Sentences with phrase «less affinity for»

Today's youngest adults show far less affinity for traditional communication channels, preferring Internet / Web Chat and Social Media at twice the level of telephone calls.

Estriol (E3): Derived from estrone through the intermediate (bone - building but potentially oncogenic) 16α - OH estrone, estriol has 20 - 30 % less affinity for estrogen receptors and is the weakest estrogen, with anti-proliferative effects in estrogen sensitive tissues (e.g., breast and endometrium).

Estriol (E3): Derived from estrone through the intermediate (bone - building but potentially oncogenic) 16α - OH estrone, estriol is the weakest estrogen with 20 - 30 % less affinity for estrogen receptors.

Conducted by Zainab Ngaini and colleagues at the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, the study found that when sago waste (consisting primarily of cellulose and lignin) is chemically modified using fatty acid derivatives, the resulting material is more hydrophobic than untreated sago waste, implying that it has less affinity for water and an excellent affinity for oil.

I have always had less affinity for her than the other GF Flours.

Not exact matches

Take the underrepresentation of women among tech entrepreneurs together with an overwhelmingly male VC population (with their presumably dude - heavy networks and natural affinity for the types of companies that speak to men) and the result has been dismal amounts of investor dollars going to female founders — less than five percent just a decade ago.

Fork the pickled onions and jalapeños on top, adding more or less jalapeño depending on your affinity for heat.

A generation of young adults raised on electronic devices has a high affinity for the gadgets and engages in less face - to - face contact than was once the norm, he says.

As a factor becomes more concentrated in a cell, it will begin to activate genes that it has less intrinsic affinity for, potentially changing the cell's behavior.

While most B cells have a low affinity for pathogens, which might effectively fend off a relatively mild virus, Tfh (with the stimulation of ICOS) allows the select few that produce highly specific and more strongly reactive antibodies to proliferate and outcompete their less specific brethren.

This ethnic affinity is particularly strong for students whose native tongues differ greatly from English, and less strong for the students from India, where English is an official national language and widely used in education at all levels.

Dogs also tend to be less independent in problem - solving when they're around people, and they retain their affinity for humans throughout their lives.

Coumestol has the same binding affinity for the ERb receptor as estrogen, but it has much less of an affinity for ERa.

Although «Measure of a Man» is less gut - wrenching than director Jim Loach's only previous theatrical film, «Oranges and Sunshine» — about the cruel fate of unwanted children shipped from England to Australia during the United Kingdom's mid-20th-century «child migrant» program — the British filmmaker shows himself to have an affinity for tales of the abuse of power.

Some might try to attribute these trends to biological factors such as fundamental differences in brain structure by applying the argument that biological differences make females less capable in mathematics and less inclined to have an affinity for the subject.

Many children are spending less and less time outdoors; this in turn leads to a reduced affinity with nature and, ultimately, disengagement from environmental issues and a lack of appreciation for biodiversity.

But upon entering the show, it quickly became clear to me that the reason for all the hubbub has less to do with a widespread affinity for the groundbreaking work of the 88 - year - old Japanese artist than it does the burning need to take a selfie against what has become the social media backdrop of the moment.

For that reason, affinity group discounts can result in you purchasing a less personalized coverage and therefore not being effectively covered (or at least not being covered as well as you could or should be).

While we had plenty of remasters and updates to Grand Theft Auto Online to tide us over, fans are none the less starved for a new game taking full advantage of Rockstar's affinity for gritty, single player action games.

When initially founded, Lending Club positioned itself as a social networking service and set up opportunities for members to identify group affinities, based on a theory that borrowers would be less likely to default to lenders with whom they had affinities and social relationships.

If you pay an affinity group a 30 percent to 40 percent referral fee, you're working for less.