resource consumption

collocation in English

meaningsofresourceandconsumption

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resource
noun
uk
/rɪˈzɔːs/
us
/ˈriː.sɔːrs/
a useful or valuable possession or quality of a country, organization, ...
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consumption
noun[U]
uk
/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/
us
/kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/
the amount used ...
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(Definition ofresourceandconsumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In view of criterion (21) the loss of growth potential due to plasmid transfer overshadows the growth of the non-senescent fungus fromresourceconsumption.
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It is therefore essential that a profiler should reflect the changes inresourceconsumptionwhich are related to the use of sharing.
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Discounting is not included in the analyses, as the estimatedresourceconsumptionoccurs within 1 year.
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Thus, measurements of detailedresourceconsumptionfrom each individual patient are not necessary.
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It is this factor on which we focus, and how that may reflect in an inherent difference in patterns ofresourceconsumption.
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The important point is that since our algorithm makesresourceconsumptionexplicit it is a very useful place to perform such checks.
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However, they use a relational specification, with a logic variable to control theresourceconsumption.
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Finally, inclusion of costs related toresourceconsumptionin added life-years (sometimes called future costs) was also assessed.
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Theresourceconsumptionis 52% smaller, the energy consumption is 36% smaller and the humane toxicity is 40% smaller than for the heavyweight house.
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Measurement of these four resource categories would be sufficient for crude estimates of the overallresourceconsumptionand for comparisons of resource use across groups.
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After the realization of design perspectives, refining the design methodologies applied and evaluatingresourceconsumptionbecome possible.
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The point is that the order k programs were defined by restrictions on program syntax, and not on theirresourceconsumption.
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Respondents were asked about advanced industrialized countryresourceconsumption, the operations of multinational corporations, and developing country overpopulation.
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Functional programming often required training, which took time, and functional programs behaved rather differently from imperative programs that caused one customer to worry aboutresourceconsumptionfor large problems.
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Explainingresourceconsumptionamong non-normal neonates.
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When the difference between gain due toresourceconsumptionand loss due to plasmid transfer turns out to be larger than unity the non-senescent can invade the senescent population.
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Resourceconsumptioncan be measured with various levels of precision.
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In contrast to access restrictions, consumption rules alter the pattern ofresourceconsumption, while leaving access to the resource system and to the resource as such unrestricted.
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We aim to provide applications programmers with a straightforward method of attributing the run-timeresourceconsumptionof their programs to the relevant function definitions within the source code.
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Depending on the particular graph and the precise value of the upperbound on theresourceconsumption, it may or may not be sensible to discard paths at all nodes.
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