Thus, a scale was shortened by eliminating the item whose deletion yielded the best alpha.
As shown in figure 4A, these proteins consist of ERK1 mutants in which the N-terminus was progressively shortened, thus eliminating the major difference present at the N-terminus of ERK1 with ERK2.
Some are very elaborate and of long duration; others, especially under the influence of modern secularization, have been abruptly shortened or eliminated.
Robert A. Liberto, a vice president at Segal Advisors, the investment consulting unit of the Segal Company, a benefits consulting firm based in New York, estimated that over the last year, at least one-third of his company's clients have shortened or eliminated waiting periods for 401 k)'s.
A vast majority of Americans are on the losing side of the class war, as evidenced by lower pay scales, eviscerated unions, fewer benefits, later retirement, shortened or eliminated vacations, starved municipalities and of course the quality of our food and the impact it has on us and the environment.
With dozens of bus routes shortened or eliminated, particularly outside Manhattan, the city's newly instated taxi and limousine commissioner, David Yassky, saw an opportunity to help stranded riders while professionalizing a commuter van industry that had suffered from shady business practices and lax regulation.
Although the length of the undisturbed tunnel varied widely, the tunnel was shortened or eliminated by placement of a non-self-centering device.
Then in Stage 2, the same beams were shortened to eliminate the sections of major damage and re-tested to determine the post-damage residual strength and behaviour due to flexural loading.
Thus, shortening or eliminating the dry period leads to earlier postpartum ovulation and the results highlight the need for future large field studies to accurately evaluate the effect of dry period length on reproductive performance of lactating dairy cows.
As milk yield and persistency of lactation increases, either through genetic selection or administration of exogenous agents such as bST, the likelihood of successfully shortening or eliminating the dry period should increase.
