Thus, in some patients the malar mounds may be affected by fluctuating edema which can progress to festoons.
Although the caudal spot is unlikely to be affected by fluctuating changes in hormone levels, we scored the intensity of the melanic caudal spot of male C. venusta on a scale from zero to three.
Genes differentially expressed between the normal ductal and lobular cell types, which are less likely to be affected by fluctuating levels of female hormones as they were derived from postmenopausal women, are involved in ion transport and protein kinase cascade, protein biosynthesis and modification, proteolysis and metabolism, regulation of transcription and cell growth.
In this study, a dispersal kernel is assumed with spatially explicit populations and habitat, and the matrix is assumed to be affected by disturbances or fluctuating environmental conditions that open sites for dispersers (e.g., seeds) on a temporary basis.
From this follows that the timing of the onset of predation might be crucial as well, since zooplankton will be affected by the strongly fluctuating algal food resource.
Over time, the incidence of meningococcal disease does naturally fluctuate within a population due to multiple possible mechanisms, but consideration of a long period in this study makes the results less likely to be affected by such fluctuations.
Note that all parameters in system (1) can be affected by environmental noise, which always fluctuates around some average values.
However, the size of capillaries and venules can be affected by various factors, so this limit can fluctuate.
The company is predicting that sales will be affected by a diminishing consumer confidence, rising gasoline prices, a fluctuating stock market and consumer worries about heating bills.
Here, we review the various phenotypic traits that have been proposed to be affected by the highly parasitic human environment, including fertility, birth weight, fluctuating asymmetry, body odours, food recipes, sexual behaviour, pregnancy sickness, language, religion and intellectual quotient.
Plasma aldosterone concentration fluctuates over the course of the day, as aldosterone release can be affected by several factors, such as adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), body position, hyponatremia and atrial natriuretic peptide [ 21].
