Few scientific investigations into the effectiveness of Dianetics have been published.

Few would dispute the verdict of James D. Forbes, an editor of the eighth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica: " His scientific glory is different in kind from that of Young and Fresnel ; but the discoverer of the law of polarization of biaxial crystals, of optical mineralogy, and of double refraction by compression, will always occupy a foremost rank in the intellectual history of the age.

Few paleoanthropologists have explicitly evaluated AAH in scientific journals, and those that have reviewed the theory have been critical.

Few species were originally considered to feed directly on seagrass leaves ( partly because of their low nutritional content ), but scientific reviews and improved working methods have shown that seagrass herbivory is a highly important link in the food chain, with hundreds of species feeding on seagrasses worldwide, including green turtles, dugongs, manatees, fish, geese, swans, sea urchins and crabs.

Few games exist for the earliest of programmable calculators ( including the Hewlett-Packard 9100A, one of the first scientific calculators ), including the long-popular Lunar Lander game often used as an early programming exercise.

Few well-controlled scientific studies have ever been published suggesting the possibility of pheromones in humans.

Few Caucasians live in Guyana and most are there visiting for scientific research in the savannahs or rain forest or visiting on Christian missionary campaigns.

Few studies have investigated the effects of morphine on motor abilities ; a high dose of morphine can impair finger tapping and the ability to maintain a low constant level of isometric force ( i. e. fine motor control is impaired ), though no studies have shown a correlation between morphine and gross motor abilities.

Some sources say that piperine, a substance present in black pepper, irritates the nostrils, causing the sneezing ; Few, if any, controlled studies have been carried out to answer the question.

Few studies have demonstrated propranolol's ability to block cardiac, neuronal, and skeletal voltage-gated sodium channels, accounting for its known " membrane stabilizing effect " and anti-arrhythmic and other central nervous system effects.

Few knowledge gap studies, however, treat media publicity as a variable.

Few other studies focused on clades within the family, but the Agamidae have not been as well investigated as the Iguanidae.

Few writers in cultural studies and the social sciences have used and developed the distinctions that Barthes makes.

Few studies are available on the safety of herbs for pregnant women, and one study found that use of complementary and alternative medicines are associated with a 30 % lower ongoing pregnancy and live birth rate during fertility treatment.

Few phylogenetic studies of these parasites have been done, and their the relationship to their mosquito hosts is still being determined.

Few studies have been conducted to substantiate Delacour's classification.

Few vaporizer studies or reviews have really addressed the quality of the vapor extracted and delivered ; instead, focus has generally been on the mode of usage of the vaporizer.

Few studies have been done to prove or disprove the numerous beneficial claims of a raw diet.

Few studies of effects on wildlife have been conducted, but studies of the nontarget impact from emergency applications of fipronil as barrier sprays for locust control in Madagascar showed adverse impacts of fipronil on termites, which appear to be very severe and long-lived.

Few of the native Jews who had lived in Lublin were still in the ghetto.

Few Burkinabé have had formal education.

Few had work experience beyond occasional odd jobs.

Few had succeeded as Bowie did now.

Few of them had any publishing experience before they found themselves running Ace.

In July 1841, Poe had published an essay called " A Few Words on Secret Writing " in Graham's Magazine.

Few dared venture inland from the coast ; those that did, like the Portuguese, often met defeats and had to retreat to the coast.

Few then were surprised when Major's Conservatives lost the 1 May 1997 general election to Tony Blair's " New Labour ", although the immense scale of the defeat was not as widely predicted: in 1987 and 1992 the Conservatives had polled better than had been suggested by the opinion polls, but in 1997 this was no longer the case.

Few others in the American study of religion have had this kind of impact on students of so many approaches and interests.

Few could believe that a renowned former companion of Nero had chosen such an honourable end.

Few people in the countryside had access to potable water, electricity, bank credit, or public transportation.

Few of these houses were used for single-family occupancy, however, and many had been converted into low-cost apartments.

Few orders did in fact come out of the trip, and when Steer's box of samples returned, the London office found that they had not been opened further down than the second layer.

Few women ever sought this status ; instead, the average Romanian family during the time had two to three children ( see Demographics of Romania ).

Few were as vocal as Peng Dehuai had been, but the general consensus was that the chairman's grand experiment had failed completely.

Few records remain of the original design, the most valuable being that of the flag used in the Declaration of Independence, which had a width of two meters and a length just over two feet.

Few first novels have had a comparable impact.

Few whites had ever seen him.

Few transmissions by secret agents of German Intelligence evaded RSS ' notice and changes in procedure, which the Germans used for security, were in many cases identified before the enemy had become familiar with them.

Few Māori had good understanding of either sovereignty or " governorship ", as understood by 19th century Europeans, and so some academics, such as Moana Jackson, question whether Māori fully understood that they were ceding sovereignty to the British Crown.

A Few Good Men had its world premiere at the Heritage Repertory Theatre at the University of Virginia's Department of Drama on September 19, 1989.

In January 1993 A Few Good Men had its premiere in German language at the Volkstheater, Vienna, Austria ( translation: Gunther Baumann, director: Erhard Pauer, Daniel Kaffee: Alfons Haider ).

Few mine workers had cars and cross valley roads were in marginal condition.