Sentences with phrase «by relative amount»

The quality of a protein source is determined by its relative amounts of these essential amino acids.

The problem is that SCFAs may be inflammatory or helpful depending on the amount consumed (or produced by the normal colonic bacteria) and eventually by the relative amounts of other fatty acids or other nutrients.

In laboratory experiments designed to determine what might have caused the nematode treatment to fail, the effectiveness of the nematodes was strongly influenced by the relative amounts of sand and clay in the soil, and how wet it was.

«Thus the net radiative forcing is determined by the relative amounts of BC and sulphate.

Not exact matches

The Congress faces an array of policy choices as it confronts the challenges posed by the amount of federal debt held by the public — which has more than doubled relative to the size of the economy since 2007 — and the prospect of continued growth in that debt over the coming decades if the large annual budget deficits projected under current law come to pass.

Amount by which high academic achievers are less likely to default, relative to poor performers

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Second, the debate over immigrant impacts on American wages is confined to the lower single digits — immigrants may increase the relative wages for some Americans by a tiny amount and decrease them by a larger amount for the few Americans who directly compete against them.

For example, the Australian, Canadian and New Zealand dollars all increased by similar amounts against the US dollar over the six months, even though Canada's interest differential relative to the US was a lot less than that of Australia and only about half that of New Zealand.

To the credit of the authorities, and in part because of the international sympathy aroused by an unusual amount of publicity, significant steps were taken to, ameliorate the plight of the victimized women; nevertheless, the incident clearly dramatizes not only the vulnerability of women to this particular form of violence but also the injustice of a culture, sanctioned by religion, which regards the woman's sexual integrity as primarily the concern of husbands and male relatives whose honor is at stake: bluntly, she is property, not a full person in her own right.

The increase, amounting to just over $ 800 million, was supported by a more stable consumer environment, reduced exchange rate pressures, and improved relative competitiveness.

Your statement is correct, but it might be more accurate that the relative hotness of a pepper pod depends on the relative amount of capsaicin by weight in each pod.

I won't even talk much about the defeatist angle from which Dr. Bawumia took on President Mahama, saying that the «brighter days ahead» mantra has been overused by since 2009 by the Mahama - led administration to deceive Ghanaians» or that «President Mahama is «hoodwinking» Ghanaians by citing some supposed achievements when in fact he has achieved less relative to the amount of money borrowed for infrastructural projects.»

SERAP letter reads in part «Given the relative newness of the Buhari government, the effective enforcement and implementation of the judgment will invariably involve setting up a mechanism by the government to invite the leadership and high - ranking officials of the governments of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former President Umaru Musa Yar» Adua, and former President Goodluck Jonathan to explain, clarify and provide evidence on the amounts of stolen funds recovered by their respective governments (from abroad and within Nigeria), and the projects (including their locations) on which the funds were spent.»

But the Kennedy campaign got what the Wilson campaign did not — $ 288,000 of its costs paid for by the state Democratic Party, close to the same amount Mr. Kennedy's business associates, relatives and friends donated to the party.

The colors represent the relative amounts of short - lived radioactive isotopes, such as iron - 60, injected into a newly formed protoplanetary disk (seen face on with the protostar being the light purple blob in the middle) by a supernova shock wave.

According to figures from the World Bank, the Chinese economy's carbon intensity — the amount of CO2 emissions relative to the size of economic output — has decreased by almost 70 per cent over the past three decades (see «Peak planet: Carbon dioxide intensity «-RRB-, and a further 20 per cent reduction from current levels is promised by 2020.

In a separate experiment in anesthetized mice, the scientists «steered» the target area of the TI, without moving the electrodes on the animals» scalps, by altering the relative amount of current in each of the two high - frequency fields.

The researchers tested Cr - soc - MOF - 1's water adsorption properties and found that as the relative humidity increases up to 55 %, the adsorbed amount of water gradually increases, followed by a steep water uptake between 60 and 75 % relative humidity.

Timothy Lyons at the University of California, Riverside, and colleagues have worked out how phosphate levels changed in Earth's oceans over the last 3 billion years by measuring the relative amounts of phosphorus in 700 samples from various rock formations around the world.

The blood test, developed by Klaus Gerwert and his team at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, works by measuring the relative amounts of a pathological and a healthy form of amyloid - β in the blood.

By measuring the relative abundance of various elements in debris left over from nuclear explosions, researchers say they can accurately estimate the amount of energy released during the initial blast.

Geologists measure eruptions by the Volcanic Explosivity Index, which uses whole numbers from 0 to 8 to rate the relative amount of ash, dust, and sulphur a volcano throws into the atmosphere.

Led by Dr. Bart Rypma, Meadows Foundation Chair at the Center for BrainHealth, the study found that the amount of dopamine relative to the amount of brain activity in the fusiform gyrus strongly predicted the ability to recognize faces.

Since different elements and compounds absorb light at characteristic wavelengths, astronomers can determine what chemicals make up a planet's atmosphere by measuring the relative amounts of light that come in at particular wavelengths.

David Ullman, a postdoctoral researcher at Oregon State University and lead author on the study, said there are two mechanisms through which ice sheets diminish — dynamically, from the jettisoning of icebergs at the fringes, or by a negative «surface mass balance,» which compares the amount of snow accumulation relative to melting.

Caption: The colors represent the relative amounts of short - lived radioactive isotopes, such as iron - 60, injected into a newly formed protoplanetary disk (seen face on with the protostar being the light purple blob in the middle) by a supernova shock wave.

Because of a lack of available antibodies and the inability to distinguish amongst various mutant forms of XPD differing only by single amino acid substitutions, we were unable to ascertain the relative amount of XPD protein from the different alleles.

Total column water vapour has increased over the global oceans by 1.2 ± 0.3 % per decade from 1988 to 2004, consistent in pattern and amount with changes in SST and a fairly constant relative humidity.

(A) Relative amounts of dilp5 mRNA were quantified by RT - qPCR using whole animal RNA extracts from larvae at the late third - instar to wandering stages.

(B) Relative amounts of dilp3 mRNA in wild - type and CCHa2 - R mutant brains were quantified by RT - qPCR.

In the Nature study you state that previous work has not determined the impact of acidification on the ability of individual species to calcify because they measured net calcification (that is, gross calcification minus dissolution) thus failing to disentangle the relative contributions of gross calcification (the amount of carbonate deposited by an animal over time) and dissolution rates.

By framing the issue in terms of a carbon budget based around cumulative emissions, the IPCC's most recent report showed that it doesn't necessarily matter what short - term emissions reduction targets are adopted, or which country cuts emissions by a particular amount relative to another nation's pledgeBy framing the issue in terms of a carbon budget based around cumulative emissions, the IPCC's most recent report showed that it doesn't necessarily matter what short - term emissions reduction targets are adopted, or which country cuts emissions by a particular amount relative to another nation's pledgeby a particular amount relative to another nation's pledges.

Warming over land is amplified relative to global mean by a model - dependent amount that is often around 50 %.

Relative amounts of ZENK expressing neurons (detailed values shown in Fig. 3H) were determined for four subunits within Cluster N, each of them separated by clearly visible morphological boundaries (compare Fig. 3C): first, the DNH nucleus (Fig. 3G, shown in blue); second, the shell surrounding the DNH nucleus, characterized by small, densely packed neurons (Fig. 3G, shown in green); third, the remaining hyperpallial part of Cluster N (Fig. 3G, shown in yellow); fourth, the mesopallial part of Cluster N (Fig. 3G, shown in red).

Quantification of relative amounts of neurons expressing ZENK was done by estimating the total number of neurons on Nissl - stained sections in defined areas of Cluster N.

So, not only is this study not saying that IGF - 1 causes cancer (only raises the risks, but hey, so does living under a popcorn ceiling), but it's not even referring to the normal populace and CERTAINLY not referring to foods we consume that contain (by relative standards, MINUSCULE) amounts of IGF - 1.

Lifters in powerlifting meets are divided into weight classes because placing and medaling is by your bodyweight relative to the amount of weight you lift.

Add to that the fact that The Voices was made by a woman — let alone an Iranian who has survived war, persecution and the murder of friends and relatives, all of it documented in Persepolis with flair rather than despair — and it becomes clear what an unusual achievement this movie amounts to.

They divide the amount of time spent listening to lecture - style presentations by the total amount of time spent on each of these three activities to generate a single measure of how much time the teacher devoted to lecturing relative to how much time was devoted to problem - solving activities.

But for all its importance, play, like every other human capacity, is found in relative amounts and runs in diverse directions among individuals, and while we appreciate its value to every preschool classroom, we must also begin the labor of distinguishing it by the circumstances of all the budding minds passing through.

The argument, in part, was over the relative amount of control that should have been exercised by health and safety personnel in NYCC's headquarters, compared with that of outdoor adventure leaders actually on the job.

We divided the amount of time spent listening to lecture - style presentations by the total amount of time spent on each of these three activities to generate a single measure of how much time the teacher devoted to lecturing relative to how much time was devoted to problem - solving activities.

Explain to students that scientists now know that the amount of sunlight is determined by the relative position of Earth and the sun.

Similar to how other «- athon» fundraisers (like jogathons) work, schools make money by having kids get pledges from relatives, neighbors, family friends, and others for completing a certain amount of reading.

Tyre pressures are critical to the way a car handles, and a lot of fine tuning can be done to suit your style, for example changing the amount of under or oversteer by adjusting the relative traction front and rear.

The back does slide out with relative ease, but you can vary the amount of effort you have to put in to correct it by a simple flick of the manetino switch.

That relative value proposition is further amplified by the fairly generous amount of equipment that comes as standard on the base spec Nissan Armada.

The test car, provided by Don Mealey Chevrolet of Orlando, carried a price tag of $ 17,068, an amount that, while appreciable, didn't seem out of line for an accessory - laden car with Corvette - like performance — and quite a bit more room than its plastic - bodied relative.

Though the rear row is certainly wide enough to fit three adults in relative - by - compact - car - standards comfort, the limited amounts of head and leg room do mean taller passengers will feel rather hemmed in when sitting in the back.