Mr. Gaither said there has been a "significant improvement in the caliber of people we're getting this year, many of them middle-aged and older".
"We're seeing a significant change in the caliber of the student-athlete," said Steve Bilsky, the University of Pennsylvania's athletic director, one of more than 50 Ivy League administrators and coaches interviewed.
(b) Low-dose CT performed 1 year later shows a significant reduction of bronchial caliber due to the presence of neoplastic tissue (arrowheads).
Prior studies have reported that blood pressure (BP) has a significant influence on retinal vascular caliber both in adults and children aged 6 years and older.
Table 3 shows that 'ploidy' had a significant effect on W, V, caliber and JC in all of the four seasons analyzed.
Both the Departments of Biology and Mathematics had limited full scholarships available, which can make recruitment of high-caliber students a significant challenge.
Mr. Buffett said in a statement that for three years he and Berkshire's vice chairman, Charlie Munger, "have been looking for someone of Todd's caliber to handle a significant portion of Berkshire's investment portfolio".
New data from family and twin studies indicate a significant genetic contribution to retinal vascular caliber, an area that is under investigation.
In contrast, for W, V, caliber and CI, a significant 'ontogeny' effect was only detected for S2 (Table 2), which could be explained by the low yield in all of the juvenile lines in that particular year (see the sampling data in Additional file 1).
A significant inverse association between tHcy and arteriolar caliber was found in men only (P =.03), with a threshold detected at a level of 17 micromol/l.
A significant increase in the tumor volume and relative vessel caliber index (rVCI) and a slight decrease in the water apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) were observed for both control and cediranib treated animals.
