Sentences with phrase «substantial fraction»

Second, retail investors are buying substantial fractions of these offerings.

Indeed, in hot countries nearly every meat - based recipe calls for at least one spice, and most include many spices, especially the potent spices, whereas in cooler counties substantial fractions of dishes are prepared without spices, or with just a few.»

Cracking driven by daily and seasonal temperature changes may help explain substantial fraction of sunny - day rockfalls

The Harvard paper cites a 2000 study by Bhide that finds «a substantial fraction of the Inc. 500 got their idea for their new company while working at their prior employer.»

As faithful readers of this blog will know, I make only very sporadic contributions to this blog but a substantial fraction of those contributions have made reference to modern monetary theory (MMT), the view (crudely put) that, based on a detailed understanding of the institutional mechanisms behind monetary operations, calls into question our obsession with -LSB-...]

Homes typically represent a substantial fraction of investor wealth.

They give a substantial fraction of the public the information and reinforcement they want.

A substantial fraction of divorced people express doubts about their own divorce, even many years later.

Because the Census asks simple questions, I would guess that a substantial fraction of what appear to be single - father families are actually formal and informal joint - custody arrangements in which the child happened to be staying with the father on April 1, which is the census date.

Dirac brought relativity theory to bear on quantum physics so that it could properly deal with events that occur at a substantial fraction of the speed of light.

Researchers had previously suggested that a substantial fraction of the tenuous shroud, which has a surface pressure about one - billionth that of Earth's atmosphere at sea level, turns to frost for the 2 hours that Io lies in Jupiter's shadow.

A nearly edge - on orbital configuration helped it evade detection, placing it deep within the glare of the icy dwarf during a substantial fraction of its orbit.

If some significant fraction of the NIH budget is going to large - scale projects, and a substantial fraction of each project's budget goes into informatics, that translates into a lot of jobs,» says David States, who is a professor of bioinformatics at the University of Washington, Seattle.

«What has to happen to have a big effect on the global climate is for all the big emitters to get together and decide that they are all going to cut some substantial fraction [of emissions].»

Atmospheric aerosols often contain a substantial fraction of organic matter, but the role of organic compounds in new nanometer - sized particle formation is highly uncertain.

Our goal is to be an international research institute, with a substantial fraction of non-Chinese PIs, similar to the Brain Science Institute of Riken in Tokyo, which now has 20 percent to 30 percent non-Japanese research staff.»

From antiquity onward, attempts to comprehend the architecture of the cosmos have commanded a substantial fraction of humankind's mental budget for intellectual endeavor.

Surveys of medical students and residents consistently find that substantial fractions are subject to abuse, perhaps as part of the profession's «hidden curriculum»

A report from the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation found that 6,000 individuals who were under the age of 18 in Ukraine, Belarus or Russia at the time of the disaster had by 2006 contracted thyroid cancer, «a substantial fraction» of whom likely contracted the disease due to radiation exposure.

Supporting his «moral obligation» to step up to the fight now, Hansen adds in the Times article that burning a substantial fraction of Earth's fossil fuels guarantees «unstoppable changes» in the planet's climate, leaving an unfixable problem for future generations.

A substantial fraction is resistant to early embryo methylation reprogramming, potentially impacting F2 development.

Although data on the exact numbers of these positions are scarce, they make up a substantial fraction of the scientific workforce at many universities, especially medical schools (see table, p. 2026).

It provides the first example of «a cluster where the gas is indeed cooling,» he says «and a substantial fraction of the cold gas is turning into stars.»

«We were surprised by the results, because we expected a substantial fraction of the genome of the red wolf and eastern wolf, maybe 20 % to 30 %, would be derived from a long - distinct species, much as about 1 % to 4 % of [human] Eurasian genomes derive from Neanderthals,» said Wayne.

Once an animal is big enough to need a substantial fraction of its body surface to be covered in sticky footpads, the necessary morphological changes would make the evolution of this trait impractical, suggests Labonte.

He called it «distinctly possible» that the projected warming trend after 2030 «will indeed be catastrophic (at least for a substantial fraction of the earth's population).»

Results from climate models driven by estimated radiative forcings for the 20th century (Chapter 9) suggest that there was little change prior to about 1915, and that a substantial fraction of the early 20th - century change was contributed by naturally occurring influences including solar radiation changes, volcanism and natural variability.

Because < 1 % of naturally occurring bacteria are culturable, a substantial fraction of the bacterial community associated with the dolphin URT remains to be described.

Our analyses reveal that a substantial fraction of the genome - wide variation that is present in domesticated horses is not present in Przewalski's horses.

Mars 160 will help advance the prospects for MA365 by testing the candidate crew for a substantial fraction of the planned MA365 duration, as well as by potentially reducing its cost through exploring the likelihood of more economical desert field work to replace part or all of the long - duration Arctic mission.

The distances to the spiral nebulae were not known but Shapley argued that if the nebulae were placed well outside the boundaries of the Galaxy, as Curtis and others had suggested, the rotational velocities implied would be a substantial fraction of the speed of light!

Associates with the surface of the mitotic chromosome, the perichromosomal layer, and covers a substantial fraction of the chromosome surface (PubMed: 27362226).

However, a substantial fraction of tags fell in coding sequences (25 %), introns (12 %), and non-coding RNAs (4 %), suggesting that miRNA activity occurs in these regions as well.

Associates with the surface of the mitotic chromosome, the perichromosomal layer, and covers a substantial fraction of the mitotic chromosome surface (PubMed: 27362226).

The uncertainty in the overall amplitude of the reconstruction of volcanic forcing is also important for quantifying the influence of volcanism on temperature reconstructions over longer periods, but is difficult to quantify and may be a substantial fraction of the best estimate (e.g., Hegerl et al., 2006a).

«Everyone just kind of expected Alaska would lose a substantial fraction of mass from calving,» he said, referring to the loss of ice from tidewater glaciers.

Curiosity measured the same pattern in isotopes of hydrogen, as well as carbon and oxygen, consistent with a loss of a substantial fraction of Mars» original atmosphere.

When it's got the pedal to the metal, which is a substantial fraction of the running time, The Kingdom delivers the goods.

Under IMPACT, a substantial fraction of teacher turnover consists of lower - performing teachers who were purposefully compelled or encouraged to leave, which potentially alters the distribution of teacher effectiveness among exiting teachers.

These results, which are similar for math and reading, suggest that teachers» impact on student achievement, as measured by simple value - added measures of teacher effectiveness, remain fairly stable over time and that principals» ratings effectively capture a substantial fraction of these stable differences in teachers» effectiveness.

Many school districts experience difficulties attracting and retaining teachers, and the impending retirement of a substantial fraction of public school teachers raises the specter of severe

«I believe that the only way to make a major improvement in our educational system is through privatization to the point at which a substantial fraction of all educational services is rendered to individuals by private enterprises.»

My point here is that the group of people who do put away a substantial fraction of their (lower) early wages and keep them invested for decades show (at least) two traits that will make a very substantial difference to the average (western) person.

Is there any factor that could cause a substantial fraction of my assets to be significantly impaired?