There is some evidence to suggest that selection preventing structural aberration can be strong (Chiti and Dobson 2006; Geiler-Samerotte et al. 2011), but further work is clearly needed to show that much or perhaps most of the variation in the rate of protein evolution can be attributed to selection, minimizing the danger of protein misfolding and toxicity.
The fuel specifications place limits on key attributes to minimize fuel particle failure under irradiation and postulated accident conditions.
Two constraints guided the identification of attributes: first, inclusion of the most salient attributes to minimize respondent burden and second, operationalization of attribute levels that are plausible.
Pressure volume measurements were restricted to young fully expanded leaves to minimize differences attributed to the tissue developmental stage.
The superior electrocatalytic response to nitrite was mainly attributed to the large surface area, minimized diffusion resistance, and enhanced electron transfer of the Cu-CLDH and AuNPs composition film.
To minimize sources of variation attributed to the amount, and the initial moisture content, of the soil in pots, wild-type and corresponding mutant plants were grown side-by-side in the same containers.
In recent years, mechanical aspects have been focused on, and direct measurements of mechanical forces revealed that cells generate a long-range gradient of intercellular tension and actively remodel to minimize the free energy attributed to intercellular stress, called plithotaxis (Trepat et al., 2009; Tambe et al., 2011; Trepat and Fredberg, 2011).
Network distance greatly minimizes errors attributed to subjective reporting of distances or travel time by the respondents.
This suggests that multiple mating cannot be exclusively attributed to a "convenience strategy" where females approach males to minimize costs associated with sexual harassment from other males [ 38].
