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Peer reviewedCrouse, Richard J.; Sloyer, Clifford W. – Mathematics Teacher, 1993
In cases of trauma, medical indexes are used by paramedics to report the condition of the patient to the hospital. Presents a scenario in which students act as paramedics at the scene of an earthquake and use the index called capillary refill to report the severity of the trauma and predict probable survival. (MDH)
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Indexes, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedVaage, Gjermund; Kohn, Robert E. – Journal of Economic Education, 1998
Examines two classes of production functions in which the long-run competitive equilibrium scale of the firm increases when the relative price of the dominant factor decreases. Compares these with a third class of production functions where the equilibrium scale is independent of the relative price of the dominant factor. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Causal Models, Competition, Cost Indexes
