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.

For special cements, such as Low Heat ( LH ) and Sulfate Resistant ( SR ) types, it is necessary to limit the amount of tricalcium aluminate ( 3 CaO · Al < sub > 2 </ sub > O < sub > 3 </ sub >) formed.

Behind him lay the Low Countries, where men were still completing the cathedrals that a later Florentine would describe as `` a malediction of little tabernacles, one on top of the other, with so many pyramids and spires and leaves that it is a wonder they stand up at all, for they look as though they were made of paper instead of stone or marble '' ; ;

* Low brass is a copper-zinc alloy containing 20 % zinc with a light golden color and excellent ductility ; it is used for flexible metal hoses and metal bellows.

Montgomery's training paid off when the Germans began their invasion of the Low Countries on 10 May 1940 and the 3rd Division advanced to the River Dijle and then withdrew to Dunkirk with great professionalism, entering the Dunkirk perimeter in a famous night-time march which placed his forces on the left flank which had been left exposed by the Belgian surrender.

To isolate the Danube from any Allied intervention, Marshal Villeroi's 46, 000 troops were expected to pin the 70, 000 Dutch and English troops around Maastricht in the Low Countries, while General de Coigny protected Alsace against surprise with a further corps.

Many of the Class of ' 68 walked out of their graduation and held a countercommencement on Low Plaza with a picnic following at Morningside Park, the place where the protests began.

Eventually titled Temple of Low Men, their second album was released in July 1988 with strong promotion by Capitol Records.

He then confounded the expectations of both his record label and his American audiences by recording the minimalist album Low ( 1977 )— the first of three collaborations with Brian Eno over the next two years.

The percentage of Low Saxon and High German loanwords can be estimated at 22 – 25 percent, with Low Saxon making up about 15 percent.

Low production continued throughout the 1980s ( see 1980s in film ), but it increased again in the 1990s ( see 1990s in film ) with renewed private and public investment.

Through marriage, the County of Flanders was joined with most of the rest of the Low Countries around 1400 AD, and it lost its independence.

In the Early modern period, the term Flanders was associated with the southern part of the Low Countries: the Southern Netherlands.

The name Freyja is in fact a title meaning " lady ", from Proto-Germanic * frawjōn, cognate with West Frisian frou, Dutch vrouw, Low German Fro, Fru, German Frau.

In it, Gans writes of an audience between the Maharal and Rudolph II: " Our lord the emperor … Rudolph … sent for and called upon our master Rabbi Low ben Bezalel and received him with a welcome and merry expression, and spoke to him face to face, as one would to a friend.

The English term has cognates in the other Germanic languages: Old Saxon heƀan " sky, heaven ", Middle Low German heven " sky ", Old Icelandic himinn " sky, heaven ", Gothic himins ; and those with a variant final-l: Old Frisian himel, himul " sky, heaven ", Old Saxon / Old High German himil, Dutch hemel, and modern German Himmel.

In the Low Countries, an ottavino was commonly paired with an 8 ' virginals, encased in a small cubby under the soundboard of the larger instrument.

IEEE 802. 15. 4-2003 ( Low Rate WPAN ) deals with low data rate but very long battery life ( months or even years ) and very low complexity.

IJscolf, a game resembling Colf with the added element of an ice-covered surface, was popular in the Low Countries between the Middle Ages and the Dutch Golden Age.

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

Together with East Low German it forms the Low German dialect group ( German: Niederdeutsch or Plattdeutsch, Dutch: Nederduits ).

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.

The country is still among the " Low Human Development " countries ( rank 155 of 192 ) as classified by the UNDP, with 42. 3 years of life expectancy at birth.

Soon dispute plunged the surviving brothers into a civil war that was only settled in 843 by the Treaty of Verdun, which split the Frankish realm into three parts, to become the kernels of France and Germany, with Burgundy and the Low Countries between them.