Cannabis use only predicted later nicotine dependence in non-dependent tobacco smokers who also used cannabis daily, and even for them cannabis had no significant effect on the likelihood of quitting tobacco.

The conclusion upon this record is inescapable that such likelihood was proved as to this acquisition.

Similarly, at the opposite end of the market cycle, towards the end of an intermediate or major decline, usually while the bottom is being formed on the price chart, it is characteristic that an increase is noticed in odd-lot selling again alerting the chartist that a bottom is becoming a greater likelihood.

Several theater operators said, however, that there is little likelihood of the subject being discussed during the three-day affair.

This results in a cell that lives past its " use-by-date " and is able to replicate and pass on any faulty machinery to its progeny, increasing the likelihood of the cell becoming cancerous or diseased.

Another risk of the hit-and-run is that a caught line drive could result in an easy double play, although this is offset by the lower likelihood of a ground ball double play.

There is fairly consistent evidence from prospective studies that recent life events and interpersonal relationships contribute to the likelihood of onsets and recurrences of bipolar mood episodes, as they do for onsets and recurrences of unipolar depression.

Another result is impairment of driving skills and increased likelihood of road traffic accidents.

The sanitizing qualities of ( thermophilic ) composting are desirable where there is a high likelihood of pathogens, such as with manure.

Also, while the maximum likelihood estimator is asymptotically efficient, it is relatively inefficient for small samples.

The benefit of maximum likelihood estimation is asymptotic efficiency ; estimating x < sub > 0 </ sub > using the sample median is only about 81 % as asymptotically efficient as estimating x < sub > 0 </ sub > by maximum likelihood.

The truncated sample mean using the middle 24 % order statistics is about 88 % as asymptotically efficient an estimator of x < sub > 0 </ sub > as the maximum likelihood estimate.

When Newton's method is used to find the solution for the maximum likelihood estimate, the middle 24 % order statistics can be used as an initial solution for x < sub > 0 </ sub >.

Automatic lead selection or lead steering is also intended to improve efficiencies, both for inbound and outbound campaigns, whereby inbound calls are intended to quickly land with the appropriate agent to handle the task, whilst minimizing wait times and long lists of irrelevant options for people calling in, as well as for outbound calls, where lead selection allows management to designate what type of leads go to which agent based on factors including skill, socioeconomic factors and past performance and percentage likelihood of closing a sale per lead.

Obtaining a medical history is always the first " test ", part of understanding the likelihood of significant disease, as detectable within the current limitations of clinical medicine.

In nuclear and particle physics, the concept of a cross section is used to express the likelihood of interaction between particles.

The scattering cross-section, σ < sub > scat </ sub >, is a hypothetical area which describes the likelihood of light ( or other radiation ) being scattered by a particle.

The goal of a good checksum algorithm is to spread the valid corners as far from each other as possible, so as to increase the likelihood that " typical " transmission errors will end up in an invalid corner.

Also, the relatively low virulence allows its victims to travel long distances, increasing the likelihood of an epidemic.

For relatively small values of k, the Viterbi algorithm is universally used as it provides maximum likelihood performance and is highly parallelizable.

This class of drugs has a relatively mild side-effect profile and low likelihood of causing morning sedation.

The blade cuts quickly enough so that there is relatively little impact on the brain case, and perhaps less likelihood of immediate unconsciousness than with a more violent decapitation, or long-drop hanging.

This relatively “ hands-off ” management, combined with the increased on-farm heterogeneity created by the establishment of cover crops, increases the likelihood that a more complex trophic structure will develop to support a higher level of wildlife diversity ( Freemark and Kirk 2001 ).

The low payout likelihood allows term insurance to be relatively inexpensive.

To additionally confirm the likelihood of a potentially positive result, it is relatively important to be sure that the ion ratios of the various mass fragments are comparable to a known reference standard.

If passenger trains are relatively few in number, and the likelihood of two passenger trains crossing each other low, the platform on the loop line may be omitted.

Negligence is a matter of risk and probability of harm ; and where the likelihood of injury to the plaintiff is relatively slight, the defendant will necessarily be allowed greater latitude than where the harm is intended, or substantially certain to follow.

Bayesian mean estimation ( BME ) is a relatively new approach which addresses the problems of maximum likelihood estimation.

As the likelihood of having the barbarian move closer to Catan is very high, a variant in common usage is that the robber ( and with Seafarers, the pirate ) does not move until the first barbarian attack, nor can a knight move the robber before that point.

# Affordable premium: If the likelihood of an insured event is so high, or the cost of the event so large, that the resulting premium is large relative to the amount of protection offered, it is not likely that the insurance will be purchased, even if on offer.

Redlining is the practice of denying insurance coverage in specific geographic areas, supposedly because of a high likelihood of loss, while the alleged motivation is unlawful discrimination.

The ISM bands do have licensed operations ; however, due to the high likelihood of harmful interference, licensed use of the bands is typically low.

For example, if a geologist knows there is a high likelihood of the discovery of petroleum under Farmer Smith's land, he may be entitled to make Smith an offer for the land, and buy it, without first telling Farmer Smith of the geological data.

The likelihood of having a relapse is very high for those who have experienced two or more episodes of mania or depression.

The evidence of a thick debris disk increases the likelihood that one or more rocky planets orbit the star, however, even if it suggests a high bombardment scenario.

Rather than randomly contacting a prospect or customer through a call center or sending mail, a company can concentrate its efforts on prospects that are predicted to have a high likelihood of responding to an offer.

It was, however, very dangerous to produce, and carried a high likelihood of infection to those who were working on it.

All these underline the high likelihood that the anterior cingulate cortex must be linked to OCD.

# the establishment of an obligation, if the level of harm may be high, for action to prevent or minimise such harm even when the absence of scientific certainty makes it difficult to predict the likelihood of harm occurring, or the level of harm should it occur.

There is also a high likelihood of suffering from chronic sleep disorders associated with both physical and environmental factors.

Furthermore, an abnormal neuroimaging study indicates a high likelihood of associated conditions, such as epilepsy and mental retardation.

Examples of such environmental modifications include using the bed for sleep or sex only, not for activities such as reading or watching television ; waking up at the same time every morning, including on weekends ; going to bed only when sleepy and when there is a high likelihood that sleep will occur ; leaving the bed and beginning an activity in another location if sleep does not result in a reasonably brief period of time after getting into bed ( commonly ~ 20 min ); reducing the subjective effort and energy expended trying to fall asleep ; avoiding exposure to bright light during nighttime hours, and eliminating daytime naps.

While it is not impossible that some binaries might be created through gravitational capture between two single stars, given the very low likelihood of such an event ( three objects are actually required, as conservation of energy rules out a single gravitating body capturing another ) and the high number of binaries, this cannot be the primary formation process.

The competitive exclusion principle states that if two species ' ecological niches overlap, there is a very high likelihood of competition as both species are in direct competition for the same resources.

Victims show a high likelihood of dying in their sleep, or of being unable to move once they had caught fire.

* That the likelihood of receiving the payments is high — or, alternatively, that the default risk is incorporated into the interest rate.

As Jamestown was the nearest English settlement and they had no record of being attacked by Tuscarora, the likelihood that origin of those fair-skinned natives was the Lost Colony is high.

This helps reduce the likelihood of a wing tip stall when aileron deflections are made at high angles of attack.

:( The likelihood of this being true may be very high, as only a very small percentage of people have studied quantum mechanics.

When including two suited hands with 5-4 distribution, two suiters have a high likelihood of occurrence, and the modern preemptive style is to incorporate such two-suited hands in the arsenal of preemptive openings.

Surgery is usually recommended by orthopedists for curves with a high likelihood of progression ( i. e., greater than 45 to 50 ° of magnitude ), curves that would be cosmetically unacceptable as an adult, curves in patients with spina bifida and cerebral palsy that interfere with sitting and care, and curves that affect physiological functions such as breathing.

... whereas there would be other waste where you say it has some inherent value, let's keep it around for a hundred years, two hundred years, because there's a high likelihood we'll come back to it and want to recover that.