Sentence examples for predominance of small from inspiring English sources

The microregion of São João Del Rei, in the State of Minas Gerais, is characterized by the predominance of small rural properties, mainly used for dairy cattle.

Under this hypothesis, the predominance of small firms is the consequence and not the cause of the low productivity of the Spanish economy.

Diabetic dyslipoproteinemia characterized by hypertriglyceridemia, low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, and often elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol with predominance of small, dense LDL is a strong risk factor for atherosclerosis.

Turkish agriculture in interior and southeast Anatolia (de Tapia 2007) has a strong peasant character, with a predominance of small family farms (Tekelioghu 1993), and the Kurdish village-based sedentary pastoralism follows this pattern.

Hence, the validity of the NBL needs the predominance of small values and, when thinking of real-world data, a majority of small entities.

The ultrastructural analysis confirmed the predominance of small cells with large, polylobulated nuclei and clear cytoplasm containing dense-core granules of an average diameter of 100 nm (Figure 3).

Specific gravity (kg/m3) ϕ CEC 1,200 35 Pumice 570 46 Open image in new window Fig. 1 SEM of the LWA used: a CEC, clay expanded with 1 mm < GS < 1.6 mm; b CEC, with grain size < 2 mm; c Pumice. Figure 1a and 1b show CEC with different sizes; it can be observed that those of smaller size show a more homogeneous shape, and the smaller particles show predominance of smaller pores.

The plot of nematode sizes shows a predominance of smaller nematodes that are part of the meiofauna (Figure 8).

The predominance of smaller ST proteins could have been due to the way in which the sequences were found; analysis of EST fragments usually gives the smallest one in higher proportions.

The ecoregion system of classification proposed by Spalding et al. [29], which we tested here, defined ecoregions as "areas of relatively homogeneous species composition and likely determined by the predominance of a small number of ecosystems and/or distinct oceanographic or topographic features".

The predominance of relatively small, before-after studies highlights the limited quality of the evidence base.