Category: F

In research, a study design in which the data on every combination of variables in the study are provided by a separate group from which their effects can be determined.  

In job evaluation, monetary value assigned to each job for each compensable factor.  

In genetics, a gene. Something which has an influence or which makes something else take place. A substance, variously numbered, e.g. Factor I, Factor II, in the plasma, which makes the blood coagulate when a blood vessel is injured. Something that produces or influences a result (e.g., factor S, sleep-promoting substance isolated from human urine).…

In labor relations, actions to investigate, assemble, and report the facts in an employment dispute, sometimes with authority to make recommendations for settlement.  

In public health, a place where health care is provided. Commonly used to refer to an institution organized to provide ambulatory, inpatient, residential, or other health care. However, the term is actually applied to a varied mixture of things: physical facilities (for example, long-term care facility, urgent care center), activities (support groups, health fairs), types…

A disease in a neuron’s resting potential to a point above its threshold of stimulation. An act where several slight stimuli help a neurone to be activated. In neurology, phenomenon that occurs when two or more impulses, individually not powerful enough to produce a response in a neuron, combine to bring about a response (action…

Carrier-mediated diffusion. Facilitated diffusion is similar to diffusion in that a substance (such as a solute in a solution) moves from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. However, with facilitated diffusion, the movement occurs across a membrane by the assistance of a carrier molecule. Without the carrier, diffusion of that…

The use of facial expressions to manage social relations.  

The instrument, in the judgment of experts, will evaluate what it is purported to. The test obviously will elicit certain kinds of data. Plausibility, that is, logically reasonable or acceptable and therefore, assumed to be true.  

In medicine, a device for the administration of anesthetic gases or oxygen. A rubber mask that fits over the nose and mouth and is used to administer an anaesthetic. A piece of gauze which fits over the mouth and nose to prevent droplet infection. The most uncomplicated approach to administering an elevated concentration of oxygen…