Besides the presence of goitrogens in the diet, the level of iodine itself in the diet plays a major role in governing the activity of the thyroid gland.

Disability is defined by the ADA as " a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity ".

The ADA defines a covered disability as " a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity ".

Another court restriction overturned is the interpretation that an impairment that substantially limits one major life activity must also limit others to be considered a disability.

Recently, Abandan has been the site of major labor activity as workers at the oil refineries in the city have staged walkouts and strikes to protest non-payment of wages and the political situation in the country.

These formations became exposed when the ocean floor was raised by a major volcanic activity in the Devonian forming much of the east coast of Australia.

The harvesting of sea turtles to resupply passing sailing ships was the first major economic activity on the islands, but local stocks were depleted by the 1790s.

A major part of the scientific literature on consciousness consists of studies that examine the relationship between the experiences reported by subjects and the activity that simultaneously takes place in their brains — that is, studies of the neural correlates of consciousness.

The volcanic activity of Mars is concentrated in two major provinces, Tharsis and Elysium.

By 1921, most of the original players moved to Paris where Dada experienced its last major incarnation ( see Neo-Dada for later activity ).

Genetic animal models of essential tremor utilize GABA < sub > A </ sub > receptor α1 -/- mice because of the major role GABA plays in inhibiting motor activity.

Gambling is also a major international commercial activity, with the legal gambling market totaling an estimated $ 335 billion in 2009.

The Gulf Coast is a major center of economic activity.

One of the major problems for the Spanish rulers of Honduras, was the activity of the British in northern Honduras, a region over which they had only tenuous control.

He brought down a mini-budget in an attempt to slow consumption, control inflation and reduce the deficit, but it triggered the worst credit squeeze since 1945 — the economy was driven into recession, the stock market slumped, private investment, housing activity and motor vehicle sales fell, unemployment rose to almost 2 percent ( the highest rate since the Depression ) and several major companies collapsed.

Fishing, using bone tipped harpoons, became a major activity in the numerous streams and lakes formed from the increased rains.

Another function of interferons is to upregulate major histocompatibility complex molecules, MHC I and MHC II, and increase immunoproteasome activity.

The major compound responsible for GABA transaminase inhibition activity in lemon balm is rosmarinic acid.

The major difference between gestaltists and behaviorists is the focus of control over the learning activity: the individual learner is more key to gestaltists than the environment that behaviorists emphasize.

The decline in economic activity reflected in large part the completion of major projects in both the private and public sectors.

He continued to do research on combinatorial topology during a period when England was a major centre of activity notably Cambridge under the leadership of Christopher Zeeman.

The first major development was ampicillin, which offered a broader spectrum of activity than either of the original penicillins.

Its major isotope < sup > 231 </ sup > Pa has a specific activity of 0. 048 Ci / gram and primarily emits alpha-particles of the energy 5 MeV, which can be stopped by a thin layer of any material.

The two major sources of evidence given to support this theory are that dopamine receptor D2 blocking drugs ( i. e., antipsychotics ) tend to reduce the intensity of psychotic symptoms, and that drugs which boost dopamine activity ( such as amphetamines and cocaine ) can trigger psychosis in some people ( see amphetamine psychosis ).

This hypothesis is supported by the observation that yeast models of Parkinson's are more susceptible to toxicity from α-synuclein, the major protein component of Lewy bodies, under conditions of low proteasome activity.

Examples are in public utilities, making military aircraft and accessories, or where the investment and risk for a proprietorship would be too great for a much needed project impossible to achieve by any means other than the corporate form, e.g. constructing major airports or dams.

But the fact remains that even the unconscious acceptance of himself as a man of destiny divinely protected must be censored in any man who evades the responsibility for his major decisions, and thus for imposing his will on the people.

Drifting through a third illness, apparently without any provision for the handling of a major national emergency other than a talk with the vice-president, Eisenhower revealed the singularly static quality of his thinking.

The pamphlets are about law, the corporation, forms of government, the idea of freedom, the defense of liberty, the various lethargies which overtake our major institutions, the gap between traditional social ideals and the working mechanisms that have been set in motion for their realization.

Carl has been married to Paula for fifty-three years, and he has not made a single major decision without careful consideration and thorough discussion with his wife.

Relieved of the major part of his responsibility for the safety of the ship, the pilot's oaths became fewer.

At the same time, a major proportion of these young men and women see religion as a means of personal adjustment, an anchor for family life, a source of emotional security.

What is wrong with advertising is not only that it is an `` outrage, an assault on people's mental privacy '' or that it is a major cause for a wasteful economy of abundance or that it contains a coercive tendency ( which is closer to the point ).

Naturally, the statewide races will provide the major test for the expanding council.

A reporter restricted to the competing propaganda statements of both sides in a major labor dispute, for instance, is unable to tell his readers half of what he knows about the causes of the dispute.

In fact, one of the major reasons for the failure of the ill-starred expedition appears to have been a lack of full information on the extent to which Cuba has been getting this Russian military equipment.

The cost of developing a major weapon system is now so enormous that the greatest care must be exercised in selecting new systems for development, in determining the most satisfactory rate of development, and in deciding the proper time at which either to place a system into production or to abandon it.

Along with J. R. Brown's other major developments, the universal grinding machine was profoundly influential in setting the course of Brown & Sharpe for many years to come.

In addition to its major effort on fuel cells, Patterson Moos Research Division is continuing to carry on research in other fields, both under contract for the Defense Department, other government agencies and for our own account.

In addition to the three major original equipment segments of the electronics business, the steady growth in the market for replacement parts continues year by year.

For this first development the supplier signing the lease is a major oil company but in turn the deal is being transferred for operation to its local fueloil distributor.

The major gets the assured gallonage for the life of the lease and the distributor apparently can do well because delivery cost is low.

Currently, there are some 6000 companies in the field, ranging from small firms with a handful of employees to major concerns having complete facilities for production of metal, electrical, and plastic components.

According to one major producer, materials for a typical plastic sign are approximately 25% less costly than for a comparable neon unit.

A major portion of the credit should also go to flautist Haumd for his rendering of the almost impossible `` Indianapolis '' movement in the Baslot.

In addition, many of the hard-surface cleaners used for walls and woodwork had their genesis in trisodium orthophosphate, which is still the major ingredient of a number of such products.