Sentences with phrase «at suboptimal»

When a muscle becomes «tight» (either due to being overactive and habitually contracted, to the opposing musculature being overly - weak and habitually extended, to an accumulation of scar tissue and / or knots, or to any combination of the three), it rests at a suboptimal length and thus functional strength is reduced and proper mobility patterns are affected.

Consistent with our hypothesis, we found that cues that were targeted to occur at the a priori optimal phase were associated with a larger memory benefit compared to cues targeted at the suboptimal phase.

This implies that casual weekend smokers might always be functioning at a suboptimal level.

Not exact matches

If I do so, I'm pretty sure I'll also get the Tesla Powerwall battery system to store excess solar power - generated electricity for use at night or whenever conditions are suboptimal.

Both UNICEF and WHO emphasize that worldwide (not just in poor countries) at least 800,000 babies die each year as a result of suboptimal breastfeeding management.

The prevalence of suboptimal infant breastfeeding behavior, as assessed at the day - 7 interview, and use of any infant formula on days 3 — 7 were significantly greater among infants of mothers with delayed compared with timely OL (Figure 3).

Prevalence (± SE) of suboptimal breastfeeding behavior (SIBB) at the day 7 interview or any formula use between days 3 and 6 by timing of onset of lactogenesis (OL).

Firstly, Israel relies on suboptimal polling methodology: samples are too small (often only 500 people) to filter out the effect of outlier results, and there are too few polls to accurately measure opinion at any given moment.

«When you look at mass public transportation in Buffalo right now and Western New York, it's suboptimal and that just is a result of lack of investment,» Higgins said, «and I think we need ultra-modern cars, I think we need a new track bed, I think we need a better experience than what we have right now to enhance ridership.»

At the very least, the researchers noted in their paper, the additional evidence of various origins and populations of HIV in semen could mean that determining the source of a sexually transmitted infection based on blood testing alone would provide «suboptimal» results.

«It's usually a suboptimal technique, and then it's used in a biased way, so it can become very misleading,» said John Ioannidis, MD, DSc, professor of disease prevention and of health research and policy and co-director of the Meta - Research Innovation Center at Stanford.

In the present study, we directly tested this idea by using an open - loop real - time algorithm to deliver auditory cues to sleeping subjects at these hypothesized optimal and suboptimal slow - oscillation phases.

However, nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation of cumulus - free oocytes remains suboptimal at best [2], [6], [7].

Even at the lower, suboptimal 8 - μg / kg dose level, IMGN632 increased the lifespan of the animals by 263 % compared with vehicle treatment (median survival, 102 vs 28 days, respectively).

The bad news is that training with strength - curve set extenders in busy commercial gyms can be impractical because of suboptimal equipment availability and / or placement, as anyone who's ever tried to perform a circuit at their local gym knows by now.

A gym goer who has a tendency to lift more weight than he can safely handle is not only putting himself at risk of various injuries, but his workout results will be suboptimal, because he likely has to «cheat» more and more to be able to put more weight on the bar and because he places excessive stress on some muscles, while neglecting others.

The only people who are really at risk for not eating enough quality protein are those who are forced (or force themselves) to eat an extremely suboptimal diet with very few protein sources for long periods of time.

Your second claim that «The fasting level of glucose utilization is likely to be suboptimal for health» which is your speculation, but according to [5] fasting glucose after prolonged fasting levels around 3.7 mmol / L which was considered normal at the start of the century [6].

Given that many, if not most consumers of professional supplements, are in a state of suboptimal health at the time of ingestion, there is a very good possibility that their ability to metabolize and eliminate ingested substances that do not promote optimal health is impaired.

This is pivotal and something very important to your long term gains and success... Accountability is key and without this group, your results would be suboptimal at best... A lot of the guys become friends and end up scheduling hangouts throughout the country and the rest of the world.

As currently defined and structured, the enterprise has fundamental weaknesses that can lead to suboptimal wealth creation and at times even to destruction of wealth.

If these students graduate, they graduate with suboptimal or no education at all.

I am at least aware that some Honda hybrid vehicles have had suboptimal control algorithms, thus resulting in early battery failure.

I understand that the Fed may have felt rushed at the time, leading to a suboptimal decision, but they should be better read on economic history.

Remember ELSS is an investment for at least 3 years (though ideal horizon for any equity investment is 5 years); you don't want to have suboptimal returns.

Putting a lumpsum in one go can lead to suboptimal results by entering at a time when market is expensive.

You might have to accept a «suboptimal» living arrangement (like a smaller apartment), but we all have to sacrifice at times.

Psychiatrists at Harvard Medical School have recently used low level thyroxine replacement for euthyroid and suboptimal thyroid normal patients with some success.

«If a person can afford a large outlay that may happen only once in a pet's life then pet health insurance may not help them that much,» says veterinarian Ted Cohn, DVM, vice chair of the American Veterinary Medical Association Executive Board, who practices at the University Hills Animal Clinic in Denver, Colo. «On the other hand if paying a large bill all of a sudden would mean the difference between pursuing optimal treatment for their pet versus euthanasia or suboptimal treatment, then it's an option.»

Now, I am aware that some shelters and other places operate under suboptimal circumstances, but at the very least a health check should be mandatory.

But since the game doesn't leave much room at all for suboptimal play, you're just left with the safe boring option you know works.

«Our findings show that China's underperformance is also driven by suboptimal turbine model selection (31 % of the gap), wind farm siting (23 % of the gap), and turbine hub heights (6 % of the gap)-- factors that have received less attention in the literature and, crucially, are locked - in for the lifetime of wind farms,» explain the authors, who were supported by Harvard University, US, and are now at the University of Minnesota, US, Florida State University, US, and Cambridge University, UK.

Species remaining in suboptimal habitats should at least experience reductions in abundance and growth well before conditions become severe enough for extinctions to occur.

Instead, the climate community has relied on suboptimal sensors to create a climate record, resulting in significant challenges in terms of handling bias differences, orbit drift, data gaps, and spectral differences between follow - on instruments when reprocessing multiple - satellite data — often at considerable cost.

Failing to take care of ourselves physically ensures that we'll ultimately be suboptimal at whatever we do.

Transition to school is seen as one of the best stages in a child's life to measure child development and well - being.12 — 14 Research has established that children at higher risk for suboptimal development can be better prepared for initial success at school through early childhood education, family support, paediatric and allied healthcare interventions and child health programmes.15 When children come to school with the developmental capacity to take advantage of the education system, coupled with a high - quality education system, the initial positive effects persist into adolescence and adulthood.15

For AA adolescents of both genders, higher risks were identified for underuse of substance abuse services, older age at first use of substance abuse services, and suboptimal health status and lower use of physicians» offices as the usual source of care among those recently enrolled in a State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

Suboptimal maternal iodine intake is associated with impaired child neurodevelopment at 3 years of age in the norwegian mother and child cohort study

Subjects were divided into three groups according to HbA1C values: «optimal», «suboptimal control», and «at high risk».

«Optimizing a real estate portfolio can involve tedious manual effort, which is why many investors see suboptimal returns,» said Mihir Shah, co-CEO at JLL Spark.