In the "jet age" the passenger-carrying segment of the shipping industry has lost much of its former importance, but the quantity of goods transported by water continues to grow as the world economy expands.
So it would become "a greenhouse gas of some importance if the quantity of its use grows as people expect". For now, the gas is only present in the atmosphere in very small quantities of about 1.5 parts per trillion, though it is increasing by about 5percentt per year.
In particular, we expect the importance of the quantity ρ – the ratio of life-cycle effectiveness of transmission between immune and non-immune individuals – to be robust to including more model details.
Therefore, the relative efficacy of different strategies to reducing escapees with different degrees of temporal variability will depend on the relative importance of the quantity of an individual spillover event and the cumulative effect of multiple such events.
Thomas et al. reported that the location of the ABHR dispenser is of more importance than the quantity of ABHR dispensers on a surgical intensive care unit (ICU) [ 7].
Using global patent data, this paper empirically investigates the importance of both the quantity and quality of innovation on economic growth, controlling for past measures of inventive inputs.
In parallel with this, new immunological approaches have highlighted the importance of studying the quantity and quality (polyfunctionality?) of DNA vaccine-activated T cells.
But American skiers have benefited by recent changes to the event's formula that reduced the importance, and quantity, of ski jumping and increased the distance of the cross-country race from 7 ½ kilometers to 10 kilometers, or six miles.
In developed and developing countries alike, no factor is of greater importance in relation to the quantity and quality of education; it is significant that a substantial proportion of the budget of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is devoted to the improvement of teacher preparation.
Oral health promotion will essentially educate children regarding appropriate health behaviours to maintain oral health, with emphasis on the importance of toothbrushing with fluoridated toothpaste, healthy eating habits, emphasising the role of sugar in the tooth decay process, and the importance of reducing both the quantity and frequency of sugary products in the diet.
