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51Mass versus weight — The chains on the swing hold all the child’s weight. If one were to stand behind her at the bottom of the arc and try to stop her, one would be acting against her inertia, which arises purely from mass, not weight. In everyday usage, the mass of… …
52DBLCI Optimum Yield (OY) Index — In May 2006, Deutsche Bank launched a new set of commodity index products called the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodities Indices Optimum Yield, or DBLCI OY. The DBLCI OY indices are available for 24 commodities drawn from the energy, precious metals …
53DBLCI Optimum Yield (OY) Balanced Index — The DBLCI OY Balanced has the same underlying 14 commodities as the DBLCI OY Broad, but, the energy sector weight is reduced from 55% of the broad index to 35%. The DBLCI OY Balanced is designed to be UCITS III compliant, that is the weight of no …
54Russian Industrial Leaders Index — The Russian Industrial Leaders Index (RUXX) is a composite index of Russian companies traded on global exchanges. The RUXX is calculated by Dow Jones Company and managed by Press Release Group and RIA Novosti, the Russian State Information Agency …
55Low birth weight paradox — The low birth weight paradox is an apparently paradoxical observation relating to the birth weights and mortality of children born to tobacco smoking mothers. Low birth weight children born to smoking mothers have a lower infant mortality rate… …
56Birth weight — is the weight of a baby at its birth. It has direct links with the gestational age at which the child was born and can be estimated during the pregnancy by measuring fundal height. A baby born within the normal range of weight for that… …
57Atkinson index — The Atkinson index (also known as the Atkinson measure) is a measure of economic income inequality developed by Anthony Barnes Atkinson. The distinguishing feature of the Atkinson index is its ability to gauge movements in different segments of… …
58BMI (body mass index) — A key index for relating body weight to height. The BMI is a person s weight in kilograms (kg) divided by their height in meters (m)squared. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) now defines normal weight, overweight, and obesity according to… …
59Body mass index (BMI) — A key index for relating body weight to height. The BMI is a person s weight in kilograms (kg) divided by their height in meters (m) squared. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) now defines normal weight, overweight, and obesity according to… …
60Unweighted Index — A simple arithmetic or geometric average used to calculate stock indexes. Equal weight is invested in each of the stocks in an index with equal dollar amounts invested in each underlying stock. Because the stocks are equally weighted, one stock s …
