The trial showed a 64 % protective effect, which is very similar to the figure derived from other UK trials, thus arguing against the genetic variation hypothesis.

( In contrast, the Greek historian Ctesias refers to a similar father-in-law / general figure named Onaphas.

* Compulsory figures, in which skaters use their blades to draw circles, figure 8s, and similar shapes in ice, and are judged on the accuracy and clarity of the figures and the cleanness and exact placement of the various turns on the circles.

Later, he became a legendary figure and the model of a tough, courageous Roman, and was bestowed the honorific title, " The Shield of Rome " ( similar to Marcus Claudius Marcellus being named the " Sword of Rome ").

A similar figure with the same name ( in other languages ) exists in several other countries, including France ( Père Noël ), Spain ( Papá Noel, Padre Noel ), almost all Hispanic South America ( Papá Noel ), Brazil ( Papai Noel ), Portugal ( Pai Natal ), Italy ( Babbo Natale ), Armenia ( Kaghand Papik ), India ( Christmas Father ), Andorra ( Pare Noel ), Romania ( Moş Crăciun ) and Turkey ( Noel Baba ).

Its abundance is similar to this figure in the Sun and in Jupiter.

The quality is “ proven ” by references to famous brand, sporting figure, racing team, some professional endorsement or some similar subjective claim.

In Islam, Isa is believed to hold the task of killing the false messiah ( al-Dajjal, a figure similar to the Antichrist in Christianity ), who will emerge shortly before him during Qiyamah ( Armageddon in Islamic belief ).

Two girls dance between blossoming flowers, on other side of a similar but armless and legless figure which seems to grow out of the ground.

Thereafter, the annual average growth rate was estimated to be less than 1 %, similar to the low growth rates of most industrialized countries and to the target figure set by the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs for the 1990s.

Another purpose of the spin is to build up a high rotational speed, by swinging the right leg initially, then to bring all the limbs in tightly, similar to a figure skater bringing in their arms while spinning to increase their speed.

Bartholdi's early models were all similar in concept: a female figure in neoclassical style representing liberty, wearing a stola and pella ( gown and cloak, common in depictions of Roman goddesses ) and holding a torch aloft.

When finally the other extreme of the string the direction will again be reversed in a way similar to what is displayed in figure 6

Attempts to relate the fluorescence and Auger yields to atomic number have resulted in plots similar to figure 4.

* Difficult to tie around a solid ring or similar object, as when a rethreaded figure eight is needed

The last figure is neither similar nor congruent to any of the others.

The King of the Kongo soon converted to Christianity, and adopted a similar political structure to the Europeans ; he became a well-known figure in Europe, to the point of receiving missives from the Pope himself.

A simple displacement diagram illustrates the follower motion at a constant velocity rise followed by a similar return with a dwell in between as depicted in figure 2.

This brief role fixed him with audiences as an often flawed and inflexible authority figure – apparently similar to his real-life personality.

Kentucky and New Orleans figure in both Henson's narrative and the novel's settings, and some other story elements are similar.

In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Aslan is a Christ-like figure who suffers a death of atonement and returns to life in a similar way to Christ's crucifixion and resurrection.

While Ernst Lubitsch's 1942 To Be or Not To Be dealt with similar themes ( even including another mistaken-identity Hitler figure ), after the scope of Nazi atrocities became apparent it took nearly twenty years before any other films dared to satirize the era.

While the pace of conversion was relatively swift in Britain — with over 60 percent of theaters equipped for sound by the end of 1930, similar to the U. S. figure — in France, by contrast, more than half of theaters nationwide were still projecting in silence by late 1932.

In a later interview, Barks identified a similar figure from the comic strips of Charles Addams as another source of inspiration for Magica, namely Morticia Addams of The Addams Family.

In the mornings, I was informed, fluorescent tubes, similar to the one above the counter, illuminated the entire hall.

But on one occasion when I encountered a similar fantasy in a little boy who was my patient I began to understand the uncanny effects of this story.

but both groups were so closely knit that despite individual differences the family life in both cases was remarkably similar in atmosphere if not entirely in content -- the one being definitely Jewish and the other vaguely Christian.

Against Seebohm formidable foes have taken the field, notably F. W. Maitland, whose Domesday Book And Beyond was written expressly for this purpose, and Sir Paul Vinogradoff whose The Growth Of The Manor had a similar aim.

With these and similar tales he was entertaining his English friends, all of whom he was seeing when he was not showing Blackman the sights of London and its environs.

What was missing in the Governor's argument, as in so many similar arguments, was a premise which would enable one to make the ethical leap from what might be militarily desirable to what is right.

The state was confronted with transportation problems similar to those of the individual.

The resulting setup, it was declared, `` would be similar to that which is in successful operation in a number of metropolitan counties as large or larger than Rhode Island ''.

Space was provided for short-time guest medical exhibits, and the Museum collected new accessions of microscopes, medical, surgical, and diagnostic instruments, uniform, and similar items of historical medico-military significance.

For the low-temperature measurements the sample was cooled by a cold nitrogen gas flow method similar to that of Andrew and Eades.

This sample was contained in a cylindrical container similar to that described above.

On the other hand, a similar attack might have been made on City B whose population was known to be lousy.

The mucosa of the jejunum and ileum showed similar changes, and in some areas the submucosa was edematous and contained considerable numbers of neutrophils.

These conjugates Af had much less nonspecific staining than the previous conjugate ( with 50 mg FITC per gram of globulin ) while the specific staining was similar in both cases.

However, a similar privilege was not specifically provided in section 168 for a person acquiring emergency facilities.

On the morning following the Pratt Hall meeting the editor of the Providence Daily Journal wrote that although the meeting was milder and less extreme than those held in other areas for similar purposes, it could have been avoided completely.

It was only after we had responded, with what I fear were similar cliches, that she went into action by questioning our desire for friendship and understanding with a challenge about aggressive and warlike actions by the U.S. Government in Cuba and Laos.

The event was so successful that the Interior Secretary plans to serve as impresario for similar ones from time to time, hoping thereby to add to the cultural enrichment of the Administration.

All the officials on the case seem to have been afflicted with a similar myopia as far as Bridget was concerned, although records in police files contain many reports of servants who have murdered their employers.

The discovery during the Second World War that guar gum was similar to imported locust gum increased its cultivation in western Asia and initiated it in the United States.

The teacher thought it was so successful that she asks: `` Wouldn't it be helpful to all age groups if they could participate in a similar confessional of their fears and worries ''??

Even though this may appear similar to a series of animation drawings, there was no way of viewing the images in motion.