The properties of wet-pressed boards are improved by "tempering" treatments (exposure to heat or application of drying oils).
The hedge fund firm has also tempered its net exposure to the stock market to about 45 percent of assets, down from 80 percent of assets in the first quarter, according to those on the call.
The impact of differences in gray matter volume and white matter thickness on cognition is tempered by lifetime exposure to years of formal education, literacy level, occupational status, and engagement in leisure activities, consistent with the predictions of the cognitive reserve model, and thus is potentially modifiable by supplying appropriate experiences [7].
At Play At CPAC: Ana Marie Cox's CPAC highlights for Air America include an interview with an enthusiastic NRA supporter who thinks that the "insatiable curiosity" of kids can be tempered by early exposure to firearms - just like the cigarette companies do!
The imperviousness of large financial institutions to effective risk regulation is not news, and was argued persuasively by Greenlight Capital President David Einhorn in the months before the 2008 meltdown, yet a half a decade has passed and next to nothing has been done to mitigate trading risk and temper the unchecked derivatives exposure that continues to threaten the commercial banking system.
Overall, problems of exposure assessment temper any conclusions regarding reproductive outcomes, and no adverse effects of RFs have been substantiated.
In such settings, complex systems, interactions between human, microbe, and the environment, tempered by time, determine microbial exposure, human infection, and the development of chronic sequelae.
As he reaches for pop exposure, Lil Wayne is tempering braggadocio with a different kind of audacity: he's showing himself as more vulnerable than ever.
The idea was to see if just this brief, but engaging exposure to moral instruction tempered kids' natural deceptiveness -- and if any of the three stories was more effective than the others.
Our confidence in the lack of association we observed is tempered by the limitations of our exposure assessment.
