Sentence examples for principal damage was from inspiring English sources

As demonstrated by two recent earthquakes (1980, Terceira; 1998, Faial), the principal damage was related to one or more of these factors: (1) unsafe location of structures near faults; (2) unstable foundation soils; (3) poor quality of building materials and construction methods; (4) disregard of building codes; and (5) lack of building maintenance.

The principal damage was hepatic (63%), hepatorenal (26 %) and hematologic (19%).

Admittedly, a limitation of the present study is that the behavioural effectiveness of principal sulcus damage was not verified in these three cases specifically, but it seems highly doubtful that some idiosyncratic factor common to all three cases would prevent bilateral DLPFC damage from producing impairments that would otherwise be expected.

The shear wall specimens were loaded in a reverse cyclic manner, and the principal damage states were investigated throughout the testing process.

The damage indices at principal damage states are calculated by the modified damage model for each member in the above mentioned database.

Based on continuum damage mechanics, a Principal Damage Model is developed by combining the generalized standard material model with the Principal Damage concept of composite materials.

The principal damage zone was sharply-defined in an area 14 miles (23 km) in diameter; the boundaries of the damage resembled the path of a tornado, although a subsequent analysis indicated the majority of the damage was not tornadic in nature.

But pathology studies show that the principal cause of the damage is not the SARS agent but the body's immune reaction against it, Dr. Salter said.

The principal compound emitted after root damage is determined by the plant species, and not by damage type or root glucosinolate composition.

Further investigations showed that the principal compounds emitted after root damage are determined by the plant species, and not by damage type or root glucosinolate composition (van Dam et al. 2012).

Some studies suggest that the restoration of perilesional networks, which have escaped irreversible damage, is the principal contribution to recovery, and that the role of the contralesional hemisphere is subsidiary, because it is recruited only when the left hemisphere is severely damaged [ Heiss and Thiel, 2006].