Collocations withfactor
These are words often used in combination withfactor.
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additional factor
No additional factor is needed.
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aggravating factor
A poor nutritional state accompanied the condition whilst rickets was an aggravating factor only.
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associated factor
The second associated factor included two variables, namely total amount of training and number of household members attending training.
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brain-derived neurotrophic factor
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor modulates the development of the dopaminergic network in the rodent retina.
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causal factor
That makes him not only connected but a causal factor.
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causative factor
It is therefore possible that some other underlying correlated factor might be the causative factor.
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climate factor
Out of these three climate factor which includes rainfall, temperature and their combination along with seasonal variations too.
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climatic factor
No model involving more than one climatic factor significantly improved any of these regression models.
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complicating factor
Another complicating factor is frequency.
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compressibility factor
For i simplicity we have neglected the gravity effect, the fluid viscosity and the compressibility factor are taken to be equal to one.
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confirmatory factor
The advantages of confirmatory factor analysis seem clear.
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confounding factor
Another confounding factor is the lack of rigour in assaying the endpoint of maturation - the production of a fertilizable egg.
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constant factor
However, the difference is only a constant factor.
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contributing factor
One contributing factor was the guilds' omnipresence.
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contributory factor
It can be suggested that denial of access to adequate physical mobility is a contributory factor within each of these dimensions of exclusion.
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conversion factor
The conversion factor is 6 = 678-6622.
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correction factor
Is the same correction factor required in all engineering applications?
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critical factor
Ventilation is again a critical factor.
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crucial factor
Here, the crucial factor is motivation.
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decisive factor
Of these, ten said this was the decisive factor.
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defining factor
It would introduce quality as a defining factor of adequate provision.
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demographic factor
No demographic factor predicted strength of belief in those expressing a religious or spiritual life view.
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determining factor
Again, age seems to be the determining factor.
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dietary factor
It has been shown in one study to cause a three-fold greater increase in blood acrylamide levels than any dietary factor.
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dominant factor
While undoubtedly the dominant factor, level of dependency is not the whole story.
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ecological factor
This can be considered of key importance in arid and semi-arid areas where water is a limiting ecological factor.
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elongation factor
Effect of temperature on the stability and activity of the elongation factor 2 proteins from lowtemperature adapted and thermophilic methanogens.
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environmental factor
Perhaps the most important environmental factor is temperature.
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exogenous factor
A disruptive, exogenous factor may have dramatic effects on the brain regions that are experiencing rapid growth.
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explanatory factor
There are persuasive theoretical and empirical arguments in the literature that suggest corruption in particular may be a major explanatory factor in the resource curse.
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exploratory factor
Evaluating the use of exploratory factor analysis in psychological research.
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external factor
Finally, he rightly notes that the failure of any particular external factor to predict some linguistic pattern is not justification for dismissal of the external factor.
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factor of importance
But as mentioned earlier, economising the capacity of the central representation may not be the factor of importance in the brain.
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factor of production
Note that emission of pollutants is regarded as a factor of production.
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factor of safety
The greater the reliability of the data, the smaller the factor of safety that is applied.
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factor receptor
Stimulation of development in vitro by platelet-activating factor receptor ligands released by mouse preimplantation embryos.
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factor structure
Factor structure was stable across each of the maltreatment types.
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genetic factor
The genetic factor is probably important when considering iron status.
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impact factor
The impact factor of the journal in which each of the papers was published was used as a measure of journal quality.
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important factor
Another important factor is the group setting.
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influencing factor
In addition to these possible explanations for existence of conflicting results, the heterogeneity of the samples could also have been an influencing factor.
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influential factor
The second most influential factor is vaccination coverage.
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intrinsic factor
A lack of intrinsic factor may arise from an autoimmune condition targeting the parietal cells (atrophic gastritis) that produce intrinsic factor or against intrinsic factor itself.
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key factor
Instead, the key factor was ideology.
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known factor
The first group of 169 women was made up of those without a known factor conferring high risk on the pregnancy.
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latent factor
The weight/appetite and fatigue criteria were found to have the lowest loadings on the latent factor.
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lifestyle factors
Much epidemiological research has shown that lifestyle factors, such as diet, exercise, mental activity and avoidance of stress, are significant influences on health extension.
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limiting factor
A second limiting factor is the number of analyses performed.
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main factor
Granivorous taxon was the main factor explaining variation in seed removal rates.
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major factor
A major factor is education.
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mitigating factor
That is the mitigating factor.
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motivating factor
This could be a motivating factor for contributing songs to the environment.
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negative factor
The most significant negative factor associated with health was fatigue.
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personality factor
A personality factor that should affect the ability to adapt successfully to the loss of the attachment is the bereaved's developmental level of object relations.
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physiological factor
The flower visitation behaviour of a bat over the night seems to be shaped by a combination of intrinsic physiological factors and by nectar availability.
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positive factor
This is a positive factor to reinforce the anthelmintic effect of diet containing inulin.
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predisposing factor
This assumption may be true, but patient needs are only a predisposing factor.
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predominant factor
The predominant factor of the formation of contact boundaries is the inhomogeneity of laser irradiation.
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primary factor
Our study shows that this is not the primary factor.
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principal factor
Early exit from work is a principal factor associated with poverty and dependence among seniors.
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prognostic factor
One prognostic factor highlighted by this review has been nodal involvement.
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protective factor
A critical protective factor was high self-understanding among children.
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psychological factor
It jumped because of some psychological factor.
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related factor
Social distance is a related factor that selects when and with whom invited guessing may occur.
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relative factor
The change in the urban unemployment depends on factor substitutability and relative factor intensities.
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relevant factor
There is another relevant factor.
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salient factor
Concurrent experiences of the young men may be a salient factor for the desistance and persistence of depressive symptoms.
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scale factor
Across observers, these differed only by an overall scale factor.
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scaling factor
This can be predicted from the proposed scaling factor.
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seasonal factor
However, notwithstanding these limitations, this study presents more direct evidence for a seasonal factor operating to affect incidence of schizophrenia, notably first-episode male cases.
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second-order factor
How do these first-order generalizations relate to the second-order factor, the general life satisfaction?
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selection factor
However, if the magnitude of the group selection factor modulating the virulence of these viral populations is large enough, no significant change would be expected.
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single factor
Their factor analysis produces a single factor.
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societal factor
Chapter 4 of the book discusses societal factors in the rivalry for a strong regional presence.
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sociocultural factor
Moreover, to ignore this combination of linguistic and sociocultural factors would degrade psychological research.
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sociodemographic factor
She focuses on how sociodemographic factors and aspects of the actual communications process affect the patient's attempts to obtain information and participate in medical decisions.
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stress factor
Of course, the stress factor is then resurrected and the whole matter is discharged without further ado.
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success factor
As a main success factor, all of the farmers reported the intensity of relations between the self-harvesters and the farmers.
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total factor productivity
First, the accumulation of past idiosyncratic exogenous total factor productivity shocks enhances the labor-augmenting technology and has a positive permanent impact on labor efficiency.
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transcription factor
In macrophages, cytokine-induced transcription factor binding might enhance virus replication under unconstrained pro-inflammatory conditions.
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underlying factor
In this case, that underlying factor is poverty.
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unknown factor
There is another unknown factor.
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variable factor
This was the only seasonal difference that was not explained by some other seasonally variable factor.
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virulence factor
The major virulence factor of these organisms is their ability to adhere to devices and form biofilms.
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