Sentences with phrase «as seasonal variations»

Dietary history as well as seasonal variations in hair loss may indicate atopy or possible food allergies.

Especially not in this case, as the seasonal variation in the NH and the SH are more or less opposite of each other.

Not exact matches

That experience was invaluable, since snowboarders consider their sport to be not so much a variation on skiing as a seasonal extension of surfing and skateboarding.

Factors impacting natural gas value include seasonal variations (since natural gas is used to generate electricity and heat / cool homes), severe weather disruptions (such as hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, a key natural gas - producing region in the world), and alternative energy developments.

The index is not adjusted for seasonal variations, so the dip partly reflects slower buying as winter weather set in.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Thus, the motion of the pendulum is taken as the standard, as a more suitable «approximation» to the uniform time flow of absolute time, and some physical explanation is then sought to account for the seasonal variation of the solar day relative to this standard.18 Were standards other than the pendulum chosen as operating «more uniformly,» then the pendulum would be abandoned in favor of a «more uniform approximation» to absolute time.

I would definitely recommend this as a wonderful seasonal variation from the traditional idea of coleslaw.

As you can see, the data is a bit volatile - most of which is seasonal variation.

Because the eddies interacting with the East Pacific Rise are formed seasonally and are sensitive to phenomena such as El Niño, they have the potential to introduce seasonal to interannual atmospheric variations into the deep sea.

«Specifically, we developed a model to predict seasonal variations of respiratory mortality rates in terms of monthly changes in air pollution levels and several other factors such as smoking during an almost 20 - year period.»

The level of acne was observed to be far higher in winter: «seasonal variations were observed in acne as the condition exacerbates in winter, while if often improves during the summer months».

However, the relationship between seasonal variation in body weight and seasonal changes in caloric intake and physical activity, and in particular the relative importance of these factors in determining weight change, has not been as well studied.

Using data from an observational study, we used sinusoidal regression models to evaluate seasonal variation of nutrient intake, PA, and body weight as amplitude and phase (a time while the measure was at peak).

That means that seasonal variation isn't as important as it is to a brand like Fendi, and under those circumstances, a new bag launch is always intriguing.

When it comes to giving yourself a hairstyle, seasonal variations can be an obstacle as everyone wants a perfect outlook with comfort as well.

This sales performance has not seen much impact from seasonal variation, as these titles have continued to sell well since the start of the calendar year.

But by changing the planet's albedo through a large seasonal variation, the total insolation is changed — more sunlight is reflected back into space without being absorbed as heat.

Also, just because the average pole - to - equator temperature gradient is decreasing doesn't mean that the seasonal variation won't still be in place, and then there's the whole issue of the hydrologic cycle intensification — a moister atmosphere carries more latent heat and thus may generate more intense mid-latitude storms as well.

«As renewables penetration increases, there will be a growing need for long - term storage solutions to balance monthly and seasonal variations in energy supply and demand,» EASE's thermal energy storage task force leader Joris Koornneef, who also works for consultancy TNO, said to Energy - Storage.

Most studies have adopted incremental scenarios of constant changes throughout the year (e.g., Terjung et al., 1984; Rosenzweig et al., 1996), but some have introduced seasonal and spatial variations in the changes (e.g., Whetton et al., 1993; Rosenthal et al., 1995) and others have examined arbitrary changes in interannual, within - month and diurnal variability as well as changes in the mean (e.g., Williams et al., 1988; Mearns et al., 1992; Semenov and Porter, 1995; Mearns et al., 1996).

«The Seasonal Variation of the Tropical Circulation as Simulated by a Global Model of the Atmosphere.»

One need to look at the AIRS data with some caution: what you see as «not well mixed» is in fact the seasonal variation, which is seen in the ground based stations too (the satellite data were calibrated by the stations and airplanes!).

Even though such transitory influences as day and night or seasonal variations in photosynthesis cause clearly visible swings in the curve, the 30 percent drop between 1929 and 1932 caused not a ripple: empirical scientific evidence that the human contribution is in fact less than a fart in a hurricane, as Dr. Hertzberg says.

The measurements at MLO, Barrow, Samoa, south pole represent 95 % of the atmosphere, where only seasonal variations and a continuous increase are seen, not (or limited) the influence of local / regional biological decay or uptake, car exhausts or chimneys as in 5 % of the atmosphere over land where such variations are measured for other reasons than a global CO2 level...

That happens in short time periods like seasonal variations and can be measured as a change in pCO2 of the oceans, relative to the pCO2 of the atmosphere.

They developed new computer models that could show regional and seasonal variations in temperature, as well as global patterns.

These data, collected as part of Ken Taylor's own laboratory research, yield insights into slight variations in the acidity of the ice that result from seasonal differences in sea salt and dust captured during winter and summer snowstorms.

The impacts of the marked seasonal variability of factors such as net radiation and / or temperature at high latitude sites are of far more importance for tree growth than the small seasonal variation in CO2 (a well - mixed gas).

The many benefits of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) include: small seasonal and daily variations in availability, benign environmental performance and by - products in a family of deep ocean water applications, for example food (aquaculture and agriculture) and potable water, and improving economics as a result of higher oil prices.

As they state: «Satellite - measured skin temperatures are related to the surface air temperatures but do not necessarily have the same seasonal and diurnal variations, since they are more coupled to surface energy exchange processes and less to the overlying atmospheric column.

However, within the seasonal variation a linear fit is as good as any other.

And this failure to sequester all the emissions is seen as the residual of the seasonal variation which is the annual rise.

NRF is influenced by seasonal variations related to the tilt of the Earth's axis and degree of cloud cover as well as Earth's surface features... (View More) Using measurements taken by the CERES instrument, students will observe and analyze NRF patterns.

It eliminates seasonal variation, but does not introduce distortion to the shape of the annual curve as does a 12 month running mean?

In a small lake with a poorly oxygenated bottom, the presence of laterally continuous laminated sediment that includes well - known periodicities in rhythmite thickness is interpreted as representing annually generated varves that correspond to seasonal variations in sedimentation.

As a result of soil and atmosphere feedbacks (Beljaars et al. 1996; Seneviratne et al. 2010), seasonal predictions of soil moisture content over the US can further increase the predictability of precipitation and atmospheric temperature variations for up to several months (Zeng et al. 1999; Kanamitsu et al. 2003; Koster and Suarez 2003; Yang et al. 2004; Dirmeyer et al. 2013).

Seasonal variations appear to be stronger in the northern hemisphere than in the southern hemisphere, just as the corresponding temperature variations are stronger.

That's particularly true, when the trends are intermixed wit strong seasonal variations as they are in case of CO2.

Freeman Dyson has long pointed to the diurnal and seasonal swings as existence proof of the ability of the biosphere to absorb much larger variations in CO2 levels than are «projected» from human activity.

Here we assess the diurnal and seasonal variation of surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) defined as the surface temperature difference between urban area and suburban area measured from the MODIS.

Scientists use permafrost temperature, measured at a depth where seasonal variations cease to occur, as an indicator of long - term change and to represent the mean annual ground temperature.

Therefore, as in our time - series analyses of annual proportions of male births and stillbirths, we found no support for the hypothesis that seasonal variation in ambient temperature at the time of conception is related to the proportion of male births in New Zealand.

Ecological processes such as the flooding of the Don River at the east of the site, and seasonal solar and temperature variations are incorporated into the functionality of the greenhouses, building, and productive landscape.

It's not the same as removing seasonal variations.

Mintz et al. (1972); as cited by GARP (1975), p. 200; importance of the seasonal cycle to check climate models was noted e.g. in Wilson and Matthews (1971), p. 145; Manabe had a rough seasonal simulation by 1970 and published a full seasonal variation in 1974.

However, in Brient Alb seasonal variations — as used in Zhai — were considered to produce a less satisfactory constraint than deseasonalized variations, since models are relatively poor at reproducing the observed seasonal cycle.

This is consistent with a longer growing season and with documented changes in the seasonal variation in atmospheric CO2 concentrations as reported in the TAR.

1974 Syukuro Manabe, et al., «The Seasonal Variation of the Tropical Circulation as Simulated by a Global Model of the Atmosphere.»

Likewise, the ability to shift strategies, especially with flexible Web - based «test» campaigns, helps your law firm try a specialized social campaign, for example, or a PPC - driven effort to adapt and adjust for variations such as seasonal fluctuations, expansions in the firm's legal capabilities or mass tort campaigns.