1. INTRODUCTION

2. DISTANCE DETERMINATION METHOD: S IV AND S IV*

3. OBSERVATION AND DATA REDUCTION
3.1. Blind Survey Setup
3.2. X-Shooter Sample

4. SPECTRAL FITTING
4.1. Unabsorbed Emission Model and Outflows
4.2. Template Fitting and Column Density Extraction

5. PHOTOIONIZATION ANALYSIS

6. THE DENSITY-SENSITIVE TROUGHS: S IV AND S IV*

8. DISCUSSION
8.1. Distance Determination Method and Results
8.2. Physical Properties of the Sample Outflows

9. SUMMARY