increased activity

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandactivity

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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activity
noun
uk
/ækˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ækˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
the situation in which a lot of things are happening or people are ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandactivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Filled squares:increasedactivityrelated to planning; empty squares:increasedactivityrelated to on-line control; filled circles: increased activity related to motor imagery.
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Gray triangles-saccades followed byincreasedactivity.
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This is associated withincreasedactivityand voluntary control.
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For downward saccades there wasincreasedactivitypreceding the saccade.
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They findincreasedactivityin the anorexic girls, and a relationship with activity in the parents.
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Increasedactivityin human visual cortex during directed attention in the absence of visual stimulation.
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Increasedactivityalso occurred in the premotor cortex in the cued versus mandatory comparison.
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Separate histograms were calculated for saccades followed byincreasedactivityand saccades followed by decreased activity.
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Thisincreasedactivityof the graben-bounding fault is matched by an intensification of volcanic activity.
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Theincreasedactivityafter light offset (middle) is the result of the elevated maintained activity.
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Theincreasedactivityof the natural microflora caused by the compost activator promoted germination levels to a consistently high level.
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One possible interpretation is that right hemisphere homologues may showincreasedactivityin a second less fluent language.
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It may be thatincreasedactivityis the therapeutic mechanism - this could be another area for research.
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When the relative humidity is higher (30-50 per cent.), the same movements take place but withincreasedactivity.
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Activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in adults of low birthweight: similarincreasedactivityin women and men.
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Increasedactivityin this system, it has been suggested, leads the organism to seek out pleasurable stimuli.
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Firing patterns of the saccades causingincreasedactivitywere compared with excitatory responses to a stationary, flashed stimulus.
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With this approach it will be essential to discriminate between strains with increased expression andincreasedactivity.
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Anincreasedactivitylevel was found for most participants, and there was much close and intense interaction with the therapist.
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The ideal observer is only assumed to know that, on average, the motion bias leads to anincreasedactivity.
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There has been anincreasedactivityin that direction.
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I welcomeincreasedactivityin dealing with irregularities.
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We are now engaged inincreasedactivityin our factories.
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How on earth can he relate that toincreasedactivity?
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