weighting factor in a sentence

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1. Other tissues like the hard bone surface are particularly insensitive to radiation and are assigned a disproportionally low weighting factor.
2. This is why Zogby and Gallup get different results even though they ask the same question : they have different weighting factors.
3. For an understanding of the different ionising effects of these radiations and the weighting factors applied, see the article on absorbed dose.
4. Increasing the weighting factor in the aforementioned distance expressions has the effect of increasing the size of the ellipsoid along the respective axis.
5. In 2002, the CIPM similarly dropped the weighting factor'N'from their explanation but otherwise kept other old terminology and symbols.
6. The ICRP has assigned radiation weighting factors to specified radiation types dependent on their relative biological effectiveness, which are shown in accompanying table.
7. :: This would get so complex, with so many variable weighting factors, that human judgment might be better than an algorithm.
8. Necessary data include prevalence data, exposure-response relationships, and weighting factors that give an indication of the severity of a certain disorder.
9. This is in contrast to the current dogma on radiation exposure to human cells which considers lower energy radiation of higher weighting factor for tumor formation.
10. These weighting factors, arrived at by consensus of governments, industry, and regulators, convert absorbed dose ( measured in units of rem ).