Sentences with phrase «not immune»
Similarly, academia is not immune to the glass ceiling problem among Asian Americans.
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While the South Atlantic is not immune to tropical cyclones, they occur so infrequently there that scientists barely pay attention.
«Even Libyan citizens are not immune to random violence.»
Even wildlife in highly protected areas is not immune.
«Predatory journals a global problem: Investigation reveals high income countries not immune.»
Not only are they produced by immune cells, they are also produced by cells whose functions are not immune - related.
Even planets are not immune to the relentless action of tides.
National Institutes of Health researchers studying zebrafish have determined that a population of cells that protect the brain against diseases and harmful substances are not immune cells, as had previously been thought, but instead likely arise from the lining of the circulatory system.
A single case of measles can spark a major outbreak, especially in communities were many people are not immune.
«Unfortunately the fact that Kimberley corals are not immune to bleaching suggests that corals living in naturally extreme temperature environments are just as threatened by climate change as corals elsewhere,» says Dr Schoepf.
Senior author Regina LaRocque, MD, MPH, explains, «Measles is one of the most infectious diseases known — 90 percent of people who are not immune will contract measles from an even - minimal exposure to someone who is infected.
«However, we now know that lymphatic vessels enable metastasis, and other studies also show that they play an important role in whether or not immune cells recognize and attack cancer cells.»
Even scientists are not immune, subject to experimenter - expectation bias, or the tendency for observers to notice, select and publish data that agree with their expectations for the outcome of an experiment and to ignore, discard or disbelieve data that do not.
Larger charities are not immune.
«They're not immune to the same laws of biology that the plants are succumbing to.»
Earth's neighbors were not immune to impacts.
When researchers study centenarians, people who live to be 100 or older — as Barzilai and his colleagues have been doing at Albert Einstein for more than a decade — they find that these well - aged individuals are certainly not immune to chronic diseases, but they get them later in life.
Thus it appears that Bhutan is not immune to earthquakes, and that the country's apparent aseismicity was just an information gap, the team reported late last month in Geophysical Research Letters.
Freud eventually admitted that — despite the most purely Freudian self - analysis in history — even he was not immune to the forces of repressed sexuality.
Political science; social, cultural, and religious studies; law; and economics are obvious targets, but other disciplines like archeology, physics, and math are not immune to attacks.
«Our detector senses proteins, not an immune response against them,» Krapf says.
Alas postdocs are also not immune to such periods of unpaid work or even career interruptions, because even though the starting date for a new position tends to be close to the allocation of the grant, the FJI reports delays as long as 8 months before the names of the grant - holders are actually announced.
Nobel laureates are not immune from eccentric beliefs.
«The eye is not immune to immunity.»
Even the goliath birdeater is not immune.
But even at a reactor that does not fare as well in a large earthquake and is not immune to the loss of off - site power, there is «essentially zero risk of early fatalities,» according to the NRC worst - case modeling.
Aral himself is a runner, and admits he's not immune to the social contagion he found.
The success of any given vaccine depends on so - called herd immunity, in which a high rate of immunization in a population helps to protect those individuals who are not immune.
What's more, proportional systems tend to produce coalitions of two or more parties, potentially leading to unstable and ineffectual government — although plurality systems are not immune to such problems, either (see «Power in the balance»).
A former director of elections for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Martin Agyei Korsah has disclosed that Ghana's electoral system is not immune to rigging.
«The National Assembly is not immune to the law that is applicable to anybody in this country but the anti-corruption agencies must respect the independence of the legislature and seek an informed opinion whenever they are delving into issues that concern the legislature because they are still seen as part of the executive.
The state senate is not immune from change.
More and more people across the country are dying from Alzheimer's disease — and central New York is not immune to the trend.
Yet, as recent events have made clear, Vermont is not immune to the risk of extreme violence in our schools or communities.
New York City — which typically attracts an influx of immigrants and college graduates looking for jobs — is not immune to the trend.
«The number of cyber attacks in the United States continues to rise and New York State is not immune to this threat,» Cuomo said.
«National economic growth slowed in 2016 and New York is not immune,» Morris Peters, a Budget Division spokesman said, «but under this administration unemployment is down in every region of the state, median household income growth is outpacing the nation as a whole, taxes are down for every New Yorker, and upstate is benefiting from the largest economic development investment in history.»
Still, while the City of Corning is thriving compared to many others in the Southern Tier, it's not immune to the economic pressures facing local governments across upstate: a stagnant tax base, rising pension costs and a limited ability to increase revenues due to the state property tax cap.
Syracuse is not immune to the disconnect between the African American community and police.
Larger stores were not immune, either.
Even the BBC is not immune from difficulties and now is certainly not the time to indulge in BBC - bashing.
However, Britain is not immune from fatalities, with 1,422 children killed or maimed in deprived areas in 2005, making road accidents the leading cause of death among ten to 25 - year - olds.
However, even our neighbors and friends were not immune to attempts to poison the well.
«Senator Schumer is not immune from the anti-incumbent sentiment among voters, but it would take a major effort to unseat him,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist Institute for Public Opinion.
Hughes told MPs: «I am not immune to the ideas that this is a hideous crime, and I am deeply embarrassed, but I can say with honesty that at the time I was both deputy and chief constable, I had no idea of the scale or scope of this type of organised crime.»
Happy people are less vulnerable to fear, not immune.
Similarly, those who know me will also know that even a hard - hearted old crone like myself is not immune to the considerable aesthetic charms of Tone.
«This is a very serious issue that affects organizations throughout our country including colleges and universities, and Skidmore is not immune from that,» said Wise.
Obama was not immune from boos.
Bratton, for example, was not immune to criticism from his then - boss Mayor Rudy Giuliani for enjoying the city's nightlife during his first stint at 1PP in the mid 1990s.