Sentence examples for is lessened in from inspiring English sources

Alternatively, it is possible that the benefit of IS therapy on peripheral outcomes is lessened in patients with existing PAD because the disease in the lower extremities has advanced beyond "prevention" of the atherosclerotic process in this vascular bed.

This suggests that the protection provided by REST against brain cell death is lessened in those affected by dementia, Yankner says.

Although regression modelling identified a positive interaction between ROK inhibition and septic shock supporting that the effect of ROK inhibition is lessened in the presence of septic shock, this was non-significant (p = 0.312).

For example, land-dwelling mammals are probably limited to a certain maximum size by the effects of gravity (which is lessened in water because of the effects of buoyancy) and insects may be limited to a maximum body size by their mostly passive respiratory systems.

Shortly after its defeat, one of the vampire sisters appears and disdains their efforts, saying their control is lessened in only a minor degree.

Transgenic mice helped dissect out the respective contribution of nNOS, as the extent of the lesions after medial cerebral artery occlusion is reduced in eNOS−/− [28], whereas secondary neuronal damage-induced by prolonged ischemia is lessened in iNOS−/− [29].

AIDS advocates fear that any suggestion that the epidemic is lessening in intensity will cause fatigued donors to contribute less.

Many experts believe that aerosol-producing pollution is lessening in industrialized countries as they place controls on emissions, and that in North America and Europe it may therefore become less important as an influence on climate and weather.

"The factors that brought people into the market have either disappeared, in the case of the tax credit, or their impact is lessening, in the case of foreclosures," said Jennifer H. Lee of BMO Capital Markets.

On the ground, however, the violence is lessening in some areas with the security forces turning a blind eye to the insurgents' protection rackets, abductions and  banditry in return for not being attacked.

"The women's coverage won't be lessened in any way," he said.