Sentence examples for mass dropping from inspiring English sources

It replaced earlier, frankly propagandistic programs, including mass dropping of anti-Communist leaflets from high-altitude balloons.

A 5.5 kg mass dropping from 39 cm gave an impact velocity of 2.75 m s−1 and would reliably ignite a 50 mg β-HMX sample.

By 18 weeks of age, G93A mice had lost approximately 14% (p = 0.06) of their 13-weeks-of-age body mass, dropping from 25.4±0.38 g to 21.8±0.55 g (Figure 1, A). Eighteen weeks old G93A mice weighed 28% less than C57BL/6J mice of the same age (p = 0.007), which continued to maintain their body weights until 20 weeks of age.

He identified the controversy surrounding "Humanae Vitae," the 1968 papal encyclical reasserting the church's condemnation of contraception, as a turning point for the church — a time when attendance at Mass dropped precipitously and Catholics began to question church authority on an ever-growing list of topics.

Thus, we iterate until the total probability mass drops under an accuracy threshold.

The degradation products in the bulk accumulate and are subsequently released in a burst when the molar mass drops below a certain value.

The explants were placed individually on the loading platen and subjected to a single impact load using a 500 g mass dropped from a height of 25 mm.

With stage 2, β cell mass drops a little more and/or insulin resistance worsens, such that glucose levels rise to levels associated with a marked loss of acute GSIS, which we postulate is caused by glucotoxicity.

It has been shown that there is a reserve capacity of beta cells and that type 1 diabetes only becomes clinically apparent when the beta cell mass drops under a critical threshold (< 30%) [ 6, 10].

Mass drops of parachute troops had been pioneered by the Soviet Union in the 1930s, but the Luftwaffe first used the technique operationally, notably during the invasion of Crete, in which 15,000 airborne and parachute troops were landed onto that island by 700 transport aircraft and 80 gliders.

When the testes do not produce enough INSL3, bone mass drops and osteoporosis occurs.