Wavelengths with Short Wavelengths ", and other papers.

Measuring in at 3 and a quarter meters wide and 4 meters high, its corpus represents an olive tree figuring as the Tree of Jesse displaying Christ's lineage from Abraham through St. Joseph along with other biblical motifs.

Measuring the speed of light was one line of evidence that spelled the end of emission theory as anything other than a metaphor.

Measuring a second-order reaction rate with reactants A and B can be problematic: The concentrations of the two reactants must be followed simultaneously, which is more difficult ; or measure one of them and calculate the other as a difference, which is less precise.

Measuring FOREST purely in terms of media coverage denies the existence of other work in which it is engaged but which cannot be publicised.

" Measuring Incommensurability: Are toxicology and ecotoxicology blind to what the other sees?

Measuring the number of flutes per linear foot is a more reliable method of identifying flute size than measuring board thickness, which can vary due to manufacturing conditions.

Measuring the exponent in the law of universal gravitation is more a test of whether space is Euclidean than a test of the properties of the gravitational field.

One of only 62 institutions elected to the Association of American Universities ( 1917 ), Northwestern was awarded more than $ 500 million in research grants in 2010 – 2011, placing it in the first tier of the major research universities in the United States by the Center for Measuring University Performance.

Measuring around 40 cm ( 16 in ), it is slightly smaller than the more familiar Laughing Kookaburra.

In 2011, the FCC released the " Measuring Broadband America " report where it was revealed that many broadband providers provided lower than advertised internet speeds to their consumers.

Measuring is very necessary, but so is intuition and storytelling, which can often express points much better than numbers can.

Measuring less than 770 mm in length when full grown, the Turks and Caicos Rock iguana is one of the smallest species of Cyclura.

* load cells: Measuring the strain change in the load cell rather than directly on the rail itself.

Measuring slightly more than 244 feet ( or around 75 metres ), Enigma was launched in 1991 and originally christened ECO by its former owner, Mexican mogul Emilio Azcárraga, founder and former CEO of TV and media conglomerate Televisa.

Measuring by store units, Meier & Frank was roughly four times smaller than its closest rival within the May Department Stores family, but its average sales per square foot was the third highest, an enviable $ 225 per square foot during the late 1990s.

Measuring only 4 '- 3 " and weighing 286 lbs., they were commissioned by the mayor of Paris more frequently than its older sister models.