According to the 'unopposed estrogen' hypothesis, the mitogenic effects of estrogen on the endometrium, especially if not counterbalanced by progestagen, increase the risk of malignancy.
After a directional episode, selection can turn stabilizing and, if not counterbalanced by gene flow or high mutation rates, may reduce additive genetic variance.
This produces a commensurate decline in aerobic exercise capacity of 5 10% (Cerretelli 2008) with consequent reduction of outdoor performances such as running, hunting, or escaping from predators, which can lead to a reduction in fitness if not counterbalanced by acclimatization or genetic adaptation.
Couldn't this be counterbalanced if Republican partisans were praising Mr. Obama at the same time that Democrats were criticizing him?
Yet perhaps these clouds over Adani could be at least counterbalanced if the Carmichael Mine guaranteed jobs, which it does, but only sort of.
Thus, the concepts of active and passive force closure arise: an external wrench can be counterbalanced if there exist strictly active or passive internal forces (Bicchi and Pratichizzo 2000).
As if to counterbalance the greatness of the songs, McCartney takes care to make his banter as excruciating as possible.
As if to counterbalance any potential angst about Mr. Spano's maverick programming practices (which have so far had mostly to do with thematic programming and concert format, as in the use of video in performances), the Atlanta Symphony announced Mr. Runnicles's appointment as principal guest conductor at the same time that it announced Mr. Spano's as music director.
As if to counterbalance its Disney-esque be-yourself plotline, the film goes overboard in its representation of Morrissey's melancholia.
Technocracy, he asserted, is the objective form of the instrumental tendencies in human reason, and if it is not counterbalanced by the integrally human resources of cultural or rational communication it is likely to result in oppressive government.
