N Measurement

Variance was introduced in Chapter 4 as one measure of a data set s spread around its central tendency. In the context of an analysis of variance, it is useful to see that variance is simply a ratio of the sum of squares for the differences between individual values and their mean, to the degrees of freedom. For example, the variance, s, of a data set consisting of n measurements is given as... 

Suppose for one sample that n measurements are made of an isotope (R) the measured ratios are Ri, R2.Rp- A simple mean value (R) is given by Ri R2 R3 etc. 

In some cases, reported data do not satisfy a consistency check, but these may be the only available data. In that case, it may be possible to smooth the data in order to obtain a set of partial molar quantities that is thermodynamically consistent. The procedure is simply to reconstmct the total molar property by a weighted mole fraction average of the n measured partial molar values and then recalculate normalised partial molar quantities. The new set should always be consistent. 

Elgar, E.C., Rehder, R.H. and Sverdlow, N., Measured losses in isolated-phase and comparison with calculated values, Trans. IEEE, 87, August, 1724-1730 (1968). 

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Mass, n. measure measurement dimension size gage titer proportion, extent, degree manner, -abweichimg,/. deviation from size, -analyse, /. volumetric analysis. 

Massglas, n. measuring glass, marked glass vessel. 

Raum-mass, n. measure of capacity or volume, cubic measure, -menge,/. amoimt of space, volume, -meter, m. cubic meter, -modell, n. space model, -orientierung,/. orientation in space, -quantelung, /. spatial quantization. -richtung,/. direction in space, -strahl,... 

Zahigkeits-einheit, /, unit of viscosity (or tenacity or ductility), -grad, m. (degree of) viscosity or ductility or tenacity, -mass, n. measure of ductihty (or tenacity or viscosity), -messer, m. viscosimeter, -probe, /. tough ness (or ductihty or viscosity) test or sample,... 

Zeit-lose, /. colchicum. -mass, n. measure of time (Music) time, rhythm (Gram.) quantity. -massstab, m. time scale, -messer, m. chronometer, time piece, watch, clock, -messung, /. time measurement timing, -puukt, m. point of time, moment, zeitraubend, p.a, time-consuming. 

To discretize this therrry, Lee assumes that in any n-dimensional volume O — L" V, there can be at most N measurements that determine the space-time position Xi of the, observation and the value of the field d>i at The ratio p = N/Q, = is therefore a fumlamental constant of the theory,... 

In a recent study of the transport of coarse solids in a horizontal pipeline of 38 mrrt diameter, pressure drop, as a function not only of mixture velocity (determined by an electromagnetic flowmeter) but also of in-line concentration of solids and liquid velocity. The solids concentration was determined using a y-ray absorption technique, which depends on the difference in the attenuation of y-rays by solid and liquid. The liquid velocity was determined by a sail injection method,1"1 in which a pulse of salt solution was injected into the flowing mixture, and the time taken for the pulse to travel between two electrode pairs a fixed distance apart was measured, It was then possible, using equation 5.17, to calculate the relative velocity of the liquid to the solids. This relative velocity was found to increase with particle size and to be of the same order as the terminal falling velocity of the particles in the liquid. 

The archaeologically most meaningful measure would be the proportion of animal protein in the total diet (weight consumed of total weight). What is a more straightforward indicator of meat intake based on 5 N measurements, is the proportion of animal protein of the total protein intake. When considering this, it is important to keep the following in mind ... 

Example 33 Assume that a simple measurement costs 20 currency units n measurements are performed for calibration and m for replicates of each of five unknown samples. Furthermore, the calibration series of n measurements must be paid for by the unknowns to be analyzed. The slope of the calibration line is > = 1.00 and the residual standard deviation is Sres = 3, cf. Refs. 75, 95. The n calibration concentrations will be evenly spaced between 50 and 150% of nominal, that is for n = 4 x, 50, 83, 117, 150. For an unknown corresponding to 130% of nominal, should be below 3.3 units, respectively < 3.3 = 10.89. What combination of n and m will provide the most economical solution Use Eq. (2.4) for S x and Eq. (2.18) for Vx-Solution since Sxx is a function of the x-values, and thus a function of n (e.g. n = 4 Sxx = 5578), solve the three equations in the given order for various combinations of n and m and tabulate the costs per result, c/5 then select the... 

Otherwise, one is left with the possibility to accept that an individual OOS result constitutes failure, and must be avoided. This can be done by reducing the probability of occurrence of one OOS result out of N measurements to some predefined level, e.g., p < 0.05. The acceptable level of risk is management s decision, because they will have to face the press (Wall Street, FDA, etc.) if scandal errupts, and approve the budget overruns incurred by increased testing and wasted batches. 

S B standard deviation of n measurements, and tp t-statistic, for a p% confidence level. 

Estimates of the standard deviation of the n measurements will have a confidence interval ... 

Given N measurements of the output vector, the parameters can be obtained by minimizing the Least Squares (LS) objective function which is given below as the weighted sum ofsquares of the residuals, namely,... 

Let us consider first the most general case of the multiresponse linear regression model represented by Equation 3.2. Namely, we assume that we have N measurements of the m-dimensional output vector (response variables), y , M.N. 

Suppose that we have a set of n measurements arranged within a vector Y. Further suppose that the errors associated with the measurements are random, and additive, so that we can represent the measurements as... 

Lampkin, N. Measures, M. (1994) Organic Farm Management Handbook. University of Wales, Aberystwyth and Elm Farm Research Centre, Newbury. 

Experimental standard deviation obtained from a series of n measurements under repeatability conditions. 

Figure 16 Comparison of the F projections of the multiplicity-edited GHSQC, 60 Hz 1,1-ADEQUATE, the UIC calculated HSQC-1,1-ADEQUATE, and GIC calculated HSQC-1,1-ADEQUATE spectra (power 0.5) of strychnine (1). While Snyder and Bruschweiler have noted52 that signal-to-noise (s/n) measurements of covariance spectra may not be the most viable means of making comparisons, in the present example, the differences are so dramatic that they still allow valid conclusions to be drawn. The C12 (77.6 ppm) resonance provides a convenient s/n comparator. The region from 80 to 100 ppm, which is devoid of responses in the spectrum of strychnine, was used to define the "noise" region for the measurement. There is certainly no question that multiplicity-edited GHSQC is a high-sensitivity experiment as attested by a s/n for the C12/H12 correlation response of 290 1. In comparison, the C12 resonance of the 60 Hz 1,1-ADEQUATE spectrum is a much more modest 22 1. In contrast, the s/n for the C12 resonance in the HSQC-1,1-ADEQUATE spectra calculated using UIC and GIC methods was 293 1 and 257 1, respectively.

Figure 4.15 (a) Angular dependence of the susceptibility of a single crystal of Dy(hfac)3(NIT-C6H4-0-Ph) n measured in an external magnetic field of 1 kOe. 0° and 180° correspond to the direction perpendicular to the chain, whereas, at 90°, the susceptibility is measured along the chain. 

Potentially mineralizable C and N are often measured by incubating a sample of field-moist soil at a known temperature in a sealed chamber containing an alkali trap. The C02-C accumulated in the trap is measured by acid titration and this represents the quantity of C mineralized. Alternatively, C02 in the headspace of the incubation chamber can be measured using a C02 analyser. The amount of N mineralized during incubation is calculated as the difference in extractable NH4+ - andNCV-N measured in the soil before and after incubation. Mineralizable N can also be measured in an open incubation system where the soil is leached periodically and NH4+- andNCV-N in leachates is measured (Stanford 1982). 

If the height fluctuations for a specified laser beam area a are uncorrelated and characterized by a standard deviation Aha, then the standard error on N measurements of spot height is simply / mln = Ah, j /N. To express this in terms of the total scanned area A of a protein layer, it becomes... 

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