In fact, levels usually are elevated in such instances.

Oil prices remained at elevated levels in 2006 .

This was due largely to the rise in market interest rates in the second half of the year and the increase in corporate bond spreads in the fourth quarter .

As well as unbalanced budgets , high levels of government debt can also be detrimental .

) Serum (blood) levels of androgens (male hormones), including androstenedione and testosterone may be elevated.

Residents struggle against rising levels of land concentration in the countryside as one of their biggest problems.

Why do we see this extremely high levels in some countries?

First, they will not be weighed down by high levels of public debt.

At higher levels of income, markets become saturated and growth slows.

They could contrast their high growth rates with Europe s high levels of debt.

Of particular concern are the much higher levels of youth and longterm unemployment .

Of particular concern are the much higher levels of youth and long term unemployment .

On a less favourable note , however , high levels of structural unemployment , the pattern of fiscal deficits and levels of public debt continue to constitute major challenges .

Elevated levels of the lipoprotein fractions, LDL, IDL and VLDL are regarded as atherogenic (prone to cause atherosclerosis).

It declined thereafter , but remained at high levels .

Compared to peanut butter, tahini has higher levels of fiber and calcium and lower levels of sugar and saturated fats.

The physiology of M. tuberculosis is highly aerobic and requires high levels of oxygen.

Nevertheless , structural rigidities remain and these explained the still high levels of unemployment in the euro area in 2000 .

When cresols are inhaled, ingested, or applied to the skin at very high levels, they can be very harmful.

Money markets were functioning better and money market spreads had fallen considerably from the high levels observed at the beginning of the year .

These spreads , despite having declined , remained at elevated levels in early 2008 .

In particular , the latest data on unemployment are favourable and the levels of all confidence indicators to August were high .

In this respect , lower interest rates contribute to higher levels of employment and economic growth .

They began to understand that as the upper levels of the hills were denuded of trees, so you've got this terrible soil erosion and mudslides.

Their elevated insulin levels contribute to or cause the abnormalities seen in the hypothalamic pituitary ovarian axis that lead to PCOS.

Especially for the latter country , the significant drop might be seen as a normalisation following the high levels recorded in 2006 .

The choice of instruments aims to achieve an increasing degree of sophistication while meeting the requirements for high levels of security and liquidity .

This also pushed volatility up to levels as high as in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the United States on 11 September 2001 .

This requires determined efforts , notably on the side of countries with high deficit and debt levels .

There is no unique generally accepted system at the higher taxonomic levels and there are frequent name changes at every level, from species upwards.

The Commission shall adopt implementing measures further specifying the circumstances in which an AIF shall be deemed to employ high levels of leverage on a systematic basis .

It has been claimed that the α tocopherol form is the most important lipid soluble antioxidant, and that it protects membranes from oxidation by reacting with lipid radicals produced in the lipid peroxidation chain reaction.

automatic stabilisers to operate freely . For several countries , high levels of government debt should also be regarded as an argument for continuing fiscal consolidation .

Towards the end of the year , both measures showed some sign of stabilisation , albeit at still high levels .

High levels of debt may also have adverse effects on the real economy and the financial environment .

Price stability contributes in several ways to achieving high levels of economic activity and employment

The new mosquitos contain a gene that produces high levels of a protein that stops their cells from functioning normally, ultimately killing them.

Compared with the exceptionally high levels at the end of 2008 , bond market volatility approximately halved on both sides of the Atlantic .

Terpenes and isoprenoids are a large class of lipids that include the carotenoids and form the largest class of plant natural products.

A recent study found that 97 of children 0 6 have elevated levels of lead in their blood.

A particularly widespread example are lipid droplets, which are spherical droplets composed of lipids and proteins that are used in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes as a way of storing lipids such as fatty acids and sterols.

Thereafter implied volatility in the euro area remained broadly unchanged at those somewhat elevated levels .

of the industrialised countries .

To remedy this situation , special requirements should apply to AIFM , which consistently use high levels of leverage in their investment strategies .

In the first quarter of 2009 ten year sovereign spreads vis à vis Germany thus reached their highest levels since the start of Monetary Union .