Sentences with phrase «far confounded»

Some places use gas or electric «smokers,» further confounding the situation.

While many users of palm oil in the consuming countries are committed to CSPO, its greater growth especially SG grades has been somewhat held back due to the premium; an issue further confounded by CSPO supply chain challenges.

The Clarets, however, are a more complicated analytical case, espousing defensive system based around getting bodies in the way of shots rather than outright prevention, a method thus far confounding statistical analysis.

These were intelligent, caring parents, which only further confounded me.

This lack of trust is further confounded by Miliband's personal unpopularity in Wales and the lack of charisma of local Labour leader Carwyn Jones.

But to further confound would - be attackers, Veil includes a few other security features.

Further confounding the definition of what is or nor not stromatolites is known processes for bacterially mediated precipitation of minerals (Paerl, 2001).

Most were far shorter than that, where rapid shifts in water weight could have further confounded the results.

Further confounding the situation is that your Caloric needs are a moving target, influenced by activity level, hormones, sleep, and a multitude of other factors.

This is further confounded by the game's battle system.

When that moment comes, of course, Haneke makes it as anticlimactic as possible, further confounding our expectations.

Further confounding the issue was the paradoxical allure of twelve - cylinder motivation and not - so - motivating looks, making inbound competitors like the Rolls - Royce Cullinan and the Aston Martin DBX seem all the more threatening.

Pink and pale orange background show through portions of the otherwise opaque blue - green marks, further confounding the viewer's expectations.

Further confounding our easy comprehension of a smooth, linear narrative is this realization that A thousand years was actually played out entirely in reverse.

But even her relationship to figural representation was complicated, which only further confounded attempts to pigeonhole her into a marketable or exhibit - able slot.

These examples are particularly self - reflexive, referring to elements of the artist's own oeuvre in order to further confound the lines separating Fine Art and the so - called lowbrow.

Arcangel's decision to carpet the gallery further confounds expectations by emphasizing the «showroom» quality of the space and subverting its white - cube pretentions.

Negative reversal and small digital interventions further confound viewers» perception of space and form.

These vibrant, passionate works hovered between abstraction and the figurative, further confounding attempts to fit him into a marketable slot.

This would further confound attempts to assess their contribution to temperature change during intervals when their net deviation from their baseline levels was large, although it would have less significance for the post-1950 decades when their net contribution would be small even as independent sources of warming.

Which version of the GHCN - M software K15 used is further confounded by the fact that GHCNMv3.3.0, the upgrade from version 3.2.2, only went through an ORR in April 2015 (i.e., after the K15 paper was submitted and revised).

Perhaps the job description contained some industry jargon which threw you, further confounding your worry that you're a complete outsider.

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Otherwise competent journalistic reports on research findings about male homosexuality, such as Peter and Barbara Wyden's Growing Up Straight (Stein & Day, 1968), confound the picture for the public by appealing to the fears of middle - class parents; further, they profess (without foundation) to show that parents can educate their children away from the possibility of becoming homosexual.

Associations between selected CVD risk factors and Coconut Fat (CF) intake were investigated by Dr. Goonerante using Chi - square test, and further examined in a multivariate model adjusting for potential confounding variables.

Syracuse, which in big games has long been synonymous with ex-cuse, had won several testing contests (Florida, North Carolina) to get this far in the tournament, and Orange coach Jim Boeheim's changing defenses would continue to confound the master — «keep us guessing,» said Knight.

I like to think of myself as a fairly rational individual, which is why what has and is going on at Arsenal confounds me... little wonder people have gone so far as to suggest that Wenger is actually sabotaging the club... one only needs to look at our starting 11 to stoke the flames of conspiracy... just think of the perceived importance of this game, considering the loss to Stoke, the historically significance of the two teams involved, the controversy that swirled around our two meetings last season, the proximity to the closing of the window and the general disdain being directed towards the manager once again... how is it even possible that you wouldn't come to Anfield with all guns blazing... not a single shot on target, with the back - up keeper in no less... where were the new signings?

From what we have seen from the Arsenal team so far it is going to take a significant turnaround in form to achieve two wins from the next two Premier League encounters, but we know that the Gunners can blow hot and cold and so I would not be at all surprised if Arsene Wenger and the players confound the general consensus of the football pundits and do it.

They came up together, and many tipped them to go straight back down together as well, but so far the pair have confounded expectations.

There was no evidence to suggest that the associations between breastfeeding and academic achievement or cognitive ability could be explained further by the inclusion of such confounding factors into the models.

The only way of further examining the influence of confounding factors on this relation is to consider studies that randomly assign infants to be breastfed or formula - fed.

Confounding things further, the psychology of voting in a by - election often comes down to sending the government or the national political parties a message of discontent — whereas the psychology of general election voting is about choosing a government.

But when researchers further consider hd - PS, they usually come around to recognizing its value — even if it wounds a few egos by finding a wider range of confounding variables than they would on their own.

Some of the claims are extrapolated from studies of children with far higher blood lead levels and others are confounded by factors that are very difficult to control or account for.

Further investigation of the effects of various measures of adiposity on mortality in other elderly populations, and on the potential role of confounding and modifying variables, would contribute usefully to this research area.

The present study is not a randomised trial of statins so the usual issues of confounding and treatment biases can not be overcome and the headline figure of 30 % increased diabetes risk is therefore far less precise and could be an over-estimate.

That would be a good first step toward identifying relationships that deserve further study, in the form of a look at possible confounding factors and evaluation of the robustness of the associations.

Further, the claim of «modest benefit» was confounded by a number of factors:

As far as I can tell from the abstract, no attempt was made to control for possible confounding variables.

To minimize the confounding effect and test for potential modification by an overall lifestyle pattern, we further performed a stratified analysis according to a priori — defined healthy lifestyle pattern, as characterized by never smoking or ever smoking for fewer than 5 pack - years, never or moderate alcohol intake (< 14 g / d in women and < 28 g / d in men), body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) of at least 18.5 and less than 25.0, and physical activity of at least 150 min / wk at a moderate level or at least 75 min / wk at a vigorous level (equivalent to ≥ 7.5 metabolic equivalent h / wk) as recommended.18 Likewise, given the previous report that protein intake was associated with a higher risk for diabetes - related mortality, 8 we examined the protein - mortality association according to the history of diabetes.

To address the possibility of residual confounding, we further adjusted for a propensity score that reflected associations of protein consumption with potential confounding covariates.17 Details about covariate assessment and propensity score analysis are provided in the eMethods in the Supplement.

In the multivariable analysis, we further adjusted for several potential dietary and lifestyle confounding factors, including multivitamin use, smoking status, pack - years of smoking, body mass index, physical activity, alcohol consumption, history of hypertension diagnosis, glycemic index, and intake of whole grains, total fiber, fruits, and vegetables.

But last summer, as I steeled myself for the moderate disappointment of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, I was happily confounded by what proved to be the fiercest, most grownup entrant in the series so far.

Marsh's approach is far more clinical, and while her ultimate goal is to instill a sense of societal normalcy, her methods manifest in ways that are confounding to Cameron.

The innovative - looking platformer, a new project by Silent Hill and Siren creator Keiichiro Toyama, will be confounding Newtonian physics on European Vitas come May 30, which means a US version can't be far off either: the game releases in the US one day before its European launch, after all.

Million Dollar Arm may not confound expectations but as far as sports movies go, like Hamm, it's immensely likeable.

Some of those gags work, and some of them, such as Emily having a tapeworm lured out of her digestive tract, come from so far out of left field that they're too confounding to be particularly funny.

Further muddying the geography are a confounding lack of establishing shot, and an edit that is genuinely dizzying, snuffing out tension as the audience squints to make sense of what just happened on screen.

Charters from outside the district that enroll Wake County students confound budget planning further, as students who transfer to charters take district and state money with them.

All of those experts are still waiting, though, as the bond market once again confounded skeptics in 2012 — albeit posting far more modest gains than in previous years.

Ancient DNA analysis of archeological samples are needed to further distinguish between these different scenarios, because prehistoric and recent bottlenecks may confound the patterns that we obtained from contemporary fox samples.