Conversely, shorter or steeper stages could result in very high intensities and very short verification phases, making it impossible for certain subjects to reach V̇O2max before exhaustion [2, 11].
"It wasn't possible to make a big difference; I need a steeper stage than this," said Schleck, who rides for the Leopard Trek team with his older brother Frank.
Let's hope he finds his feet soon, and doesn't oblige any more poor actresses to negotiate a steep-raked stage in four-inch stilettos.
One of the funniest plays ever written, it's a backstage farce that's steeped in stage tradition and the larger-than-life characters of the theatrical profession.
CD4 decline varies across time, generally being steeper in the early stages and less steep at later stages.
My honest advice would be to skip the gig if the only tickets left are for level three – you're so high and steep above the stage you can see any bald patches among the performers.
During sandstone mechanical compaction, the evolution of porosity and permeability has a segmentation characteristic with the increasing overburden pressure and depth, and the evolution curves can be divided into two sections, i.e., a rapid compaction stage with a steep slope at the earlier stage and a slow compaction stage at the later stage.
Yet Mr Fukuda has chosen to tackle road-building issues within the context of sweeping tax reforms designed to set the state's shaky finances on a sounder footing as Japan's population both shrinks and ages.This will entail a steep rise, presumably in stages, of the consumption (sales) tax a delicate political matter.
This can be related to an extended sub-horizontal shearing of the Burano formation during the compressional stage followed by steep fractures during the extensional phase.
Before the show, I climbed the steep, creaky stairs off stage left and sat down with Griffin and Drummond.
