This would eliminate -- or at least contain -- the influence of extreme cases that could skew ratings.
Lesk, C., Rowhani, P. & Ramankutty, N. Influence of extreme weather disasters on global crop production.
The original indictment charged Officer Lora only with first-degree manslaughter, which requires a finding that a person intentionally killed someone while "under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance".
It is, over all, a community under the influence of extreme Islamic beliefs; intelligence officials told me that some of the Triple Frontier Arabs held celebrations on September 11th of last year and also on the anniversary this year.
Water quality data from three French rivers acquired over a 27 years period, from January 1983 to December 2009, show the influence of extreme flows.
Lord Judge, sitting with Mrs Justice Swift and Mr Justice Sweeney, described Munir Hussain's case as one of "true exceptionality" and announced: "The plain, simple reality is that Munir Hussain was acting under the continuing influence of extreme provocation.
For extreme conditions, the results show a significant influence of extreme events toward the northwest, around La Guajira and the insular zones of San Andres and Providence when compared with other regions along the coast.
This study was designed to examine the anticipated strong influence of extreme impact loading on the mineral mass, size, and gross structural properties of triple jumpers' lower limb bones.
Social choice theory, and not game theory, had more application, he suggested, explaining that if the parties used approval rating polls (based on voters' opinion of candidates) rather than plurality polls (based on voters' first-choice candidate), that would help cut down on the influence of extreme politicians in the primaries.
"Even as a majority of Americans feel that the Internet has generally helped them connect with others, a similar number also believe that the Internet has increased the influence of extreme views in the political debate," a 2010 study by the Pew Research Center concluded.
These variables were selected because they are directly related to general hypotheses about the positive influence of adequate warmth and water availability as well as access to markets, and the potential negative influence of extreme high temperatures (SI Appendix, Table S1).
