Sentences with phrase «small increases in»

Scientists agree that even a small increases in the global temperature lead to significant climate and weather changes, affecting cloud cover, precipitation, wind patterns, the frequency and severity of storms, and the timing of seasons.

Downing and his colleagues also found that even small increases in harmful algal blooms could impact the atmosphere.

... Polar amplification explains in part why Greenland Ice Sheet and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appear to be highly sensitive to relatively small increases in CO2 concentration and global mean temperature... Polar amplification occurs if the magnitude of zonally averaged surface temperature change at high latitudes exceeds the globally averaged temperature change, in response to climate forcings and on time scales greater than the annual cycle.

Even small increases in body - mass index and fat - cells sizes have been associated with a significant increase in the risk of developing diabetes (31).

«Small increases in the price of oil and natural gas will have a very strong impact on the margin profile on energy companies, because their costs are still declining,» Marks said.

We find that, for even small increases in interest rates, the net impact of higher interest rates dominates the effect of lower tax rates, so that the net effect of EGTRRA is to reduce investment.

However, since the federal fund rate increases have been minor so far, borrowers with variable - rate loans will likely only see small increases in their monthly loan payments for now.

Why give up the incremental annual return that irrational volatility can provide, particularly when even small increases in annual returns can have a big impact on compounding and long term returns?

And small increases in annual costs can have a huge erosive effect on portfolio performance over time.

As we've laid out previously apartment owners can benefit from even small increases in rents, have demographics and social trends on their side and new supply has been quite limited over the last decade (see here, here and here for the details).

If the technology basically remains the same and we see only the same small increases in hardware, it might not be enough to continue to the strong sales figures.

«Even small increases in speed have large effects on the force of impact.

Honda's single - cam V - 6 is revised from last year with small increases in output but substantial improvements in fuel economy.

The evidence demonstrates that turnarounds produce at best temporary small increases in test scores, but at the high cost of destabilizing schools and communities in the long run.

Results have been mixed, ranging from gains in high school graduation and college enrollment rates (e.g., Chingos and Peterson 2012), small increases in reading and math scores (e.g., Greene et al. 1998), or increases in math but not reading scores (Rouse 1998), to no significant change in test scores (e.g., Howell and Peterson 2006; Wolf et al. 2011).

«The study finds that being closer to a charter school led to small increases in math and reading scores, boosts in reported student engagement and school safety, and fewer students being held back a grade (in the traditional public school.)

But it would guarantee districts as much basic aid for each of the next four years as they received this year, so poorer districts would see only relatively small increases in state aid...

However, as Paul Peterson shows (see «Ticket to Nowhere,» p. 39), long - term trend data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reveal only small increases in mathematics and science scores after 1982, when scores for 17 - year - olds reached their nadir.

Therefore, small increases in the schooling of teachers may be just as valuable (and costly) as larger increases in the schooling of the average worker.

A retrospective, worldwide study found small increases in sugar can lead to significant increases in type 2 diabetes rates.

In addition, studies have recently reported that small increases in urban air pollution can decrease insulin sensitivity in healthy subjects (21), suggesting that air pollution contributes to the metabolic syndrome and a progression to Type 2 diabetes.

Instead, you should follow your weight loss diet up with a series of small increases in your calorie intake over the course of several weeks, which allows you to slowly adapt to eating more food again (avoid the dreaded post-diet binges).

Interestingly, the improvements in the participants were due to small increases in FV consumption.

Do you find that you can't tolerate even small increases in thyroid medication without feeling jittery and anxious?

Weight lifting and high intensity interval training (HIIT) are workouts that often produce small increases in testosterone production.

The small increases in carbohydrates are carefully managed on a week - by - week basis.

Relatively small increases in testosterone levels — which is the best you could hope for through natural supplementation — will have no effect on strength or muscle gain.

For the ladies reading this... don't worry about exercise - induced small increases in these hormones... the amount of T in the female body is so small compared to men that minor increases won't lead to any «masculinization» (I might have just made that word up)... instead it just helps get a leaner and more shapely body.

According to researchers, this data cumulatively substantiates the notion that even small increases in supplemental iodine may increase risk for thyroid autoimmunity (9).

So with even small increases in animal products and with the plant nutrition reduced, it seems only logical that the diseases of affluence would be beginning to take hold.

Even small increases in activity at a population level could have far - reaching positive impacts on chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and several cancers [1 - 4].

Within a week after the explosions at the Fukushima plant, there were reports of very small increases in radionuclides on the continental U.S.

September 14, 2016 New analysis explores the geographical origins of the flu A computer model developed by UChicago's Sarah Cobey and her team shows that small increases in transmission rates may lead to the spread of new seasonal strains from east, south and southeast Asia.

Even seemingly small increases in caloric intake can contribute to weight gain, with small daily increases adding up over time.

They noted small increases in microbes upon the initial addition of mucus.

This revealed which parts of the brain were most active by detecting small increases in the blood flow to these brain areas.

In addition, wheat yield declines due to climate change are likely to be larger than previously thought and should be expected earlier, starting even with small increases in temperature,» points out Prof. Dr. Reimund Rötter from Natural Resources Institute Finland.

He says the benefits of reducing pollution from traffic in cities will far exceed the risks of small increases in lead releases.

«I think the findings have real - world applications, such as using avatars in video games to «nudge» people to increase physical activity, or getting people more comfortable with small increases in physical activity before taking on more intense physical routines,» said Peña.

«Even modest increases in psychological distress are noteworthy for both researchers and policy makers since we know that even small increases in stress can impact health.»

Earlier studies had linked several genes to small increases in asthma risk.

Vaccination with the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine - 7 [PCV7 — a vaccine that covers 7 strains (serotypes) of Streptococcus pneumoniae] is linked to overall decreases in the rate of serious infections caused by this bacterium, such as pneumonia and meningitis, referred to as invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD)-RSB-, but small increases in IPD caused by serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae not covered by the vaccine (referred to as non-vaccine type IPD), according to a study published in PLOS Medicine this week.

That's precise enough to ensure detection of small increases in trace gases due to large, distributed sources such as cities.

Hotspots of radiation from the nuclear disaster are still likely to cause localized, small increases in cancer risk, according to a new report by the World Health Organization

Fact: Some trials have shown small increases in muscle mass and slight improvements in grip strength with testosterone supplementation.

Sensing small increases in CO2, the carotid body, a small cluster of cells in the neck, spurs big increases in breathing to remove excess CO2 and keep a person out of trouble.

This could have significant implications for Antarctica's ice shelves and ice sheets, with previous research showing that even small increases in ocean temperatures can substantially increase melt rates around the Peninsula.

The PSC found that the company was only entitled to increase revenues to cover increases in local property taxes and required investments in the water system plus small increases in labor and other operating expenses.

While the Liberal Democrats are obviously a long way below the share of the vote they achieved at the General Election, they have recovered from the despairs of Kennedy's ousting and, if anything, the trend now seems to once again be in their favour, with the last three published polls all showing small increases in their support.

For example, the very small increases in the minimum wage that took effect in eight states on January 1, 2012 as a result of those states» indexing laws will generate an additional $ 366 million in GDP and create the equivalent of more than 3,000 full - time jobs, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.