Serious action on global warming is stymied because the auto industry opposes heightened Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, voters are not impressed with gas taxes, and oil companies have opinions of their own.
For the Considered Pleasurable group, heart rate increased as participants experienced heightened pleasure states an average of 5.5 beats per minute (BPM; σ = 9.4) or 340% of its increase from baseline as pleasure ratings increased from WE-neutral to WE-LP (p<.001).
So, what effect will this heightened competition have on the average midmarket IT department?
The students who, on average, donated the most showed heightened activity in the pleasure centers of their brain as they gave up the money.
The suspense heightened today as the Dow Jones Industrial Average came within a stone's throw of the 10,000 mark, only to pull away again in late-session trading.
His efforts have heightened awareness globally of how government agencies track average internet users' data, unbeknownst to them, and raised questions of how other countries have proceeded on this front.
When depression and PTSD were included in the longitudinal model separately, greater average levels of the psychological distress and heightened episodes of distress were associated with more alcohol use.
Interest in price elasticities by policymakers has heightened in recent years as attention has focused on reducing average population-level consumption as part of a policy for addressing problem drinking and abusive alcohol consumption [11, 27, 28].
Every five days, Urias lowers his earned-run average and heightens expectations for his eventual major-league debut -- whenever his employers deem the situation right.
His record fell to 6-7, his earned run average climbed to 3.98, and the speculation that something was wrong with him heightened.
