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	Mass lexical comparison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mass lexical comparison or mass comparison is a highly controversial method developed by the well-known linguist Joseph Greenberg to find genetic relationships among languages in the remote past, beyond the limits of the traditional comparative method, or in situations where there are too many languages to practically apply the latter without many generations of work.
		Since the development of comparative linguistics in the 19th century, a linguist who claims that two languages are related, in the absence of historical evidence, is expected to back up that claim by presenting general rules that describe the differences between their lexicons, morphologies, and grammars.
		The statistical difficulties inherent in Greenberg's method of mass lexical comparison are compounded by the fact that many historical linguists are unfamiliar with statistical analysis, and therefore are at a disadvantage when it comes to evaluating or criticizing its conclusions.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mass_lexical_comparison (1521 words)

	Mass lexical comparison -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In theory, the reliability of Greenberg's method could be settled by (additional info and facts about statistical analysis) statistical analysis; namely, by computing the probability that a given similarity level could have arisen by chance coincidences between totally unrelated languages.
		When applied to European languages, for example, it does reproduce all the classifications already established by traditional methods, namely the (The family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia) Indo-European classification.
		Although it continues to have ardent scholarly proponents, it is still rejected by most historical linguists, who view the (additional info and facts about comparative method) comparative method as the only legitimate way to establish pre-historical common ancestry for languages.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Ma/Mass_lexical_comparison.htm (1433 words)

	Mass comparison weighing
		Mass comparison weighing - Methods for moisture and water content determinations: The moisture content influences the physical properties of a substance such as weight, density, viscosity, refractive index, electrical conductivity and many more.
		The instruments to measure the Mass comparison weighing are practically maintenance-free, thanks no moving parts, the long-life LED light source and the inert sapphire prism.
		Mass comparison concentration tables: With predefined formulas or concentration tables the refractometer converts the measured Mass comparison weighing automatically into the desired concentration unit.
	balance.mettler-toledo.net /refractive-index/mass-comparison-weighing.html (438 words)

	Mass lexical comparison
		Mass lexical comparison or mass comparison is a controversial method developed by the well-known linguist Joseph H. Greenberg to find genetic relationships among languages in the remote past, beyond the limits of the traditional comparative method, or in situations where there are too many languages to practically apply the latter without many generations of work.
		Considering that humans probably have been speaking fully developed languages since at least 60,000 years ago (when Australia got populated), it is hardly surprising that many languages and language families still have no known relationship with other groups.
		This stands in contrast to the traditional comparative method, which becomes more unreliable as it is applied to broader language groups — since the structural comparisons must be applied to increasingly dubious, inaccurate, and incomplete recostructed proto-languages.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/mass_lexical_comparison (1403 words)

	Encyclopedia: Mass lexical comparison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Native American languages are the indigenous languages of the Americas, spoken by Native Americans from the southern tip of South America to Alaska and Greenland.
		Semantic drift, in historical linguistics, is a phenomenon whereby words change in meaning over a period of time, resulting in semantic differences between cognates.
		The Eurasiatic languages are a hypotetical language group from which allegedly descend several language families of Europe and Asia, including Indo-European languages, Uralic and Altaic.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mass-lexical-comparison (2392 words)

	Serum quinidine determination: comparison of mass-spectrometric and extraction-fluorescence methods -- Smith and Levy ...
		A comparison of two analytical methods of quinidine plasma determination--the modified extraction fluorometric method and the mass spectrometric method--was made.
		Comparison of both sets of values, by linear regression, yielded an r2 value of 0.84.
		The results of this comparison were consistent with the results reported by others, confirming that the commonly used extraction fluorometric method of quinidine determination is sufficiently accurate for monitoring quinidine plasma concentrations in the patient care setting, as well as for bioavailability comparisons between products.
	www.theannals.com /cgi/content/abstract/16/9/693 (170 words)

	Comparison to Mass in C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Mass in C, therefore, is not highly creative and is written in a static form.
		Supposedly, it was the custom in the Viennese Mass for the first sections to be in a minor key and for the last to end in the tonic major with a brighter tempo.
		With all of the similarities between Beethoven’s and Haydn’s masses, it is obvious that Beethoven’s C Major Mass was supposed to be in the traditional style of the mass.
	www.its.caltech.edu /~tan/BeethovenMissaSolemnis/massinc.html (598 words)

	CRDReference: Saraf, A., Larsson, L., Burge, H. and Milton, D. 1997 Quantification of ergosterol and 3-hydroxy fatty ...
		Saraf, A., Larsson, L., Burge, H. and Milton, D., (1997), "Quantification of ergosterol and 3-hydroxy fatty acids in settled house dust by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: Comparison with fungal culture and determination of endotoxin by a Limulus amebocyte lysate assay", Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 63(7), 2554-2559.
		Ergosterol and 3-hydroxy fatty acids, chemical markers for fungal biomass and the endotoxin of gram-negative bacteria, respectively, may be useful in studies of health effects of organic dusts, including domestic house dust.
		This paper reports a method for the combined determination of ergosterol and 3-hydroxy fatty acids in a single dust sample and a comparison of these chemical biomarkers determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with results from fungal culture and Limulus assay.
	alcor.concordia.ca /~raojw/crd/reference/reference002313.html (426 words)

	Assessment of left ventricular mass in mice: comparison between two-dimensional and m-mode echocardiography. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Assessment of left ventricular mass in mice: comparison between two-dimensional and m-mode echocardiography.
		Assessment of left ventricular mass in mice: comparison between two-dimensional and m-mode echocardiography.LV mass was calculated from M-mode using the uncorrected cube equation.
		Although 2-D truncated ellipsoid LV mass showed a good correlation with necropsy LV weight (r = 0.87, slope = 0.78, SEE = 11.0 mg, P < 0.001), the agreement between the truncated ellipsoid estimates and LV weight was less than that between M-mode and gravimetric LV mass.
	www.pdg.cnb.uam.es /UniPub/iHOP/gp/9465613.html (228 words)

	Mass
		In a one-pan balance, like the one pictured here, the comparison weights are fixed, but by sliding them to different distances from the pivot, the same result is achieved.
		Since the oscillation is opposed by inertia, the greater the mass, the slower is the process, and by measuring the frequency of oscillation, a fair idea of body mass could be obtained.
		You will notice that the mass of an object can be measured (that is, compared to the mass of one liter of water) in two different ways.
	www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov /stargaze/Smass.htm (1009 words)

	Wilson Bulletin : A cross-Canada comparison of mass change in birds during migration stopover. @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Start / W / Wilson Bulletin / September 01, 2002 / A cross-Canada comparison of mass change in birds during migration stopover.
		A cross-Canada comparison of mass change in birds during migration stopover.
		For example, birds with optimal fat stores should maintain mass rather than gain more, and optimal fuel loads may vary according to proximity to the final destination or to large geographic barriers such as the Gulf of Mexico.
	static.highbeam.com /w/wilsonbulletin/september012002/acrosscanadacomparisonofmasschangeinbirdsduringmig/index.html (249 words)

	BioMed Central \| Full text \| Binary classification of dyslipidemia from the waist-to-hip ratio and body mass index: a ...
		Part of the relationship between central adiposity and CVD is mediated by a modification of the metabolism of insulin and lipids [3].
		For the Vaud-Fribourg and Ticino region-specific models, all five classification performance measures were estimated by resubstitution of the data from the same region as well as by external validation on the subjects from the other region.
		At least for binary prediction of dyslipidemia from waist-to-hip ratio and body mass index in the context of the relatively small set of other predictor variables examined, the simple additive logistic models obtained in previous studies were about as effective as the more comprehensive statistical models investigated here.
	www.biomedcentral.com /1471-2288/4/7 (4190 words)

	20th Century Mass Murder -- A Comparison
		of mass murders and concluded that 170 million people have been intentionally killed by government authorities in the 20th century.
		One of the most poignant points came near the end, when the expression "never again" was dramatically emphasized after watching hours of (simulated) genocide brought down to a personalized level.
		On the contrary, mass murder is recognized as a fact, but not a fact that should interfer with a more important fact -- that of making money.
	www.electricnevada.com /pages97/ira0914.htm (710 words)

	MASS inter-comparison at Cerro Tololo, May 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		If two MASS instruments were in perfect agreement, the magenta and blue parts will be mirror-reflection of each other.
		The old MASS was not workig, but the Meade and TMT MASS instruments demonstrate excellent agreement.
		Thus, the delicate procedure of profle restoration from indices is shown to be stable with respect to changes in the hardware (and the associated weighting functions).
	www.ctio.noao.edu /~atokovin/profiler/may04.html (328 words)

	New York's Black and White BMI comparison
		This study tested the hypothesis that body mass index (BMI) is representative of body fatness independent of age, sex, and ethnicity.
		Body mass index alone accounted for 25% of between-individual differences in body fat percentage for the 706 total subjects; adding age and sex as independent variables to the regression model increased the variance (r2) to 67%.
		Men had similar BMI and body fat percentage, and although fl women had higher values than white women, the ratio of body fat to Body Mass Index is extremely close.
	www.halls.md /bmi/bw.htm (521 words)

	Obese child body mass index alspac comparison
		Identification of the obese child: adequacy of the body mass index for clinical practice and epidemiology
		DESIGN: We determined the sensitivity and specificity of the body mass index (BMI) by testing its ability to correctly identify children with high body fat percentage.
		Body mass index in children worldwide: cutoff points for overweight and obesity.
	www.halls.md /bmi/alspac.htm (594 words)

	A comparison of mass: News from Mettler Toledo
		A comparison of mass: News from Mettler Toledo
		Mass comparators offer precise weighing results and can determine even the smallest differences in mass as well as provide high resolution and repeatability
		Mettler Toledo's mass comparators offer precise weighing results and can determine even the smallest differences in mass as well as provide high resolution and excellent repeatability which are critical to all weighings.
	www.laboratorytalk.com /news/met/met136.html (185 words)

	Measuring leg muscle and fat mass in humans: comparison of CT and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry -- Levine et al. 88 ...
		Measuring leg muscle and fat mass in humans: comparison of CT and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry -- Levine et al.
		The length of thigh tissue included in the comparison analysis was 25 ± 3 cm.
		CT-measured leg muscle and skin mass were 5,852 ± 1,251 and 400 ± 93 g, respectively.
	jap.physiology.org /cgi/content/full/88/2/452 (3267 words)

	Joseph H. Greenberg
		This method was enthusiastically embraced by some historical linguists (and many geneticists), but was rejected by most historical linguists.
		See mass lexical comparison for a fuller discussion.
		For criticisms and defenses of specific theories, see the relevant articles (linguistic universals, implicational universal, mass lexical comparison, Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Afro-Asiatic languages, Amerind languages, Eurasiatic languages, Indo-Pacific languages.)
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/joseph_h__greenberg (691 words)

	Determination of Folate Vitamers in Human Serum by Stable-Isotope-Dilution Tandem Mass Spectrometry and Comparison with ...
		Comparison of serum and whole blood folate measurements in 12 laboratories: an international study [Abstract].
		Freisleben A, Schieberle P, Rychlik M. Comparison of folate quantification in foods by high-performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection to that by stable isotope dilution assays using high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.
		Solid phase extraction-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for the quantitation of folate in human plasma or serum.
	www.clinchem.org /cgi/content/full/50/2/423 (5680 words)

	Biomedical Imaging Lab - Breast mass classification: comparison between human readers and a back-propagation neural ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Masses were extracted using region growing with seed locations identified by an expert radiologist.
		Shape features were computed on the boundary of the mass region; texture features were computed from the pixel values inside the mass.
		Plone makes heavy use of CSS, which means it is accessible to any internet browser, but the design needs a standards-compliant browser to look like we intended it.
	spect.ecn.uiowa.edu /BIL/Bibliography/2003/arbach2003a/view (343 words)

	Evaluation and Comparison of Commercial Mass-Deacidification Processes: Part 1
		Therefore, a second phase was developed in which CCI will investigate what effect mass deacidification has on papers which are degraded in some pre-determined manner.
		An important part of this third phase of the project will be an open house at CCI in which all contributors to the questionnaire or project will be invited to come to CCI and view the treated materials.
		The chemical and physical homogeneity of the chosen paper is essential in ensuring that one is able to draw direct comparisons among the various treated and untreated samples.
	aic.stanford.edu /conspec/bpg/annual/v10/bp10-04.html (5610 words)

	Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry. A comparison of fragmentation patterns of ...
		A comparison of fragmentation patterns of linear dextran obtained by in-source decay, post-source decay and collision-induced dissociation and the stability of linear and cyclic glucans studied by in-source decay
		Derivatisation of the reducing end-groups of the oligodextrans with 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone (PMP) restricted cleavage in the MALDI mass spectrometer to the non-reducing end, and further it enabled the saccharides to be separated by HPLC so that a single chain length could be examined as a standard.
		The patterns of fragmentation produced by MALDI mass spectrometry, particularly where standards are available to calibrate the spectrum and the energy of the laser is controlled, can be used to predict the type of linkage present.
	www.impub.co.uk /abs/EMS10_0109.html (398 words)

	Inter-study variability in left ventricular mass measurement. Comparison between M-mode echography and MRI -- Germain ...
		Comparison between M-mode echography and MRI -- Germain et al.
		In order to compare variability in M-mode echography and MRI in the assessment of left ventricular mass, 20 echogenic patients without evidence of coronary artery disease were investigated.
		In conclusion, MR appeared to be a significantly more reproducible examination tool, when compared with M-mode echo, for the evaluation of left ventricular mass (variability, 63% higher with echo than with MR).
	www.eurheartj.org /cgi/content/abstract/13/8/1011 (757 words)

	Characterization of bacterially expressed rat estrogen receptor beta ligand binding domain by mass spectrometry: ...
		No other proteins (of lower or higher molecular mass) were detected, so the LBD was considered structurally authentic and pure.
		The carboxymethylated rER beta LBD had a molecular mass of 32251.6 Da, equivalent to the calculated mass with the addition of three carboxymethyl groups.
		By using a combination of intact protein mass spectrometric fragmentation and trypsin proteolysis (98% sequence coverage), it was established that rER beta cysteine-289 and -354 were not carboxymethylated on the affinity column, suggesting that they were shielded from alkylation in the E2-bound conformational state.
	www.pdg.cnb.uam.es /UniPub/iHOP/gp/1263429.html (313 words)

	Astron. Astrophys. 360, 227-244 (2000)
		Comparison with mass-loss rates used in evolutionary calculations
		Maeder (1991) and Maeder and Meynet (1994) assumed in the evolutionary calculations of the WR stars that the mass-loss rates of these stars vary as follows:
		The full line is the relation adopted in the evolutionary calculations by Maeder (1991).The star with the highest mass is WR 47 (WN6+O5) with
	aa.springer.de /papers/0360001/2300227/sc10.htm (249 words)

	Mass comparator balance, comparison weighing, mass determination balance
		Mass comparator balance, comparison weighing, mass determination balance
		Listed below is the current 2005 price list for mass comparators. Please give us a call at 978-521-7095 and we'll connect you with a mass comparator specialist.
		These mass comparators are designed for use in national standard laboratories and in calibration, verification and legal metrology laboratories that work with E1 and E2 accuracy classes.
	www.balances.com /sartorius/mass-comparators.html (703 words)

	Mass Comparison Weighing - Mettler Toledo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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