Due primarily to its longer refractory period, the AV node exerts a protective effect on heart rate by blocking atrial impulses in excess of about 180 beats / minute, for the example of a resting heart rate.

Due to Version 1. 0 only blocking TCP ports PeerGuardian. net then shifted to bluetack. co. uk where Protowall, The blocklist Manager, B. I. M. S and the Hosts Manager were developed.

Due to the Void blocking Logan's contact with Professor X, he ends up having to head outside to relay the info to him.

Due to its proximity to the Sahara, most of the Cape Verde islands are dry, but on islands with high mountains and farther away from the coast, by orography, the humidity is much higher, giving a rainforest habitat, very degraded by the strong human presence.

Due to its ancient history and the presence of St. Apostle Paul in Corinth some locations all over the world have been named Corinth:

Due to the highly basic charge of all four core histones, the histone octamer is stable only in the presence of DNA or very high salt concentrations.

Due to perishability, only about 5 % of the world's potato crop is traded internationally ; its minimal presence in world financial markets contributed to its stable pricing during the 2007 – 2008 world food price crisis.

Due to its persistent cultural presence and to its novelty within the performing arts, wrestling constitutes a recurring topic in both academia and the media.

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Due to the presence of the parlement de Bretagne, many " hôtels particuliers " were built in the northern part, the richest in the 18th century.

Due to the presence of discontinuous permafrost over the Chang Tang, the soil is boggy and covered with tussocks of grass, thus resembling the Siberian tundra.

Due to the large presence of the entertainment industry in California, it has some of the most explicit laws protecting child actors.

Due to the juxtaposition of Sequatchie County across a valley of the same name, Dunlap / Sequatchie County was named " The Hang Gliding Capital of the East ", due in no small part to the presence of a very active and popular hang gliding association, the Tennessee Tree Toppers.

Due to the large federal, state, and local police presence, Nogales has one of the highest police per-capita levels in the United States.

Due to the presence of the Camp Pendleton U. S. Marine Corps Base in the neighboring city of Oceanside, Vista has one of the largest mainland U. S. communities of Pacific Islanders primarily Micronesian peoples ( i. e. Guam and Northern Mariana Islands ) and Samoan Americans ; and even 2. 5 percent of Vista's population are American Indians mostly originated from the Southwest and Western interior.

Due to the presence of a major rebate-processing center, Young America Corporation, the town has more than 20 ZIP codes, including the ZIP code 55555.

Due to the presence of an earlier Ashford Post Office in New York state, the town took the name " Ardsley " after the name of a local baron's estate, and the first village postmaster was appointed in 1883.

Due to the presence of the college, residents of the town of Mars Hill enjoy a much greater variety of cultural, intellectual, and entertainment offerings than would usually be found in a town of its size.

Due in large part to the presence of the Hanford Site, the entire Tri-Cities area grew rapidly from the 1940s through 1950s.

Due to the agricultural region in which it sits, several large food processing companies have a presence in the city of Pasco.

Due to its past and its history within the Habsburg Monarchy and briefly in the Ottoman Empire and also due to the presence of German and Hungarian minorities throughout its history, Osijek also has ( or had ) its names in other languages, notably Hungarian: Eszék,,,.

Due to the Elven-based Norwegian presence in the seas around the south of Sweden and into the Baltic Sea, Norway increasingly relied on Baltic grain from Lübeck.

Due to the combined Greek and Roman tradition of its military, or perhaps through the Varangian Guard's presence in Constantinople, the spatha had a place within the Byzantine Empire and its army.

Due to wars that rocked Poland-Lithuania at that time, the cathedral was consecrated only 27 years later, in the presence of Peter the Great and Augustus the Strong.

Due to the presence of two holy cities in Hejaz, the region went under numerous empires throughout its modern history.

Due to this presence is that the Colombian department of Antioquia has been considered a major route of the Basque-Navarre immigration, mainly during the colonial era, when hundreds of Basque migrated to be linked to the Spanish colonization companies.

Due to the presence of a cell wall, cytokinesis in plant cells is significantly different from that in animal cells.

Due to persistent apathy of successive governments towards Bodo community, by the end of 1970s it became clear that Bodos had a little or no influence in the Indian political process.

Due to roundoff error, successive applications of the modulo operator will yield zero after some ten or twenty iterations when implemented as a floating point operation on a computer.

Due to their location in the tropics, this elevation is high enough to reach the temperate climate line in the tropics thereby giving the highlands, mountains and the plateau regions standing above this height, a cool mountain climate.

Due to its great age, the geographical distribution of Magnoliaceae has become disjunct or fragmented as a result of major geologic events such as ice ages, continental drift, and mountain formation.

Due to Montreux's location in the Alps, and as Lake Geneva is a mountain lake, Montreux has an alpine climate.

Due to extension, basins formed along the axis of the mountain range and felsic volcanism occurred.

Mountain Biking: Due to the proximity of both The Pisgah National Forest and Dupont State Forest mountain biking opportunities abound.

Due to the presence of large cliffs, scorpions, mountain lions, and other hazards, some believe that the land is more dangerous than even the Black Rock Desert.

Due to the extremely windy mountain terrain, WV 34 is a very dangerous road for a 21 mile stretch from its junction with WV 62 to Kenna, where it intersects with County Route 21, which provides access to I-77.

Due to the varied terrain, the direction finder has to be used to locate the pilots, whose visual beacons are often masked by mountain ridges.

Due to the height of the mountain, it is claimed to be Hong Kong's most misty area, as it is often covered in clouds.

Due to the proximity of the mountains to the coast, the city has a large gap between its north and south sides, thus providing views of the sea and mountain vistas from almost every part of the city.

Due to its sharp flanks and its dramatic location close to the coast, until the 18th century the Canigó was believed to be the highest mountain in the Pyrenees.

Due to the limestone's permeability, all the streams flowing down from the mountain are engulfed upon reaching it, falling into a number of potholes.

Due to the multiple cataclysms, many places were intermixed, so it is not unusual to find a harbour at the top of a mountain.

Due to its thirst-quenching qualities, it is particularly popular in ski resorts and mountain huts, where it is often served in amounts of half a litre.

Due to the news about the German assault on Poland the film has a threatening atmosphere created by clouds moving over the Karawanks mountain range.

Due to the surrounding mountain areas the lakes in Lakes valley have no drainage and are therefore salty.

Due to the mountain range surrounding the district to the north, the Black Sea climate does not primarily dominate.

Due to its bizarrely shaped crags and gorges, mountain streams and lakes, beautiful forests and magnificent views, the area ranks among Portugal ’ s outstanding scenic attractions.

Due to its position between a river and a mountain, Yamazaki provided Mitsuhide with choke points that could ease the number of enemies his forces would have to face at any one time.

Due to his mythical status as a mountain saint, he was believed to possess many supernatural powers.

Due to its proximity to the Annapurna mountain range the city is also a base for trekkers undertaking the Annapurna Circuit through the ACAP region of the Annapurna ranges in the Himalayas.

Due to these easy slopes, the mountain is sometimes ascended in winter by skiers.

Due to its link with Saint Brendan, the mountain is popular with Irish Catholic pilgrims.

Due to the height and the steep inclination of the mountain, there are no railway connections at Tsz Wan Shan.