Although research has illustrated an association between early sexual intercourse and negative psychosocial factors (Kirby, Lepore, & Ryan, 2005), the majority of this work has been based on cross-sectional comparisons (Biglan et al., 1990; Small & Luster, 1994), making it difficult to determine whether the associated negative psychosocial factors preceded or followed initiation of intercourse.
The electroless palladium film obtained from the modified bath has a higher luster, smaller grain size, and is denser than the typical bath.
The reason that nobody wants the job, he said, is that politics has lost its luster, even in small communities.
When seen within the context of Balanchine's much wider stylistic range, these small masterpieces glow with the luster of onyx amid rubies and diamonds.
That awesomeness quickly lost its luster, however, like the "It's a Small World" ride after the first 15 seconds.
Depending on the amount of time allowed for the reaction between ThI4 and thorium, two modifications of ThI3 can be produced: shorter times give thin lustrous rods of α-ThI3, while longer times give small β-ThI3 crystals with green to brass-colored luster.
Small negative correlations were present between mean fiber diameter and subjectively assessed luster scores.
Small positive correlations were present between mean fiber diameter and objectively measured luster values.
Today the factory is still largely under state ownership (members of the Zsolnay family, compensated for their loss by the government, have set up a small new enterprise in Pecs) and is struggling to re-establish its former luster.
That's no small chunk of change, particularly as 3D printing has lost much of its luster in the consumer world over the past several years.
LOW BIDS Damien Hirst continues to lose his luster.
