Sentence examples for minor activity from inspiring English sources

Daily activity and energy expenditure were measured using Columbus Instruments small animal indirect calorimeters with Opto-M Varimex Minor activity monitors, which measure horizontal and ambulatory (non-consecutive beam breaks) activity using infrared beams, as previously described [16].

Mr. Boehner, the Republican leader, said policing such minor activity through a resolution could set a dangerous precedent.

Significant earthquakes are not recorded along this or other known faults in Antarctica, the most seismically quiet of all continents, in which mostly minor activity is associated with surrounding oceanic ridges or volcanoes.

The main productive activities in the ejido are agriculture and farming, fishing being a minor activity.

An exception is the ω-TA from Caulobacter crescentus which showed minor activity towards β-phenylalanine (Hwang et al. 2008).

In the second millennium BC, plant cultivation was only a minor activity of predominantly mobile groups and did not alter the vegetation significantly.

But these are minor activities.

In most vertebrates, melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) peptides are secreted specifically by the intermediate lobe of the pituitary gland and function primarily in skin darkening, with an array of other, minor activities.

The Washington Post reports that such respected labels as RCA Red Seal, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and Melodiya, all owned or distributed by the international giant BMG, will be either shunted aside as minor activities of the American, pop-oriented RCA label or put out of business altogether.

Even minor activities such as holding one's breath during a glaucoma test can result in higher-than-normal readings.

Researchers have long known that even in milder types of the disease, such as Becker's muscular dystrophy, and in the early stages of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, patients tend to fatigue after relatively minor activities.