Sentences with phrase «relatively insensitive»

Second, simulations reveal that child poverty rates are nevertheless relatively insensitive to increases in parental employment.

He notes that «Mr. Cessario could be very stubborn, relatively insensitive to the needs and wishes of others, leading to an overly aggressive approach at times, and an unwillingness to accept restrictions on his own freedom of thought or action.»

In a small - scale study, (N = 47), infants» DRD4 genotype was found to moderate the relationship between maternal insensitivity and externalising child behaviour: children who carried the 7 - repeat allele and had relatively insensitive mothers showed the highest level of externalising behaviour [116].

The price of the combination policy would also be relatively insensitive to actual long - term care benefit payments, because of the greater importance of the life annuity payments.

GCM sensitivity studies (Boucher and Anderson, 1995) and column calculations (Nemesure et al., 1995) show that the radiative forcing is a strong function of relative humidity but relatively insensitive to chemical composition.

One reason is that it can be relatively insensitive to the choice of discount rate and therefore may give more robust insights, whereas net benefits may be extremely sensitive to this choice (more on this below).

Based on a careful county - by county analysis of patterns of climate and yields of corn, soybeans, and cotton, Schlenker and Roberts (Schlenker and Roberts 2009) concluded that observed yields from all farms and farmers are relatively insensitive to temperature up to a threshold but fall rapidly as temperatures rise above the threshold.

If the Earth's climate is relatively insensitive to rising carbon levels, then it's somewhat less urgent that we stop burning massive quantities of fossil fuels.

Four years ago, we thought that Thwaites [glacier] was relatively insensitive to change, because of a bedrock ridge — a fence if you will — holding it back.

The estimation of the GLOBAL TREND OVER TIME is relatively INSENSITIVE to adding additional local stations or subtracting local stations.

We concluded that the original regression model was relatively insensitive to the direct effects of forest treatments, including time since treatment, on runoff.

For Marsh «the Earth's temperature is therefore relatively insensitive to changes in carbon dioxide concentrations.»

-LSB-...] The Earth's temperature is therefore relatively insensitive to changes in carbon dioxide concentrations, a doubling leading to a dF of only 4.4 W / m2.»

I suspect I'm at the relatively insensitive end of that scale, but all the same I was struck by how the Royal Academy presented plenty of great paintings in its survey Abstract Expressionism without the whole experience feeling as good as it could have done.

Coughing is a relatively insensitive indicator of the presence of heart failure and can also be caused by a wide range of diseases affected the airways or lungs.

ECG is one of the inexpensive diagnostics but is relatively insensitive for detection of heart enlargement and dysfunction.

Investors are easily motivated to make this trade given the low yield on t - bills and other money market instruments and the fact that the 2 - year note is still relatively insensitive to interest rate changes.

The high - performance battery is relatively insensitive to cold temperatures and has compact dimensions.

«They are relatively insensitive to cross - winds and the camber of the road,» Larsson says.

For example, standardized tests such as NAEP or TIMSS are relatively insensitive to instruction.

Four years ago, we thought that Thwaites [glacier] was relatively insensitive to change, because of a bedrock ridge — a fence if you will — holding it back.

And the reporter is also relatively insensitive, meaning a large dose of tamoxifen is needed to induce labeling in a single clone, he adds.

By 2003 other scientists had genetically manipulated mice to be relatively insensitive to either insulin or insulin - like growth factor; in both cases, the genetically engineered mice lived significantly longer than normal mice.

Group formation, the study's authors found, is relatively insensitive to the magnitude of these tendencies; when both are present, tight groups of insiders — and, consequently, outsiders — inevitably form.

The absence of these proteins renders the uterus «down - regulated,» relatively insensitive to oxytocin even when the oxytocin receptor site density is high.

However, the uterus is relatively insensitive to oxytocin at the beginning of pregnancy.

If it were to appear today it might be approved for use, since the animals that we use to screen for teratogens are relatively insensitive to its effects.

«Early in development, we think these epi - marks are laid down so that girl fetuses will be relatively insensitive to testosterone and male fetuses will be relatively sensitive to testosterone,» Rice said.

While the market value of a floater under normal circumstances is relatively insensitive to changes in interest rates, the income received is, of course, highly dependent upon the level of the reference rate over the life of the investment.

«I am relatively insensitive to market benchmarks, and I opt toward moderate, safe, absolute returns» Michael Steinhardt

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They were bought by a cash - rich giant who already invested in previous rounds and is relatively price insensitive.

It's comprised of two tandem fluorescent proteins: a relatively pH - insensitive RFP variant, DsRed.T3 and a pH - sensitive GFP variant, super ecliptic pHluorin (SEP).

In fact, the latest round of US airline consolidation simply encourages them to slap passengers around even more — I'm sure they plan to raise prices significantly, particularly on transatlantic routes where they perceive US passengers to be relatively price insensitive.

Rebecca pointed out that the home, while neglected in many ways, was also relatively unscathed by the insensitive renovations often seen in older homes: Heritage details, such as wide mouldings, old windows full of character, original fir floors and high ceilings, still remained.