Sentences with phrase «small concentrations of»

The problem is that relatively small concentrations of these chemicals can cause adverse health effects.»

5 x 24 inches, the largely black paintings slow you down until your eyes adjust to the indirect light (signaled by small concentrations of muted colors) in the otherwise darkened room (interlocking black planes).

Dogs have a better sense of smell and hearing than humans, and are able to differentiate aromas and pick up small concentrations of odors.

Effect of very small concentrations of insulin on forearm metabolism.

The taste receptors on the tongue detect extremely small concentrations of substances within the short time it takes to taste it.

For instance, very small concentrations of GBPs might either directly or indirectly act on the insulin - producing cells to regulate ilp2 mRNA expression and peripheral tissues to regulate AKT expression.

Newly confirmed water on the moon could one day help sustain lunar astronauts but, problematically, it seems to be locked up as small concentrations of ice in the lunar soil.

The study still doesn't reveal how such small concentrations of TCA create the effect.

By using as sources supersonic jets of hydrogen or helium containing small concentrations of heavier molecules we have been able to obtain molecular beams with kinetic energies of the heavy molecules well into the range above I electron volt.

For this study, the researchers used the technique to pinpoint small concentrations of nanotubes inside rodents.

While mostly copper, the blade contains small concentrations of lead, arsenic, silver and more than a dozen other chemical elements.

He is part of a team cataloging the microbial diversity of U.S. air — in which the scientists have picked up, among other things, very small concentrations of bacteria related to anthrax.

Only a handful of teams led by a small concentration of stars are able to truly compete for a championship and they tend to stay constant for several years.

The plaintiffs alleged that this tabulation method dilutes the voting power of citizens residing in districts that are home to smaller concentrations of non-voting residents.

Smaller concentrations of gastric acid and thus fewer patients with gastric ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Aging occurs chemically when we have too much oxidative stress on our cells, we don't have enough access to key micronutrients required for all parts of the body to function optimally, and when we start to make smaller concentrations of all of our hormones.

Linkage Schools: Middle schools with smaller concentrations of at - risk students receive smaller investments (between $ 50,000 and $ 240,000 per school in the 2014 - 15 school year) and are expected to focus on fewer strategies (e.g., reducing the percentage of 6th and 7th graders not on standard in math).

On a few cars you'll also find a small concentration of heating elements underneath the resting positions of the front wipers, which defrost the blades.

Not exact matches

Students have the option of choosing from seven concentrations, including Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

He added that the high concentration of artists, makers and small businesses made NYC a prime target.

Currently, Minneapolis has the fourth highest concentration of small businesses in the nation, thanks in no small part to the city's variety of financing programs designed to help Minneapolis - based businesses.

The highest concentration of Gen Y workers are at small companies with less than 100 employees (47 %), followed by medium companies that have between 100 and no more than 1,500 employees (30 %), and the fewest work in large companies with more than 1,500 employees (23 %).

These risks often are heightened for investments in emerging / developing markets, in concentrations of single countries or smaller capital markets.

However, the relatively low difficulty of Litecoin for much of the last year combined with what had been a smaller mining community means that some early miners may hold large concentrations of Litecoin.

When concentrations of very small particles of wood smoke pollution (smaller than 2.5 microns, a.k.a. «PM 2.5») reach above 10 micrograms per cubic meter, researchers find a 7 percent increase in asthma inhaler refills.

Balance refers to the concentration of the underlying portfolio in a small handful of individual securities.

Even a drug industry consultant, Gary Novack, said it would be ideal to have a smaller drop with a higher concentration of medicine.

Alibaba.com has more than 2 million U.K. members, making Britain the website's second - largest concentration of small businesses who use the website to source products from international suppliers.

61 % of investments by Angel groups were made in Ontario with a smaller concentration in British Columbia (17 %)

This smaller unit (vs. 16) toward which the whole passage is pointed 7 is the reproduction — insofar as such is capable of reproduction — of the word received in prophetic concentration / ecstasy.

But in comparison with global corporations and their vast concentrations of capital, the required capital will be on a small scale.

However, it has belatedly come to attention that, for example, in concentration camps, people have a better chance of survival if they band together into small groups of selfless persons who are ready to give the little they have to the most needy among them.

The program called for mixed public - private ownership of key industries to prevent monopolies and economic concentration, «planning and direction» of the economy, self - management of economic relations through occupational councils, promotion of small - to medium - sized firms, and protection of individual freedom and private property.

In each small region of space the concentration of a given reagent is not quite constant, but undergoes increases and decreases, usually small.

Bordeaux Reds: The red wines have an intense color, very high concentration of anthocyanins, a nose of small black berries (blackcurrants, mulberries, blueberries), powerful and structured length, round, delicate tannins.

Smaller crops with smaller grapes mean a greater concentration of flavors and betteSmaller crops with smaller grapes mean a greater concentration of flavors and bettesmaller grapes mean a greater concentration of flavors and better wine.

Many researchers feel that consuming such a high concentration (there's usually only a small amount of gluten in a wheat - based food) could lead to widespread inflammation by oversaturating the body with gluten.

Unlike whey, when high concentrations of powder are mixed with small amounts of water, the pea protein can be formed into semi-solid mixtures.

The liquid concentrate constitutes a small wastewater stream, recycled to add to the fresh solid waste in the slurry - making stage, or recycled to a TAR pre-treatment, disposed of in a conventional anaerobic / aerobic or aerobic wastewater treatment plant, or treated in a dedicated wastewater treatment plant (RO - concentration / evaporator).

All those years toiling on the mound, peering down the long alley toward the plate at those constant disturbers of his sense of well - being settling into their stances and flicking their bats — and then to look down one day and find Henry Aaron there, the large, peaceful, dark face with the big eyes and the high forehead, and to know that one mistake, one small lapse of concentration, would place the pitcher's name forever in the record books as having thrown the «immortal gopher.»

Even if it could, the concentration of the acid in the small beads of a teething necklace would be ridiculously small.

Taking supplements during lactation rapidly increases the concentrations of thiamin, riboflavin, and vitamin B - 6 in milk, but increases in vitamin B - 12 levels are small even when high doses are given to the mother for 2 months.

The pills are small and will dissolve easily in a baby's mouth and have such teeny tiny concentrations of active ingredient that there's debate over whether they can do anything at all.

Indeed, the ability of a small clique in political party apparatuses to determine who runs for office, coupled with proportional representation systems that allow for the concentration of power in the hands of a few, has led to tight control of who gets elected.

In the small (9 city blocks) neighborhood of Park South, the concentration of buildings owned by the slumlord had a major impact.

There is too big a concentration of wealth in a small number of countries.»

It surprises me, because in Europe, most left - wing parties are quite critical of the European Union, arguing that democracy works better on a smaller scale level, that a strong concentration of power is bad (e.g. increases susceptibility to corporate corruption), that the European Union is mostly a neoliberal project, among other arguments.

However, the resolution of the LEND instrument is greater than the size of most PFS, so smaller PFS slopes, perhaps approaching yards in size, may have significantly higher abundances, and indications are that the greatest hydrogen concentrations are within the permanently shaded regions, according to McClanahan.

The new study also found that snow takes up airborne particulate matter and alters the concentrations of different nanoparticles, the smallest particles found in air pollution.

Examining the distribution patterns of microfossils, Shen's Harvard colleagues have discovered that the marine eukaryotic algae of 1.5 billion years ago occupied only the ocean shallows and not the deeper basins, indicating a smaller oxygen concentration in the atmosphere than exists today.