Observations of deformation processes, recorded using long-exposure photography, revealed that during the initial stages of sinkage (a few millimetres), the corresponding disturbance of soil below the plate extended disproportionately further and was cylindrical in form.
That is, distantly related taxa will tend to be disproportionately further away from a common adaptive peak than closely related taxa.
Islands are characterized by inherently low species diversity compared with continents (MacArthur 1965; Whittaker and Fernández-Palacios 2007), and they have been disproportionately further depleted by human-mediated extinctions (e.g. Olson and James 1982; Steadman et al. 1991; Steadman 2006).
In addition to hunger, lack of education, and environmental and sociocultural constraints, HIV/AIDS and malaria, along with tuberculosis, continue to disproportionately affect and further weaken the condition of women in many of the world's poorest regions.
Further, Bronxites disproportionately contend with chronic health conditions like diabetes, hypertension, HIV, obesity and depression.
Further, a disproportionately high number of minority residents in Massachusetts struggle to combat the growing wealth divide.
Further, CKD disproportionately affects racial/ethnic minorities and the poor [ 4- 8]—populathats thareare over-represented in public healthcare systems [ 9, 10].
Young and nonobese FDR of patients with type 2 diabetes exhibit low-grade inflammation, which is further and disproportionately aggravated when exposed to physical inactivity.
Looking at spending on public services (rather than tax and welfare), black and Asian households lose out more than other groups, largely because they are disproportionately likely to participate in further and higher education, and (for black households) social housing.
The court held that, in breach of their fiduciary duties, the CEO negotiated and the Xerox board approved a transaction that was disproportionately favorable to Fuji to further the interests of the CEO and those directors continuing on the board.
Further, those policies disproportionately target communities of color, running roughshod over our declared principles of justice, fairness, and proportionality in the process.
