As we gradually decreased the laser power during this experiment, the fluorescence intensity measured at a new power setting will be lower than expectation due to photobleaching, and results in a slope that is higher than the theoretical value.
Still, it was lower than expectations of economists in Tokyo, who had estimated growth of 2.8percentt.
When auto sales were excluded from the numbers, the overall rise was 0.2percentt, which was lower than expectations.
The inflation number was lower than expectations and could make it difficult for the Bank of Canada to match any further interest rate increases applied by the Federal Reserve Board in the United States.
Mr. Franklin also said AT&T's churn rate, an industry measurement of the rate at which wireless customers leave their carriers, was lower than expectations for the quarter.
By these criteria, humoral responses were lower than expected but cellular responses exceeded expectations.
The toolmaker Stanley Works said yesterday that its third-quarter profit was likely to be lower than analysts' expectations.
Demand for medical care continues to be lower than previous expectations, helping to contain costs, Aetna said.
"The impact of the European restructuring on the group's financial performance will mean that the revenue and profit for the current financial year will be lower than market expectations, but will recover next year," the company said.
The company said that for fiscal 2001, earnings-per-share growth will be lower than previous expectations, and growth in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, will be in the 20% range, with revenue growing between 5% and 7%.
