Sentences with phrase «high uptake of»

The high uptake of mobile phone technology has triggered intense competition amongst the three major players: Econet

The high uptake of mobile phone technology has triggered intense competition amongst the three major players: Econet, Telecel and Netone along with traditional banking and financial institutions.

@Ronald Also, I think it should be a priority (and maybe it is) for the grid to be upgraded to cope with a high uptake of rooftop solar ie.

Both subjects are option subjects at GCSE and have a high uptake of pupils.

All subjects are option subjects at GCSE and have a high uptake of pupils.

The amount of radioactive tracer will be the determining factor: If you have a high uptake of iodine tracer, it means that you have Graves» disease.

The dramatic fall in the transmission rate in the UK can also be attributed to a very high uptake of antenatal HIV screening, which is offered to all pregnant women, and a multi-disciplinary approach to the management of HIV positive pregnant women and their babies.

Prof Chitty says: «There was a very high uptake of testing and we saw invasive test numbers fall sharply.

It has been known for quite some time that red pigmented snow algae blooming on icy surfaces darken the surface which in turn leads to less albedo and a higher uptake of heat.

They found that female amniotic cells had significantly higher uptake of nanoparticles (quantum dots) than male cells.

«Methane in soils seem to follow a temperature gradient where higher temperatures are related to higher uptake of methane but that's not necessarily the case for coarse woody debris or for tree trunks,» says Rodrigo Vargas of the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware, who led the study.

Not exact matches

As NHS England puts it, the NIA aims to speed up the uptake of «high - impact innovations for patient, population and NHS staff benefit.»

Jawwal and Wataniya, the two Palestinian mobile operators, have at last launched 3G, but the high prices that they are charging for data could hold back the uptake of their mobile broadband services.

But the uptake of high - deductible plans among employees dropped as the average family premium for these plans soared more than 12 percent in the 2017 benefit year.

Sales of Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) for the first quarter ending March 31, 2014 (Q1 2014), has hit a new high, with a 49 % increase for physical uptake of RSPO CSPO and a 54 % increase for GreenPalm Certificates, compared with Q1 2013.

Naturally low in calories and high in soluble fiber, raisins stabilize blood sugar levels and reduce the uptake of cholesterol into the bloodstream.

In Sweden, where fathers» uptake of paternity and parental leave is relatively high, there has been no systematic cost - benefit analyses of the financial impact of take up on organizations.

• However, in Sweden, where fathers» leave is also well established, uptake of leave is indeed higher by men with relatively healthy lifestyles and a «stable social position» (Mansdotter et al, 2010).

Stephanie Fernandes, IET Principal Policy Advisor, said: «GCSEs in the STEM subjects are the first crucial stepping stone to progressing into not just the engineering and technology sector but a wide range of careers and it is therefore crucial that a high level of uptake and attainment is achieved.

«Although HPV vaccine has been around for more than a decade, the uptake of the vaccine has been less than ideal in many places, including in high - resource countries such as the United States,» said Silvina Arrossi, PhD, co-chair of the Expert Panel that developed the guideline and an official and researcher at the Instituto Nacional del Cancer in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The iron deprivation means that estimates of global ocean carbon uptake are probably 2 to 4 percent too high, the group reports in the August 31 Nature.

Dorte Haubjerg Søgaard has discovered that these frost flowers hold extremely high concentrations of calcium carbonate, which can have a further significant impact on the potential CO2 uptake in the Arctic.

This was due to a combination of factors: a less active sun, higher levels of cooling aerosols from volcanoes and Asian factories, and increased heat uptake by the oceans.

Vaterite has special properties that make it a potentially superior carrier for medications due to its high loading capacity, high uptake by cells and its solubility properties that enable it to deliver a sustained and targeted release of therapeutic medicines to patients.

For example, the classical equations used to predict the performance of such materials have indicated that the logarithm of the reaction rate should vary linearly as voltage is increased — but experiments have shown a nonlinear response, with the uptake of lithium flattening out at high voltage.

Uptake of referrals was unexpectedly high, with a third attending drug treatment.

«Our results show that prostate cancer mortality was 20 percent lower in counties with the highest incidence of prostate cancer, indicating an early and rapid uptake of PSA testing, compared with counties with a slow and late increase in PSA testing,» says Pär Stattin, lead investigator of the study.

More importantly, the 3D - CON displayed outstanding low pressure hydrogen (H2, 2.64 wt %, 1.0 bar and 77 K), methane (CH4, 2.4 wt %, 1.0 bar and 273 K), and carbon dioxide (CO2, 26.7 wt %, 1.0 bar and 273 K) uptake with a high isosteric heat of adsorption.

Medical complications can arise when cells resist the uptake of insulin; in response, the body produces more insulin while glucose levels are high in the blood stream.

«This strategy of exploiting the effective condensation reaction to synthesize organic frameworks with high uptake capacity and high physiochemical stabilities hold huge promise for practical applications.»

The results confirmed that the 3D - CON displayed outstanding low pressure hydrogen, methane, and carbon dioxide uptake with a high isosteric heat of adsorption.

For the change in annual mean surface air temperature in the various cases, the model experiments show the familiar pattern documented in the SAR with a maximum warming in the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere and a minimum in the Southern Ocean (due to ocean heat uptake)(2)

When blood sugar levels are too high, the beta cells of the pancreas secrete insulin which stimulates the uptake of glucose.

The unique 95 % uptake of first trimester combined and free - of - charge screening in Finland provides cffDNA second - tier screening for all screen - positive women and those with a priority high risk for aneuploidy.

One hallmark of cancer is the accelerated metabolism, high energy requirements, and increased glucose uptake by the tumor cells, the latter being the first and rate - limiting step for glucose metabolism [2,3].

Acute insulin stimulation increased glucose transport by 21 % in control cultures precultured at 1 pmol / l insulin, but at higher insulin concentrations we could not detect an effect of insulin on glucose uptake.

In accordance with other studies, we found an increased glucose uptake under acute insulin stimulation in cultures established from control subjects precultured under basal physiological insulin concentrations, but when precultured at a higher insulin concentration, we could not see an effect on acute insulin stimulation indicative of induced insulin resistance (10).

Nanotechnology has the potential to satisfy these requirements if some of its intrinsic shortcomings can be solved: rapid uptake of nanocarriers by RES and the toxicity as a result, and drug release outside the tumor, especially the early burst release when the fast drug release is coupled with high blood... more»

In cancer, elevated glucose uptake and high glycolytic rate, as source of ATP, constitute a growth advantage for tumors.

Studies have shown that high - intensity cardio sessions that last more than 30 minutes are the most effective at increasing the uptake of glucose into cells.

Six days of dietary nitrate supplementation in the form of beetroot juice (~ 0.5 L / d) has been reported to reduce pulmonary oxygen uptake (VO ₂) during submaximal exercise and increase tolerance of high - intensity work rates, suggesting that nitrate can be a potent ergogenic aid.

Sports drinks, as mentioned earlier, tend to become increasingly too high in electrolyte and (mainly) sugar concentrations as activity increases, as the uptake of these nutrients slows and they begin to accumulate in the gut.

In terms of nutrition high blood sugar inhibits the uptake of key nutritional components (cholesterols and fat - soluble vitamins) in fats eaten by OFM athletes.

Eating foods high in this fat - soluble phytochemical (meaning that in order for our bodies to uptake it, it does need to be eaten with a fat) is correlated with a reduced risk of various cancers, including prostate, breast, and lung cancers due to its ability to bind to and deactivate insulin - like growth factors (IGF)-- these are the cells that often become cancer cells.

Uptake of ketones into the brain is directly proportional to the blood concentration of beta - hydroxybutyrate (βOHB) and acetoacetate: the higher the ketones, the more the brain will take them in.

Thyroidal uptake of radioactive iodine is higher in people with iodine deficiency than in people with iodine sufficiency.

On a lab test this sort of a problem can show up with TSH being normal or high, T4 is normal but T3 is low and T3 uptake is low.

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It is also high in phytic acid, a chemical that blocks the absorption and uptake of other vitamins and minerals.

Ongoing research also suggests that adding healthy fats and proteins, such as peanut butter or olive oil, to meals with foods that have a high GI may slow the uptake of glucose, thus, lowering the food's GI.