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	Weight function - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A weight function is a mathematical device used when performing a sum, integral, or average in order to give some elements more of a "weight" than others.
		Weighted means are commonly used in statistics to compensate for the presence of bias.
		In this context, the weight function w(x) is sometimes referred to as a density.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Weight_function (419 words)

	Dual-function balloon weight - Patent 6422914
		Thus, the balloon weight of the present invention is a dual-function balloon weight in that individual balloons may be secured thereto as with common balloon weights and, additionally or alternatively, a multitude of balloons can be attached thereto to provide a balloon bouquet.
		Specifically, the invention relates to a balloon weight having at least one attachment point to which balloons may be tied and at least one attachment point to which a bouquet of balloons may be attached to create a decorative balloon display.
		Thus, balloon weight 10 can be employed as a common balloon weight wherein balloons are simply tied to an attachment point 18 and base member 12 serves as either a weight for the balloon or balloons or a grip for carrying the balloon or balloons.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /6422914.html (1933 words)

	palotta chapter 3
		Weight smoothing is doing the job it has been asked to do; however, it has not been designed to follow functions with quick transitions.
		Weight smoothing was limited when learning the one dimensional step function, so it is expected that the new method will not perform well with the pyramid function.
		It is obvious the weights are attempting to remain close in value; however, due to the steep slope of the pyramid function, this forces the weight space to form a staircase shape during training.
	www.ece.unh.edu /robots/jmp1/jmp_ch3.htm (2140 words)

	ATLATL WEIGHTS: Function and Classification
		Atlatl weights do not possess a sufficient enough mass to significantly influence the speed at which an atlatl is swung in order to affect some degree of timing based on velocity.
		The purpose of the atlatl weights mass is to resist acceleration.
		Therefore, the atlatl weight is a timing device influencing the amount and rate at which the spring energy of an atlatl is stored and released against the spring energy of a dart.
	www.primitive.org /atlweights.htm (2739 words)

	weight
		Atlatl weights do not possess sufficient mass to significantly influence the speed at which an atlatl is swung in order to affect some degree of timing based on velocity.
		The purpose of the weights mass is to resist acceleration.
		The basic atlatl weight, or Type I in the Perkins' atlatl weight classification, is a single point mass weight with a mass of approximately 65 g.
	www.onagocag.com /weight.html (2055 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Health \| Ex-smokers told to 'weight watch'
		Weight gain is an important factor in reducing the beneficial effects of quitting on lung function
		There were some expected differences in lung function and weight - current smokers tended to have the biggest decline in lung function over time and people who had given up smoking were more likely to have put on weight.
		For women, the corresponding weight gain that would negate the benefit of quitting smoking is 2.43kg per year, they estimate.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/health/4516657.stm (457 words)

	Molecular Weight Measurements Using the Zetasizer Nano System — Supplier Data by Malvern
		Data collection and calculations were managed using the Molecular Weight function in the DTS software for the Zetasizer Nano system, which compiles the static intensity measurements, generates a standard Debye plot (see example of software screen shot in Figure 4), and then calculates the molecular weight and 2nd virial coefficient.
		The molecular weight of BSA measured on the Zetasizer Nano system is 71.4kDa, which is 6.6% larger than the known molecular weight of the 67kDa monomeric form of the protein.
		The molecular weight measured by the static light scattering technique used in the Nano system is a weight average molecular weight.
	www.azonano.com /details.asp?ArticleID=1239 (2686 words)

	Improvement in upper airway function after weight loss in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
		We tested the hypothesis that improvement in OSA after weight loss is associated with improvement in pharyngeal function.
		We found that after a 26 +/- 18 kg weight loss, there was a significant reduction in the apnea/hypopnea index from 57 +/- 29 to 14 +/- 10 (p less than 0.0005) and increase in the lowest nocturnal oxygen saturation from 54 +/- 20% to 80 +/- 8% (p less than 0.001).
		We conclude that improvement in obstructive sleep apnea after weight loss may be related to improvement in pharyngeal and glottic function.
	www.aegis.com /aidsline/1989/mar/M8930293.html (462 words)

	Pakistan News Service - PakTribune
		In what appears to be the first major study to assess the impact of additional weight on ex-smokers’ lungs, researchers from 13 countries, using data from more than 6,600 people in 27 countries found a strong link between the two elements, particularly in men.
		Their lung function was measured in 1991-1993, when most were between 20 and 44 years old, and again in 1998-2003.
		But the weight gained by ex-smokers had a direct effect on lung function, as measured by the amount of air that could be expelled with each breath.
	www.paktribune.com /news/index.php?id=142919 (535 words)

	Quitting Smoking? Don't Gain Weight
		Lung function, weight, body mass index (BMI), and smoking status were noted then and again five to 11 years later.
		The biggest yearly weight gain -- about 1.7 pounds per year for men and women - was in people who quit smoking.
		The weight gain cut about 38% of the lung function benefit of quitting smoking for men and 17% for women, say Chinn and colleagues.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/105/107859.htm (290 words)

	Controlling Weight Gain Could Improve the Health Benefits of Smoking Cessation
		Smoking cessation is beneficial for lung function; however, maximum benefit requires the control of weight gain, especially in men.
		The investigators said that when mean change in lung function was adjusted for change in either weight or BMI, a large effect on the difference in lung function between quitters and smokers was observed.
		Colditz and Stein emphasized that although lifestyle interventions have proven effective for controlling weight gain, individual efforts must be reinforced by the support of family members, counseling of health care providers, participation in community walking groups and exercise programs at work, and changes in regulations to provide access to safe areas for exercise.
	www.pulmonaryreviews.com /aug05/smokingweightgain.html (544 words)

	bigpod.pm
		The weight function is called with the source and the dest to calculate the weight of the link.
		The weight function is then called with the new source and destination to update the link's weight.
		The router function is called with either a reference to a Router object or the name of a router.
	www.cs.rpi.edu /~bauerd/perl/api/wardej2 (1205 words)

	PMDB Element Weighting Routines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The measure of imbalance or "cost function" that reflects the computational load on each processor is generally chosen as the number of elements on a processor with h-refinement.
		The old weight is sent as the third argument and the new weight is computed by a call to the registered weight function.
		This function returns whether or not weighting is in use, that is, if any weight function is currently registered.
	www.cs.williams.edu /~terescoj/research/pmdb_manual/weights.html (204 words)

	Association of birth weight with adult lung function: findings from the British Women's Heart and Health Study and a ...
		The boxes represent the regression coefficient and the size of the box indicates the weight given to that study in the meta-analysis (greater weight given to larger studies); the horizontal lines represent 95% confidence intervals.
		Pulmonary function is a long-term predictor of mortality in the general population: 29-year follow-up of the Buffalo Health Study.
		Relation of birth weight and childhood respiratory infection to adult lung function and death from chronic obstructive airways disease.
	thorax.bmj.com /cgi/content/full/60/10/851 (4715 words)

	Heavier weight tied to poorer mental function
		The findings, they say, suggest that a heavier weight in middle age may mean a higher risk of dementia later in life.
		And although these study participants were in generally good health, disorders like elevated blood pressure and diabetes could act as a bridge between high BMI and poorer cognitive function.
		Regardless of what the impact of weight on dementia risk turns out to be, Cournot said, there are already many reasons to maintain a healthy weight.
	www.health.am /weightloss/more/heavier-weight-tied-to-poorer-mental (570 words)

	Springer Online Reference Works
		is a non-decreasing bounded function on an interval
		is called the differential weight of the system of polynomials.
		The term "weight function" is often exclusively used for what is called here "differential weight" .
	eom.springer.de /w/w097530.htm (110 words)

	Effect of Weight Gain on Pulmonary Function after Smoking Cessation in the Lung Health Study -- WISE et al. 157 (3): ...
		Mean weight increased approximately 5 kg during the first year in both men and women who had quit smoking.
		The mechanism of weight gain after smoking cessation is thought to be the consequence of reduced energy expenditure and increased
		In the longitudinal analysis, there were clear differences between men and women in the effect of weight gain on lung function.
	ajrccm.atsjournals.org /cgi/content/full/157/3/866 (4102 words)

	Impact of Low Birth Weight and Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Endothelial Function in Early Adult Life -- Leeson et al. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		function in the brachial artery reflects that in the coronary
		Endothelial function is impaired in fit young adults of low birth weight.
		Weight in infancy and death from ischaemic heart disease.
	circ.ahajournals.org /cgi/content/full/103/9/1264 (3977 words)

	Thyroid Helper - Boost Thyroid, Energy, Metabolism, Weight Loss \| Wellness Resources, Inc.
		Thyroid function is weakened by stress, pollution, poor lifestyle, bad eating habits, and a history of yo-yo dieting.
		The brain is especially sensitive to thyroid hormone function, thus a tired head feeling, especially in the afternoon, is a key sign energy is not being produced adequately.
		New science is showing the vital role of manganese in liver function, fat metabolism, and liver anti-oxidant status.* This relates to thyroid hormone activation, as most activation occurs on cell membranes in the liver.
	www.wellnessresources.com /products/thyroid_helper.php (1799 words)

	LENS Manual: How To Create Weight Update Algorithms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The built-in weight update algorithms and the function needed to register new ones are located in train.c.
		This is a function called after each batch of examples has been processed.
		If your update function doesn't need any link fields other than the weight, deriv, and lastWeightDelta (this is used for the gradient linearity and for reference on the graphical displays), you can compile your algorithm in the standard version of Lens.
	tedlab.mit.edu /~dr/Lens/progAlgorithm.html (549 words)

	NAG C Library Manual, Mark 7 : Keywords in Context (WEIGHT) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		One-dimensional adaptive quadrature, finite interval, sine or cosine weight functions
		One-dimensional adaptive quadrature, finite interval, sine or cosine weight functions, thread-safe
		One-dimensional adaptive quadrature, semi-infinite interval, sine or cosine weight function, thread-safe
	www.nag.co.uk /numeric/cl/manual/html/indexes/kwic/weight.html (158 words)

	Small Size at Birth and Greater Postnatal Weight Gain: Relationships to Diminished Infant Lung Function -- Lucas et al. ...
		Lung function tests were performed on 131 infants (66 males).
		Diminished lung function as a predisposing factor for wheezing respiratory illness in infants.
		Initial airway function is a risk factor for recurrent wheezing respiratory illnesses during the first three years of life: Group Health Medical Associates.
	ajrccm.atsjournals.org /cgi/content/full/170/5/534 (5050 words)

	J-invariant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Modulus of the j-invariant as a function of the nome q on the unit disk
		In mathematics, Klein's j-invariant, regarded as a function of a complex variable τ, is a modular function defined on the upper half-plane of complex numbers.
		As a Riemann surface, the fundamental region has genus 0, and every (level one) modular function is a rational function in j; and, conversely, every rational function in j is a modular function.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/J_function (952 words)

	Relationship between nutritional status and lung function in cystic fibrosis: cross sectional and longitudinal analyses ...
		Pulmonary function was decreased in 56.0% and 85.6% of P aeruginosa
		A comparison of survival, growth, and pulmonary function in patients with cystic fibrosis in Boston and Toronto.
		Longitudinal analysis of pulmonary function decline in patients with cystic fibrosis.
	thorax.bmj.com /cgi/content/full/57/7/596 (3441 words)

	APA MEETING: Seroquel Can Improve Cognitive Function, Reduce Weight Gain Study Shows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Researchers say Seroquel appears to have a positive impact on important domains of cognitive function and appears more effective and better tolerated than the conventional antipsychotic Haldol (haloperidol), in patients classified as partial responders.
		In addition, the potential to gain weight and develop diabetes, common side effects of some conventional antipsychotic treatments, may be minimised with the use of Seroquel.
		Announced at the meeting was data from a retrospective study that demonstrated the addition of Seroquel to Clozaril (clozapine) treatment has an apparent propensity to induce weight loss and help manage diabetes in patients who gain weight and develop diabetes on clozapine alone.
	www.pslgroup.com /dg/FF7C2.htm (974 words)

	Amazon.com: Apex Multi Function Folding Weight Bench: Sports & Outdoors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The most important area for improvement is the height of the weight bench.
		Second, the pegs that hold the weight bar in place are positioned where one would normally place their hands.
		The weight bench has basically been relegated to my off day strength work outs since it does not provide the stability and support for a vigorous weight session.
	www.amazon.com /Apex-Multi-Function-Folding-Weight/dp/B000ASDGZI (1052 words)

	IngentaConnect Endothelial Function and Weight Loss in Obese Humans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		We explored the effect of different degrees of body mass on endothelial function, lipids, systemic inflammation and glucose homeostasis and the effect of surgically-induced weight loss on endothelial function in severely obese humans.
		A longitudinal study was performed to assess the effect of bariatric surgery induced weight loss on these parameters.
		A mean reduction in weight of 23.4 (4.6) kg produced an improvement in FMD from 5.3% (3.87.0) to 10.2% (7.6-13.3), P=0.01.
	www.ingentaconnect.com /content/fd/os/2005/00000015/00000007/art00023 (411 words)

	Not preferenced weight function
		Now, I have to choose one of the above infinite functions with the requirement that this selected function should be fair, honest, in the sense that it is not preferenced to one side or another.
		Since the weights must sum to 1, if you have n weights, equal means all 1/n.
		Yes, in order that the distribution not be biased toward one outcome, all weights must be equal.
	www.physicsforums.com /showthread.php?p=800693 (306 words)

	Diet-Induced Weight Loss Is Associated with an Improvement in {beta}-Cell Function in Older Men -- Utzschneider et al. ...
		Diet-Induced Weight Loss Is Associated with an Improvement in {beta}-Cell Function in Older Men -- Utzschneider et al.
		Diet-Induced Weight Loss Is Associated with an Improvement in ß-Cell Function in Older Men
		Hale PJ, Singh BM, Crase J, Baddeley RM, Nattrass M 1988 Following weight loss in massively obese patients correction of the insulin resistance of fat metabolism is delayed relative to the improvement in carbohydrate metabolism.
	jcem.endojournals.org /cgi/content/full/89/6/2704 (5315 words)

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