Sentences with phrase «more normal levels as»

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But as precipitous market moves in early February and late March suggested a return to more historically normal levels of volatility, the question for investors now is how to adapt their approach to the new environment.»

Odd as it might sound, if we want to see rates at normal historical levels, the U.S. should be issuing more — not less — debt.

Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.

[1] The Framework discusses, ``... steps to raise the federal funds rate and other short - term interest rates to more normal levels...» That language, however, is ambiguous as the federal funds market has shrunk dramatically in a financial system awash in reserves.

«The market should continue its slow march back to normal, as annual (price) appreciation rates fall to more sustainable levels around 3 percent,» said Stan Humphries, chief economist at real estate data provider Zillow.

As policy continues to normalize and reach a more normal rate and financing dynamic that is closer to being consistent with today's levels of economic growth and inflation, these pernicious influences should abate and confidence in corporate investment may return.

The inundation came because the Bay of Bengal was some inches higher than normal (as climate changes, sea level rises because warm water takes up more space).

Guys who are rated as the most masculine — a billboard for a man's good genes — tend to have more testosterone, and men with higher testosterone levels are 43 percent more likely to get divorced than men with normal levels, 31 percent more likely to split because of marital problems and 38 percent more likely to cheat.

When Lauren Philbrook and her colleagues observed the normal nighttime routines of families with young babies, they found that mothers who were rated as highly «emotionally available» were more likely to have babies with low nighttime cortisol levels.

As you start to wean, or as baby gets older and starts more solid food, your estrogen levels should start to get back to normal, and you may notice a change in your libido, as mentioned by The CuAs you start to wean, or as baby gets older and starts more solid food, your estrogen levels should start to get back to normal, and you may notice a change in your libido, as mentioned by The Cuas baby gets older and starts more solid food, your estrogen levels should start to get back to normal, and you may notice a change in your libido, as mentioned by The Cuas mentioned by The Cut.

Overall, I think the symbol is a good thing and that the more people who see it and, even on the smallest subconscious level, think of breastfeeding as normal and something that women are going to be doing in public, the better.

If you had gestational diabetes and your baby was quite chubby coming out you may find they drop a little more than they would have otherwise as their glucose levels return to normal

In mid-July, the Cuomo administration released the just - signed contract with Guidepost, which stated that the company will be paid no more than $ 450,000 for the investigative work and includes a 10 - percent discount on the company's normal hourly rates, which still run as high as $ 652 for its highest - level personnel.

Twenty patients with kidney failure, for example, showed levels of ammonia and acetone more than 10 times that of healthy controls, and the researchers could watch those levels fall back to normal as the patients received dialysis treatment.

(In this image highlighting the southeastern United States, areas in green depict places where holiday light intensity shone forth at levels as much as 50 % or more brighter than normal.

While these XX male mice had the same level of testosterone as normal XY mice, they displayed more masculine sexual behaviours — mounting females more often and ejaculating more frequently.

Compared with regular petunias, the engineered ones released around half as much of the scent compounds, with levels inside the plant's cells building to double or more the normal levels.

The ozone measurements, taken between 2 and 6 miles in altitude (3 - 10 kilometers) over a large part of the eastern Indian Ocean, were as high as 80 parts per billion - levels similar to a polluted day in a U.S. city and several times more than normal.

More importantly, Tregs isolated from patients» tumors were studded with higher - than - normal levels of the immune molecule CCR8, which serves as a trigger for Tregs.

It's believed that the effect is more pronounced in people who are obese and overweight as opposed to normal weight people as they have more insulin resistance and could have higher blood glucose levels.

Those who engage in high levels of physical activity can incorporate more carbohydrates in the diet without gaining weight; those needing to lose weight or control blood glucose levels require more healthy fats in the diet as fats provide satiety and help keep blood sugar within a normal range.

«Of the fifty - seven children who had low blood calcium levels, thirty - eight (66.7 percent) drank more than four bottles (12 to 16 ounces per bottle) of soft drinks per week, but only forty - eight (28 percent) of the 171 children with normal serum calcium levels consumed as much soft drinks These results more than support the contention that soft drink consumption leads to lower calcium levels in children.

In a clinical study of nearly 100 boys, those with lower levels of omega - 3 fatty acids demonstrated more learning and behavioral problems (such as temper tantrums and sleep disturbances) than boys with normal omega - 3 fatty acid levels.

1) Create an «all - natural» SURGE of fat burning hormones 2) Program your body to burn 142 % MORE overall calories 3) Increase Growth Hormone levels to help you look and feel years younger 4) Access fat as a fuel source up to 300 % faster than normal exercise 5) Get fitter, FASTER

Understanding Low T and knowing the signs and symptoms to help you identify it early on can help you take control over the situation as it develops, and put you in the best situation to take steps to stabilize your hormone levels and return to a healthy and more normal way of feeling in no time at all.

A study from the National Institute of Aging found women with low B12 levels were more than twice as likely to develop depression as women with normal B12 status.

People who have a normal weight and eat more wholesome foods have a far lower incidence of menopausal symptoms because their pre - and post-menopause levels of estrogen do not drop as significantly.

Many researchers, however, have rejected the saturated - fat - and - cholesterol theory as a cause of heart disease, because more than 60 percent of all heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels and the majority of people with high cholesterol levels never have heart attacks.

Many researchers, however, have rejected the saturated fat and cholesterol theory as a cause of heart disease because more than 60 percent of all heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels and the majority of people with high cholesterol levels never have heart attacks.

This isn't as much of an issue for people at a relatively normal level of body fat, but below about 10 % of men and around 15 % — 18 % for women, these strategies are more important.

I can confirm that a strict fruitarian diet can certainly lead to low protein levels... as a strict fruitarian for a number of years (2 - 3 I estimate, but actually 5 if i count the time i ate minimal amounts of salad materials as well...), I had blood tests done at the end of this time and indeed my protein levels were low... Total protein was at 6.5 when the ideal is supposedly 7.5... And apart from this, my sports performance as judged by my teachers, was suffering (though I did not feel this in my own body — I was used to performing at that level and felt it as normal for me... and i was newer to the sport than a lot of them... i had great, better than most endurance... which was very satisfying... but apparently I just did not have the physical strength that others with less endurance may have had...) something which immediately improved as I added more protein to my diet....

It's much more personal, subdued, even intimate — and obviously something one of our era's great faces sees as an story that he could explore beyond his normal (but already high level) comic and dramatic range.

Rather, we selected them to represent the normal distribution of schools on such variables as size, student SES, and school level, but weighted more heavily in favor of schools serving high - needs students.

(1) A year or more above grade achievement level for the normal age group in one or more subjects as measured by Nationally normed and validated achievement tests able to accurately reflect gifted performance.

Worse is that this sometimes signals to the greater public that these «new and improved» teacher evaluation systems are being used for more discriminatory purposes (i.e., to actually differentiate between good and bad teachers on some sort of discriminating continuum), or that, indeed, there is a normal distribution of teachers, as per their levels of effectiveness.

Disc brakes will lower the reservoir level as the pads wear, this is normal as the caliper pistons move out and takes up more fluid.

Your mortgage payment will still increase as mortgage rates climb to more historically normal levels.

However, we would caution you that interest rates are currently at all - time lows which imply that the future price of bonds could be just as volatile and fall just as far as stock prices did in 2008 when interest rates return to more normal levels.

The earliest ARMs didn't offer any discount on the initial rate — no «teasers» here — but instead the opportunity that your mortgage rate and monthly payment would decrease as market interest rates returned more toward normal levels.

If the P / E contracts toward normal levels instead, stocks may very well underperform Treasury bills for more than a decade (as they did from 1965 through 1986).

It has rejuvenated these waning dogs — upped energy levels, reduced obese dogs» body weight down to normal, improved skin and coat — and benefited them as much as their younger and more active counterparts have.

Cats do not appear to be affected by conformational differences of the pinnae, as seen with the Scottish fold.3 Excessive hair in the canal, as seen in poodles and schnauzers, can also decrease ventilation and form hair mats that retain debris and create obstructions.7 Shar - peis have stenotic canals that may be predisposed to higher humidity levels and secretions, leading to overgrowth of normal microbial inhabitants.1, 7 An increase in glandular tissue can lead to an increase in cerumen production and debris accumulation, which seems to be more common in cocker spaniels, springer spaniels, and Labrador retrievers.1, 7

When your pet's blood lipase levels are 3x normal, they are considerably more reliable in accurately pointing to the pancreas as the source.

There are 4 difficulty levels including normal, hard, suicidal and hell on Earth with the major differences between each difficulty being significantly noticeable as there will be more enemies per wave, while they possess faster movement, a wider range of attacks and more health, although to make it even harder you will simultaneously have less pickups and less dosh to spend on upgrading your loadout.

As you start up the game there is only one option to play, which is the main story and the difficult level is set to Normal, but as soon as you finish this mission more missions unlock and also judging by how you finished the mission you also get unlockable weapons etc. to help you out if you choose to redo the mission again to try and get a better ranking as you finish the mission with an overview of how well, or bad, you diAs you start up the game there is only one option to play, which is the main story and the difficult level is set to Normal, but as soon as you finish this mission more missions unlock and also judging by how you finished the mission you also get unlockable weapons etc. to help you out if you choose to redo the mission again to try and get a better ranking as you finish the mission with an overview of how well, or bad, you dias soon as you finish this mission more missions unlock and also judging by how you finished the mission you also get unlockable weapons etc. to help you out if you choose to redo the mission again to try and get a better ranking as you finish the mission with an overview of how well, or bad, you dias you finish this mission more missions unlock and also judging by how you finished the mission you also get unlockable weapons etc. to help you out if you choose to redo the mission again to try and get a better ranking as you finish the mission with an overview of how well, or bad, you dias you finish the mission with an overview of how well, or bad, you did.

Elsewhere, every skill challenge has three difficulty levels including normal, hard and pro in which the player has to increase the quality of their performance such as blocking more shots or striking the sparring partner on more occasions to accumulate a lower or higher points quantity depending on defence or offence related skill challenges.

Creatures When dropping Toki in a nest, birds now have a «cooldown», so they won't instantly pick you up again when walking out of the nest Birds don't stop anymore when they sense vibration, making them less annoying when accidentically stomping near them No more random sorting of creatures: they all appear on their assigned depth value, preventing smaller creatures from sometimes getting lost behind bigger creatures Fixed the «spawning multiple camera birds» bug Slug corpses can't kill anymore, so no more accidentally walking into them and dying Bugs When stomped, berrybugs and copybugs now always hop the same distance (3 tiles), making their behavior more predictible Berrybugs now briefly stop if they detect an edge above their heads while walking on the floor, making it easier to stomp them onto a wall Copybugs and berrybugs get stunned when they're in the trajectory of a to be spawned bubble, so they can't hop / roll away before bubble is spawned Glowy berrybugs now use the same turn animation as normal berrybugs, so no more faster glow bugs Frogs and bubbles Bubbles now prioritize Toki Tori over other entities, so no more accidental berrybug ballooning Added a small delay before catching an entity in a bubble to allow for catching Toki Tori, even if he's a little further away than an entity Added possibility to queue a «turn by whistle» while the frog is running towards a berrybug, so you don't have to wait before being able to let the frog face the desired direction Fixed a problem where a fat frog won't belch anymore Achievements In - menu achievements system, including progress achievements Added a number of new achievements Tokidex completion is now a progress achievement (you can see how far along you are) Fixed the Fried Chicken achievement, so it's less hard to get All electrocuted entities now count for the X-Ray Enthusiast achievement Menu Completely new, streamlined and fast to access menu system Ability to set language from menu New font Graphics Improved presentation of telepathic Ancient Frog messages, fixed a problem where sometimes they'd spawn multiple times Fixed black flickering when buttonbashing during fades and level transitions Screenfades are now 100 % black Added button prompts to the first time you need to use whistle and stomp Areas and puzzles Added l - ife area for Ife < 3 Added an extra landing stone in the wasteland area Added more snow globes: — RRB - Water mountain approach: berrybug in the «pro» puzzle can no longer be lost Water mountain top: frog for Ancient Frog puzzle now starts bloated, added light to make «pro» puzzle easier to execute Shaft top: Small tweak to make sure berrybug isn't killed by the slugs midway through the level Water cave: made the light shaft where you need to whistle the hermit crab a bit wider, created hole for frogs at end of level to prevent them from falling down, made some «pro» puzzles a bit more forgiving Dark forest: lowered warp when entering dark area, so it's easier to travel up with a bubble Lava cave: improved bat puzzle Meadow: made some pro puzzles less difficult Hideout: removed alternative solution for Ancient Frog puzzle Descent: made it easier to pick up fat frog at beginning

Adjustable Difficulty Levels and More - Players can toggle among Easy, Normal and Hard difficulties, use the Fast Forward feature to speed up combat as desired, or relive fond memories via in - game movie and art galleries

This leads me to this review's biggest caveat - The Following is an immensely enjoyable and well - crafted survival horror experience that I implore any fan of the genre to at least check out, but don't attempt to do so without levelling Crane up to at least level 12, as the difficulty, even on Normal, will more than give you a run for your money if you try to jump straight in.

There are three difficulty levels including normal, hardcore and murderous with the major differences being that normal offers casual action for gameplay to be more accessible to players who are not familiar with the genre as bullets stop moving when the enemy who fired has been defeated.