Estimates of Iraq War Cost Were Not Close to Ballpark. WASHINGTON â At the outset of the Iraq war, the Bush administration predicted that it would cost $50 billion to $60 billion to oust Saddam Hussein, restore order and install a new government. Five years in, the Pentagon tags the cost of the Iraq war at roughly $600 billion and counting. Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize-winning economist and critic of the war, pegs the long-term cost at more than $4 trillion.
Specific gravity measures the kidney's ability to concentrate or dilute urine in relation to plasma. Because urine is a solution of minerals, salts, and compounds dissolved in water, the specific gravity is greater than 1.000. The more concentrated the urine, the higher the urine specific gravity. An adult's kidneys have a remarkable ability to concentrate or dilute urine. In infants, the range for specific gravity is less because immature kidneys are not able to concentrate urine as effectively as mature kidneys.
Urine specific gravity is a more precise measurement of your urineâs overall concentration than the color of your urine alone. Your doctor will look at the ratio of the density of your urine to the density of water. To put it another way, the specific density of water itself would be 1.000.Ideally, urine specific gravity results will fall between 1.002 and 1.030 if your kidneys are functioning at a normal level. valid sample for urine specific gravity testing contains at least 1 to 2 ounces of urine. The best time to obtain the sample is first thing in the morning, when your urine is the most concentrated.