Sentences with phrase «increasing periods of activity»

They pay attention to toys, attempt to play, and have increasing periods of activity.

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During this same period, activity on the crude oil futures market — as measured by the number of contracts outstanding, trading activity, and the number of traders — has increased significantly.

The initial costs to communities affected by natural disasters can be great; however, after a natural disaster there is usually a surge of economic activity that continues for an extended period as people and communities rebuild and money and workers flow into the area — increasing income tax and sales tax revenues to municipalities.

These and other less central activities of the ministry of all periods are carried on by the pastoral director, but the work that lays the greatest claim to his time and thought is the care of a church, the administration of a community that is directed toward the whole purpose of the Church, namely, the increase among men of the love of God and neighbor; for the Church is becoming the minister and its «minister» is its servant, directing it in its service.

Stress, changes in your diet, increased physical activity and a host of other factors can cause your period to be late or missed altogether.

The legislation states that «any formal or informal association... of two or more individuals identified by a common name, sign, dress, symbols, tattoos, or other mark or markings» and «a pattern of criminal street gang activity,» subjects a person to increased penalties after two or more offenses are committed over a period of years.

After observing a sharp rise in volcanic activity during this period, and testing various scenarios, the geologists concluded that the increase in magmatic activity could only be explained by the almost total drying out of the Mediterranean.

«On the other hand, this increased activity can transform carbon compounds into forms more easily locked onto soil particles, allowing them to stay in the soil for longer periods of time.»

The researchers found no increase in the cycling activity among the participants of the control group during the same period.

«The majority of auto dealer contacts indicated an increase in sales since the beginning of July compared with the same period last year, and many expect the trend to continue through the fourth quarter,» said the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, summarizing business activity in its region in a report published last week.

That would not, however, explain why their frequency has been increasing by 8 percent a decade, because there has been no known systematic long - term increase of meteoric activity over the same period.

During periods of intense media interest or unexpected flu activity, Google Flu Trends might be less accurate in estimating flu rates because of the heightened public interest and increased search activity, the researchers concluded.

Analysis of brain imaging showed significantly increased neuronal activity after a two - month period of HBOT treatment compared to the control periods of non-treatment.

In the present study we aimed to clarify whether IBD patients had an increased risk of heart failure, and secondly whether this risk was correlated to periods of activity or «flares» in the IBD.»

During this period, the extent of Earth's atmosphere increases due to solar heat generated by the increased amount of solar activity.

Injection of estrogens (17β - estradiol or diethylstilbestrol) into immature chicks results in a marked (30 - to 50-fold) increase in the ornithine decarboxylase activity of oviductal homogenates within a 4 - hour period.

Two of the counties — Bradford and Susquehanna — saw a significant increase in drilling activity over this time period, while the control county, Wayne, experienced no drilling activity due to a ban on drilling in that county because of its proximity to the Delaware River watershed.

«We've been in this multi-decadal pattern of activity but it just didn't happen this year,» Masters said, referring to the prolonged period of increased hurricane activity that began in 1995.

«Currently, our planet is in a warm phase — an interglacial period — and the associated increased climate sensitivity needs to be taken into account for future projections of warming induced by human activities.»

Over a long enough period of time, the increased carbon burial could help offset a small fraction of carbon emitted by human activities such as fossil fuel burning, says study coauthor Antje

The electrical capacitance, which shows the ability of a leaf to store a charge, stayed roughly constant at a minimum value during dark periods and increased rapidly during light periods, implying that electrical capacitance was a reflection of photosynthetic activity.

Eliminating clouds from the dimming equation now leaves little doubt that human activity, in the form of a nine-fold increase in fossil fuel emissions over the same half - century period, has entrenched China in a foggy haze that absorbs and deflects the sun's rays.

Periods of volcanism can cool the climate (as with the 1991 Pinatubo eruption), methane emissions from increased biological activity can warm the climate, and slight changes in solar output and orbital variations can all have climate effects which are much shorter in duration than the ice age cycles, ranging from less than a decade to a thousand years in duration (the Younger Dryas).

Following a period of intensive meditation, genes involved with the infectious cycle may get downregulated along with related host genes regulating protein synthesis, an explanation that is supported by other stress reduction interventions that have shown increased innate antiviral activity, such as upregulated Type 1 interferon activity.40 Shorter telomeres in population - based studies have been predictive of earlier onset of chronic diseases of aging, including diabetes, 41 cardiovascular disease9 and certain cancers.42

Beetle activity is also strongly tied to climate, and warmer temperatures speed up reproduction times, extend growth periods, and increase probability of beetle survival (Mitton and Ferrenberg 2012; Bentz and Jönsson 2015; Bentz et al. 2016).

Simulations including an increased solar activity over the last century give a CO2 initiated warming of 0.2 ˚C and a solar influence of 0.54 ˚C over this period, corresponding to a CO2 climate sensitivity of 0.6 ˚C (doubling of CO2) and a solar sensitivity of 0.5 ˚C (0.1 % increase of the solar constant).

A potential explanation for the secular trend may be that while improved treatment for cardiovascular risk factors or complicating diseases has reduced mortality in all weight classes, the effects may have been greater at higher BMI levels than at lower BMI levels.12 Because obesity is a causal risk factor for hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and dyslipidemia,15,19 - 22 obese individuals may have had a higher selective decrease in mortality.18 Indirect evidence of this effect is seen in the findings as the deaths occur at similar time periods in the 3 cohorts, but cohorts recruited at later periods have an increase in the BMI associated with the lowest mortality, possibly suggesting a period effect related to changes in clinical practice, such as improved treatments, or general public health status, such as decreased smoking or increased physical activity.

Stress Fracture This more serious injury often occurs due to rapidly increasing activity in a short period of time.

Heat illness happens most often to people who are exercising or doing physical activity outdoors for long periods of time, to elderly people, and to people taking medications that increase their sensitivity to high temperatures.

These studies have also suggested that aerobic exercise, or any kind of activity which increases the heart rate and gets you sweating and moving for a prolonged period of time, has a significant, tremendously beneficial impact on your brain.

While low intensity cardio can mainly be used to increase your endurance and longevity when it comes to doing a certain physical activity, you can also try interspersing your low intensity cardio sessions with small periods or bursts of high intensity cardio.

At body temperature of 39.8 ℃ (about 104 degrees Fahrenheit) maintained for a period of six hours, whole body hyperthermia «can increase the activity of T - and B - lymphocytes and the anti-tumor activity of... NK cells, and can facilitate the redistribution of the body's white blood cells to improve the monitoring function of the body's immune system.»

If you're stationary for long periods of time then regular intervals of activity — walking, running, working out — are a great way to increase your circulation.

These consist of forward head posture, largely due to popular use of computers, sitting at a computer or desk for extended periods, using chairs and desks that are not appropriate for the body type, a non-supportive mattress sustaining poor posture throughout sleep, deconditioning from lack of reasonable activity or exercise, increased emphasis on learning activities considered to be excessive as well as school bags that are too heavy.

In the period following a challenge with pathogenic intestinal microbes, MMP - 9 knockout mice show an increase in lactobacilli [24], meanwhile increased MMP - 9 activity is associated with intestinal permeability [25, 26], and the severity of human depression [27 — 29].

«Conclusion: As physical activity expenditure has not declined over the same period that obesity rates have increased dramatically, and daily energy expenditure of modern man is in line with energy expenditure in wild mammals, it is unlikely that decreased expenditure has fuelled the obesity epidemic.»

In a study involving rats, researchers discovered that young male rats respond to normal episodes of hypoxia, or brief periods of oxygen deprivation, during sleep by increasing brain activity to take deeper and more frequent breaths.

Furthermore, Van den Tillaar & Ettema (2009) found that the anterior deltoid muscle activity increased more substantially from the eccentric action to the pre-sticking period of the concentric action in successful compared with unsuccessful 1RM attempts.

In a second study, Pikosky et al. (16) demonstrated negative nitrogen balance in healthy young volunteers in response to a 7 - d period of negative energy balance (− 4184 kJ / d or − 1000 kcal / d) elicited solely by an increase in aerobic - type physical activity when protein was consumed at levels similar to the current RDA (0.9 g · kg − 1 · d − 1).

For example, nitrogen balance and basal metabolic rate were preserved in premenopausal women who consumed a higher protein diet (1.4 g · kg − 1 · d − 1) during a 10 - wk period of negative energy balance induced by dietary restriction coupled with a modest increase in physical activity (15).

During periods of increasing DHEA, I suggest DHEA not only maintains brainstem activity but also causes REM sleep.

Such a facility will increase usage opportunities during periods of poor weather with its all weather surface, allowing physical education sessions and extra curriculum activities to take place throughout the year.

It was also able to remain focused on quality during a period of increased application activity that followed sweeping education reforms in Tennessee in 2009 - 11.

The deeds to 931 homes changed hands in the first three months of 2017, up 36 % over the same period a year ago, but that increase in activity has done nothing to low the pressure on prices.

You can also feed your dog small snacks or treats during periods of increased activity to prevent hunger and fatigue.

This crucial period (the first year of life) is when a puppy's skeletal system is most vulnerable to physical, nutritional and metabolic damage due to increased metabolic activity.

Faecalibacterium spp. and Fusobacteria were, however, decreased in the dogs with clinically active IBD, but increased during time periods of clinically insignificant IBD, as defined by a clinical IBD activity index (CIBDAI).

Storing food for a long period of time decreases the activity and potency of many vitamins and increases the likelihood that fats will become rancid.

To get back to normal, slowly increase activity after the initial period of restriction.

Today the period as typified by the activities of such artists as Vito Acconci, Joan Jonas, Jene Highstein, Keith Sonnier, Gordon Matta - Clark, Rosemarie Castoro, Alan Saret, Mel Bochner, Suzie Harris, etc. (all of whom participated in 112 Greene St.), has ever increasing appeal.