In general, estimating the location and size of deformation sources using data obtained from a single observatory may introduce significant errors, as the data obtained at this observatory may be distorted, for example by variations in local elastic properties around the site.
Americans fear that EU regulations might mandate the use of Galileo-based navigation systems (by aircraft, for example), distorting competition and imposing needless costs.Since the State Department has responded to the EU decision with a call for accelerated talks, some in Europe claim that their display of strong nerves, in the face of American hostility, has been vindicated.
A pro-active agenda for policy coherence would involve not just eliminating policies that distort trade, but also enacting positive measures to increase food availability, for example by raising agricultural productivity, using resources sustainably, and eliminating waste and over-consumption.
By destabilising the substrate ground state; for example: # Distorting bound substrate(s) into their transition state form to reduce the energy required to reach the transition state.
(For example, by embarrassing, by threatening, etc).
Jewelry left in place during an MRI, for example, can distort the image or even injure the patient.
Mr. Bush seeks a premature ovation by distorting these admissions data for his own political gain.
They harm businesses by distorting competition.
Even interventions shown to be effective in clinical trials may not produce the predicted effects in the "real world"—for example, results may be distorted by publication bias or not be applicable beyond the population included in the trial.
Consider, for example, distorted first order hexahedral elements or distorted second order elements.
