Sentence examples for explains a portion of from inspiring English sources

Hanushek and Rivkin (2009) suggest that disproportionate exposure of initially high achieving black students in third grade to a high concentration of black peers explains a portion of the widening of the achievement gap between third and eighth grade.

It explains a portion of sexual behavior, but it is modest," Gert Martin Hald, a clinical psychologist at the University of Copenhagen and the study's lead author, told HealthDay.

Our study investigated whether this second mechanism explains a portion of the increased lobster landings in Maine.

While we cannot rule out the possibility that congruence explains a portion of the observed genetic robustness, our analysis provides evidence that direct selection has a measurable effect on genetic robustness.

Although HbA1c and blood glucose levels are highly correlated, glucose exposure only explains a portion of the variability in HbA1c.

Obese persons experience a high degree of stress, and this stress plausibly explains a portion of the BMI-health association.

Epigenetics may explain a portion of this effect.

Although significant, site exposure and elevation only explained a portion of the process of woodland dynamics.

Such variation could explain a portion of the cancer susceptibility associated with reproductive effects and hormone exposure.

The biofilm model only explained a portion of the MFC process, while this paper presents a model describing the entire process of a single-chambered MFC.

The BBC licence fee may explain a portion of this behaviour, since iPlayer users are required to be licence-fee paying to view live TV (but do not need to for radio).