If the dimmer is set at three-quarters intensity, it conducts for three-quarters of the cycle and does not conduct for the other quarter, causing the light to glow at three-quarter intensity.
Analysts are forecasting that those declines will be followed by much larger decreases this quarter as the longest recession in a quarter century gains intensity.
"I think the tight quarters and the intensity, particularly in the second half, are a huge dramatic asset," he said, citing his experience making the even more claustrophobic "Apollo 13".
The cramped quarters heighten the intensity.
But if he had to choose an area he would pick Ciutat Vella, the old quarter, "for its variety, intensity and warmth".
Figure 3 shows that in the 1st quarter of the study, case intensity of protozoa infection was moderate to intense in the urban area, while in the other quarters the distribution ranged from mild and moderate risk across the whole region.
But if the running time of nearly two and a quarter hours were reduced, the intensity of the experience might be increased.
One-third of the study subjects developed TMD symptoms and for a quarter of symptomatic episodes, pain intensity was severe.
The drastic change in intensity unfolded in the fourth quarter.
"If we get too close to the end of our season, then it is very difficult for the teams because the intensity of matches, quarter-finals of cup competitions, things like that, just makes it more and more difficult to cross the Atlantic.
We played really well in the first two quarters, but to keep that intensity up would have been hard for any team in the world.
