Sentences with phrase «less than the subjects»

Adams and his colleagues report in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA that the drought - stricken trees in the hotter temperatures died in just 18 weeks, surviving seven weeks less than those subjected to dry conditions in today's thermal range.

And the results were pretty staggering — on average, men who had the highest intake of soy foods had 41 million sperm / ml less than the subjects who didn't eat soy at all.

Also, the amount of pressure given in this study was self - selected and could have been more or less than the subjects received in the previous studies.

Not exact matches

It manages to turn a less - than - scintillating - sounding subject — our aging electricity grid — into compelling reading, he claims, writing that even those who have never spent a minute pondering how the lights come on will leave this one understanding «that the electrical grid is one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world» and «why modernizing the grid is so complex and so critical for building our clean - energy future.»

Such withdrawals aren't subject to review by the compact's governing bodies, the Great Lakes St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Council and the Great Lakes St. Lawrence River Water Resources Regional Body, as long as the withdrawal consumes less than 5 million gallons daily.

Less than half a second later, electrodes that were attached to the subjects» foreheads — right above their frontal lobes — picked up a pulse that came with the flash of insight.

While there's no specific reason to think Americans would behave any differently than the study subjects, it is a possibility that we're less easy to anger (yeah, I don't think so either) or other social networks show different patterns.

By examining the link between the subjects» dispositions and how much they earned, the researchers found that men who were slightly more agreeable than the mean earned 18 % less on average — that's US$ 9,772 less than their more disagreeable peers.

Researchers lead by Binghamton University's Celia Klin found that when that when a reply is followed by a period, subjects found the response to be less sincere than when no punctuation was used.

But, four sources familiar with Elliott's thinking said Europe offered a lot of scope, as fewer activist funds operated there than in the United States, and European companies have been subject to the attentions of activists for less time.

In other words, leaving privacy (or much other) regulation of ISPs to the FTC could subject them to far less potential oversight than they'd have under the FCC.

Automakers realized they could increase their profit margins by driving consumers to trucks, which then as now were subject to less stringent requirements than passenger cars.

In another experiment, rather than prime participants for particular roles, testosterone levels were used as a marker of which study subjects were inclined towards dominating power structures and which less interested in leading.

Except for certain employees of Bergdorf Goodman representing less than 1 % of our total employees, none of our employees are subject to a collective bargaining agreement.

4 ETFs are subject to a short - term trading fee by Fidelity, if held less than 30 days.

Subject to the provisions of our 2015 Plan, the administrator will determine the other terms of stock appreciation rights, including when such rights become exercisable and whether to pay any amount of appreciation in cash, shares of our Class A common stock, or a combination thereof, except that the per share exercise price for the shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of a stock appreciation right must be no less than 100 % of the fair market value per share on the date of grant.

In the event the Company issues shares of additional stock, subject to customary exceptions, after the preferred stock original issue date without consideration or for a consideration per share less than the initial conversion price in effect immediately prior to such issuance, then and in each such event the conversion price shall be reduced to a price equal to such conversion price multiplied by the following fraction:

If you buy a bond for less than face value on the secondary market (known as a market discount) and you either hold it until maturity or sell it at a profit, that gain will be subject to federal and state taxes.

She broached the subject of his business record, suggesting his supposed acumen was less than met the eye.

The latter now go by... Tronc X. Given that both expenses and revenues are interwoven between print and digital these days — and subject to all manner of highly subjective «allocations» — those two divisions mean less than the whole company numbers.

Michael being the lawyer who less than a month ago was the subject of a massive FBI raid.

And while federal loans come with their own set of challenges and risks, all 1.37 million private loan borrowers are often subject to fewer protections and less flexible repayment plans than those offered under federal loan agreements.Less accommodating repayment options and more rigid terms can quickly lead to private student loan defaults, which is a dangerous financial place to be.

Subject to the provisions of our 2016 Plan, the administrator determines the other terms and conditions of stock appreciation rights, including when such rights become exercisable and whether to pay any increased appreciation in cash or with shares of our common stock, or a combination thereof, except that the per share exercise price for the shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of a stock appreciation right will be no less than 100 % of the fair market value per share on the date of grant.

Subject to the provisions of our 2010 Plan, the administrator determines the terms of stock appreciation rights, including when such rights vest and become exercisable and whether to settle such awards in cash or with shares of our common stock, or a combination thereof, except that the per share exercise price for the shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of a stock appreciation right will be no less than 100 % of the fair market value per share on the date of grant.

Subject to the provisions of our 2013 Plan, the administrator determines the other terms of stock appreciation rights, including when such rights become exercisable and whether to pay any increased appreciation in cash or with shares of our common stock, or a combination thereof, except that the per share exercise price for the shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of a stock appreciation right will be no less than 100 % of the fair market value per share on the date of grant.

Nonstatutory Stock Options, or NSOs, will provide for the right to purchase shares of our common stock at a specified price, which may not be less than fair market value on the date of grant, and usually will become exercisable (at the discretion of the administrator) in one or more installments after the grant date, subject to the participant's continued employment or service with us and / or subject to the satisfaction of corporate performance targets and individual performance targets established by the administrator.

Shares of both of these securities are subject to sudden fluctuations in value, and when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

You can always withdraw more than the minimum amount from your IRA or plan in any year, but if you withdraw less than the required minimum, you will be subject to a federal penalty.

Whilst high yield stocks tend to be less volatile than growth stocks, they will still be subject to market forces and outside influences that management can not control.

After January 31, 2014, Fidelity ETFs are subject to a short - term trading fee by Fidelity, if held less than 30 days.

Cons: Less liquid than the above assets; outperformed in most years by stocks; subject to some volatility; default wipes out value

In August 2013, the German Finance Ministry characterized bitcoin as a unit of account, [93][260] usable in multilateral clearing circles and subject to capital gains tax if held less than one year.

● Foreign investments may be more volatile and less liquid than U.S. investments and are subject to the risk of currency fluctuations and adverse political and economic developments.

Neither light reading nor cheap (it's hard to find online for less than about $ 75), this book is the most thoughtful and objective analysis of the long - term returns on stocks, bonds, cash and inflation available anywhere, purged of the pom - pom waving and statistical biases that contaminate other books on the subject.

Investment returns will fluctuate and are subject to market volatility, so that an investor's shares, when redeemed or sold, may be worth less than their original cost.

It is subject to demographic shifts... those under 40s who hold «modern» views are less likely to have a lot of kids than the ones who don't... and social preferences... morals were lax in the late 1700s and early 1800s but then the Victorian era happened.

13A -6-67: (a) A person commits the crime of se ual abuse in the second degree if:... (2) He, being 19 years old or older, subjects another person to se ual contact who is less than 16 years old, but more than 12 years old.

This is a higher proportion than those that were concerned about making friends, bullying, and getting in trouble, but less than the proportions that were worried about exams, homework, having new teachers and new subjects and classes.

They look less like «patients» than «subjects, submissive and unstirring.

Their firm conviction on this subject amounted to hardly less than a fixation or a stereotype.

A «dynamic subject» is no less a subject (hupokeimenon) than a static one, if to its «underlying» absolute presence phenomenal multiplicities are referred for their unity, as to a synthesizing agent.

The special approach to the subject and the nature of the book itself combine to give it a less theoretical character than most of the author's work, and it has always appealed to American readers.

The majority of ethnic Poles felt the impact of a Polish form of Stalinism from 1948 until 1956» one for the most part looser and less bloody than those visited upon most of Eastern Europe, but this was an irrelevance to them, not having volunteered to be subjects in a comparative politics «experiment.»

Although it, like all the others, is subject to idolatrous understanding, the conflict between serving the Earth and serving God is far less than the conflicts engendered by serving Christianity, nation states, or economic growth.

So no, your circular, self - serving logic is less than helpful in addressing the activities that are the subject of this article.

It wasn't just about the subject matter — although it's tricky to write about such a tender and intimate time in a person's life, to tell your own story while still holding space for stories that are so different than your own, to attempt to shepherd people well in the liminal spaces of their faith journeys — but it was also just the season of life with being pregnant with our fourth and then giving birth and suddenly having four tinies between the ages of 9 and newborn meant I had a lot less time with a lot less energy (and even less sleep!)

As Dan has told me on many occasions, for him, it is far less insulting to be under the authority of a woman than it is to be subjected to the suggestion that his fragile ego can not handle it.

Although I dunk that Gewirth's proposal is subject to the criticism of nonteleological ethics I suggested summarily near the outset, anything approaching a decisive resolution of this issue in favor of teleological ethics will require nothing less than a more or less complete case for a metaphysical proposal.

While we are on this subject, how is it that those who take a high view of the Scriptures are known to produce less by way of creative biblical interpretation than those who either bracket the question or treat the text as a human document?

Whatever legal norms increase the measure of general emancipation to which there is equal access, this measure is less than it might be unless all are subjects of the rights to private and public liberties.