Its extensive ice tongue makes it particularly susceptible to basal melt processes, due to the area and
duration of exposure of the glacier base.
While it is important to minimise the frequency and
duration of exposure of the teeth to sugar it is neither practical nor necessary to avoid sugar completely.
Not exact matches
Beginning in July 2013, I began slowly reducing equity
exposure and am now sitting firm at 40 % with the balance in various forms
of 5 yr cd's and short
duration bonds.
The Strategic Total Return Fund currently has an overall
duration slightly over 3 years, primarily in straight Treasuries, with a small 1 %
exposure to precious metals shares and about 4 %
of assets in utility shares.
«While shortening the
duration of a TIPS
exposure results in a lower yield, the chart below shows it still provides an attractive breakeven ratio, or yield received for the amount
of risk that an investor takes.
While shortening
duration can help mitigate interest rate risk, another approach to consider is one that balances
exposure to the very front end
of the curve with
exposure to intermediate maturities for additional yield potential and lower volatility, given that rates are likely to rise slowly and stay historically low for the foreseeable future.
Dave Nadig, CEO
of ETF.com and a well - known ETF expert, recently suggested as much, noting that «
Duration hedging hasn't yet had its «hedge the yen» moment when investors discovered the power of currency hedging en masse, but like currency - hedged ETFs, duration - hedged ETFs may start finding a place not necessarily as core holdings, but as finely honed tools for tweaking duration exposure in a broader bond - portfolio context
Duration hedging hasn't yet had its «hedge the yen» moment when investors discovered the power
of currency hedging en masse, but like currency - hedged ETFs,
duration - hedged ETFs may start finding a place not necessarily as core holdings, but as finely honed tools for tweaking duration exposure in a broader bond - portfolio context
duration - hedged ETFs may start finding a place not necessarily as core holdings, but as finely honed tools for tweaking
duration exposure in a broader bond - portfolio context
duration exposure in a broader bond - portfolio context.»
Part
of the reason for this outperformance is that hedge funds generally have very low
duration and often reduce their interest rate
exposure through swaps or other derivatives.
«We have been adding some
duration exposure to the fund through government bonds since the beginning
of the year.
Some
of the recent tactical changes include adjustments to the
duration of the three funds in the suite, while maintaining
exposure to credit and emerging market debt for potential income.
IGIH provides
exposure investment - grade, US - dollar - denominated corporate bonds while minimizing interest - rate risk by shorting U.S. Treasurys that match in terms
of duration.
(4) gaining
exposure to a long -
duration growth asset, with AAC having demonstrated internally funded compound growth in the asset base
of about 4 per cent a year over the last 15 years; and
Schedule a pre-season for at least two weeks, with seven to 10 practice sessions
of gradual and increasing
exposure to intensity,
duration, and protective equipment.
According to a 2014 study from Northwestern Medicine and the University
of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, office workers with more light
exposure at the office enjoyed many benefits, including longer sleep
durations, better sleep quality, and better quality
of life compared to workers who did not have much
exposure to natural light at work.
The Association
of Prenatal Media Marketing
Exposure Recall with Breastfeeding Intentions, Initiation, and
Duration
Indeed, a long
duration of breastfeeding (> 7 months) has been associated with a reduced risk
of overweight and obesity, 2 while a short
duration (≤ 4 months) may not be sufficient to obtain the beneficial effects
of breastfeeding.3 Another confounding factor is early
exposure to antibiotics, which is increasing even for minor infections.
Effects
of brief
exposure to water, breast - milk substitutes, or other liquids on the success and
duration of breastfeeding: a systematic review
Relation
of infant feeding practices, cigarette smoke
exposure, and group child care to the onset and
duration of otitis media with effusion in the first two years
of life.
To keep the frequency and
duration of sugar
exposure in check, the AAPD offers these recommendations:
Information on socioeconomic background, maternal diseases and obstetric history, parity, gender, fetal
exposure to alcohol (at least 2 drinks a week during the entire pregnancy) and cigarette smoking (at least 1 cigarette a day during the last trimester), type and
duration of breastfeeding, and maternal intelligence (Raven Progressive Matrices) was obtained through questionnaires administered in person after delivery and at 13 months.
However, for the HIV - positive mother, early cessation
of breastfeeding shortens the
duration of an infant's
exposure to HIV.
Several studies have also attempted to understand the role
of breastfeeding on IQ, and although some authors conclude that the observed advantage
of breastfeeding on IQ is related only to genetic and socioenvironmental factors, a recent meta - analysis showed that after adjustment for appropriate key co-factors, breastfeeding was associated with significantly higher scores for cognitive development than formula feeding.6 Longer
duration of breastfeeding has also been positively associated with intelligence in adulthood.22 We also observed the benefits
of long - term breastfeeding on mental indices, along with the indirect benefit
of balancing the impact
of exposure to p, p ′ DDE after adjustment for some socioeconomic variables.
Moreover, data for
exposures in almost all studies were based only on maternal recall, sometimes some years after the
exposures, although studies have shown that mothers remember breastfeeding
durations many years after breastfeeding has stopped.55 - 57 Furthermore, research shows that mothers
of sick children sometimes remember early
exposures of their children in greater detail compared with mothers
of healthy children, especially when the
exposures are publicly perceived to be associated with the outcome studied.
Our main
exposures were the following: (1)
duration of any breastfeeding in months; (2)
duration of exclusive breastfeeding in months, defined as feeding breast milk but no solid foods or non — breast milk liquids (except water) to age 6 months; and (3) breastfeeding status at age 6 months, categorized as «formula only, never breast fed,» «formula only, weaned,» «mixed formula and breast milk,» and «breast milk only, no formula.»
Studies had to be case control for the purpose
of the statistical analysis; have breastfeeding as a measured
exposure and leukemia as a measured outcome; include data on breastfeeding
duration in months, including but not limited to, 6 months or more (where relevant data were unavailable in the publication, the authors
of the studies were contacted); and been published in peer - reviewed journals with full text available in English.
Main
exposure measures were the
duration of predominant breast feeding (defined as the age other milk was introduced) and partial (any) breast feeding (defined as the age breast feeding was stopped).
Although information on infant feeding
exposure in these studies was collected differently in the various studies, the ascertainment method (particularly the
duration of recall) appeared to be unrelated to the associations observed.
If future similar studies can further expand and eventually provide a brain - based predictive best - therapy option for individual patients, it would dramatically decrease unnecessary
exposure of patients to ineffective therapies and decrease the
duration and magnitude
of pain suffering and opioid use, Baliki and Apkarian said.
The rats» heads were exposed to varying levels
of radiation that astronauts would normally receive during long -
duration missions, while other rats were given sham
exposures.
Many factors, including an individual's susceptibility to a substance, and the amount and
duration of exposure, can affect whether a person will develop cancer.
When we standardized all the estimates to a common scenario — i.e., the same
exposure to screening, and a similar target population, period
of screening, and
duration of follow - up — the magnitude
of the difference between studies dropped from twentyfold to about fourfold.»
Through the TCIP, interns gain
exposure to technology commercialization from at least three different perspectives: The 2 - year internship consists
of three placements, each
of 8 months»
duration, in a technology - transfer office, a venture - capital organization, and a high - technology company.
The type and
duration of sun
exposure, number and severity
of phototoxic reactions, and adverse events were recorded over the study periods.
I became interested in the effects
of various aspects
of light — such as time
of day and
duration of exposure — on circadian rhythm, sleep and performance.
By analyzing the chemical composition
of the water in which the animals lived during the
duration of the experiment, the researchers determined that
exposure to space induces distinct differences in metabolism and / or secretion.
The researchers control the nanolithography by altering the size
of the nanosphere, the
duration of light
exposures, and the angle, wavelength and polarization
of light.
This results in the accumulation
of precise mutations (stars in green cells) as a function
of the magnitude and
duration of exposure to the input.
New research suggests the bacteria that cause tuberculosis alter their metabolism to combat
exposure to antimicrobials, and that these metabolic «escape pathways» might be neutralized by new drugs to shorten the troublesome
duration of therapy.
«These findings, though speculative, may suggest that exogenous estrogen induces some persistent change in the pancreas for which the
duration of exposure may be important.»
But each switch could record only one simple piece
of information — whether the cell had been exposed to the stimulus — not the
duration or magnitude
of this
exposure.
The study found that the longer
duration of exposure to high concentrations
of local anaesthetic was most harmful because it interferes with the function
of mitochondria, the «batteries»
of the cell, and induce a cell death mechanism named «autophagy.»
Individual light
exposure was measured using wrist actigraphs, worn for the
duration of the study.
Ms Pattinson said it is known the timing, intensity and
duration of exposure to both artificial and natural light have acute biological effects in mammals.
He noted that such complex responses to differences in dose, timing, and
duration of exposure may underlie the inconsistencies in published studies
of the relationship between blood levels
of manganese in humans and neurobehavioral deficits.
But it remains unclear whether there are long - term effects from low - intensity or occasional marijuana use earlier in life and whether the magnitude and persistence
of impairment depends on the
duration of marijuana use or the age
of exposure.
«The levels and
duration of exposure to radiofrequency radiation were much greater than what people experience with even the highest level
of cell phone use, and exposed the rodents» whole bodies,» said NPT in a statement.
T2DM incidence increased in early chronotypes with night shift work and parallel
duration of shift work
exposure, whereas late chronotypes featured the greatest risk, working daytime schedules.
The
duration of exposure to HIV modulates the breadth and the magniture
of HIV - specific memory CD4 + T cells.
The timing,
duration and pattern
of exposure are just as important as the dose.
-- mental and emotional stress can lead to a spike in blood lipid levels; — exercise (at a reasonable dose intensity and
duration) can be beneficial for cholesterol levels; — long - term
exposure to multiple stressors and insufficient recovery had a devastating effect on the whole body; — bodies
of different people react differently to stress;