Patients also exhibited a greater variability in the postural oscillation, evaluated by the directional stability index.
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"The stability index is a major factor or is a big factor in rollover propensity, " he said.
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But a study of 186, 000 crashes over a five-year period found that the stability index correlated well with the incidence of rollovers, department officials said.
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Ford spokesman Jon Harmon acknowledged the redesign in the 1995 model year made the Explorer's center of gravity slightly higher and its stability index, which measures rollover propensity, slightly worse.
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Where " g " is the gravitational acceleration, " k " is the radius of gyration about the longitudinal axis through the centre of gravity and \ overline { GM } " is the stability index.
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The ranking system that the Transportation Department now plans to use consists of one-half the track width of the vehicle divided by the height of its center of gravity, a ranking called the static stability index.
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In 1990, after leaving Ford, Bickerstaff was deposed in a rollover case and said that the prototype Bronco II had scores on a testing scale, known as a stability index, that were not satisfactory to him.
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The plaintiffs'lawyers say that his testimony then appeared to shift . In a 1994 trial, Bickerstaff testified that the stability index was " an arbitrary number, " adding " I don't attach any significance to it ."
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The geothermal fluid of K1z1ldere reservoir has a Langelier Saturation Index ( LSI ) of 2.1 and Ryznar Stability Index ( RSI ) of 2.3 by a pH value of 9.3, making scaling take place very rapidly.
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Harmon, the Ford spokesman, said that Bickerstaff testified consistently that the stability index " was just one of many factors that need to be taken into account to determine the dynamic safety performance of a vehicle ."