After accounting for land-cover changes and climate, our model under-estimates observed fire frequency during ca. 1990 2002 and over-estimates it thereafter, suggesting that a multi-decadal shift to industrial forest conversion and forest landscapes may have diminished the propensity for high-frequency fires in much of this globally significant tropical region since ca. 2000.
Similarly, the mean score for safer sex communication between couples was lower among female respondents than among male respondents (RR = 0.59, CI = 0.42 0.84), but statistical significance was diminished after propensity score adjustment (RR = 0.77, CI = 0.51 1.10).
In line with these findings, in vitro experiments revealed diminished aggregation propensities of Thr3-, Ser13-, and Ser16-phosphorylated protein.
These findings suggest that therapies targeting the cyclooxygenase pathway may diminish the propensity for tumour metastasis in HNSCC by blocking the PGE2-mediated induction of E-cadherin transcriptional repressors.
But with the growth of wealth and the diminishing marginal propensity to consume, it has tended to become increasingly internecine.
The pressure dependence of sooting propensity diminished at pressures above 2.0 MPa.
This study suggested that the friction material should be designed to produce small contact plateaus on the sliding surface to diminish its noise propensity during brake applications.
Taken together, our data suggest that the overexpression of a Cldn tail truncation mutant in the suprabasal compartment of the mouse epidermis results in its delayed maturation, a propensity for injury, diminished repair and skin barrier deficiency reminiscent of the intrinsic aging process of human skin.
If the former, sports spectators may experience a "safety-valve" catharsis, thanks to which the propensity to commit acts of aggression is diminished; if the latter, sports spectatorship may actually increase aggressiveness.
