Sentences with phrase «with odd shifts»

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She and other colleagues first noticed an odd shift in patient profiles in the late 1990s: younger men were showing up in her clinic, often with no significant history of smoking or heavy drinking, which are risk factors for head and neck cancers.

The scientists exploited this molecular mechanism to construct a tumour - specific probe called POL - N (Protein transduction domain [PTD]- ODD - Luciferase - Near - infrared [NIR] dye) which contained: 1) the ODD core, 2) a PTD for intracellular delivery, 3) red - shifted luciferase, and 4) a NIR fluorescent dye with peak emission around 700 nm.

I work as a prison guard on 2nd shift with odd days off which makes it a challenge to meet fun and interesting women.

An odd amalgam of the post Easy Rider road movie and The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973) spawned satanist - horror flick, the southern gothic of Race With the Devil represents the shift of the Easy Rider ethos: for where once the protagonists were scruffy, long - haired misfits, now it is company men and their family units that are the «other» in the rural patriot strongholds.

A series of increasingly dull, repetitive set pieces (with only the opening, Bond - inspired set piece and another set on a mountainside tram)-- odd, discomforting tonal shifts, and it's difficult, if not impossible, to imagine why anyone, aside from Vaughan, Goldman, and their producers, would want to reenter the Kingsman universe a third or fourth time.

Add to that — or rather subtract from that — a series of increasingly dull, repetitive set pieces (with only the opening, Bond - inspired set piece and another set on a mountainside tram)-- odd, discomforting tonal shifts, and it's difficult, if not impossible, to imagine why anyone, aside from Vaughan, Goldman, and their producers, would want to reenter the Kingsman universe a third or fourth time.

Chrono Trigger DS brings a fairly strong shift in the way the game is controlled, giving players the option of using a variety of new and sometimes odd additions, or allowing them to stick with the tried - and - true interface of the original game.

This is certainly the strangest project in Sudeikis» career to date, and while it's nice to see him expand his range beyond more traditional studio comedies, his broad style never quite syncs with the story's odd tonal shifts between comedy, drama and suspense.

The transmission shifts quickly and smoothly, with none of the odd hesitation reported from the six - speed in the previous model.

We see also that the odd steering - wheel - mounted shift buttons (with two for upshifts on the rim's front, and two for downshifts on the rear) have gone away.

A standard head - up display (an Acura first) shows hybrid system power distribution along with the usual speed readout, while the traditional shifter has been replaced by an odd electronic selector.

The dual - shaft automatic, with one for even number gears, and another for odd numbers, performs almost exactly like a conventional automatic with seamless shifts and very little of the annoying rubber - banding or jerkiness of some competitive units.

Twin Clutch SST puts odd (1st, 3rd, 5th) and even (2nd, 4th and 6th) gears on separate input shafts each with its own clutch and, through tight cooperative control with the engine, switches between these clutches to realize seamless and lightning - fast shifting for feel - good acceleration.

It seeks to combine the advantages of a conventional manual shift with the qualities of a modern automatic transmission by providing different clutches for odd and even speed selector gears.

Unfortunately, Subaru will not build you a sporty Forester XT with the 2.0 - liter turbo and a stick shift, which we find odd.

In the GT, you get a large central tachometer that houses a smaller digital speedometer display, while the 2.0 - litre GS gives you a more conventional layout of large speedo and smaller tach to the side (which seems a little odd, given that it's the one that can be ordered with a stick shift).

The 3.6 - liter V - 6 is indeed as good as anything in the class, but it doesn't seem to match up with the six - speed automatic transmission as well as it should, especially as you approach highway speeds — the shift pattern seems odd and especially concentrated on maximizing mileage.

The interior has the same Volvo center console we have become accustomed to: a clean panel of controls stretching up and around the gear shifter and ending at a little - too - small infotainment screen, with the odd pass - through that is located next to the driver's right knee.

The shifter for the eight - speed automatic gearbox is an odd electronic unit that returns to center after you push it forward for reverse or pull it back to enter drive — sort of like the Toyota Prius», but with a more satisfying «thunk» signaling that you've selected your direction of travel.

The shift with KU is one I've noticed in particular, though it's odd because I'll see a spike in sales from some of my older books / short stories and it won't show the «borrow» from KDP for days sometimes, basically until someone passes the 10 % mark.

Meanwhile, whether through enemy weapon's fire, the protagonist's attacks, or shifting, furniture and windows are smashed and each area organically changes as the battles play out, littering the floor with debris and the odd weapon that can be picked up and used for a limited time before breaking.

The first single from Odd Blood, «Ambling Alp,» is an invigorating self - help anthem with cryptic allusions to boxing matches of the»30s, and is accompanied by a disorienting video that simultaneously points to the youthful exuberance of photographer Ryan McGinley and the mystical deserts of Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo — naked young bodies leaping and tumbling down sand dunes as a strange, shape - shifting figure clad in nomadic robes looks on from horseback.

In contrast, the only interval in the GISS or NCDC global time series that looks odd is during the WWII years between 1941 and 1945, where it appears that all the temperatures have a warming bias of 0.1 C. I agree with J.J.Kennedy that it is an artificial shift based on war - time procedures, but I think the corrections that Hadley made post-WWII were questionable.

To save money, you may have chosen to move back in with your parents temporarily, or work the odd shift here or there to cover your daily expenses during the job search.

ADDITIONAL STRENGTHS • Load lifting ability up till 60 lbs • Well versed in vendor's technical bulletins and familiar with tools of the trade • Willing to work extra shifts in odd weather conditions

ODD - related problems, as rated by teachers, were significantly and negatively associated with attention shifting.

For fine - grained dimensions of temperamental self - regulation we found that parental ratings of ODD - related problems were significantly and negatively associated with attention shifting and inhibitory control.

Additionally, based on Rothbart's (2007) model of temperament, we analyzed whether fine - grained dimensions of reactivity (fear, anger, discomfort, sadness, activity level, approach, high intensity pleasure, impulsivity) and self - regulation (attentional shifting, attentional focusing, inhibitory control), as well as the higher order temperamental factors of negative affectivity, surgency and effortful control are associated with CU traits and ODD - related problems.