For example, alleles conferring lactose tolerance increased to high frequencies in Europe just a few thousand years after animal husbandry was invented, and recent increases in the number of copies of the gene for salivary amylase, which digests starch, appear to be related to agriculture.

Patients may also have a pleural effusion high in amylase ( from saliva ), low pH, and may contain particles of food.

from downstream, where the water level is much lower, it is a high, elaborately facaded pavilion.

During these years the youthful conductor had contributed greatly to the high level of musical life in Germany.

By 1834 the art of oratory had reached a very high level in the United States as a literary form.

I look for TV sales and production to be approximately equal at 5.7 million sets for the year, but I look for some decline in radios from the high rate in 1961 to more nearly the 1959 level of 15.0 - 15.5 million sets.

Exclusive of esthetic values, such as high- or low-foam level, perfume content, etc., the requirements for the organic active used in washing textiles are high.

When served in a psychological atmosphere that allows young bodies to assimilate the greatest good from what they eat because they are free from tension, a foundation is laid for a high level of health that releases the children from physical handicaps to participate with enjoyment in the work assignments, the athletic programs and the most important phase, the educational opportunities.

While availability of mortgage money has been a factor in encouraging apartment construction, the generally high level of prosperity in the past few years plus rising consumer income are among the factors that have encouraged builders to concentrate in the apartment-building field.

All of the releases, however, are recorded at a gratifyingly high level, with resultant masking of any surface noise.

However, a witness with a high level of empathic concern is likely to assume personal responsibility entirely regardless of the number of bystanders.

level ( when the standard of proof is high, the chances of overlooking

Other examples include various prescription drugs ( e. g. most antiepileptic drugs have cerebellar ataxia as a possible adverse effect ), Lithium level over 1. 5mEq / L, cannabis ingestion and various other recreational drugs ( e. g. ketamine, PCP or dextromethorphan, all of which are NMDA receptor antagonists that produce a dissociative state at high doses ).

The Arians appealed to many high level leaders and clergy in both the Western and Eastern empires.

In the sense that most modern languages are " algol-like ", it was arguably the most successful of the four high level programming languages with which it was roughly contemporary, Fortran, Lisp, and COBOL.

The Bassetki Statue, cast with the lost wax method, testifies to the high level of skill of that craftsmen achieved during the Akkadian period.

He was described as vicious, fearless, strong and powerful but also with a very high level of combat intelligence.

They note that although AA's ideology denies AA is religious in nature, for an AA member to remain sober a high level of commitment is necessary.

Thus far the only people who have been attested with a high level of genetic, historical, linguistic and cultural research to be the descendants of the ancient Mesopotamians are the Assyrian Christians of Iraq and its surrounding areas in north west Iran, north east Syria and south eastern Turkey.

Assyrian sculpture reached a high level of refinement in the Neo-Assyrian period.

It is distinguished by its high level of firepower, mobility and armour protection relative to other vehicles of its era.

In areas of high stress, the level of facilitation is especially high as well.

The contrast between a high level of education and a low level of political rights was particularly great in Aarau, and the city refused to send troops to defend the Bernese border.

About 28 of the former US military bases in Vietnam where the herbicides were stored and loaded onto airplanes may still have high level of dioxins in the soil, posing a health threat to the surrounding communities.

The high level of oxygenation and revascularization speed up recovery times and prevent infections.

The armed forces of Taiwan are at a working strength of about 450,000, though a reserve potential twice that high is contemplated.

Used in several sets of high reps once or twice each week it will not be long before your entire upper leg takes on a razor-sharp definition in which the muscles look like wire cables writhing and twisting under the skin!!

According to a 2003 study undertaken by the International Diabetes Federation ( IDF ) on the access to and availability of insulin in its member countries, synthetic ' human ' insulin is considerably more expensive in most countries where both synthetic ' human ' and animal insulin are commercially available: e. g. within European countries the average price of synthetic ' human ' insulin was twice as high as the price of pork insulin.

Due to the low molecular mass and hence high thermal velocity of hydrogen these engines are at least twice as fuel efficient as chemical engines, even after including the weight of the reactor.

In opposition to Nasrallah's call, Monday, March 7 saw at least 70, 000 people – with some estimates putting the number at twice as high – gathered at central Martyrs ' Square to demand that Syria leave completely.

In recent years living standards have gone up and are about twice as high as French metropolitan areas like Nice.

Food chains, such as Pizza Hut, have come under criticism for the high salt content of some of their meals, which were found to contain more than twice the daily recommended amount of salt for an adult.

The local rivers have shown more improvement though continue to have levels of mercury and other pollutants exceeding EPA limits, an exhaustive study conducted in 2007 by the University of Pittsburgh found that dangerous chemicals in fish catches were twice as high or more on the Canadian side of Lake Erie and six times higher in fish catches far upriver on the Allegheny.

In 1774, the slave population of Rhode Island was 6. 3 %, nearly twice as high as any other New England colony.

The total number of Romani people is at least twice as large ( several times as large according to high estimates ).

Sweet tea is typically brewed with a lower carbohydrate and calorie content than most fruit juices and sugary sodas, but it is not unusual to occasionally find sweet tea with a sugar level as high as 22 brix ( percent weight sucrose in water ), twice that of Coca Cola.

This makes Keen harder to control, but allows the player to jump twice as high if jump button is employed with good timing.

Metis is tidally locked to Jupiter, which led to a high asymmetry in the shape of the moon, with one of the diameters being almost twice as large as the smallest one.

His annual salary was quite high when he was first engaged, but it doubled twice in the first few years, and was often supplemented by special bonuses.

These hallucinations occur just before falling asleep, and affect a surprisingly high proportion of the population ( in one survey 37 % of the respondents experienced them twice a week ).

Areas of moorland inland such as: Bodmin Moor, Dartmoor and Exmoor experience lower temperatures and more precipitation than the rest of the south west ( approximately twice as much rainfall as lowland areas ), because of their high altitude.

In one Hungarian longitudinal study, a district in which home-smoked meat was the predominant protein source consumed showed that the incidence of stomach cancer, relative to all other cancers, was nearly twice as high ( 47 %– 50 %) as that of the general Hungarian population ( 29. 9 %).

Show Low has twice reached 100 ° F ( 38 ° C ), its record high temperature: once on May 31, 1969, and again on July 14, 2003.

As one study shows, S-adenosyl methionine ( SAM ) concentration in patients ' prefrontal cortex is twice as high as in the cortices of non-affected people.

Unemployment has remained consistently more than twice as high in Wallonia than in Flanders, and even more in Brussels, during most of the last 20 years ( 2009, Flanders: 5. 0 % ; Wallonia: 11. 2 % and Brussels: 15. 9 %).

In the early 1970s, per capita income in Argentina was twice as high as in Mexico and more than three times as high as in Chile and Brazil.

" The 300 + member SDSU Marching Band, " The Pride of the Dakotas ", given the special name the Millennium Band in 2000 by the South Dakota State Legislature, has marched in the 1981 and 1997 Presidential Inaugural Parades in Washington, D. C .; A Capital Fourth in 2000 in Washington DC which was broadcast on PBS ; the 2003 and 2008 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California making them the second collegiate band in the history of the Rose Bowl to be invited to march twice when their team was not competing ; and the Korean War Monument Dedication at the state's capital Pierre in 2004, in the company of two other college bands and 60-some high school bands from across the state.

They have high density, up to over twice that of water, due to their high molecular weight.