Sentences with phrase «changes in the composition of»

«There's a huge change in the composition of households,» said Paula England, a sociologist at New York University.

The Principal Stockholders will be able to cause or prevent a change of control of us or a change in the composition of our Board of Directors and could preclude any unsolicited acquisition of us.

With funds managers holding about 15 - 20 per cent of assets in domestic bonds, the change in the composition of household assets has translated into higher demand for bonds — a demand which is no longer being met by government issues.

The volume of Chinese capital flows to the United States would be unaffected, but there would be minor changes in the composition of assets to which the flows are directed.

But there has been an important change in the composition of issuance, as retained securitisations have given way to publicly placed issues (Graph A, right - hand panel).

-- When changes in the composition of families are taken into account — including fewer adults per household as family sizes decrease — the real after - tax income of middle - class families increased 30 per cent from 1976 to 2010 — on par with other income groups, but still lower than the top earners

Abstracting from changes in the composition of corporate bond indices, spreads between yields on government and corporate bonds have shown a small net decline over the past three months (Graph 48).

This accumulation in assets and liabilities has seen marked changes in the composition of household balance sheets.

The research suggests, therefore, that while the overall trend is for the viewing of religious programs to decrease as educational and income level increases, changes in the composition of the audience can be effected through the particular format and content adopted.

In American sports, there are no dangers to relegation and no change in the composition of the league from year to year, something that makes long term revenue sharing contracts and a hard salary cap possible.

This is not because of success in the school system but because of changes in the composition of the two groups.

The lack of change in the composition of the electorate in recent years is not unexpected, given that there are limits on how great a share of the electorate a subgroup can represent — mainly its share of the overall U.S. adult population.

«There is no reason why these two bills critically important to the lives of LGBT New Yorkers did not pass in the Senate this session,» Schaefer said after it concluded, adding, «There certainly is cause to see a need for a change in the composition of the leadership.

Working with its Subcommittee on Diversity, AGU?s Committee on Education and Human Resources has developed a long - range, strategic plan for AGU, to encourage meaningful change in the composition of the earth and space science community.

Or could it be changes in the composition of the air itself?

The researchers looked specifically at the average fishing revenue in 106 Alaskan communities for 10 years before and after 1989, a year when the North Pacific Ocean experienced a significant shift in productivity and abrupt changes in the composition of marine food webs, while at the same time the global price for salmon dropped because of competition from farm - raised fish.

Changes in the composition of the gut microbiota are seen in many human diseases such IBD, a chronic, lifelong inflammatory disorder that includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

They found that both bunch rot and powdery mildew caused nuanced changes in the composition of (chemical) aroma substances, changing the odor of the wines to the point where the wines» aroma quality was significantly affected.

Renner and Chomicki therefore assume that the change in the size of access holes with altitude represents an adaptive response to the change in the composition of prospective tenants.

The goal is to correlate changes in the composition of bacterial communities in and on the body with certain diseases.

They state that changes in the composition of volcanic rocks likely drove a transition from water - bearing magmas to dry, hot magmas over time, and these magmas in turn caused different types of volcanoes to form.

Changes in the composition of magma may have caused variations in the Panama Canal volcanic rock formations, according to a study published May 10, 2017 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by David Farris from Florida State University, and colleagues.

Ahmed is looking specifically at how changes in the composition of the tea being grown could affect its marketability and, thus, the farmers» livelihoods.

Their new model tracks changes in the composition of the disk as it ages.

Joao Batista, PhD student and first author of this study, explains: «We observed that this feature is due to changes in the composition of the community of bacteria in the intestine, which is more similar across individuals with a healthy immune system, and is quite diverse in animals with an immune compromised system.»

Changes in the composition of pollen contents (revealing many species and ecosystems) during the ages (geological record) may show more subtle variances in climatic conditions.

The net result is basically a change in the composition of the celery phytonutrients, an interesting topic about which we hope to see more research on in the future.)

When there is a change in the composition of the amount of good bacteria versus pathogenic bad bacteria, this affects the immune regulation of the gut, making it harder to fight off infections and easier to develop an autoimmune condition.

This was achieved without a change in the composition of the diet.

However, the mechanisms by which changes in the composition of the intestinal microbiota regulate allergic responses to food remain poorly understood.

While these levels remain unfortunately low, animal studies provide us with some clues as to how to increase the sulforaphane yield of these bacteria — feed them more.66 In just four days of a high broccoli diet, those bacteria that thrive on cruciferous vegetables grow in number, leading to a change in composition of the microbial community and an increase in opportunistic bacteria that turn our broccoli into cancer - fighting sulforaphane.

The everyday diet can cause a change in the composition of bacteria in the gut.

To ensure safety and extend shelf life, ingredients are blended, pasteurized, homogenized, concentrated, heat sterilized, spray dried and canned up to 130 - 140oC, which leads to major changes in the compositions of the infant formula.39 Glycation is the reaction of sugars with amines, amino acids, peptides and proteins at high temperatures, which initially form Amadori products, the first step in a process called the Maillard reaction (MR).

Since omega - 3s are considered to be anti-inflammatory fatty acids, and since AA is considered to be a pro-inflammatory fatty acid, this change in the composition of the TGs with chicken consumption could be considered as providing anti-inflammatory benefits to the cardiovascular system.

Since a change in composition of gut microbiota is also suggested to be the underlying factor for the development of obesity, it is obvious to link gut microbiota with the pathogenesis of diabetes.

Cortisol can even lead to negative changes in the composition of your gut bacteria, and if you've read my eBook Annihilate Your Acne, then you'll know that healthy gut bacteria is one of the most interesting new areas of acne research.

4TRADERS - Sep 30 - Meetic today announces changes in the composition of its Board of Directors.

Changes in the composition of the test - taking pool don't explain the decline in test scores either.

When pressed, the main evidence they point to in support of PM is a study by Doug Harris that shows that New Orleans made significant gains post-Katrina that can not fully be explained by changes in the composition of students in the district.

We also include student fixed effects, which account for changes in the composition of the schools» student populations over time that can not be explained by the limited set of student characteristics for which information was available in the district's database.

Future research should more fully explore these mechanisms, in particular, the finding of increased per - pupil spending, to determine whether these might be explained by smaller class sizes or changes in the composition of the teaching force at district schools.

In addition to examining principals» impact on student achievement on standardized tests, the study explored patterns of change in the composition of schools» teaching staff (reflecting the ability of effective principals to recruit and retain teaching talent), as well as the movement of principal talent across schools.

Movement up or down «could just be reflective of change in composition of those groups over time,» he said.

«The naive approach is to look across cohorts and draw some kind of conclusion, but it just doesn't tell us much, other than possibly changes in the composition of who's taking the test from year to year,» Glazerman said.

The second reason could be changes in the composition of employment within the sectors.

Households react strongly to the incentives created by such programs, leading to significant changes in the frequency of exercising alternative public schooling options, as well as changes in the composition of the «opt out» students.

Another potential explanation for increasing graduation rates is the change in the composition of students by academic need.

Sixteen of the USA Today Top 50 are published by Random and its imprints, which is a dominant position given other changes in the composition of he bestseller lists.

That last number is significant, because of the change in composition of those giving opinions, and it indicates a more generally dovish group.

Changes in the composition of SMSF asset portfolios show the ability of SMSFs to adjust to changing circumstances and economic conditions.