The meaning is not yet clear, but it is probably safe to assume that it involves a relative diminution of American power vis a vis China.
Since 1998, it has criticized practices at China's state banks and published exposés of well-connected companies, including one involving a relative of Deng Xiaoping, China's late leader.
Diabetes is a common disease of metabolic-endocrine (ductless gland) origin involving a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin, a hormone that plays a major role in carbohydrate metabolism.
The assessment involved a relative comparison of three models, representing pristine, damaged and repaired configurations.
Second, SUV in itself involves a relative measurement uncertainty, which is the same for SUV either corrected or uncorrected for physical decay.
The effectiveness of the proposed repair concept was assessed using a finite element analysis that involved a relative comparison of three models, namely the pristine, damaged and repaired models.
The source, a close political adviser, said that there was no single factor driving Judd's decision not to run, but that one consideration was a recently arising "family situation" involving a relative -- "not one of the famous ones" -- that "caused her to consider how she wanted to spend the next two years or more of her life".
The study involves a relative small sample size and an observational design without use of control subjects.
Previous studies involved a relative small range of models, and we wanted to extend our simulation studies.
