Although insurgent attacks have been appreciably reduced and Al Qaeda in Iraq is devastated, considerable distrust remains among various ethnic factions and religious sects and within the Iraqi government.
"Until recently, construction survey evidence had been appreciably stronger than the hard data which had fuelled hopes that the sector was doing appreciably better than officially reported by the Office for National Statistics.
He was a reported transfer target for the new Liverpool manager Bill Shankly in 1960 but, in the days of the iniquitous maximum wage rule, is said to have rejected the move as he would not have been appreciably better off financially.
Or again, if the weak force had been appreciably stronger, then the Big Bang's nuclear burning would have proceeded past helium to iron, making fusion-powered stars impossible.
Adipose tissue (AT) has historically been considered a simple storage tissue; however, its physiological functions have been appreciably reassessed over the last decade (Lafontan 2012), and evidence for metabolic and endocrine functions of AT has accumulated.
Each of these entities has negative effects on muscle function, and it is possible that the pre-intubation muscle function of these patients may have been appreciably lower than that observed in normal subjects.
However, we used a fairly inclusive definition of DLI, and there is no reason to believe the rate of dengue infection would have been appreciably higher among those who were asymptomatic as compared to those with compatible symptoms.
Given that screening has so little effect on incidence in this age group and the fact that the age-specific rate is not much greater anywhere in the world, we doubt that the number would have been appreciably larger in the absence of screening.
Comparing life stage:adult sensitivity results for the metabolically activated versus direct-acting compounds can shed light on whether the previous results, including the relevant dosimetry, are likely to have been appreciably distorted by immaturity of metabolic activating systems in the neonatal period.
The accuracy of the Vector Averaging Current Meter (VACM), for example, has been improved appreciably by the use of integrated circuits, as has its data-handling capability.
For example, the rate of atmospheric Pb deposition in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland has been affected appreciably by human activity over the last 2,100 years, with rates of deposition during this period being at least 10 times that of the original natural flux (Shotyk et al. 1998).
