Foods collected in the TDS are prepared as "table ready," that is, as would be consumed, for realistic estimates of dietary intake of those targeted components.
He added: "Although the insecticide levels used in this study are realistic, it is unclear whether both neonicotinoids are commonly consumed together at these levels.
He's referring, I assume, to the unsettling dissonance between Tartt's realistic writing and the sometimes rather absurd plot points (explosions! Cities being consumed by deserts! Art theft!), a pairing that could lend the novel an air of stiltedness.
The first, and most important, is the use of objective, quantifiable measures (i.e., DTR concentration, wastewater flow rate, population size) providing realistic and reproducible pictures of the amount and type of illicit drugs consumed in different communities (Table 6).
This partitioning of the cases into four categories allows combining the realistic description of the transmission dynamics with an easy calculation of the resources consumed during an outbreak.
Clenched and brooding, consumed with rage and self-loathing, Tomas is one of the more realistic screen drunks ever in a small, beautifully acted film whose "perfectly meshed lead performances evoke an intimacy that makes you squirm" (Holden).
Using a blend of gasoline and ethanol to power cars is seen by many as the most realistic way of cutting the 378 million gallons, or 1.4 billion liters, of gasoline consumed daily in the United States.
Since ad lib provision represents a realistic regime, as it would be for farm animals and for humans, the amounts consumed by rats are not relevant.
This is not realistic because metabolites are generally degraded after a certain time in a cell or may be consumed by reactions not considered in our network.
However, these were not realistic alternatives for Navajo residents who relied on local water sources that are not routinely monitored, consumed locally-grown animal meat, and herded livestock and gathered herbs in close proximity to the river.
