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Intense competition for the limited resources caused these species to evolve the production of highly toxic compounds to improve survivability ; natural products such as Berkeleydione, berkeleytrione and Berkelic acid have been isolated from these organisms which show selective activity against cancer cell lines.
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Intense and competition
Intense competition for the media market is among the most important factors behind the emergence of more diverse and autonomous media in China.
Intense competition for members and for college honors led to creative emulation between the two societies.
Intense competition at the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival
Intense competition came from the Santa Fe, which ran six daily streamliners in each direction between the city pair on a shorter schedule than CB & Q.
Intense competition for the position of favorite among a man's various wives was thought by the missionaries to be at least partly responsible for the low status of women, which was still considered higher than other tribes.
* Intense competition for finite natural resources, such as land, water, fuel or food, as newly affluent Asians aspire to higher standards of living.
Intense and for
Intense, targeted fisheries for manta rays have long-term detrimental effects, due to the low reproductive rates and long lifespans of mantas.
' Intense trade with the Roman Empire soon followed, confirmed by the Roman craze for Chinese silk ( supplied through the Parthians ), even though the Romans thought silk was obtained from trees.
Intense neuronal IL-2 immunoreactivity in brainstems of SIDS victims was found, which could be responsible for decreased cardiorespiratory and arousal responses.
Intense efforts by citizens ’ groups and planning assistance from state sources finally led to agreements with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to hire professionals for the design and construction of a new town.
* Intense criticism, a metaphor derived from intense anti-aircraft gunfire ; e. g. " I'll have to take the flak for my department's mistakes.
Recently K-Y Liquid, a warming lubricant, K-Y Warming, K-Y Intense ( for women ), and a dual-application liquid lubricant, K-Y Yours and Mine were introduced.
Intense fighting continued for several hours, and resulted in the division's first Medal of Honor since World War II, awarded to Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith.
Intense rivalry for research and high-tech industry has been argued to sometimes create wasteful subsidized overcapacity, dispersal of efforts better centralized in a few localities, and poorly judged bureaucratic subsidizing of technologies that soon become out-dated.
Intense pulsed light, a registered trademark, describes the use of intense pulses of non-coherent light distributed over a range of wavelengths from 500nm to 1200nm, for removal of hair and other purposes.
Intense combat persisted for ten months, but eventually the combined French and Spanish armies — using, among other weapons, chemical bombs against the population — defeated the forces of Abd el-Krim and inflicted extensive damage on the local Berber population.
Intense, pervasive harm and long-term maladjustment were due to confounding variables in most studies rather than the sexual abuse itself ( though exceptions were noted for abuse accompanied by force or incest ).
* Prada Amber pour Homme Intense for men, 2011
Intense follow-up work strives to secure the effective implementation of existing instruments, making the right to food politically and judicially enforceable everywhere for everyone.
Intense, even overwrought, the young Stein had a nervous collapse shortly before he was scheduled to leave for college, experiencing a bout of what was then called neurasthenia, for which he was sent to Florida to endure a rest cure.
* The Hammerheads hold the record for most Intense Bowls played.
:* Intense night sweats that persist for more than 3 weeks
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge ( PPC ) was released around the same time for the Game Boy Color, retaining most of the features of PdP while introducing " Garbage Mode " and a new " Intense " difficulty level.
Intense flood waters split Long Beach Island in half for a period of time.
Intense criticism and the threat of international industrial retaliation forced the Dubai Government to cancel visas for the Fynwest company employees.
Intense trade followed soon, confirmed by the Roman craze for Chinese silk ( supplied by the Parthians ) from the 1st century BC, to the point that the Senate issued, in vain, several edicts to prohibit the wearing of silk, on economic and moral grounds.
Intense and limited
Intense disturbances, in the form of heavy off-road vehicle and pedestrian use, have been limited.
Late 2002 saw the launch of Magnum Intense ( a chocolate truffle center enveloped in ice cream and covered with chocolate ) and the limited edition 7 Deadly Sins series of ice creams, whose flavors were named after the seven deadly sins.
Intense and caused
Intense vibration caused a thermowell inside a pipe carrying sodium coolant to break, possibly at a defective weld point, allowing several hundred kilograms of sodium to leak out onto the floor below the pipe.
Intense fighting reduced enemy strong points and a combined attack against the Citadel Fortress of St. Servan caused its surrender, 17 August.
Intense and these
Intense neotectonic activity reactivated these old fractures, originating in a complex pattern of faults in the sedimentary basin.
Intense debates can build up over which of these terms to use when referring to a specific group.
Intense feeding can cause " Black Fly Fever ", with headache, nausea, fever, swollen lymph nodes, and aching joints ; these symptoms are probably a reaction to a compound in the flies ' salivary glands.
Intense and production
Intense stimulation of a woman's nipples may result in a surge in the production of oxytocin and prolactin which could have a significant effect on her genitals.
Intense and toxic
Intense activity or starvation may mobilize the chemical, resulting in the reappearance of toxic symptoms long after actual exposure.
Intense and compounds
Intense radioactivity has also hindered chemical studies of radon and only a few compounds are known.
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; Intense heat
Intense as were his Christian convictions, he could sanction nothing that would do deliberate violence to the convictions of another ; and he had a faith that Christian truth would eventually prevail on its own merits, and need never fear to be set side by side with the truths that other religious systems contain.
; Intense Concern
The Unloved received favourable reviews after its premiere and critics admired Morton's directing skills ; Michael Deacon praised Morton on creating an ' Intense ' and ' Vivid ' dramatic film.
Watrous, Pete, " Review / Jazz ; Jim Hall, Intense Guitar ," New York Times, March 1988. http :// www. nytimes. com / 1988 / 03 / 12 / arts / review-jazz-jim-hall-intense-guitarist. html? ref = jimhall
Intense as were his Christian convictions, he could sanction nothing that would do deliberate violence to the convictions of another ; and he had a faith that Christian truth would eventually prevail on its own merits, and need never fear to be set side by side with the truths that other religious systems contain.
* Intense RoRo traffic between the Continent, Great Britain, Scandinavia and Southern Europe ;
Paschimottanasana (; ; IAST: paścimottānāsana ), Seated Forward Bend, or Intense Dorsal Stretch is an asana.
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