Sometimes, an index is created but never used. These indexes serve then no purpose but use space. Fortunatly, it's possible to monitor indexes during a time period. After this period, Oracle can be queried for which indexes on that table have been used.
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Wing-Damage Index Used for Characterizing Wing Condition of Bats Affected by White-nose Syndrome Jonathan D. Reichard Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology Department of Biology Boston University Boston, MA 02215 White-nose Syndrome (WNS) is characterized by the growth of one or more species of fungus on the...
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We performed interference studies with serum pools to which interferent solutions were added (up to a maximum of 10% by volume), according to the CERMAB protocol (10). These combined data were used to generate tolerance tables indicating the extent of bias at specific index values.
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Compound indices are often used in the analysis of fish stomach contents to characterize diet. Five of these indices, combining two or three measures of prey importance: weight, abundance and frequenc... ... Data from a feeding study of sparid fish show that different indices can produce different results.
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Beaugrand, G. and Edwards, M. (2001) Differences in performance among four indices used to evaluate diversity in planktonic ecosystems. Oceanologica Acta, 24 (4). pp. 467-477. ISSN 0399-1784...
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Normally, when "indexed" is mentioned in a bible description, they are speaking of "thumb indexing" - you know, those neat little recesses in the sides of the book, like you find in fancier dictionaries. In the case of b...
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Automated Processing of Serum Indices Used for Interference Detection by the Laboratory Information System ... find Clinical Chemistry articles. In this report, we focus on improvements in patient results with respect to interferences in analytical results obtained... ... In this report, Beckman Coulter Inc.).
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This study was undertaken to determine which of four commonly used ventilatory or gas exchange indices provides the most accurate and reliable detection of the anaerobic threshold (AT). Sixteen subjects performed two cycle ergometer tests to volitional fatigue.
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