Sentences with phrase «which tamps»

It's an incredibly safe fund given the security of Treasuries — two of the three major credit providers give American debt the highest possible rating — and the short maturity, which tamps down on the risk of interest rates rising quickly and making the fund's current holdings less attractive.

The hormone which triggers hunger, Ghrelin, is suppressed by another hormone called Leptin, which tamps down on your appetite.

But in 2005 scientists discovered that oleocanthal — the naturally occurring compound that elicits a peppery, burning sensation in the back of the throat — seemed to produce effects strikingly similar to those of ibuprofen, which tamps down inflammation.

It includes coconut, which tamps down the spice a little.

The cells were primed to become inhibitory neurons, which tamp down brain activity.

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Under his eighteen - year stewardship, which ended in 2007, the union tamped down on infighting, almost quadrupled its membership, and battled, successfully, for the creation of Family Health Plus to provide health insurance for more low - income children.

Some board members have also questioned whether the corporation should continue to use the «preferred developer» approach — unusual in the public sector — which effectively tamps down competition by awarding one company an open - ended contract rather than bidding individual projects separately.

Acinetobacter also tamped down regulatory T cells, which keep autoimmune diseases at bay.

To do this, we observed neurons in this area, some of which encourage activity in their fellow brain cells, so - called excitatory neurons, and others that tamp down activity, known as inhibitory neurons.

El Niño tends to tamp down on tornadoes because it shifts the jet stream further south over the U.S., which blocks moisture from flowing northward from the Gulf of Mexico.

This boosted neural activity in the frontotemporal cortex, a brain region associated with conscious self - awareness, which normally gets tamped down during REM.

At the same time, the drugs can spark a reduction in immune system cells known as T regulatory cells (Tregs), which usually tamp down the immune response to disease or infection.

La Ninas, which feature cooler than normal waters in the eastern tropical Pacific, impact the circulation of the atmosphere overhead in a way that tends to tamp down on typhoon activity.

The unsaturated fatty acids in the oil are believed to tamp down inflammation, which plays a role in some cancers as well as heart disease.

The only criticism we can come up with is the unforgiving pricing strategy, which heavily tamps you to upgrade your account, because you feel powerless and restricted otherwise.

They've tamped down their scabrous black humor, and they've also toned down the comic possibilities in the marvelous 1968 Charles Portis novel upon which the film is based.

But the array of new regulations, which prevented sneaky practices such as double - cycle billing and tamped down runaway interest rates, don't apply to business credit cards.

Since the recession hit in 2008, the Federal Reserve has tamped down the interest rate at which banks lend money to each other, and that has kept the prime rate low.

The panelists agreed that transmission operators could do more to tamp down connectivity costs, noting that the cost of Europe's transmission service has been trending upward, which could be pegged to «monopoly operation.»

Perhaps the worst part of the bill is the fact that it won't necessarily mandate automakers to meet the new standards since the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which administers CAFE (but is for all intents and purposes in big auto's back pocket), can tamp down or eliminate them by showing they're not «cost effective» for the industry.

I tamped down the highs (which I found somewhat papery out of the box) and bumped up the mids slightly, but your sonic preferences may differ.

So far, not even President Donald Trump's travel ban — a veritable crackdown on immigration into the U.S. from Muslim - majority countries in the Middle East, which was struck down in federal court — has appeared to tamp down foreign interest in U.S. real estate, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of REALTORS ®.