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  • noun Resistance-value - A measure of thermal resistance used in domestic insulation.

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  • The correlation using my numbers is .78, while using VCU Professor McDaniel's subsequent better numbers yields an r-value of .80.

    Moral and Mental Development, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Any model fitted through the data ought to then produce an r-value that was a pretty fair measure of the net uncertainty.

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  • Thus, you know by now, that temporary objects are actually r-value references.

    The Code Project Latest Articles Ajay Vijayvargiya 2010

  • The variable 'x' is not temporary, and cannot behave like an r-value reference.

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  • I found a quick way that lowers energy bills over night as if insulating with high r-value not low r-value insulation, using Energy Conservation Specialist insulating paints.

    unknown title 2009

  • I tried the other more commonly found insulating paints having low r-value as r-20 when using white paints, or even worse as an r-5 when used inside darker color paints.

    unknown title 2009

  • You will get high r-values it seems just using Energy Conservation Specialists insulating ceramic additives in white paints, but when I used the premix insulating paint for sound proofing seemed to double the high r-value protection first layer.

    unknown title 2009

  • I tried the other more commonly found insulating paints having low r-value as r-20 when using white paints, or even worse as an r-5 when used inside darker color paints.

    unknown title 2009

  • You will get high r-values it seems just using Energy Conservation Specialists insulating ceramic additives in white paints, but when I used the premix insulating paint for sound proofing seemed to double the high r-value protection first layer.

    unknown title 2009

  • I found a quick way that lowers energy bills over night as if insulating with high r-value not low r-value insulation, using Energy Conservation Specialist insulating paints.

    unknown title 2009

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