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  2. Nephelometer - Wikipedia

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    A nephelometer [1] or aerosol photometer [2] is an instrument for measuring the concentration of suspended particulates in a liquid or gas colloid. A nephelometer measures suspended particulates by employing a light beam (source beam) and a light detector set to one side (often 90°) of the source beam.

  3. Nephelometry (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Nephelometry is a technique used in immunology to determine the levels of several blood plasma proteins. For example, the total levels of antibodies isotypes or classes: Immunoglobulin M, Immunoglobulin G, and Immunoglobulin A. [1]

  4. McFarland standards - Wikipedia

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    the nephelometer: an instrument for estimating the number of bacteria in suspensions used for calculating the opsonic index and for vaccines. joseph mcfarland, m.d. jama. 1907; xlix(14):1176-1178.

  5. Unit of time - Wikipedia

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    The Jiffy is the amount of time light takes to travel one femtometre (about the diameter of a nucleon). The Planck time is the time that light takes to travel one Planck length. The TU (for time unit) is a unit of time defined as 1024 μs for use in engineering. The svedberg is a time unit used for sedimentation rates (usually

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    My first $100 went into an index ETF that follows the performance of the S&P 500 index by investing in the same top 500 U.S. companies the index tracks.

  7. Time of concentration - Wikipedia

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    It is defined as the time needed for water to flow from the most remote point in a watershed to the watershed outlet. [1] It is a function of the topography, geology, and land use within the watershed. A number of methods can be used to calculate time of concentration, including the Kirpich (1940) [2] and NRCS (1997) [3] methods.

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  9. Repeatability - Wikipedia

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    repetition over a short period of time. same objectives; Repeatability methods were developed by Bland and Altman (1986). [5] If the correlation between separate administrations of the test is high (e.g. 0.7 or higher as in this Cronbach's alpha-internal consistency-table [6]), then it has good test–retest reliability.