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A connection between measurable equilibrium thermodynamic quantities and a
nonequilibrium property of supercooled polymeric liquids. namely, the fragi
lity index, is proposed within the framework of a synthesis of generalized
configurational entropy models. The theoretical predictions are compared wi
th experimental data on five glass-forming polymers.