Low levels of mobile penetration – which stand at 30 percent, a significantly lower percentage than in the rest of the continent – dampen the potential expansion of access to financial services through mobile technology.

Low sea levels may have also exacerbated temperature extremes.

Low levels of dopamine lead to high levels of prolactin.

Low phosphate levels are an important limit to growth in some aquatic systems.

A player's " string " of polo ponies may number 2 or 3 in Low Goal matches ( with ponies being rested for at least a chukker before reuse ), 4 or more for Medium Goal matches ( at least one per chukker ), and even more for the highest levels of competition.

Low levels of myo-inositol may be involved in diabetic neuropathy.

# Low levels of exposure ( lower than previously or commonly tolerated ) result in manifestations of the syndrome ( i. e. increased sensitivity ).

Low levels of maternal gene flow from North Africa and the Horn of Africa were also observed in a few groups, mainly via the presence of mtDNA haplogroup M and haplogroup I lineages in about 12. 5 % of the Maasai and 7 % of the Samburu samples, respectively.

Low levels of plasma chylomicron are also characteristic.

Low insulin levels and / or insulin resistance prevent the body from converting glucose into glycogen ( a starch-like source of energy stored mostly in the liver ), which in turn makes it difficult or impossible to remove excess glucose from the blood.

Low water levels have caused groundwater contamination through the springs adding to the regional controversies over water use, endangered suckers ( fish ) and struggling salmon species, and farming.

Low levels of constituents such as PCBs, dioxin, and brominated flame retardants, may remain in treated sludge.

Low molecular weight heparin is a more highly processed product that is useful as it does not require monitoring of the APTT coagulation parameter ( it has more predictable plasma levels ) and has fewer side effects.

Low humidity conditions or watering the plants with a water source which contains high levels of dissolved salts will result in the leaves yellowing and rapidly dying from the tips back to the rhizome.

* Dietary factors ( Low levels of certain vitamins and minerals, particularly magnesium, manganese, and vitamin E ) and also Vitamin D

Low levels of fibrinogen can indicate a systemic activation of the clotting system, with consumption of clotting factors faster than synthesis.

Low levels in 1980s put the Canvasback on lists of special concern, but numbers increased greatly in the 1990s.

Drivers directed Spirit to a smaller sloped feature, dubbed " Low Ridge Haven ", where it spent the long Martian winter, waiting for spring and increased solar power levels suitable for driving.

* Low levels of the hormone testosterone

Low hydro-levels had driven the wholesale market spot prices to very high levels.

* The small button at the top center of the console's lower face is now referred to in the manual as the " Brightness Switch " and selects between two levels of brightness, " Normal "( Low ) and " Bright "( High ) with no off setting.

Low distortion is relatively easy to achieve in electronics with use of negative feedback, but the use of high levels of feedback in this manner has been the topic of much controversy among audiophiles.

Low oxygen levels lead to hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, the tightening of small blood vessels in the lung to create an optimal distribution of blood through the lung.

Low nutrient levels also reset the growth threshold so that cell progresses through the cell cycle at a smaller size.

we are stronger and more self-confident -- and Low cannot so easily put us to rights.

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Conversely the use of true brass seems to have declined in Western Europe during this period in favour of gunmetals and other mixed alloys but by the end of the first Millennium AD brass artefacts are found in Scandinavian graves in Scotland, brass was being used in the manufacture of coins in Northumbria and there is archaeological and historical evidence for the production of brass in Germany and The Low Countries areas rich in calamine ore which would remain important centres of brass making throughout the medieval period, especially Dinant – brass objects are still collectively known as dinanterie in French.

Low serves are also used frequently, either forehand or backhand.

Low concentrations are not a problem for bacteria because they simply ignore the waste that surrounds the metals, attaining extraction yields of over 90 % in some cases.

Low cost, availability, and portability are cited by practitioners as qualities which make this common writing tool a convenient, alternative art supply.

Low, broken-in, soft-soled, non-marking shoes, such as dance shoes, sneakers, or sandals, are recommended and, in some places, required.

The term " Low Fantasy " is used to represent other types of fantasy, however, so while comic fantasies may also correctly be classified as low fantasy, many examples of low fantasy are not comic in nature.

Low carbohydrate diets such as Atkins and Protein Power are relatively high in protein and fats.

Low surface brightness dwarf galaxies are important sources of information for studying dark matter, as they have an uncommonly low ratio of visible matter to dark matter, and have few bright stars at the center which would otherwise impair observations of the rotation curve of outlying stars.

In English, the terms poniard and dirk are loaned during the late 16th to early 17th century, the latter in the spelling dork, durk ( presumably via Low German, Dutch or Scandinavian dolk, dolch, ultimately from a West Slavic tulich ), the modern spelling dirk dating to 18th-century Scots.

Low explosives are compounds where the rate of decomposition proceeds through the material at less than the speed of sound.

Low explosives are normally employed as propellants.

Low percentage gels are very weak and may break when you try to lift them.

Low numbers ( below 31 and especially below 12 ) are popular because people play birthdays as their so-called lucky numbers ; hence a win in which these numbers are over-represented is more likely to result in a shared payout.

Low frequency inductors are constructed like transformers, with cores of electrical steel laminated to prevent eddy currents.

While Dutch is classified as a Low Franconian language, the Dutch Low Saxon varieties, which are also defined as Dutch dialects, form a dialect continuum with the Westphalian language.

Low temperature, starvation of the cells and high multiplicity of infection ( MOI ) are known to favor lysogeny ( see later discussion ).

Low male-to-female ratios are usually the result of a war, but these figures were lower than the sex ratio of 88. 3 males per 100 females recorded for 1953, the last year of the Korean War.

Low passes are lacking, and the principal roads and the railroads between France and Spain run only in the lowlands at the western and eastern ends of the Pyrenees, near sea level.