Health disparities: definitions and measurements

RHIC Magnetic Measurements: Definitions and Conventions

This note describes the formalism and conventions used by the RHIC magnetic measurements group in defining and measuring the multipoles in magnets of various multipolarities, such as dipoles, quadrupoles, etc. Procedures are described for obtaining multipoles for tracking studies when the actual configuration of a magnet in the accelerator is different from that used in the measurements. Much o...

Introduction: Definitions, measurements, and management in insomnia.

Sleep-related breathing disorders: definitions and measurements.

Respiratory disorders during sleep have become recognized in recent decades as an important branch of respiratory medicine. These disorders include conditions that are present only during sleep, particularly sleep apnoea, and other respiratory disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that are evident during the awake state, but may be aggravated by sleep. Obstructive sleep...

Gender equality in education: Definitions and measurements

International consensus on education priorities accords an important place to achieving gender justice in the educational sphere. Both the Dakar ‘Education for All’ goals and the Millennium Development goals emphasise two goals, in this regard. These two goals are distinguished as gender parity goals [achieving equal participation of girls and boys in all forms of education based on their propo...

Tobacco and Health Disparities

1Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK 2Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London W6 8RP, UK 3Academic Unit of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK 4Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 4502 E. 41st Street, SAC 1G06, Tuls...