Sentence examples for contrasting degrees from inspiring English sources

The unexpected equivalence of both modal slopes and surface velocities between these lithologically distinct ranges is attributed to contrasting degrees of surface fracturing that have differentially affected the intact rock properties, such that they now yield equivalent surface velocities and hillslope-scale strengths.

To explain the physiological responses of apple plants to alkali stress (non-stressed control, pH 6.0 ± 0.1, versus alkali stress treatment, pH 9.0 ± 0.1), we used hydroponics culturing to study the performance of two rootstocks with contrasting degrees of alkali tolerance.

The successful march of the top-seeded players in the U.S. Open continued here Friday with contrasting degrees of drama.

Heat tolerance was assessed in pairs of species differing in their ability to regulate gas exchange (i.e. with contrasting degrees of respiratory control).

The major axis of shape variation among phyllostomid species (first shape principal component) ordinates species with contrasting degrees of rostral elongation.

Lang et al. [ 17] used a microarray containing 1675 ESTs from Crassostrea gigas and C. virginica to characterize the transcriptomic response of different families of the Pacific oyster showing contrasting degrees of thermotolerance.

This distinction was also reflected in the contrasting degree of population subdivision recorded when India was either included (Table S4, 55.11%, AMOVA I) or excluded (among population, 3.04%, AMOVA II) from our analyses, so supporting earlier suggestions that C. sphinx in India and China probably belong to different subspecies [41].

Since colonization rates depend not only on dispersal abilities, but also on the geographic configuration of habitats, a potential confounding factor could be the differential distribution of suitable habitat between lotic and lentic environments (e.g., a contrasting degree of spatial clustering or a spatial correlation of habitat availability with latitude).

Using phantom experiments in which they varied luminal contrast, degree of stenosis and window/level settings, they suggested optimum window/level settings based on the luminal contrast enhancement in the carotid arteries.

30 Briefly, information was recorded on the presence of liver to kidney contrast, degree of brightness of the liver parenchyma, presence of deep beam attenuation, presence of echogenic walls in the small intrahepatic vessels, and definition of the gallbladder walls.

We developed a Stemness Index (SI) to contrast the degree to which a study upregulates modules associated with stemness compared to those associated with differentiated cells.