Sentence examples similar to soften criteria from inspiring English sources
In the mid-1980s, however, Congress softened the criteria.
We therefore softened the criteria for CS-responsiveness and focused our analysis on neurons that showed any increase in firing to the tone CS (z>0 within 200 ms of CS onset).
Introducing a softening criterion formulated in terms of the minimal number of chain segments available in the distribution we can describe not only elastic behavior but also inelastic phenomena especially pronounced in filled rubbers.
Next to personal commitment, the most often used method to recruit patients is to "soften" the inclusion criteria, to make them more acceptable, under the umbrella of otherwise being unethical.
The newcomers, Lionel Jospin's Socialists, are pledged to soften the Maastricht treaty's criteria for participation in the single currency conditions hitherto deemed vital to ensure that the euro would be sound.
The ductile fracture model was then coupled with the yield criterion, as in the continuum damage mechanics, using the material softening.
The modifications mainly include the determination of fiber effect-dependent parameters in terms of damage evolution, yield criterion, hardening/softening law and plastic potential.
However, accuracy of the model largely depends on adequate evaluation of its parameters that determine the yield criterion, hardening/softening rule and flow rule.
Obviously, it is possible for shaking from an earthquake to remold and soften a sensitive clay, but there is no criteria available to help engineers determine the extent of seismic loading required to induce sufficient strain softening to trigger instability.
The criteria were softened to take into account the legitimate contention that diversified fishers would have suffered had they remained as originally proposed.
