It is all well and good to poke fun at the empty, platitudinous dishonesty of political oratory, but the mockery is blunted when the opposing view is just the same boilerplate in more vivid language.
But similar Labour attacks on the government were blunted when the Tories unearthed a speech in 2011 by Liam Byrne, the shadow work and pensions secretary, in which he spoke of "shirkers".
This was also confirmed by the fact that the monolayer breakdown was blunted when the soluble chemokine was neutralised with anti-CXCL9 antibody or when the melanoma cells were pretreated with anti-CXCR3 antibody.
The anabolic effects of teriparatide, assessed by changes in bone density, biochemical indices of bone turnover, and bone histomorphometry, were blunted when the agent was administered concurrently with alendronate.
Our data show that reduced levels of TNFα, which accompany fat depletion during CR, stimulate appetite, as reflected in the PRH response, which was blunted when the TNF signal was repleted.
These data, when viewed collectively with the finding that, in PAN-NS rats, the natriuretic response resulting from inhibition of enhanced cellular cGMP catabolism was blunted when the D1R antagonist Sch-23390 was simultaneously administered, support the notion that renal dopamine and D1R contribute to the in vivo natriuretic effect associated with corrected resistance to ANP in experimental NS.
The findings from this subpopulation also suggest that our intervention may have more impact in populations at higher risk of VTE (such as the surgical population defined by the AHRQ measure), the effect of which is blunted when the entire hospital population is analyzed.
The lipid-lowering benefits of rosuvastatin may be blunted when used in combination with darunavir/RTV.
Along the way he gained a reputation for being a pragmatic executive who was unafraid to be blunt when the situation called for it and unwilling to let sentimentality get in the way of business.
