Sentences with phrase «nearly twice»

Of course, there are already multiple deep - water wells in the Gulf of Mexico alone, including ones such as Shell's Perdido at roughly 2,450 meters beneath the waves that are nearly twice as deep as the BP blowout.

In this best - case future, the health centers would be able to care for a total of 37 million people by 2020, or nearly twice the number of patients currently served.

That's nearly twice as long as the average catnap for Westerners, Samson said.

Along these lines, the research team found that people in their 40s reported nearly twice as much pain relief after lap - band as those who had the surgery in their 50s.

The recent finding that women in seven sub-Saharan Africa countries are nearly twice as likely to acquire HIV if they use a popular, long - acting injectable contraceptive, has incensed AIDS researchers.

Nearly twice as long as Hubble, and boasting a light - collecting mirror several times larger, JWST will also venture farther afield than its elder counterpart.

The cancer associated suicide rate is nearly twice that of US - general population.

This pool houses nearly twice as much mercury as soils outside of the northern permafrost region, the ocean and the atmosphere combined.

For instance, average inpatient days for blood cancers varied from 8 in France to 48 in Greece; and the average healthcare costs in Finland were nearly twice as high as in Belgium ($ 18014 vs $ 9596), despite both countries having similar national income per capita.

Surgical site infections (SSIs) acquired by patients in Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals are associated with costs nearly twice as high compared to patients who do not have this complication.

The study reveals northern permafrost soils are the largest reservoir of mercury on the planet, storing nearly twice as much mercury as all other soils, the ocean and the atmosphere combined.

A car travelling at the present standard limit of 60 kilometres an hour takes nearly twice as far to stop as one doing 40 kilometres an hour.

The results of a study of 3,790 couples also found that uninfected men were nearly twice as likely to acquire HIV from a female partner using the contraceptive, whose active ingredient is progesterone.

Men who had smoked were nearly twice as likely to die from cancer, especially lung cancer, but there was also an elevated risk of death from cancers of the head and neck, esophagus, stomach, colorectum, liver, pancreas and bladder — all diseases that have been linked to smoking in previous studies, according to the authors.

Income segregation between neighborhoods rose 20 percent from 1990 to 2010, and income segregation between neighborhoods was nearly twice as high among households that have children compared to those without.

The meta - analysis of findings from 15 studies by the European Eye Epidemiology Consortium found that around a quarter of the European population is short - sighted but it is nearly twice as common in younger people, with almost half (47 per cent) of the group aged between 25 and 29 years affected.

Atalla finds that briefly soaking corn stover (the leftover parts of the plant, such as husks) in a solution of sodium hydroxide, ethanol, and water changes the molecular structure of the cellulose, allowing him to convert nearly twice as much of it as is possible with existing methods.

Smoking after diagnosis was also associated with more than double the risk of overall mortality (RR, 2.22) over the course of the study, and was associated with nearly twice the risk of colorectal cancer - specific mortality (RR, 1.92).

Results of the auditory tests show that young adults who were stunted in childhood were nearly twice as likely to show signs of hearing loss.

In mice where two - thirds of their livers had been removed surgically, SW033291 accelerated regrowth of new liver nearly twice as fast as normally happens without medication.

In multiple regressions, effect sizes for contemporary patch size were nearly twice those for historical climate change.

Children who were victims of bullying were at nearly twice the risk of displaying symptoms of anorexia (11.2 percent prevalence compared to 5.6 percent of children who were not involved in bullying) and bulimia (27.9 percent prevalence compared to 17.6 percent of children not involved in bullying).

In a different study, sleep researchers at Loughborough University in England found that after a 30 - minute exposure to cell phone signals in talk mode, people took nearly twice as long to fall asleep as they did when the phone had been off or in standby mode.

RAND also found that the U.S. is the world's leading publisher of scientific journals and magazines and that Americans spend nearly twice as much pursuing graduate degrees in the science and related fields as other industrialized nations.

For instance, in an octopus, the majority of neurons are in the arms themselves — nearly twice as many in total as in the central brain.

The ED - initiated buprenorphine group was nearly twice as likely to be enrolled in addiction treatment, and used illicit opioids for fewer days, during the 30 days after the ED visit.

Naccarato and his colleagues found that cloud - to - ground lightning — the most common type — was nearly twice as common over large cities as over surrounding areas.

Permanent researchers were twice as likely as temporary researchers to have filed a patent, nearly twice as likely to have taken part in public engagement activities, and nearly three times as likely to have had an impact on policy.

People who were more knowledgable about a subject were nearly twice as likely to remember incidents relating to that topic that never happened.

The dino was about 1.65 meters long, a little longer than a modern condor, but at an estimated 20 kilograms, it was probably nearly twice as heavy as that bird.

Gay men in the UK under the age of 22 were nearly twice as likely to be out of the closet to their entire team (30 per cent) than in most other English speaking countries.

In a 2007 study, Meharg found that rice grown in some South - central states contained nearly twice as much arsenic (an average of 30 ppb) as rice grown in California (an average of 17 ppb).

«Warming in the Andes is occurring at a rate nearly twice the global average and it's already impacting water resources as shown in this research.

In its supercritical state, carbon dioxide is nearly twice as dense as steam, resulting in a very high power density.

For example, one study surveyed over 40,000 adults and found that individuals who began drinking before age 14 developed alcohol dependence during their lifetime at nearly twice the rate as those who began drinking at age 21 or older.

«Feral bees expressed some immune genes at nearly twice the levels of managed bees following an immune challenge,» Frank says.

Men who produced ejaculates with less than four percent normal sperm were nearly twice as likely to have produced a sample in the summer months (June to August), or if they were younger than 30 years old, to have used cannabis in the three month period prior to ejaculation.

After adjusting for numerous possible confounding factors, including body mass index and alcohol use, the researchers found that women in the highest quartile of GGT had nearly twice the risk of subsequent gestational diabetes than those in the lowest quartile.

17 That's still nothing compared with Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a seemingly eternal 400 - mile - per - hour hurricane nearly twice the size of our entire planet.

A 2016 ProPublica investigation found that COMPAS, a tool used by many courtrooms to predict whether a criminal will break the law again, wrongly predicted that black defendants would reoffend nearly twice as often as it made that wrong prediction for whites.

Though he has nearly twice the muscle in his arms and legs as other children his age, the German boy is perfectly healthy.

In fact, the rate of infections resistant to two different antibiotics declined nearly twice as much as infections that could be treated with antibiotics.

Statistically, the risk of becoming caregivers for their parents is nearly twice as high for first - born children as it is for their younger siblings.

And seemed to be eating nearly twice as much squid as their ancestors did — maybe due to the combined effects of commercial fishing and climate change.

They also were nearly twice as likely to have a shorter length of time between diagnosis and the first sign that the tumor was getting worse.

A Google DeepMind AI has scored up to 6600 on the game, but it was trained for nearly twice as long.

In a study published in July, he and a team identified four legs on the 272 - vertebrate fossil, with hind legs nearly twice the size of the front legs.

Indeed, the animals bunched together nearly twice as tightly when they heard the Maasai.

«It is nearly twice as high as in all other cases that have been documented to date,» says a delighted Ivanova.

«Fish lasts nearly twice as long in a 32 °F slush as it does at typical refrigerator temperatures,» says McGee, who recommends flaked or finely chopped ice because it makes better contact with contours than large cubes or slabs.