Although patients are encouraged to wash their hands, avoid sick people, and take other infection-reducing steps, about 85 % of infections are due to naturally occurring microorganisms in the patient's own gastrointestinal tract ( including oral cavity ) and skin.

Although in 1899 Standard Oil controlled more than 85 % of the oil production in the older oil regions in the Appalachian Basin and the Lima-Indiana trend, it never controlled more than 10 % of the oil production in the new Gulf Coast province.

Although this acquisition united some 85 percent of the Romanian-speaking population of Eastern Europe into one nation, it left a considerable number of ethnic Hungarians under Romanian rule.

Although a small country, São Tomé and Príncipe has four national languages: Portuguese ( the official language, spoken by 95 % of the population ), and the Portuguese-based creoles Forro ( 85 %), Angolar ( 3 %) and Principense ( 0. 1 %).

Although approximately 85 % of its population is Catholic, County Donegal also has a sizeable Protestant minority.

Although not designed for speeds over Mach 0. 85, it was taken supersonic during a dive by test pilot Janusz Żurakowski in December, 1952.

Although there are currently over 4, 000 Chinese surnames (, xìng ) in use in China, the colloquial expression for the " Chinese people " is the Bǎi Xìng (, " The Hundred Names ") and a mere hundred surnames still make up over 85 % of China's 1. 3 billion citizens.

Although when bought in advance online ( at http :// www. gatwickexpress. com /), prices are discounted ( adult: £ 16. 85 single, £ 27. 90 return ; child: £ 8. 40 single, £ 13. 95 return ).

Although the physical Earth has excursions of + 8, 000 m ( Mount Everest ) and − 11, 000 m ( Mariana Trench ), the geoid's total variation is less than 200 m (− 106 to + 85 m ) compared to a perfect mathematical ellipsoid.

Although it's worth noting that, had the Richard Trophy existed during the years they completed their Hart-Pearson-Art Ross sweeps, Lafleur would have achieved the four award sweep once ( 1977 – 78 ), Lemieux twice ( 1987 – 88 and 1995 – 96 ) and Gretzky five times ( 1981 – 82, 1982 – 83, 1983 – 84, 1984 – 85 and 1986 – 87 ).

Although this was a deliberate choice by writer Roy Thomas, it created confusion in Marvel's production department, as the covers of Avengers # 85 and # 141 ( Nov. 1975 ) claimed the issues featured appearances by the Squadron Sinister, when in fact it was the Squadron Supreme that appeared in both issues.

Although Saab engineers liked the two-stroke engine it was decided that a four-stroke engine was necessary and the choice was a 1. 75 L ( later 1. 85 L ) engine from Triumph, the same Triumph Slant-4 engine used in the Triumph Dolomite, but the Saab version was fitted with a Zenith-Stromberg CD carburetor developed specially for Saab.

Although the war had been declared over many times before in previous decades, records show that the last time the Mexican army considered it necessary to take by force one of the area's villages which had never recognized Mexican law was in April 1933, when five Maya and two Mexican soldiers died in the battle for the village of Dzula – the last skirmish of a conflict lasting over 85 years.

Although posting a career-low single-season rating of 85. 7, Brady threw for a league-leading 28 touchdown passes and 921 more yards than in 2001, though his fourteen interceptions would turn out to be a career high.

Although David Sainsbury controls the largest family shareholding of 5. 85 %, and Lord Sainsbury controls just under 3 %, the beneficial holding of David Sainsbury is only 0. 57 %, compared with 1. 6 % for JD Sainsbury.

Although sometimes too warm for salmonids, the main stem Rogue is relatively clean, ranking between 85 and 97 ( on a scale of 0 to 100 ) on the Oregon Water Quality Index ( OWQI ).

Although Jean Dasté is best known for his career on stage as both an actor and director in a variety of works including those by Shakespeare and Molière, he made his first appearance on screen in a 1932 Jean Renoir film ( Boudu sauvé des eaux ), and 57 years later appeared in his final film at the age of 85.

Although SR 85 mainly passes through suburban Bay Area cities, it does have several points of interest.

Although the Juniors remained number one in the midweek charts, the single dipped over the weekend and managed to sell 73, 000 copies, compared to the Sugababes ' 85, 000.

Although chapter 85 of the Vishnu Smriti lists as many as fifty-two places of pilgrimage, including towns, lakes, rivers, mountains, etc., it does not include Ayodhya in this list.

Although 95 % of São Tomeans speak Portuguese, Forro is one of the national languages of the country, spoken by 85 % of the inhabitants of São Tomé Island, or 81. 7 % of the country ’ s population.

Although Spencer was able to compete in the 84 / 85 season, it was clear that the illness was affecting his form.

Although it started only on three routes, this service has been expanded to include routes 1, 2, 4, 7, 12, 14, 85, 95, 96, 97, 99 101, 102, 105, 118, the O-Train, all articulated ( long ) buses and several new Invero low-floor buses ( in addition, bike racks do randomly end up on other routes from time to time ).

Although the center of the storm was offshore, the outer rain bands brought heavy rains that caused serious flash flooding which killed 107 people ( 85 of them in Humacao ).

Although some of the pieces require purchasers to be a qualified user many pieces, including animal testicles and baby chicks, require no authorization.

Although traditionally tick-borne diseases are thought to be caused when the parasite bites its host, it has been shown that Red Grouse chicks can be affected when they eat ticks with which they come into contact.

Although satellite males are on average slightly smaller and lighter than residents, the nutrition of the chicks does not, as previously thought, influence mating strategy ; rather, the inherited mating strategy influences body size.

Although the species is notionally protected, the chicks are harvested by fishermen for food, with an estimated 5000 birds taken from their nests on Branco and Raso each year.

Although survival in undisturbed sites is high, at 80 – 90 %, the Corn Crake suffers from modern farming practices, since mechanised mowing can kill 38 – 95 % of chicks in a given site.

Although this kind of wholesale objection came at first from some men who were not technically Puritans, still, once the Puritans gained power, they climaxed the affair by passing the infamous ordinance of 1642 which decreed that all `` public stage-plays shall cease and be forborne ''.

Although a look of alarm passed over his face, he did not arrest his movements but disappeared into the shower room just as the chambermaid emerged from number nine.

Although the need for outside trained manpower exists in every newly developing nation, the readiness to receive such manpower, or to receive it from the United States will vary from country to country.

Although the play does show a certain structural amateurishness ( there are eleven acts varying in length from twenty-five seconds to an hour and a half ), the statement it makes concerning the ceaseless yearning and searching of youth is profound and worthy of our attention.

Although the tape was run for over 1 hr., a steady state was not reached, and it was concluded that the reason for this was that the back pressure of the manometer was built up from the material fed from between the blocks and this was available at a very slow rate.

Although no drugs act exclusively on the hypothalamus or a part of it, there is sufficient specificity to distinguish drugs which shift the hypothalamic balance to the sympathetic side from those which produce a parasympathetic dominance.

Although we are still far from a complete understanding of these problems, as a first approximation, it is suggested that alterations in the hypothalamic balance with consequent changes in the hypothalamic-cortical discharges account for major changes in behavior seen in various moods and states of emotions in man and beast under physiological circumstances, in experimental and clinical neurosis, and as the result of psychopharmacological agents.

Although the Brandywine population is still predominantly rural, `` there are indications of a consistent and a statistically significant trend away from the older and relatively isolated rural communities.

Although the elections were for local officials, it was not necessary to conduct the elections so as to prevent parties from publicly identifying their candidates.

Although refrigeration has served to extend the storage life of these products, substantially increased consumption might be possible if areas remote from the seacoast could be served adequately.

Although science has given us more effective materials, preparations from anise, castorbean, colchicum, nux vomica, mustard, fennel, and stramonium are familiar to many for the relief of human ailments.

Although she found she was thirsty, she was about to refuse ( never, never take candy from a strange man ) when she saw the bottle was unopened.

Although economic and personal circumstances vary widely among those now choosing apartments, Leo J. Pantas, vice president of a hardware manufacturing company, pointed out recently that many apartment seekers seem to have one characteristic in common: a desire for greater convenience and freedom from the problems involved in maintaining a house.

Although he still didn't speak to anyone, he grew fond of saying, `` The future lies in Asia '', when the opportunity arose, and when he graduated from high school his parents sent him to New York to give him a foundation, they said, for his life in Asian studies.

Although Tylor undertook a field trip to Mexico, both he and Frazer derived most of the material for their comparative studies through extensive reading, not fieldwork, mainly the Classics ( literature and history of Greece and Rome ), the work of the early European folklorists, and reports from missionaries, travelers, and contemporaneous ethnologists.

Although Crete had contacts with Mari from 2000 BC, there is no evidence that the ecstatic prophetic art existed during the Minoan and Mycenean ages.

Although the fossils of several older proto-frogs with primitive characteristics are known, the oldest " true frog " is Prosalirus bitis, from the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona.

Although blind students have benefited from talking calculators, the abacus is still very often taught to these students in early grades, both in public schools and state schools for the blind.

Although most extant species of Asteraceae are herbaceous, the examination of the basal members in the family suggests that the common ancestor of the family was an arborescent plant, a tree or shrub, perhaps adapted to dry conditions, radiating from South America.

The Turkish language and the Islamic religion were gradually introduced as a result of the Seljuk conquest, and this period marks the start of Anatolia's slow transition from predominantly Christian and Indo-European and Semitic-speaking, to predominantly Muslim and Turkish-speaking ( Although some ethnic groups such as Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians and Georgians retained Christianity and their native languages ).

Although MND refers to a specific subset of pathologically similar diseases ; there are numerous other afflictions of motor neurons that are pathologically distinct from MND and have a different clinical course.

Although letting the Countess escape is morally questionable, that impulse to take the law into his own hands was far from unique.

Although popular from her first appearance in 1930, Jane Marple had to wait thirty-two years for her first big-screen appearance.