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an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared

the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court

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the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases

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Baseline determines performance of interferometric SAR (InSAR) system and is also an important parameter in elevation reversion.
As demonstrated in previous pharmacokinetic data, the LibiGel groups in both trials showed an increase in free testosterone levels compared to baseline and placebo.
5, 9.7, and 20.8 mm Hg in subjects with baseline SBP at or above 150 mm (P lt .
Three patients with incomplete data were excluded, five patients were lost to follow-up (one patient in low baseline sST2 and low final BB dose group, two patients in low baseline sST2 and high final BB dose group, and two patients in high baseline sST2 and high final BB dose group), and the remaining 178 patients completed the 1-year follow-up.
Baseline initial link response rates were generally lower than the 180 s context schedule duration (p = 0.02; d = 0.57).
However, baseline portal inflammation predicted worsening fibrosis (P less than .01), as did baseline and subsequent elevations in AST (P less than .001), insulin (P = .03), and NAS (P less than 001), and baseline ballooning (P less than .01).
* over a 6 month follow-up period, the 150 million MPC dose resulted in placebo-corrected significant reductions in LVESV of 57 ml (p equals 0.007) and LVEDV of 54 ml (p equals 0.004), and an increase in LVEF of 8.1 absolute percentage points (p equals 0.068) in patients with baseline LVESV greater than 100 ml
This "fiscal cliff" drew plenty of headlines, (5) but one relatively little-noted aspect of the cliff is that it had largely resulted from a quirk in what is known as a budget baseline. Furthermore, its resolution would be subject to the same quirk, making a final deal best seen as a tax increase appear as a very large tax cut, at least in the official cost estimates.
Baseline interviews were conducted to gather information regarding history of well water use, demographics, and lifestyle characteristics.
4 September 2014 - US music and video content and technologies provider Gracenote Inc, a unit of Tribune Media Company (OTCMKTS:TRBAA), said it had bought domestic film and television information and services firm Baseline for USD50m (EUR38m).
Comparison of group 1 and group 2 with respect to baseline values and clinical outcomes at 3rd and 12th weeks after treatment Baseline Mean [+ or -] SD Med.
Immediately after intubation following parameters were monitored and studied--Heart rate (HR), Systolic Blood pressure (SBP), Rate pressure product (RPP), Diastolic blood pressure (DBP), Oxygen saturation (SPO2), Mean arterial pressure (MAP), Electrocardiogram monitoring (lead II) at the following intervals, Baseline (0 minute), 5 minutes of premedication, 10 minutes of premedication, 15 minutes of premedication, After Induction (16 minutes of premedication), After laryngoscopy and intubation (20 minutes of premedication), Post intubation 1 min, Post intubation 3 min, Post intubation 5 min, Post intubation 10 min
United Nations, Ramadan 12, 1435, Jul 9, 2014, SPA -- The baseline for "normal" weather must be updated more frequently to account for the major shifts caused by global warming, the U.N.