Sentences with phrase «higher tendency towards»

(Corvo, Dutton & Chen, 2008) Evidence suggests that violent husbands show more psychological distress, more tendencies to personality disorders, more attachment / dependency issues, a higher tendency towards anger and hostility and more alcohol problems than non-violent men.

I do not know of any studies that show an inherited tendency towards food allergy in Labrador retrievers but they do seem to have a slightly higher tendency towards this problem.

So if we're using these traditional labs, we have this high tendency towards false - neg — excuse me — false - negative.

Not exact matches

The 1980s African debt crisis was created by a variety of factors (much more complex than the commonly attributed «poor African leadership» theory), including irresponsible over-lending by private creditors seeking high returns, the tendency towards one product commodity economies, the targeting of developing countries for high interest loans, the global monetary shock of 1979 - 81, trade protectionism in Northern countries, the depreciation of the US dollar, the prolonged drought of 1981 - 84, among other factors (see African Debt Revisited).

«There probably are indeed trends and tendencies towards this kind of neoliberal approach to higher education.

The shoulders are the only upper body muscle group that displays a tendency towards a higher proportion of type I muscle fibers (Jennekens et al. 1971; Johnson et al. 1973; Humphrey et al. 1982; Tesch et al. 1983; Mavidis et al. 2007; Srinivasan et al. 2007), while the pectoralis major (Johnson et al. 1973; Srinivasan et al. 2007) is mixed - fast twitch.

Also, because chocolate has complex pharmacologically active properties, it must be consumed in moderation, and with attention paid towards the tendency for using it to self - medicate, especially when the cocoa content is lower and the sugar content higher.

Women with PCOS may have higher amounts because of our tendency towards insulin resistance (read more about this in my previous blog).

I am certain I practiced for years in the manner which you described: emphasizing my natural tendencies towards high levels of activity, and avoiding slower more restorative and grounding work.

Mauboussin's research seems to suggest that, while there exists a strong tendency towards mean reversion, some companies do «post persistently high or low returns beyond what chance dictates.»

PennHip studies have shown that the laxity number at 16 weeks is only off by a few points at 2 years, but testing done in between 16 weeks and 2 years will have a tendency towards a higher laxity number due to the growth process.

Canine hyperlipidemia: Some dogs inherit a Schnauzer parent's tendency towards high levels of fats or lipids in the blood, including elevated levels of cholesterol and triglycerides.

The tendency towards spraying behavior, however, is higher in non-neutered males, and usually follows the pecking order described above.

They built it WAY to high like the did for Zelda, and recent data shows that it wasn't as big as it was made out to be; numbers were inflated to make it seem like a substantially net positive when in actuality, there was a tendency towards indifference.

High - frequency associations (not shown here) remain strong throughout the whole record, but average density levels have continuously fallen while temperatures in recent decades have risen... As yet, the reason is not known, but analyses of time - dependent regional comparisons suggest that it is associated with a tendency towards loss of «spring» growth response (Briffa et al., 1 999b) and, at least for subarctic Siberia, it may be connected with changes in the timing of spring snowmelt (Vaganov et al., 1999).

I wonder if people that do model studies might find it easier to collect data thus making it easier to create more studies and if those that work with model studies have a tendency towards higher sensitivity beliefs.

The historical macro data show the natural tendency of economies towards decreasing energy / GDP and energy / population which is the result of several things notably: 1) these ratios trend downward (unless of course economies are truly» failed»)-- meaning economies naturally move to higher value - added composition e.g., technology, retail, services,... 2) developed economies have higher supply and consumption efficiencies simply because the technological bases are more advance and efficient be it automotive, industrial, home, personal,... etc..

Clustering algorithms are, however, biased towards high - density regions of climate variable space and tend to select scenarios that describe the central tendency rather than the full spread of an ensemble.

A number of modelling studies have also projected a general tendency for more intense but fewer storms outside the tropics, with a tendency towards more extreme wind events and higher ocean waves in several regions in association with those deepened cyclones.

The rank histograms using all the climate variables of MMEs have a tendency towards being dome - shaped with a peak around the middle rank, while those of SMEs are U-shape with strong peaks at the highest and lowest ranks (Fig. 1).

He demonstrates that high self - esteem results in even greater achievement and a tendency towards success, as well as better moral character and a habit of performing acts of kindness for one's fellow, not to mention much better physical and emotional health, lifelong happiness and contentment.

Generalized personality traits for the Gen Y quite often include the following: independent thinking (with many living through divorce, life in daycare or a latchkey existence); anti-establishment; tech savvy (grew up with Internet); heavily pampered and nurtured as children; socially conscious with a strong sense of community; idealistic; and high - maintenance individuals with a tendency towards high performance.