A small number of individuals have some degree of resistance to it, and what really matters is not just the raw level of testosterone but a combination of its amount and a measure of its functionality, which is not always easy to test for.
"A carbon monoxide alarm today is triggered by a combination of the amount of carbon monoxide and the duration of its presence," Mr. Giles said.
Model application illustrates that during the first step in an industrial regeneration, there is a risk of obtaining temperature excursions much higher than those expected, due to a combination of the amount of coke combusted as well as the cokes deposition along the catalyst bed length.
He defined the strength of a tie as "a combination of the amount of time, the emotional intensity, the intimacy (mutual confiding), and the reciprocal services".
Overall, tie strength may be measured by a combination of the amount of time, the cooperation intensity, and the reciprocal services that characterize the tie [17].
To describe which tie features are related with its dynamical strength (persistence), we will also follow Granovetter's notion of static strength of an interpersonal tie [20]: 'the strength of a tie is a combination of the amount of time, the emotional intensity, the intimacy (mutual confiding), and the reciprocal services which characterize the tie'.
19 Definition of severity was based on a combination of frequency, amount and type, making it difficult to compare with our findings.
In using predictive models with multiple predictors, the classification score is based on a combination of the amount of early weight change and other variables included in the model.
A major finding of this study was that PCB bioaccumulation does not actually increase monotonically with age and that the previously observed correlations with age were likely due to a combination of the amount of time elapsed after peak emissions and human metabolic and environmental degradation rates.
The reviews also found that a combination of problems amounted to fundamental flaws rather than random or periodic slip-ups, the officials said.
