Frequencies ≤0.4 kHz are not attenuated; attenuation increases with frequency at a rate of about 6 dB/octave but never exceeds 30 dB above 4 kHz.
Back and forth over three decades, the two principal characters of Chaon's first novel -- half brothers, we soon perceive -- suffer the extraordinary fates that Chaon devises for otherwise ordinary people, whose families are attenuated and dispersed but never lose the unseen links that attach them, consciously or not, to one another.
Without adjustment for BMI, these percentages increased but were never >10%, although inclusion of CRP attenuated the risk estimate by 9%.
However, using case definition 2 (where available) for anxiety in preference to case definition 1 slightly attenuated this association in never smokers (see online supplementary figure S8).
Recent quitters were marginally less likely to have paid OOPC than never smokers, but this small effect attenuated even further with adjustment.
Effects were attenuated when restricting analysis to never smokers only for COPD/emphysema/chronic bronchitis (RR = 1.22, 0.97 1.53), however remained significant for pneumonia 1.36 (95% CI: 1.10, 1.69) (from 8 studies) and tuberculosis 1.90 (95% CI: 1.45, 2.50) (from 11 studies).
There was a more than four-fold increased risk among current versus never smokers; however, the risk was notably attenuated among former smokers.
Others have found that inclusion of passive smokers with never smokers yields a similar, if slightly attenuated, association (Egan et al, 2002; Reynolds et al, 2004; Luo et al, 2011b).
But attenuated as they were, the songs never came apart.
So, when searching for your organization's next leader, look for someone with an attenuated dopamine function: someone who is never satisfied with the status quo, someone who wants the feeling of success more than others — but likes it less.
