Sentence examples for a weak factor from inspiring English sources

Energy production was a weak factor, and bird hazard information a potent factor, in explaining both experiential and acceptability ratings.

For separations between control sources and error sensors much less than a quarter wavelength of the primary noise disturbance, results show that the angular orientation, of the combined linear control source and sensor arrays, is a weak factor for acoustic pressure reduction in the shadow zone.

(3) A weak factor representing an item selected by multiple factors.

The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy (KMO) = 0.79 which indicates a weak factor structure [ 20].

This version was condensed through a consultative process using these criteria: a strong factor was one that was mentioned by the majority of the respondents in a cadre and not contradicted by other respondents (shown as a dark shading in Figure  1; a weak factor was either not widely encountered or qualified by other respondents from the cadre (shown as criss-cross shading in Figure  1).

Stroke was the strongest factor associated with disease incidence or admission to a nursing home but a weaker factor in relation to death (tables 2 and 3).

Cigarette smoking is the primary risk factor for bladder cancer (31) and a weak risk factor for diabetes (32); thus, inclusion of smoking data in this study is a strength.

We made this decision a priori, and the fact that hormonal therapy is considered to be a weak risk factor for venous thromboembolism compared with major risk factors such as surgery justifies this.

Hyperglycaemia is a weak risk factor for CVD compared with other well established risk factors, e.g. dyslipidaemia and hypertension; moreover, most patients in the above studies were being treated with lipid-lowering medications, antihypertensive drugs and anti-inflammatory agents [ 7– 9].

c-erbB-2 appears to be only a weak prognostic factor, although some individual studies suggest greater prognostic importance.

The high prevalence of both headache and caffeine consumption means that even if caffeine is a weak causal factor for headache, this could be of great importance for the public health.