Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are believed to have genetic and environmental origins, yet in only a modest fraction of individuals can specific causes be identified1,2.
The Ahdab oil field represents only a modest fraction of Iraq's oil wealth — the field is expected to produce 90,000 barrels of oil a day.
The cost of redoing these piers would be about $70 million, a modest fraction of the $1.2 billion provided earlier by Washington to help revive the city.
Even a modest fraction of Google's more than 132 million users constitutes a massive test bed and focus group for evaluating the potential of new products.
The kidney is responsible for the bulk of potassium excretion but a modest fraction of ingested potassium may be excreted by secretion in the colon.
The core stream, with some modest fraction of the gas horsepower remaining (not extracted to drive the fan) proceeds directly to its own exhaust nozzle.
Why would you be willing to work so hard and take so much risk for only a modest fraction of ownership?
A10 Rumsfeld Details His Plan Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld described his vision of military transformation as one that might not even challenge current weapons programs or involve more than a "modest fraction" of the Pentagon's forces.
By finding new ways to integrate and coordinate the military's weapons systems, he said, the Pentagon may be able to "change some modest fraction of your force, with the effect being transformational".
Compared with the cost of packaging, marketing and other ingredients, cocoa sometimes represents a modest fraction of the overall cost of a candy bar, said Susan Smith, a spokeswoman for the United States Chocolate Manufacturers Association.
As studies have shown, it is sufficient that a pylon occupies even a modest fraction of a view to cause a marked decline in the aesthetic quality of the landscape.
