Sentences with phrase «rather than other sources»

But it's been hard to measure exactly how much of the nitrate comes from fertilizer, rather than other sources such as dead plants and soil.

The Crown's expert witnesses suggested that it was likely that the particle of FDR came from a gun fired by George rather than some other source.

Not exact matches

Rather than relying on traditional news sources, they get their information from social media feeds — algorithmic streams on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other networks that aggregate preferences from their friends and followers.

Other characteristics that are shared due to the common methodology include: (1) The estimates encompass both transfers and changes in society's real resources (the latter being benefits in the context of the 2016 RIA but costs in this RIA because gains are forgone); (2) the estimates have a tendency toward overestimation in that they reflect an assumption that the April 2016 Fiduciary Rule will eliminate (rather than just reduce) underperformance associated with the practice of incentivizing broker recommendations through variable front - end - load sharing; and (3) the estimates have a tendency toward underestimation in that they represented only one negative effect (poor mutual fund selection) of one source of conflict (load sharing), in one market segment (IRA investments in front - load mutual funds).

While power generation can be shifted to other energy sources rather than coal, it's not so easy to find substitutes for liquid transportation fuels like petrol, diesel fuel, or jet fuel.

Rather than an oil ETF, with our longer view, we prefer ETFs that invests in oil producers who naturally have exposure to WTI, Brent and other petro sources and pay dividends.

Their platform was largely «financed» by the surpluses projected in the November 2014 Update and the April 2015 Budget, rather than having to come up with new Sources of Funds, as is the case for the other two parties..

Rather than seeking to merge with local rivals to avoid competition, regional banks should try to find other ways to diversify sources of revenue, FTC officials have said.

Rather than accepting the science and adapting to other sources of energy, the oil industry has developed an aggressive campaign to obscure the science and advance its own interests.

As long as those investors are a moderate fringe, rather than the core of investors, they become the source of profits for others, but there is no particular danger to market efficiency.

Rather than working in the conventional setting of a company's headquarters, teams opt for a more flexible and agile manner of working — tapping into diverse sources of creativity and connecting with other ambitious companies and individuals.»

This is what I find so distasteful in religious belief — the answers to many of our common needs is simply to care for others rather than delegate that role to a divine source.

@ Others: As for «the source» — I prefer the multitude, rather than a strained notion of some one ideal ONE.

It wants Christian meanings to shape the whole of life rather than compete with others arising from other sources.

The main problem is the perversion of the human heart, which is turned in upon itself, as Augustine said, rather than being open to the other beings as well as to the Source of all being.

But equally important is the other pole, the commitment to the welfare of humanity, the commitment to justice, the commitment to peace, the commitment to an environment that promotes life rather than threaten to extinguish it, the commitment to eliminate toxic drugs and nuclear weapons» (A Source Book for the Community of Religions ed.

The funding for this style of theological reflection is, then, from the imaginative genres of Scripture (parables, stories, confessions, prayers, and so on) rather than from philosophical concepts, the other major source for Western theology.

Finite actual entities, in other words, may well opt for foolish rather than wise possibilities without divine assistance which always is prehended in the form of a feeling or «lure» (along with other feelings, to be sure, from still other sources).

To be sure, those categories are not simply adopted but also transformed to tell the story of Israel's God and why Israel should worship that God rather than the gods of the other nations, a constant source of temptation.

A solution had to be found, but it would have to come from sources other than the old English order [that is, the «ancient realm or the Anglican tradition»] The deep - seated tensions of early seventeenth - century English society had to be solved by some rather novel rearrangements of political and legal institutions.

I think it is better to get the essential fatty acids (EFA's) from plant sources rather than from fish oils, because fish stocks are in danger from over harvesting and can be contaminated with mercury and other toxins.

Other people tend to be seen as ways to gain an advantage rather than as potential sources of mutual support.

Furthermore the existence of a diverse, mobile, and fragmented society, containing groups sufficiently alienated to find identity in religion and a global movement of resistance rather than in the culture of their land of birth, represents a major source of vulnerability for France, as it does for Britain and others.

Improper public to private communication might seem trivial in an environment as open as bond markets but the truth is that private actors are poorly informed and, in more cases than expected, react to media reports rather than information from the Spanish government or other official sources.

Meanwhile, the countries of the Arab world, having fought for democracy in defiance of the US rather than having been inspired by it, are now able to access financial support from other sources (such as China), and may be less inclined to conform to US desires than was previously the case.

However, the city has used increasing amounts of casino revenue to finance general fund operations rather than developing other recurring revenue sources.

But other sources I've seen said that a weakened version of it was kept, in which rather than a separate counseling session, patients had the option of talking to the doctor about end - of - life care as part of their yearly Medicare checkup.

Rather than let those differences be a source of tension, guide the discussion so that the approaches complement each other.

One primary behavioural scientific explanation for the notably short half - life of these types of viral campaign is that they mainly leverage «extrinsic» incentives to do «good», rather than cultivating an internally sourced «intrinsic» motivation to help others.

Two outside sources say the silver lining for astronomers is that NASA hopes to share the fiscal burden equally between astrophysics and other branches of the $ 18 - billion agency rather than pummeling its science programs.

What makes the WEAV potentially appealing as a way to power spacecraft is that it relies on electricity (from a battery or some other power source) rather than combustion — a process that requires oxygen, which is in short supply outside Earth's atmosphere, Colozza says.

«Using broadly tunable laser sources rather than the fixed wavelength source used in this paper can extend this method to detection of other hydrocarbons, threat materials such as chemical warfare agents and explosives, and other biologically important substances used in healthcare and diagnostics,» said Hempler.

Rather than rely just on retraction notices from journals — which in some cases they couldn't access without paying a fee, Casadevall says — they cross-referenced as many retractions as they could with other sources, including reports from the U.S. Office of Research Integrity (ORI), which investigates scientific misconduct.

Materials chemists have been trying for years to make a new type of battery that can store solar or other light - sourced energy in chemical bonds rather than electrons, one that will release the energy on demand as heat instead of electricity — addressing the need for long - term, stable, efficient storage of solar power.

Instead, individual computers would be able to copy and republish content on receipt, providing other users with the option to access data, or fragments of data, from a wide range of locations rather than the source itself.

Rather than using the Land Matrix data, the researchers used miscellaneous grabs listed by GRAIN and other sources.

And it wasn't the only challenge; other fixes include making gates out of metal, connecting transistors with copper rather than aluminum wires, and using «strained» rather than ordinary silicon for the channel between source and drain.

Certain particle compounds may directly generate ROS in vivo because of their surface chemistry (eg, metals, organic compounds, and semiquinones) or after bioactivation by cytochrome P450 systems (eg, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon conversion to quinones).6, 290 a, 290 b A particle surface or anions present on otherwise more inert particles may disrupt iron homeostasis in the lung and thereby also generate ROS via Fenton reactions.291 Other PM constituents may do so indirectly by the upregulation of endogenous cellular sources (eg, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate [NADPH]-RRB- oxidase) 292,293 or by perturbing organelle function (eg, mitochondria) by taken - up PM components.261 Particle stimulation of irritant and afferent ANS fibers may also play a role in local and systemic oxidative stress formation.294 Given the rich antioxidant defenses in the lung fluid, secondarily generated oxidization products of endogenous molecules (eg, oxidized phospholipids, proteins) or a reduction in endogenous antioxidants per se may be responsible at least in part for the state of oxidative stress in the lungs (along with instigating the subsequent cellular responses) rather than ROS derived directly from PM and its constituents.

These include obsessive focus on food choice, planning, purchase, preparation, and consumption; food regarded primarily as source of health rather than pleasure; distress or disgust when in proximity to prohibited foods; exaggerated faith that inclusion or elimination of particular kinds of food can prevent or cure disease or affect daily well - being; periodic shifts in dietary beliefs while other processes persist unchanged; moral judgment of others based on dietary choices; body image distortion around sense of physical «impurity» rather than weight; persistent belief that dietary practices are health - promoting despite evidence of malnutrition.

What I love about them is that all of Spectrum Naturals ® Oils are expeller pressed which «is any sort of oil that has been extracted from nuts, seeds, or other sources through a mechanical process that relies on sheer force rather than chemicals.»

That is to say that poultry should have access to greens as well as be allowed to feed on insects and other natural sources rather than be fed on an artificial or synthetic diet.

Its refreshing to see that ThyroMate has elected for better sources for their ingredients rather than the cheap synthetic versions others may use.

Developing aerobic endurance means that you're training your body to sustain some level of activity for a prolonged period of time, (typically 30 minutes if not much more), and you're utilizing fat as a fuel source rather than glucose (sugar) or some other energy source.

Whole foods rather than oils are better sources of monounsaturated fats because they contribute many other nutrients to the diet.

The latter might include things like pea, soy, or other protein sources, but the fact remains that many people are looking towards these alternative sources of protein rather than finding what is best from within.

If not, then you will need to spend some time and energy on intentionally shaping your character and disposition to be one of wholeness, with your love sourced from within rather than from the outside world and other people in it.

It's clear that Masters of the Universe is a derivative film, from the very Superman - like opening credits and theme song, to the Star Wars type confrontations, and some even cite Jack Kirby's «New Gods» comic books as a primary source, although my belief is that the film's creators merely ripped - off other sources that were influenced Kirby's creations rather than a direct lifting of characters and themes.

Students may learn more about environmental issues by wrestling with empirical data for themselves, rather than receiving pre-digested data and analysis from lectures, the media or any other secondary sources.

Even if we allow for the fact that the typical private school receives something like 20 percent of its revenue from sources other than tuition, this is still rather a big difference.

As we demonstrated in our 2015 analysis of the Common Core debate on Twitter, the dispute about the standards was largely a proxy war over other politically - charged issues, including opposition to a federal role in education, which many believe should be the domain of state and local education policy; a fear that the Common Core could become a gateway for access to data on children that might be used for exploitive purposes rather than to inform educational improvement; a source for the proliferation of testing which has come to oppressively dominate education; a way for business interests to exploit public education for private gain; or a belief that an emphasis on standards reform distracts from the deeper underlying causes of low educational performance, which include poverty and social inequity.