Sentences with phrase «relative increase in»

Since the Royal Commission, the greatest relative increase in incarceration has been for Indigenous women.

The variation in smoking behavior during the observation period is rather low, but nevertheless indicates a relative increase in smoking for males and a decrease for females.

The researchers calculated that the relative increase in births was 27 % for women who lost access to Planned Parenthood.

The introduction of class action legislation has led to a relative increase in competition law private actions in Canada, largely as a result of consolidating the considerable expenses of commencing competition law private actions.

Although Turkey is the world's fourth largest investor in coal, recording the largest relative increase in annual GHG emissions between 1990 — 2010 with Ankara declaring 2012 the year of coal, Turkey is asking for more funds in the climate negotiations.

The relative increase in power prices is small compared to the existing charges for transmission, distribution and retail margins: it would add about as much as a carbon price.

In C4 tropical grassland, no relative increase in herbaceous C3 success occurred in double - ambient CO2 (Stock et al., 2005).

«Where solar panels are concerned, the suppression of reflected light translates into a 3 - 6 percent relative increase in light - to - electricity conversion efficiency and power output of the cells.

In the past few years, this country is recording the largest relative increase in annual carbon emissions.

Given this, it is likely that the 0.3 W / m ^ 2 figure quoted in the article is a mistake, but it is possible that expected increase in forcing is greater than 0.3 W / m ^ 2 per decade; and also that different assumptions were used in the calculation, resulting in a much higher relative increase in energy imbalance for a given increase in forcing.

In general, models suggest that they are a positive feedback — i.e. there is a relative increase in high clouds (which warm more than they cool) compared to low clouds (which cool more than they warm)-- but this is quite variable among models and not very well constrained from data.

The closer you are to retirement, the greater the relative increase in your amortized rate of return.

With comfort paramount for the new Flying Spur, a new 19» tyre has been specifically developed, utilising a 12 % relative increase in sidewall height combined with greater vertical compliance to improve impact isolation.

While there is about a 12 percent relative increase in white students scoring above 1100 on the SAT and above 24 on the ACT, there is a 50 percent relative increase for Hispanics, and an 80 percent relative increase for black students.

During early fasting, the relative increase in whole body lipolytic rate was blunted in women compared with men, whereas the decline in the rate of glucose production was similar in both genders.»

The weight of the adrenal gland was similar in rats on all diets; however, when normalized to body weight CR and IF diets caused a relative increase in adrenal size, the magnitude of which was greater in females, compared with males.

This even makes sense when you look at the relative increase in weight: Going from 24 kg to 32 kg is a 30 % jump.

By limiting one (carbohydrate), the proportion of the other two (fat, proteins, or both) will inevitably see a relative increase in the diet.

Missing out 8 - 10 glasses of water a day predicts a reduction in overall body efficiency and a relative increase in carried toxic byproducts.

That translates to a 6 % to 9 % relative increase in the risk of gestational diabetes for every increase of about 18 degrees Fahrenheit (or every 10 degrees Celsius), the researchers calculated.

... ratio of retreat to the along - flow stress - coupling length is proportional to the relative increase in speed, consistent with typical ice flow and sliding laws.

The BDGP was awarded a three year grant from the NCHGR in December 1995 that allows for a four-fold increase over the next 18 months in funding devoted to production sequencing; technological advances and economies of scale should allow a substantially greater relative increase in output.

If the cloud cover is less the planet is warmer and visa versa, an relative increase in cloud cover causes the planet to cool.

However, video tracking revealed the knockdown group showed a generally lower velocity and a relative increase in speed during the beginning of the dark phase.

Periodontitis at baseline was also associated with a relative increase in the pro-inflammatory state over the six - month follow - up period.

The relative increase in the gene's prevalence in infected animals may have led to lower viral levels in the communities, Hahn suggests, which may help account for why no transmission has been detected at Gombe in more than 2 years.

However, this agility is compromised when researchers try to shrink skyrmions to the smallest size possible — the smaller they get the more likely they are to get pinned because of the relative increase in defect site dimensions.

A height of less than 162 cm (about 5» 3») was associated with a 60 % relative increase in the 1 - year mortality rate, a 34 % relative decrease in the 1 - year transplant rate, and a 39 % relative increase in the 1 - year respiratory failure rate compared with those of average height (170 to 176.5 cm), according to Sell and fellow researchers.

The relative increase in the non-Caucasian population could trigger equal increases in some health problems — such as diabetes and high blood pressure — that afflict some minorities at high rates.

Results showed a six percent increase over clinics that did not use the alert system, representing a 37 percent relative increase in vaccinations from the prior year.

The boost may be due to a relative increase in methane - producing microorganisms called archaea in the digestive systems of treated cattle due to the suppression of antibiotic - susceptible bacteria, the team suggests.

This was largely due the stabilized depreciation of the Ghana Cedi against major trading currencies and the relative increase in power supply.

How could you not know the difference between absolute and relative increases in cannabis consumption?

Smaller ancestors like dog relatives increased in size more than larger ancestors like hippos to reach that optimal weight, suggesting that bigger is better for aquatic life, but only up to a point.

- Greatest relative increases in use of hydromorphone (known as Dilaudid) and morphine; Hydromorphone and oxycodone had the greatest relative increases from 2005 - 2010

But the process is uneven, leading to relative increases in fat tissue in some places even as other places lose nearly all of their fat.

In this study, performance was, for the most part, «maintained,» with relative increases in a few of the tests; eg, the «legs closed barrier.»

The eight researchers, all from Portugal, report that the growth of the mussels, measured as relative increases in shell size and body weight during the 84 days of the experiment, «did not differ among treatments.»

It has been suggested that the inhibition of precipitation formation may enable relative increases in the amount of latent heat of freezing released, resulting in a considerable amplification of energy in storm systems (Tinsley 2010; Tinsley et al. 2012).

Paternal - and not so much maternal - support predicted relative decreases in depressive symptoms and loneliness and relative increases in quality of life.

«Some areas in the South region saw relative increases in showing activity in January, compensating for the slowdowns experienced in the fourth quarter due to Hurricane Irma.»

Not exact matches

According to Morgan Stanley, M&A offer intensity, the number of offers relative to the number of stocks, increased to 3.2 % in the first quarter from 2.5 % in the fourth.

They're paying the lowest premium in nearly three years to protect against a 10 % decline in Nvidia's stock over the next three months, relative to bets on a 10 % increase, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

The Canadian dollar appreciated by nearly 42 % relative to the greenback, mostly due to the increase in the value of Canada's oil exports.

«It is highly unlikely that coral reefs will survive more than a two degree increase in average global temperature relative to pre-industrial levels,» he said.

Percent refers to a relative increase or reduction, while percentage point refers to the actual change in rate.

Oil sands production will continue to increase in the near term, likely through 2020 if not beyond, unless prices decrease materially relative to today.

Other cities earn a relative score, where a one - point increase or decrease equates to a 1 % change in the cost of living.

Canada has seen its co-efficient increase by 0.02 since the 1970s, whereas the U.S. has seen a relative ballooning of 0.06 in the same time frame.

If, in fact, an increase in the minimum wage were to result in a net increase in nominal aggregate spending, then we could eliminate any shortfall in aggregate demand relative to aggregate supply by merely boosting the minimum wage to whatever level necessary to eliminate the gap.