Iridologists believe this information demonstrates a patient's susceptibility towards certain illnesses, reflects past medical problems, or predicts later health problems.

* An increased susceptibility to certain infectious diseases caused by siderophilic microorganisms:

A true balanced connection is generally preferred in certain applications, particularly professional settings, because it allows for the use of long cables while reducing susceptibility to external noise.

He continued his studies at Columbia University, where he was awarded his doctorate for a thesis on the magnetic susceptibility of certain crystals.

The topic did not appeal to Rabi, but after William Lawrence Bragg gave a seminar at Columbia about the electric susceptibility of certain crystals called Tutton's salts, Rabi decided to research their magnetic susceptibility, and Willis agreed to be his supervisor.

The oil is then refined to remove certain free fatty acids, in order to reduce susceptibility to rancidification.

Individuals who take glucocorticoids and / or immunosuppressive drugs to prevent transplant rejection or to treat autoimmune diseases can have increased susceptibility to unusual infections, as do individuals with certain genetic conditions, severe malnutrition and certain kinds of cancers.

Since the socioeconomic exclusion of women deprive them of the capabilities to be educated and trained for certain employment skills, their susceptibility to poverty is heightened.

Gene – environment interaction means that some people carry genetic factors that confer susceptibility or resistance to a certain disorder in a particular environment.

It does appear, however, that an individual's susceptibility to the gambler's fallacy decreases with age.

Less charitably they were called Engwar ( The Sickly ), owing to their susceptibility to disease and old age, and their generally unlovely appearance in the Elves ' eyes.

Screening for rubella susceptibility by history of vaccination or by serology is recommended in the United States for all women of childbearing age at their first preconception counseling visit to reduce incidence of congenital rubella syndrome ( CRS ).

The vulnerability of each lifeline may depend on: the type of hazard, the spatial density of its critical linkages, the dependency on critical linkages, susceptibility to damage and speed of service restoration, state of repair or age, and institutional characteristics or ownership.

One survey of 5, 713 Italian residents identified habitual snoring in 24 % of men and 13. 8 % of women, rising to 60 % of men and 40 % of women aged 60 to 65 years ; this suggests an increased susceptibility to snoring as age increases.

However, age also increases susceptibility to Pecky Rot fungus ( Stereum taxodii ), which attacks the heartwood and causes some damaged trees to become hollow and thus useless for timber.

Mouse studies have shown that susceptibility to MPTP increases with age.

Different species differ in their susceptibility to chemicals, most likely due to differences in accessibility, metabolic rate, excretion rate, genetic factors, dieteary factors, age, sex, health and stress level of the organism.

Factors including a small litter size, long maturation time, and the capture of multiple age classes all contribute to this shark's susceptibility to overfishing.

These persons did not show any specific characteristics such as age that may be indicative of a higher susceptibility to white coat hypertension.

Depending on the degree of vulnerability, susceptibility, age, health status, immune system condition, etc.

The MWD was concerned about the tower ’ s susceptibility to earthquakes, and age had rendered many of the tower ’ s massive valves unusable.

The main method of treatment for death signaling-related diseases involves either increasing or decreasing the susceptibility of apoptosis in diseased cells, depending on whether the disease is caused by either the inhibition of or excess apoptosis.

* Aripiprazole ( Abilify )-Mechanism of action is thought to reduce susceptibility to metabolic symptoms seen in some other atypical antipsychotics.

These differences in structure can produce differences in antibiotic susceptibility, for instance vancomycin can kill only Gram-positive bacteria and is ineffective against Gram-negative pathogens, such as Haemophilus influenzae or Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Cancer is thought to be caused by the interaction between genetic susceptibility and environmental toxins.

Individuals ' susceptibility to cholera is also affected by their blood type, with those with type O blood being the most susceptible.

Dysprosium is used for its high thermal neutron absorption cross-section in making control rods in nuclear reactors, for its high magnetic susceptibility in data storage applications, and as a component of Terfenol-D. Soluble dysprosium salts are mildly toxic, while the insoluble salts are considered non-toxic.

In its specific form, the ELIZA effect refers only to " the susceptibility of people to read far more understanding than is warranted into strings of symbols — especially words — strung together by computers ".

One interesting finding in animals is that repeated low-level electrical stimulation to some brain sites can lead to permanent increases in seizure susceptibility: in other words, a permanent decrease in seizure " threshold.

The Curie temperature itself is a critical point, where the magnetic susceptibility is theoretically infinite and, although there is no net magnetization, domain-like spin correlations fluctuate at all length scales.

sIBM is not passed on from generation to generation, although the susceptibility region of genes may be.

A 2007 review that summarized current understanding of the contribution of genetic susceptibility factors to the development of sIBM concluded there is no indication that the genes responsible for the familial or hereditary conditions are involved in sIBM.

This is alleged to provide direct support for the idea that genetic susceptibility to disease is not determined at birth, but varies with exposure to environmental influences.

While narcosis affects all divers, predicting the depth at which narcosis will affect a diver is difficult, as susceptibility varies widely from dive to dive, and between individuals.

This is a very rough guide, and not a substitute for an individual diver's known susceptibility, or for standard diving safety guides.

Then the cellular apoptosis susceptibility protein ( CAS ), an exportin which in the nucleus is bound to RanGTP, displaces Importin-α from the cargo.

In general paramagnetic effects are quite small: the magnetic susceptibility is of the order of 10 < sup >− 3 </ sup > to 10 < sup >− 5 </ sup > for most paramagnets, but may be as high as 10 < sup >− 1 </ sup > for synthetic paramagnets such as ferrofluids.

" Another concern is their susceptibility to bubonic plague.

Though OMIM is a major resource for gathering information on the relationship between mutations and natural variation in gene sequence and susceptibility to hundreds of diseases, a sophisticated search strategy is required to extract diseases associated with defects in transcriptional control where the promoter is believed to have direct involvement.

However, their magnetic susceptibility is much larger than the one of paramagnets.

The initial slope of the function is the magnetic susceptibility of the sample: