Thus the welfare analysis of oligopolies is sensitive to the parameter values used to define the market's structure.

Thus, sensitive detection of specific optical frequencies necessitates optical heterodyne detection, in which two different ( close-by ) wavelengths of light illuminate the detector so that the oscillating electrical output corresponds to the difference between their frequencies.

Thus, tissues which are very sensitive to oxygen levels, such as the retina, develop microangiopathy and may cause blindness ( so-called proliferative diabetic retinopathy ).

Thus, the engineering trade-offs involved are quite complex, and highly sensitive to the design assumptions made.

Thus the factors of production were as sensitive to marginal utility as consumer goods themselves.

Thus MR pulse sequences sensitive to T < sub > 2 </ sub >< sup >*</ sup > show more MR signal where blood is highly oxygenated and less where it is not.

Thus crystal sets produce rather weak sound and must be listened to with sensitive earphones, and can only pick up stations within a limited range.

Thus, as the level of debt in an economy grows, the economy becomes more sensitive to debt dynamics, and credit bubbles are of macroeconomic concern.

Thus, critical systems are very sensitive to small changes in the environment.

Thus, Mateucci was able to develop what he called a " rheoscopic frog ", by using the cut nerve of a frog ’ s leg and its attached muscle as a kind of sensitive electricity detector.

Thus, the gravity field, which is sensitive to all mass on the surface and within the Earth, is affected by the redistribution of ice / melted water on the surface of the Earth and the flow of mantle rocks within.

Thus, some membrane proteins are proposed to be sensitive to their lipid environment.

Thus, plants have " vegetative souls ," animals have " sensitive souls ," while human beings alone have " intellectual " – rational and immortal – souls.

Thus, “ institutional need-based awards are less sensitive to need and more sensitive to ‘ academic merit ’ than the principles of needs analysis would lead us to expect .” It has been found that increasing an SAT score in the range of 100-200 points can result in hundreds of dollars more in institutional grants and on average substantially more if one is attending a private institution.

Thus, already back in the Middle Ages, basic arguments about three of the most sensitive current issues surrounding trawling-the effect of trawling on the wider environment, the use of small mesh size, and of industrial fishing for animal feed-were already being raised.

Thus, tweezer-like teeth and the exquisitely sensitive star likely evolved together as a means to better find and handle small prey quickly ... it appears that the ability to rapidly detect and consume small prey was the major selective advantage that drove the evolution of the star.

Thus exclusion of single foods does not necessarily identify the chemical responsible as several chemicals can be present in a food, the patient may be sensitive to multiple food chemicals and reaction more likely to occur when foods containing the triggering substance are eaten in a combined quantity that exceeds the patient's sensitivity thresholds.

Thus these assessments tend to be situationally sensitive.

Thus many known exoplanets are " hot Jupiters ": planets of Jovian mass or larger in very small orbits with periods of only a few days.

Thus the court held that practices such as sleep deprivation, subjecting individual to intense noise and requiring them to stand against a wall with their limbs outstretched for extended periods of time, did not constitute torture.

Thus began one of the most productive periods in Telemann's life: during his tenure at Eisenach he composed a wealth of instrumental music ( sonatas and concertos ), and numerous sacred works, which included four or five complete annual cycles of church cantatas, 50 German and Italian cantatas, and some 20 serenatas.

Thus, it is unusual nowadays for the identification of a chemical as a neurotransmitter to remain controversial for very long periods of time.

Thus 18th century is usually broken down into sub periods such as ' WSS ' ( War of Spanish Succession ), ' WAS ' ( War of Austrian Succession ), ' SYW ' ( Seven Years War ) and ' AWI ' ( American War of Independence ).

Thus, distinctive, observable morphological features, e. g., illuvial clay accumulation in B horizons, are produced by certain combinations of pedogenic processes operative over varying periods of time.

Thus the history of English military law up to 1879 may be divided into three periods, each having a distinct constitutional aspect: ( I ) prior to 1689, the army, being regarded as so many personal retainers of the sovereign rather than servants of the state, was mainly governed by the will of the sovereign ; ( 2 ) between 1689 and 1803, the army, being recognized as a permanent force, was governed within the realm by statute and without it by the prerogative of the crown and ( 3 ) from 1803 to 1879, it was governed either directly by statute or by the sovereign under an authority derived from and defined and limited by statute.

Thus the fossil record is biased towards periods of greatest sedimentation ; periods of time that have less sedimentation are consequently less well represented in the fossil record.

Thus, shinengō may be used as an alternative way of dating periods for which there is no official era name.

Thus began one of the most culturally difficult periods of Basque history in Spain, due to immigration of non-Basque from other parts of Spain to serve a fast-paced industrialising economy which followed, thriving chiefly during the 1960s.

Thus, when testing an analogue tape machine it is necessary to test for wow and flutter and tape speed variations over longer periods, as well as for distortion and noise.

Thus the history of Psychic TV can be broken up into the periods of the main songwriter that was working with him at the time.

Thus exercise, particularly if sustained for very long periods, dominates the energy metabolism of the body.

Thus, in Bunyoro, periods of political stability and expansion were interrupted by civil wars and secessions.

Thus, these spores remain viable in the hospital or nursing home environment for long periods of time, and, because of this, the bacteria can be cultured from almost any surface in the hospital.

Thus Cheyne-Stokes respiration can be maintained over periods of many minutes or hours with a repetitive pattern of apneas and hyperpneas.

The novitiate year is crucial, for it is then “… that the novices better understand their divine vocation, and indeed one which is proper to the institute, experience the manner of living of the institute, and form their mind and heart in its spirit, and so that their intention and suitability are tested .” Thus, the novices are given the opportunity for longer periods of prayer and spiritual reading as well as silence in order to reflect on the vocation God is offering and nature of their response.

Thus, “ the impurity of their menstrual periods dictated their separation from the divine and holy sanctuary.

Thus, there are depressive disorders, of which the best known and most researched is major depressive disorder commonly called clinical depression or major depression, and bipolar disorder, formerly known as " manic depression " and described by intermittent periods of manic and depressed episodes.

Thus, Iancu Pampon, an assistant-barber and former police officer, and his female counterpart, the republican suburbanite Miţa Baston, are determined to uncover their partners ' amorous escapades, and their hectic inquiry combines real clues with figments of imagination, fits of passionate rage with moments of sad meditation, and violent threats with periods of resignation.

and says Thus current evidence does not support globally synchronous periods of anomalous cold or warmth over this timeframe, and the conventional terms of " Little Ice Age " and " Medieval Warm Period " appear to have limited utility in describing trends in hemispheric or global mean temperature changes in past centuries.

Thus periods of persecution were followed by periods of quiescence, until the postulated Fall of the Roman Empire.

Thus, to cite but one example, the Pax Britannica of the nineteenth century, whether with the British navy ruling the seas or with the City of London ruling world finance, was strictly national in motivation, however much other nations ( e.g., the United States ) may have incidentally benefited.

Thus the member of an industrial union comes to regard his officers as business agents who may proceed without interference or recall ; ;

Thus the student of literature may sometimes find it helpful to classify a poem or an essay as being in idea or in ideal content or subject matter typical or atypical of its period.

Thus, as a development program is being launched, commitments and obligations must be entered into in a given year which may exceed by twofold or threefold the expenditures to be made in that year.

Thus, a child's Skeletal Age `` dots '' may be classified as `` advanced '' when they appear above the middle curve, `` moderate '' when they appear immediately above or below the middle curve, and `` delayed '' when they appear below the lower curve.

Thus he may be referring to some concrete thing, or incident, in his immediate environment by some symbolic-sounding, hyperbolic reference to transcendental events on the global scene.

Thus in Mary wrote an account of the trip first strong stress on Mary marks Mary as the first in a series of people who wrote accounts of the trip, strong stress on wrote marks the writing as the first of a series of actions of Mary's concerned with an account of her trip ( about which she may later have made speeches, for example ), and strong stress on trip makes the trip the first of a series of subjects about which Mary wrote accounts.

Thus while his theory or technique may not be oversubscribed, it is commonplace for bullish and bearish positions to become temporarily over-subscribed.

Thus, if public pressure sets the effective limit to the price that the industry may charge, this pressure is itself a function of the wage rate.

Thus, when specifically permitted, the operand of a given line on the Autocoder coding sheet may be continued in the operand of from one to four additional lines which immediately follow.

Thus creativity may run all the way from making a cake, building a chicken coop, or producing a book, to founding a business, creating a League of Nations or, developing a mature character.

Thus a man who is butting a stone wall at the office may become unusually aggressive in bed -- the one place he can still be champion.

Thus he will be in a position to disabuse the Soviet leader of any notions he may have about grave Allied disunity.

Thus, while it remains possible that the Babylonians and/or the Pythagoreans may perhaps have had the magic square of three before the Chinese did, more definite evidence will have to turn up from the Middle East or the Classical World before China can lose her claim to the earliest known magic square by more than a thousand years.

Thus, giving grades and promotions based only on an individual's performance relative to a small local group, as is common, may reduce cooperative behaviors in the group.

Thus, while altruistic persons may under some circumstances be outcompeted by less altruistic persons at the individual level, according to group selection theory the opposite may occur at the group level where groups consisting of the more altruistic persons may outcompete groups consisting of the less altruistic persons.

Thus, although some things may be certain, they have little to do with Dasein's sense of care and existential anxiety, e. g., in the face of death.

Thus, a court officer taking possession of goods under a court order may use force if reasonably necessary.

Thus, a gene for antibiotic resistance that evolves via natural selection may be shared.

This latter construal is sometimes expressed by saying " there is no fact of the matter as to whether or not P ." Thus, we may speak of anti-realism with respect to other minds, the past, the future, universals, mathematical entities ( such as natural numbers ), moral categories, the material world, or even thought.

Thus it may be roughly translated as " protector of man ".

Thus, three eclipse calculations may be evidence for the suggestion that Romulus reigned from 746 BC to 709 BC, and Rome was founded during 745 BC.

Thus if the instrument depends on the pressure or suction effect alone, and this pressure or suction is measured against the air pressure in an ordinary room, in which the doors and windows are carefully closed and a newspaper is then burnt up the chimney, an effect may be produced equal to a wind of 10 mi / h ( 16 km / h ); and the opening of a window in rough weather, or the opening of a door, may entirely alter the registration.