Sentences with phrase «substantial fractions»
Surveys of medical students and residents consistently find that substantial fractions are subject to abuse, perhaps as part of the profession's «hidden curriculum»
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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.»
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-...]
A substantial fraction of these earnings are not paid out, but retained by the Australian company, and are offset in the balance of payments by an equivalent notional capital inflow.
Homes typically represent a substantial fraction of investor wealth.
They give a substantial fraction of the public the information and reinforcement they want.
From Shirley Corriher's Touch - of - Grace Biscuits (page 6) to Judy Rodger's Roasted Applesauce (page 12), Marion Cunningham's Raised Waffles (page 29), Moro's Warm Squash and Chickpea Salad with Tahini (page 70), Marie - Hélène's Apple Cake (page 221), and Marion Burros's Purple Plum Torte (page 217), this book compiles and houses a substantial fraction of my cooking repertoire.
A substantial fraction of divorced people express doubts about their own divorce, even many years later.
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 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.
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.
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).
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.
Cracking driven by daily and seasonal temperature changes may help explain substantial fraction of sunny - day rockfalls
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.
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).»
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.
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.
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!
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).
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.
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.
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.»
Seeing that applying a substantial fraction of a watt in radiative imbalance to every last square meter of the world will heat it up does not require a MODTRAN calculation.
A substantial fraction, about one - fifth, of our fossil fuel CO2 emissions stays in the air for more than 1000 years.
«Even if CDR technologies never scale up to the point where they could remove a substantial fraction of current carbon emissions at an economically acceptable price, and even if it took many decades to develop even a modest capability, CDR technologies still have an important role to play.»
If a substantial fraction of all the weather stations from around the world have been affected by urbanization bias, then this could have introduced an artificial warming trend into the «global temperature trend» estimates.
The tipping point most climate scientists I know worry about is the point at which we start to lose a substantial fraction of the tundra's carbon to the atmosphere — substantial being 0.1 % per year!
If we start using electric cars in large numbers (and I hope we do soon), then solar towers and various other forms of large scale clean electricity generation may supply a substantial fraction of our transport energy, especially for short local runs less than 100 klms a day.
The AR4 concluded that «A substantial fraction of the reconstructed Northern Hemisphere inter-decadal temperature variability of the seven centuries prior to 1950 is very likely attributable to natural external forcing».
As you said in your presentation, a substantial fraction of the warming from greenhouse gases still sits in the pipeline or is compensated by aerosols.
A substantial fraction of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into the atmosphere by human activity remains there, in effect, for centuries to millennia.
Again, there is a mixture of stations of different qualities, but a substantial fraction of the currently studied stations seem to be of a poor or bad rating.
The process speeds up when a large fraction of the financial community — mortgage bankers and opinion - makers, along with a smaller but substantial fraction of the public — realize that it is too late to stop catastrophic sea level rise.
Indeed, the recent observations might presage even faster acceleration, perhaps involving the discharge of a substantial fraction of the 1500 mm of sea - level equivalent still stored in Pine Island Glacier and its neighbours.
To what extent CH4 and BC reaqlly consitutes low hanging fruit is debatable indeed, but a substantial fraction of could be, I think.
Surveys conducted around the time of the meeting found about ten percent of the American public saying they followed the global warming news «very closely,» a substantial fraction for such an issue (for more exciting stories, the fraction could be several times higher).
Whether or not the irreducible imprecision proves to be a substantial fraction of present AOS discrepancies with nature, it seems imperative to determine what the magnitude of this type of imprecision is.»
A substantial fraction of the corn crop is used for biofuels.
Some of that warming has probably come from increased amounts of CO2, but the timing of the warming — much of it before CO2 levels had increased appreciably — suggests that a substantial fraction of the warming is from natural causes that have nothing to do with mankind.
Over the past two centuries, forest conversion and forest management have contributed a substantial fraction of the excess CO2 observed in the atmosphere.
With recent announcements of plans for sequencing the genome from present - day polar bear (34) offering a necessary reference, future sequencing of all or a substantial fraction of the nuclear genome of this exceptionally well preserved Pleistocene polar bear specimen may be feasible.