Sentence examples for thus protective from inspiring English sources

Unlike the Trobriand Island fishermen, who knew precisely what they believed in, most of us who touch wood have no idea why we do so ("Traditionally," says Brewer's Dictionary Of Phrase And Fable, "certain trees such as the oak, ash, hazel, hawthorn and willow had a sacred significance, and thus protective powers").

The transport of Al3+ to the solution is negligible in relation to the proton flux towards the metal in the presence of a cathodic field, and the film is thus protective against significant metal dissolution.

In addition, dihydroxybenzoic acids are present in their ionized forms at physiological pH, which may influence their cellular uptake and thus protective potency.

Parasitemia was more common in primigravid women and much less common in multigravid women (χ2 test, p = 0.01594), consistent with the hypothesis that previous malaria infection during pregnancy produces VAR2CSA (and thus protective) antibodies.

Thus, protective effects of GABA might be due to reduced apoptosis of pulmonary epithelial cells.

Thus, protective immunity against severe disease from repeated infection may develop in persons in areas with ubiquitous leptospirosis transmission.

46 Thus, the protective effect of aspirin was confined to homozygous carriers of the protective T allele of rs6983267 who constitute ca. 25% of the population (variant allele frequency for rs6983267 is 0.50 46).

Thus, applying protective ventilation using tidal volumes of around 6 mL/kg [ 104] may also be considered kidney-protective ventilation.

Thus, chemical protective clothing performance must be carefully scrutinized in addition to design and features.

Estimated porosity and corrosion current density increased, and thus the protective efficiency decreased at a strain of 2%.

Thus, the protective effect of K deficiency against Cd toxicity is mainly due to enhanced antioxidant status but not inhibition of Cd uptake.