Sentences with phrase «small number of events»

The small number of events could be considered another limitation; however, the present study was sufficiently powered for detection of the moderately large effect sizes observed for the key diet - disease associations.

However, the result is still tentative because of the small number of events seen and because of the possibility — considered rare — that muon neutrinos could be misidentified as electron neutrinos.

Most individual perinatal outcomes were rare, and adjusted odds ratios could not be estimated because of the small numbers of events (see appendix 8 on bmj.com for individual perinatal outcomes).

Others simply attributed the surprising results to sweeping statistical extrapolations being made from very small numbers of events, or to systematic weaknesses in the MOA survey's observations and analyses that the 2011 paper's authors had failed to account for.

The association with traumatic brain injuries was not as clear as for head injuries, which may be due to a smaller number of these events in the study population.

Put another way, a warmer climate will place greater demands on the atmosphere to transport heat upward and poleward, but this will be done more efficiently, in a smaller number of events that each accomplish more of the required transport.

It should be noted, however, that the risks presented for the earliest cohort are based on relatively small numbers of events and are subject to a wide margin of uncertainty.

Not exact matches

CNN noted that its growth doesn't look as impressive as its competitors in part because the network had a number of special presidential debates and town - hall events in the first quarter of last year that boosted its reach, so the rise since then is smaller by comparison.

An event, even for a relatively small number of customers, can be a very worthwhile investment if those customers share images and comments about the experience to their social networks.

A number of smaller events occur around the same time, mostly designed to let new hires and leadership get to know one another.

Karen Mills, former head of the U.S. Small Business Administration and the keynote speaker at the event said, «Small business owners are seeing the number of alternative sources for financing their companies grow at an unprecedented rate, and while this is a good thing in terms of increasing access to capital, borrower protections have not caught up.

In any given situation when a bad thing happens, not only is there a nearly infinite number of small variables swirling around that event, but there are also a number of larger, governing principles which may be active, and which help explain why some of these bad things happen.

A significant number of high intensity vibration events were recorded along the transport chain, most of which were restricted to a relatively small portion of the western bank Sigatoka Valley road.

I've spoken at a number of events, from large conferences to small, interactive workshops.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

Not surprisingly, a number of these events smaller fundraisers for state lawmakers over the last six months have taken place in Albany, usually at either the Fort Orange Club or the Hilton Albany.

In the wake of the storm, Cuomo said a number of smaller communities wiped out their entire snow removal budgets for the year just responding to this single event.

The graduate division also sponsored a number of social events — both large and small — as a way to get postdocs to meet one another.

On March 22, Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupted for the first time in 20 years, a violent event followed by a number of smaller emissions.

Small ecosystems are more vulnerable to extinctions; their member species are fewer in number and have limited refuge, and so are at statistically greater risk of being eliminated by a single event, whether a hurricane or the introduction of a predatory snake.

The species maintained OSP levels even when small numbers of adult males were being removed to protect salmon runs in the Columbia River and climate events were depressing growth.

«People with the three gene versions believed to encourage depression had a smaller hippocampus than those with fewer or none of these gene versions, even though they had the same number of stressful life events,» says study leader Lukas Pezawas, describing the results.

Interestingly, the study shows that there is a long - term decline in heavy rainfall events (greater than 25 mm / h) and an associated increase in the number of smaller storms each delivering less rainfall.

If the migration from Indonesia to Madagascar was «a limited event» which brought only a small number of colonizers in a few voyages, then why does the human population of the island have such a high diversity of maternal and paternal lineages with Indonesian origin?

Though the study included only a small number of sharks monitored over varying lengths of time, the findings may suggest that fish prey location may influence movements of their shark predators, and that group spawning events may shape ecosystem dynamics in deeper coral reefs.

During that event, 14 phones in the state triggered, but even this relatively small number of phones allowed the seismology lab to peg the magnitude within 1 percent of estimates from ground seismic stations, and located the epicenter to within 4 kilometers (2.5 miles).

Secondly, the mouse genome is significantly smaller than the human genome, making it possible to detect a large number of lineage - specific deletion events [17, 19].

One such number - crunching company, the San Francisco - based Climate Corporation, which collates and analyses National Weather Service data mostly for clients in agriculture, has previously warned that it would take only «a few climatic events in a row» for a collapse in property values «that will make the housing crisis [of 2008] look small.»

«So the impact is there but the number of interbreeding events might have been quite small and quite rare.»

The therapy did appear to be reasonably safe: nearly all of the relatively small number of adverse events that occurred during the course of the trial were mild; the six moderate - severity adverse events and the one severe event (a case of neutropenia) were judged to be unrelated to the treatment.

This early onset suggested to Al that the number of predisposing events in these pediatric tumors must be quite small.

I have a small number of vintage pairs (from various sources), but much like yourself, am always a bit leery of wearing them for anything but the most special of events, as I want to help them last for as long as possible.

Science is our middle name British Science Week offers a number of ways for schools and colleges to get involved in a national science celebration, from small - scale activities held during a lesson to all - day events that involve not just the students, but parents and the rest of the community as well.

McKenzie cars — The history of this small Birmingham manufacturer by Ian McKenzie / Sunny Silverstone — Tom Threfall's report on the VSCC race meeting / Rescue of a 30/98 Vauxhall — The story of «the lady of the lake» by Dennis Harrison / Nesseldorfer to Tatra — Michael Worthington - Willaims recounts the history of a remarkable series of car from Czechoslovakia / 1937 A.C. 16/70 — The editor enjoys his excursion no. 2 in this sports tourer with a pedigree / Commercial London - Brighton Run — The annual pilgrimage for historic commercials / About registration numbers — David Hales explains their origins and diversity / Mille Miglia 1989 — Toby Ross describes the «fantastic atmosphere» of this unique event.

A record number of registered journalists, including daily news reporters, magazine editors, television news crews, bloggers and electronic media representatives of all kinds chose to file stories based on what they saw at the Show — virtually ensuring that any newsworthy event, large or small, quickly came to the attention of the enthusiast world.

The number of automakers skipping next month's Frankfurt auto show highlights a shift in thinking among carmakers as they increasingly opt for their own events or choose to attend smaller, but more diverse shows.

Since the SEMA Show debuted in 1967, the event has been instrumental to helping small auto parts manufacturers reach a large number of industry buyers.

A record number of registered journalists — including daily news reporters, magazine editors, television news crews, bloggers and electronic media representatives of all kinds — choose to file stories based on what they see at the Show, virtually ensuring that any newsworthy event, large or small, quickly comes to the attention of enthusiasts worldwide.

The number of automakers skipping next month's Frankfurt auto show highlights a shift in thinking among carmakers as they increasingly opt for their own events or choose to attend smaller shows.

This national event has grown from smaller local and regional events, and includes a number of ideas for libraries of any size to host an event.

Rather than attend this event, Arthur has seized on an array of invitations to small - time literary jobs — interviewing another author, attending an awards ceremony, teaching a creative class for a number of weeks, even being a food critic — that will take him across the US and the world.

At the launch event, Barnes & Noble reps weren't letting anybody touch the small number of working prototypes they had on hand, so we didn't get a chance to actually play around with one ourselves, though we did see demos of various aspects of the device.

At this year's event, there were an almost overwhelming number of companies who offer digital publishing services to both authors and publishers, big or small.

A number of campaigns such as the puzzle piece logo and the Light It Up Blue events highlight the press that autism awareness receives, but there are thousands of smaller - scale actions that people and companies take to let people know about the near - epidemic numbers... [Read more...]

A soak test is basically an event where a small number of handsets of a select model will be able to test out a new software update, which signals only one thing, which is the soon - to - be-released software.

If the mortgage scheme's portfolio is heavily concentrated in a small number of loans, or loans to a small number of borrowers, there is a higher risk that a single negative event affecting one loan will put the overall portfolio (and your money) at risk.

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Each year FDA receives a small number of reports of adverse events associated with pet treats.

Caroline Kisko, Secretary of the Kennel Club which runs the Discover Dogs event, said: «As small dog breeds such as the Chihuahua and the French Bulldog have soared in popularity, we have seen a steady decline in a number of our larger dog breeds, with many of them now on our vulnerable breeds list and at risk of disappearing from our streets and parks because their numbers are so low.

Sure, the exhibits were generally a bit smaller and a little less flashy than in years past, but the event drew a record number of exhibitors and attendees.