Previous DNA-based phylogenetic studies of the Delphinidae family suggest it has undergone rapid diversification, as characterised by unresolved and poorly supported taxonomic relationships (polytomies) for some of the species within this group.
In contrast, the Tories have been able to rely on a high turnout from their traditional voters, as characterised by the blue rinse brigade.
She is of an immigrant generation that expected to encounter a benign Britain; a 'civilised' Britain, as characterised by BBC announcers in dinner-jackets, crumpets for tea and the comforting thwack of leather on willow.
The bizarre awkwardness of that last sentence is not untypical, by the way, of the authors' writing, which I can only describe as characterised by a kind of stilted breeziness.
In others words (if I understand this right), it was a way of referring to its own campaign as characterised by its opponents – "a joke phrase", as Shorthouse told the Herald, "that was all about poking fun at the Nats and their constant dismissal of every legitimate point raised by anyone and everyone as scaremongering".
Thus in one community study patients with normal blood pressure but high anger temperament scores (as characterised by frequent or long-lasting anger reactions with little or no provocation) were shown to have an odds ratio of 2 3 for fatal or non-fatal cardiac events.
This relationship is best explained by describing the pelage surface as characterised by aerodynamic riblets.
This transition period was accompanied by more intense erosion, as characterised by chemical signatures.
The flowability of the food powders, as characterised by flow index, varied from easy flow to very cohesive.
Different levels of layered silicate dispersion (as characterised by TEM and SEM) correlated strongly with improvements in mechanical performance.
The impact of surface energy, as characterised by contact angle, on the permeation properties of the membranes is reported, and increased permeation observed for higher contact angle.
