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• Factor analysis — is a statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables in terms of a potentially lower number of unobserved, uncorrelated variables called factors. In other words, it is possible, for example, that variations in …   Wikipedia

• Factor seven — is a band based out of Birmingham, Alabama. Formed in 1997, the group is probably best well known for its comeback after a three year hiatus and subsequent multi success tour of East Asia in May, 2007. The band is currently together.Early daysThe …   Wikipedia

• factor — fac·tor n [Medieval Latin, doer, maker, agent, from Latin, maker, from facere to do, make] 1: one who acts or transacts business for another: as a: a commercial agent who buys or sells goods for others on commission b: one that lends money to… …   Law dictionary

• Factor VIII — Factor eight, a key factor in the process of blood coagulation (clotting). Lack of normal factor VIII causes hemophilia (hemophilia A). The gene for classic hemophilia was long known to be on the X chromosome. Females carry the gene and transmit… …   Medical dictionary

• factor VII — sev ən, seb əm n a clotting factor in normal blood that is formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K and may be deficient due to a hereditary disorder or to a vitamin K deficiency called also autoprothrombin I, cothromboplastin,… …   Medical dictionary

• factor IX — nīn n a clotting factor whose absence is associated with Christmas disease called also autoprothrombin II, Christmas factor * * * a coagulation factor normally present in blood. Deficiency of the factor results in haemophilia B. * * * see under… …   Medical dictionary

• factor V — fīv n a globulin clotting factor that occurs in inactive form in blood plasma and that in its active form is one of the factors accelerating the formation of thrombin from prothrombin in the clotting of blood called also accelerator globulin,… …   Medical dictionary

• factor XII — twelv n a clotting factor that facilitates blood coagulation in vivo and initiates coagulation on a firm surface (as glass) in vitro but whose deficiency tends not to promote hemorrhage called also Hageman factor * * * see under coagulation f s …   Medical dictionary

• factor XIII — thər(t) tēn, thər(t) n a clotting factor that causes monomeric fibrin to polymerize and become stable and insoluble called also fibrinase see TRANSGLUTAMINASE * * * see under coagulation f s …   Medical dictionary

• Under Accumulator of Wealth — (UAW) is a name coined by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko in a New York Times bestseller, The Millionaire Next Door . The term is used to represent individuals who have a low net wealth compared to their income. A $700,000 per year doctor… …   Wikipedia