The study also took into account body mass index (BMI) - a measure which relates weight to height.
From the base, the vector of the bridge is up, aspiring to height like the mighty trunk of a sequoia.
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Body Mass Index (BMI) is defined as the ratio of weight (in kg) to height (in meters) squared and is an inexact measure of body fat, though it supposedly establishes cutoff points of normal weight, overweight, and obesity.
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When they looked at correlations between a man's income and his height at the ages of seven, 11 and 16, as well as his adult height, Dr Persico and his colleagues found that all of the effect of height on income was actually attributable to height at the age of 16.
Players must not play the ball with any part of the stick when the ball is above shoulder height (except: defenders are allowed to raise the stick to any height if they are attempting to stop or deflect a shot at goal).
It was pushed to this height recently to take it clear of residual air molecules at the top of the atmosphere that tend to drag it downwards over time.
During the daytime, the batteries accumulate energy while the plane climbs to a height of up to 30, 000 feet.
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The original plans for Mynydd y Gwair were rejected by Swansea councillors after it emerged the original 19 turbines would rise to a height of up to 127m (416ft).
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It is akin to using tiny adjustments to the height of a dam to control a torrent of water.
Mexico keeper Perez did superbly to turn Rooney's header onto the bar when he met another Gerrard cross, but Crouch was able to use his height to bundle the rebound over the line.
The Taepodong-2 probably flew to a height of only 15 to 20 kilometers (9.3 to 12.4 miles) and about 10 to 15 kilometers (6.2 to 9.3 miles) from the range, according to a Jane's Intelligence Review analysis.
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It stands 3 inches tall at its beginning, representing the youngest person killed there -- 3-year-old Dana Falkenberg -- and continues to a height of 71 inches, corresponding to the oldest victim, retired U.S. Navy Capt.
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The Mirror published a photograph of the construction site and further reported that Ambani has secured permission to build up to a height of 66 meters but wants to raise the tower to 150 meters, a move which the local residents are believed to be opposing.
The whole disc assembly able to morph to much larger size as height and altitude is gained with a cable inserted within the rim to limit ceiling height.
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The tie-in is related to the height in the atmosphere from which clouds radiate infrared radiation to space.
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The first filter that is applied to the height map is a simple Gaussian blur, which the GPU handles with ease, but which -- if left to its own devices -- would simply smooth out all the dramatic extremes in the height map and leave us with a bunch of bland rolling hills.
While the park has added newer amusements, most visitors come for the vintage attractions, including a two-tier carousel built in 1921, the Talaia, which raises guests with a rickety metal arm to a height of 550m above sea level, and the iconic Avio ride, modelled on the first plane to fly between Barcelona and Madrid.
The main trunk had been scarred by claw marks up to a height of five feet.
The edge of the glacier slopes up to the height of a two-storey house.
"Generally, we're here, " he said, "but everyone thinks we're higher, " as he raises his palms to shoulder height.
Eyewitnesses said the plane had climbed "almost vertically" to a height of about 200 metres (650 feet) before crashing.
Such a melt would add 3.5cm to the height of the world's oceans.
This involved lifting a ten-foot log from a stand at close to shoulder height, then pressing it overhead repeatedly.
In one study, experimenters measured the facial width-to-height ratio of 192 Masters of Business Administration students, 115 of whom were men.
But Wilkinson insists the England players are making sure they prepare themselves to the height of their powers in readiness for the match.
It's difficult to determine height accurately, it was maybe three or four hundred feet, quite a bit lower than helicopters would normally fly at.
In two weeks' time, murky brown water will have backed up behind the dam to a height of 135 metres (440 feet) above sea-level.
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But the efficiency of such a system is proportional to the height of the chimney, notes Mr Michaud, which is limited by practical considerations.
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But, yeah, these sneakers will add two inches to your height.
Surveyors also use them to measure height differences over large distances.
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