Sentences with phrase «possible buffering effect»

Marital therapy has been suggested as a treatment for couples with a depressed spouse on the basis of the strong association between depressive symptoms and marital distress; the role played by marital negative factors on onset and maintenance of depressive disorders; and the possible buffering effect of interpersonal support and enhanced intimacy on depressive symptoms.

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The researchers considered two possible explanations: Disease suppression might be the result of one or two additional substitutions on the same gene that buffer the harmful effect of the mutation; or suppression may be caused by numerous small substitutions throughout the genome that form an aggregate «shield.»
Whitehead said it is possible that some of the healthier, less impacted killifish could buffer the effects of the spill for the population as a whole.
Recognizing that oceanic buffering overwhelms any possible CO2 effect conflicts with their employers mandate, expressed by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, who announced that «climate change deniers are not welcome in the Department of the Interior», the umbrella agency that manages NOAA.
Considering that in many areas, natural wetlands have decreased, creating these manmade buffers might be a possible answer to slowing the growth of dead zones, which is expected to increase with the effects of climate change.
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