Sentence examples for may therefore mask from inspiring English sources

Shales can cause complications for the petrophysicist because they are generally conductive and may therefore mask the high-resistance characteristic of hydrocarbons (Toby 2005).

This may contribute equally to performance on both switch and stay trials, and may therefore mask any subtle behavioural switch-stay differences.

In addition, catecholamine stress observed in sepsis stimulates the myocardium and may, therefore, mask myocardial depression.

On the other hand, larval food availability can influence adult condition and may therefore mask underlying genotypic effects to some degree.

Higher inoculum levels of 10 cfu/ml, which here translate to adding 10,000 cells per leaf, well over the lesion coalescence threshold, may therefore mask changes in virulence of up to a thousand-fold.

Reporting only a 'composite cardiovascular disease event' endpoint may therefore mask a treatment effect; for example, the intervention might reduce the risk of one event but increase the risk of another [ 15].

These factors imply that functional redundancy is highly likely among the mechanics of infection and that other genes may compensate for those mutated, and therefore mask the loss of virulence associated with any single gene knock-out or knock-down.

Microtubule defects may therefore be masked by the actions of SAC and SPOC.

Several peptide epitopes may therefore be masked and the protein may not be detectable by the antibodies in certain kits [ 16].

Even after intragametophytic selfing, recessive deleterious alleles may therefore be masked by other alleles in the sporophyte, making the effects of inbreeding depression less pronounced.

Today, different diagnoses are used in different countries and FOC may therefore be masked by other diagnoses such as general anxiety, blood- and injection phobia or fear of hospital/medical environment.